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Solo Travel Made Easy and Authentic

Solo Travel Made Easy and Authentic

Solo travel can be a wonderful way to see the world. For a couple of decades, I went everywhere alone and loved the independence and freedom. Even now, having married a guy who loves to travel as much as I do, I elect to do a couple of trips on my own every year. Solo […]

July 26, 2016 | Updated: July 27, 2016 | By Elizabeth | Reply More
Trip Planning Help Just For You

Trip Planning Help Just For You

Trip planning making your head spin? I feel your pain. Even though I’ve been planning trips for myself and others for a long time, I still spend hours sorting out the options. It doesn’t help that I’m somewhat obsessive (ok, strike somewhat) about finding the perfect lodging and figuring out ways to avoid crowds of […]

July 12, 2016 | Updated: July 12, 2016 | By Elizabeth | Reply More
About Authentic Luxury Travel, About Me

About Authentic Luxury Travel, About Me

Welcome. You’ve come to the right place if you’re looking for authentic luxury travel options. There’s nothing I enjoy more than sharing what I’ve learned during the course of a long career as a travel journalist and photographer. Looking for a boutique hotel? A private guide in Mumbai? A way to avoid the crowds in […]

March 23, 2015 | Updated: April 14, 2015 | By admin | 7 Replies More
First Time in Europe – Journey to Connection

First Time in Europe – Journey to Connection

Last week I posted a photo of Florence on Facebook and posed the question: “What would you do if you had one day in Firenze? “I would breathe in all the history of its open air art masterpieces, ” replied Larry Kessler. “Then I would sit on a bench in the Piazza Della Signoria and ask the […]

November 2, 2014 | Updated: November 3, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 6 Replies More
Authentic Luxury Travel Wins Gold

Authentic Luxury Travel Wins Gold

Authentic Luxury Travel – yes, this site – just won Gold in the Best Website Category of the SATW Western Chapter writing competition. I’m honored – and grateful. The site has taken on a new and improved dimension with the addition of trip reports and guests posts from readers. For this, I thank all of […]

June 26, 2014 | Updated: March 24, 2015 | By Elizabeth | 9 Replies More
Free Books for Travelers

Free Books for Travelers

Free books arrive in my mailbox with great regularity. Publishers send them – not because they think I’m terrific or fear they may have missed my birthday – but because they hope I’ll write about them. Sometimes I do mention their book in a blog post (potentially increasing sales of that title), but lately I […]

May 3, 2014 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | Reply More
Samantha Brown, Don Wildman, Leon Logothetis & Friends

Samantha Brown, Don Wildman, Leon Logothetis & Friends

I just spent the weekend with Samantha Brown, Don Wildman, Leon Logothetis, Patricia Schultz and Jorge Meraz – and what a fun weekend it was. As the emcee on the Travel Channel Stage at The San Diego Travel and Adventure Show, my job was to introduce each of the speakers. When I wasn’t doing that, […]

March 31, 2014 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 4 Replies More
5 Best Destination Travel Companies

5 Best Destination Travel Companies

Authentic Luxury Travel has just named the five best destination travel companies in the world. The selection was based on the companies’ insider knowledge, local connections, and expertise in creating custom itineraries focused on authentic travel experiences. These travel planners will be awarded Authentic Luxury Travel’s “World’s Best Travel Awards 2014” badges for inclusion on […]

March 12, 2014 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 2 Replies More
5 Things I’ve Learned from Authentic Travel

5 Things I’ve Learned from Authentic Travel

Authentic travel – traveling in a way that makes it easy to connect with the local culture – is often life changing. When you look beyond the standard tourist sights, it’s not unusual to experience a shift in attitude and to acquire new passions. Authentic travel can also be life enhancing. Here are some of […]

February 10, 2014 | Updated: March 24, 2015 | By Elizabeth | 17 Replies More
Pardon Our Dust – Win A Prize

Pardon Our Dust – Win A Prize

Dear Subscribers, We’re making some changes to Authentic Luxury Travel that should improve your experience when you visit the site. For the most part, it’s going to be unobtrusive – except there’s a possibility that when we re-set the mail delivery, it may go berserk and send you a raft of articles you’ve already seen. Maybe as many […]

September 16, 2013 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 14 Replies More
Authentic Luxury Travel Wins “Best of Show”

Authentic Luxury Travel Wins “Best of Show”

  Last night’s surprising success at the San Diego Press Club’s Excellence in Journalism Awards was wonderful, but it didn’t make me want to jump up and do a little end zone dance. Authentic Luxury Travel won “Best Topic-based Blog” and “Best of Show” in the Websites category, which is very exciting, but most of […]

October 25, 2012 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 1 Reply More
Giving Back While Traveling

Giving Back While Traveling

Guests from Phinda Forest Lodge help to support this primary school in South Africa. What do the Dalai Lama, Michael McCarthy, and I have in common? We all believe that it’s important for travelers to show respect for other cultures. For the Dalai Lama, that recently meant eating poi in Hawaii. Last month, I was a […]

May 1, 2012 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | 1 Reply More
The Dalai Lama and Respect

The Dalai Lama and Respect

The Dalai Lama requested native Hawaiian food as a way of showing respect for the local culture The Dalai Lama was in San Diego this week and I was lucky enough to get a ticket to hear him speak at the University of San Diego. I’m not sure what I was expecting, but I was […]

April 21, 2012 | Updated: March 26, 2016 | By Elizabeth | Reply More
Authentic Luxury Travel on Women’s Radio Network

Authentic Luxury Travel on Women’s Radio Network

I’m a firm believer that authentic travelers can help to create a more peaceful global community You know I love talking about real – not touristy – travel experiences and that I firmly believe Authentic Luxury Travel can help create a safer global community…so imagine how much fun I had being interviewed about this topic […]

February 10, 2012 | Updated: October 31, 2014 | By Elizabeth | Reply More
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