Travel Writers by Country / United States
United States Travel Writers
329 travel writers based in United States — browse by specialty, availability, and verification level.
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Showing 24 of 329 American travel writers
View all 329 writers →Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore
United States
Harold Speakman
United States
Bronson Ray
United States
Edward Robinson (scholar)
United States
Valarie D'Elia
United States
Henry David Thoreau
United States
John Patric
United States
Katharine Putnam Hooker
United States
John Beauchamp Jones
United States
Eric Hansen (travel writer)
United States
Suzy Gershman
United States
Laura McKenzie
United States
Emma Shaw Colcleugh
United States
Petula Brown
Focus areas - wellness, family, multicultural
United States
Joseph Amasa Munk
United States
Eileen Cotter Wright
Freelancer Travel Writer, Founder PureWander.com, Creator
United States
Lawrence Millman
United States
David F. Dorr
United States
Daniel C. Eddy
United States
Robin Dohrn-Simpson
Travel Writing by Robin
United States
Tonya Hennessey
Travel and Food writer and photographer. Producer, Create24 video variety show.
United States
William Bartram
United States
David Farley
United States
Deborah Dennis
Travel Writer, Photographer and Storyteller
United States
About United States travel writing
The United States is home to the largest pool of professional travel writers in the English-speaking world. American travel writers range from staff positions at publications like National Geographic, Condé Nast Traveller, and Travel + Leisure to a vast ecosystem of experienced freelancers, many with decades of bylines across print and digital. The country's geographic scale means American writers often specialise by region as well as by interest — you will find writers who know the US Southwest in forensic detail sitting alongside specialists in Southeast Asia, South America, or sub-Saharan Africa. Professional associations like the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) provide credentialling infrastructure. For any brief requiring a high volume of professional talent, access to top-tier publications, or coverage of the Americas, American-based writers represent the deepest talent pool on the directory.