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Gwen Pratesi
Freelance Travel Journalist
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About me

I'm a Florida-based James Beard Foundation Award Finalist in Journalism and an award-winning culinary and travel writer with more than 17 years of experience. I'm a regular contributor to the Travel section of U.S. News & World Report and freelance for major publications, including The Points Guy, Garden & Gun, Cruise Critic, AARP, AAA - The Extra Mile, Southern Living, and Reader's Digest. My work has also been featured on MSN, Yahoo!, and Business Insider.

What is your favorite travel destination?

Quebec City and Ireland

Where do you dream of traveling to?

Australia

What was your first travel job?

We traveled throughout the Southeast writing about chefs and farmers

What do you want to learn more about?

Food and cultures in places I haven't yet traveled to

Three words that describe why we should travel?

Change our perspective