TRAVEL WRITERS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Travel Writer, Novelist, Editor

A writer of travel guides and features since 1977, I have written hundreds of travel articles for a wide variety of UK publications, including most British national newspapers, and am the author of forty popular travel books and guides, as well as editing, co-authoring or contributing to many others. Some of my articles have gained prestigious travel journalism awards. Always freelance, I have extensive experience of UK national newspapers, consumer magazines, websites, guidebook writing and travel publishing. Since 2015, I have devoted my time mainly to fiction, with three novels in print and fourth which I am now writing. I continue occasionally to update print and online destination guides, and I write a small number of commissioned travel features each year.

I was editor-in-chief of the French Railways' travel quarterly, Top Rail (later relaunched as Rail Europe Magazine), from 1990 to 1999. In addition, I have at different times worked on contract as consultant travel editor of several magazines, including BBC Vegetarian, Ford Magazine, Vegetarian Living and insurance customer magazine Foresight. More recently I have edited magazines voluntarily for charitable or communal organisations.

Job Titles:

• Author, Journalist, Photographer, Editor
• Journalists

I have written extensively for publications in the UK and worldwide, including most UK national newspapers and many magazines, and have written for various corporate clients. I have also edited publications, researched television shows and written a number of books. My photography has appeared in a number of publications, and films broadcast also, and I have appeared on a number of radio and television programmes.

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• Journalist

The Silent Procession of Monks in Laos, Nature's Beauty Witnessed on a Vespa and Tracking Across Australia on the Indian Pacific, Jane has a passion for travel writing. Currently a preferred contributor for www.silvertraveladvisor.com. and a regular writer for www.BeSeeingYou.world, her focus is on slow, reflective travel such as train journeys, cruising and meditative experiences crafted for the consumer with time to travel. With a background in wellness, she is the founder and editor of www.thewellnesstraveller.co.uk which features wellness destinations, resorts and therapies adding a healthy perspective to travel features. Jane's extensive travels have provided a rich source for her inspiration, personal interpretation and specialist wellness knowledge. Her features have ranged from healthy-ageing in Austria, India's ancient medicinal practices, lavender fields and therapies to quaint English garden spas. With wellness at the heart of her travel writing colouring her journeys along the way, she writes reviews (hotels and spas, therapies and treatments) and travel features with a unique nod to health and wellbeing. As a freelance writer she is interested in writing on slow travel in addition to wellness tourism which appeal to the time-rich and mature traveller. She is particularly interested in the UAE, Asia, Canada, North America, Europe & the UK.

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• TravewritersUK Member

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• Freelance Travel Writer and Broadcaster

I am a freelance travel writer with 30 years experience in television, 19 of which were were with Travel Channel International, the leading global travel broadcaster, where I was responsible for award-winning documentary-style travel programmes. Prior to this I was a celebrity booker and have met everybody from Dame Edna Everage to Donald Trump! I am one of the best connected people in the travel industry and have visited over 100 countries, aiming to get four new passport stamps every year. I specialise in writing for the 50+ market (I am a Silver Tier Writer for Silver Travel Adviser) along with active travel, festivals and local culture. I also love to ski and contribute to PlanetSKI and The Skier and Snowboarder. Other outlets include The Cultural Voyager, About My Generation, Active Traveller, Just About Travel and Selling Travel. Although I don't have a specific blog of my own I post on The Huffington Post and am a guest blogger for Tiki Chris, Manned up, Mums do Travel and Travel Matters. I am also a member of The British Guild of Travel Writers and when not getting of the beaten track and being as adventurous as possible divide my time between London and visiting my 12 god-children around the UK.