Our team curates a little series called "Weekend Getaways" to amplify travel writers with alternative perspectives, unconventional counterpoints, and contrarian ideas about travel, tourism and hospitality. Our picks have included:
🔮 The "Hospitality 3.0 Framework" by Savinien Caracostea with Christopher Gaffney for META Foundation
🍄 "The Ethics Around Psychedelic Tourism" by Robyn Landau for Trippin
🫠 "Eco-Gentrification and The Village Movement" by Nicole Reese for Terrenity
Who are the writers you follow? What did you read this year that you especially loved and wish more people saw?
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May I shamelessly plug my book that just released this August - Around the World in Los Angeles (www.aroundtheworldinla.com) - which celebrates 75 different communities and cultures that call LA home, and how to experience them via listings of celebrations, crafts, performances, museums, etc! I also wrote this article for Fodor's Travel on visiting sites of remembrance which many appreciated - www.fodors.com/news/travel-tips/10-expert-tips-for-visiting-global-sites-of-remembrance - cheers and thanks!
Definitely check out www.prbythebook.com!
Hi Ruksana, thank you for the Fodor's article. I was just part of an ecotourism consulting team that just wrapped up a year in Alabama's Black Belt and your article is such an important read. PS: I took a peek in the book – and as a boy born and raised in The Bay who spent a lot of time in LA – it definitely passed my smell test. Congrats!
Thank you Evan. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts!
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Pretty sure any discussion of writing should describe writers as "who" instead of "what," but that might just be me. Cheers!
Thanks for the edit! Would be great to get your input on this question, too!
What do you think you are calling me out on my grammar? 🤪 Thanks for the catch @Spud, and thanks for the edit @Ian!
Oh PS, links here:
The Hospitality 3.0 Framework: meta.ngo/journal/un-sustainable-tourism-rasr8-hldfe
The Ethics Around Psychedelic Tourism: trippin.world/feature/the-ethics-around-psychedelic-tourism
Eco-Gentrification and The Village Movement: terrenity.substack.com/p/eco-gentrification-and-the-village
And a few more writers I love and some of my favorites reads this year:
Stuart McDonald: www.travelfish.org/couchfish/news/couchfish-better-questions-please
Lynn Brown: hiddenhistorytravels.substack.com/p/the-real-birthplace-of-the-blues
Kathleen Rellihan: www.afar.com/magazine/the-travel-industry-has-ambitious-climate-goals-how-will-it-meet-them
Henry Wismayer: www.noemamag.com/nice-view-shame-about-all-the-tourists/
Thanks for sharing!
I also wrote may travel blog articles and posted them on medium.com and patreon.com
Sarah Rodrigues is a journalist I befriended in 2024 and discovered that I absolutely adore her writing.