David G. Molyneaux, editor of TheTravelMavens.com and blogger of The Travel Maven, is an award-winning writer, editor, and lecturer who has been guiding his legions of readers through the intricacies and opportunities of U.S. and international travel for more than 25 years.
From his first-hand reporting across the United States and in more than 80 countries on six continents, David offers his readers expertise in all areas of travel, especially cruises and golf resorts. He has sailed out of ports in the Caribbean, Alaska, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the South Pacific, on dozens of ships
David, above, at dinner (for two) on the Crystal Serenity off the coast of Scotland. (Photo by Judi Dash)
David is president of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Foundation, which operates the distinguished Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. He is vice chairman of the SATW Editors Council, made up of travel editors and representatives from major North American newspapers, magazines, broadcasting and the Internet. For more than 24 years, David was Travel Editor of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio.
Judi Dash is an award-winning travel journalist in North American newspapers, magazines, radio and television. Known as the Gear & Gadget Guru, she is an expert on trip planning, packing and new travel products that she tests for her millions of readers. She has no business relationship with any manufacturers.
Left, Judi Dash explains her camera gear to inquisitive passersby outside a sikh temple in Pushkar, India (Photo by David Molyneaux)
Dash has traveled the world, writing for magazines including Parade and National Geographic Traveler, and for newspapers including the Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kansas City Star and St. Petersburg Times.
See Dash's product reviews at Gear & Gadgets.
Travel journalist Dave G. Houser is an award-winning photographer and writer who has traveled the world on assignment for newspapers, magazines and the Internet. Houser wins bronze as 2009 Travel Journalist of the Year.
You will find some of his articles and pictures at TheTravelMavens.com
Dave and his wife, Jan, have traveled the globe together since 1987 in search of magical and elusive tales and photographs. They have won a bounty of professional awards. Their words and pictures have appeared in nearly every major publication devoted to travel, among them National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Conde Nast Traveler, and the Los Angeles Times.
Don George is a trusted and pioneering travel journalist who is editor of Don's Place, part of the Adventure Collection Website for planning adventure trips around the world. Don has visited more than 65 countries. Don George wins prize in 2009 Lowell Thomas Competition.
Don has been an editor at Lonely Planet Publications, the San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle and at Salon.com. He appears regularly on CNN and NPR. Don has published seven books, including “Travel Writing,” “The Kindness of Strangers,” “By the Seat of My Pants,” and “Tales from Nowhere.”
Don is editor of an online magazine called RECCE: Literary Journeys for the Discerning Traveler.
George at the isolated airport at Aitutaki, one of the Cook islands in the South Pacific, north of Rarotonga. Aitutaki has a population of about 2,000.
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