ACCOLADES & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Print/Online Interviews and Mentions
- Diary of the Purple Passport | The Purple Passport
- Top 50 “Around the World” Female Bloggers | Kenya & Tanzania Travel
- Before They Were Famous | Travelocity
- The Top 13 Bloggers of 2013 | Chris Elliott
- What We’re Reading | Afar magazine
- Top Solo Female Travel Bloggers | GoAbroad
- Traveler Tuesday | Misadventures with Andi
- 15 Travel Twitter Accounts to Follow | Mashable
- Finding Love Abroad | Vagabond3
- This Week in Travel: July 14-20 | Travel Channel
- Weekly Photo Challenge: Dreaming | WordPress.com’s The Daily Post
- This Week in Travel: June 29-July 6 | Travel Channel
- Travel Style | Johnny Jet
- The Radar: Kentucky’s Southern Hospitality | National Geographic Traveler’s Intelligent Travel
- 10 Questions with Kristin Luna | Contiki
- Semester at Sea Questions Answered | University of Tennessee
- Confessions of a Travel Addict | Expert Vagabond
- 12 Bloggers You Should Read in 2012 | Chris Elliott
- 15 Best Travel Blogs to Follow in 2012 | 101 Holidays
- Best Travel Blog and Hall of Fame: 2011, 2010, 2009 | Bloggies
- Favorite Travel Blogs | Roaming Tales
- Study Abroad Regrets | Go Overseas
- Show Me Yours | AppSmitten
- Top 100 Travel Blogs | Nomadic Samuel
- Hotel Horror Stories | AOL Travel
- Broke Ass of the Week | Broke Ass Stuart
- Interview with Kristin Luna | National RV Parks
- Arctic Parallel Comes Within Frozen Reach | NY1 News
- Dog Sledging on Wheels in the Arctic | Visit Norway
- Women Travelers: Kristin Luna | Travelling Wren
- Word of Mouth: Best of San Francisco | The Daily Meal
- Interview with Kristin Luna | Jar O’ Marbles
- Bug Bytes: Stroopwafels, Witches and Love in Holland | Travel Bug Juice
- I Want to Be…a Travel Writer! | Gala Darling
- Read This Blog: Camels & Chocolate | Caroline in the City
- NileGuide 5 with Kristin Luna | NileGuide
- Inside the Traveler’s Mind | Travellious
- Gnome Away from Home | Miami Herald
- Around the World on 80 Couches | Christian Science Monitor
- Young & Restless | South Florida SunSentinel
Radio
- Travel Planners | March 2012
- Travel Talk Radio’s “Escapes” | August 2009
- Travel Talk Radio’s “Escapes” | June 2009
- Frommer’s Podcast (on air) | April 2007
Television
- Tennessee Living, Channel 6 | June 2012
- The Today Show | June 2010
- Travels with Val, NY1 | August 2009
- Travel Channel’s Mind-Blowing Escapes | December 2007
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MEDIA EXPERIENCE
I’ve been working as a journalist for more than decade—for magazines, newspapers, books and online publications. Here are some of the companies for whom I’ve had the pleasure of writing. If you’re interested in hiring me for a project—writing, editing, research or photography—or else using me as a source or on-air expert, feel free to contact me. Here’s a round-up of publications I’ve worked for in the past:
Print/Online Outlets
Alaska Airlines magazine
Away.com
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Breathe
Budget Travel
California Visitor’s Guide
Colorado Springs Gazette
Destination I Do
Destination Weddings & Honeymoons
Entertainment Weekly
Epoch Times
Foam
Forbes Traveler
Frommers.com
Glam.com
Glamour
Group Travel Planet
Hotelier International
Islands
Marin
National Geographic Traveler
Newsweek
PEOPLE
Real Simple
REDBOOK
Robb Report
San Francisco Chronicle
Sherman’s Travel
SELF
Southern Living
Southwest Airlines’ Spirit magazine
Sunset
Toronto Globe & Mail
TravelChannel.com
USA Today
Vegas
VisitCalifornia.com
World Hum
7×7
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Books
MTV Spain 2006
Frommer’s San Francisco 2008
Frommer’s California 2008
Best Places Northern California 2009
Frommer’s San Francisco 2009
Frommer’s California 2009
Tennessee Curiosities 2010
Frommer’s Los Angeles 2010
Frommer’s San Francisco 2010
Frommer’s California 2010
Frommer’s Los Angeles 2011
Frommer’s San Francisco 2011
Frommer’s California 2011
Frommer’s San Francisco 2012
Frommer’s California 2012
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Copywriting
Trivial Pursuit House Party, 2012
Trivial Pursuit Bet You Know It, 2012
Trivial Pursuit Steal, 2012
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Publishing Experience
7×7, Travel Blogger: December 2008 – Present
Best Places, Author: April 2008 – Present
PEOPLE, Correspondent: February 2008 – Present
Glamour, Stringer: April 2007 – Present
Frommer’s, Author: April 2006 – Present
Lucky, Researcher: January 2007 – February 2008
InStyle, Red Carpet Reporter: February 2007 – February 2008
Entertainment Weekly, Reporter: August 2006 – October 2007
Us Weekly, Fact-Checker: October 2006 – October 2007
Tullahoma News and Guardian, Travel Columnist: December 2004 – May 2006
Newsweek , Fact-Checker: May 2005 – August 2005
In Touch Weekly, News Intern: May 2005 – August 2005
Harper’s, Research Assistant: October 2004 – December 2004
Destination ImagiNation, Newspaper Editor: April 2005 – May 2005
The Daily Beacon, Features Editor: January 2004 – May 2005
