Philadelphia native Reid Bramblett is the author of more than two dozen guidebooks, creator of the popular [...] website, and a former daily travel reporter for [...], where he won two Lowell Thomas awards for travel reporting.

Reid is a frequent contributor to [...], AARP The Magazine, and [...], and his travel articles have appeared in The Miami Herald, Modern Bride, [...], The Dallas Morning News, The St. Petersburg Times, [...], and Newsweek. He was a Contributing Editor to [...], Condé Nast's [...], and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine, where he was formerly Associate Editor.

Reid has appeared as a travel expert on CNN, FOX News, NPR, and the Travel Channel's "Great Cruises" series, and blogged weekly about active and adventure travel as the "Man Outdoors" at [...]. He lectures regularly on world destinations and travel techniques at the Smithsonian Institution, and serves as occasional guest host of "The Travel Show" on WABC FM.

His award-winning [...] trip planning site has been recommended by CNN, USA Today, SmartMoney, and National Geographic Traveler, and was proclaimed "Among the best" by Arthur Frommer.