Reid Bramblett

Background

About Reid Bramblett

My award-winning ReidsGuides.com trip planning site (and its ReidsItaly.com offshoot) has been recommended by CNN, USA Today, SmartMoney, and National Geographic Traveler, and was proclaimed "Among the best" by Arthur Frommer. As a daily travel reporter for MSNBC.com I won two Lowell Thomas awards. • I have been a Contributing Editor to Condè Nast's Concierge.com and Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel magazine, where I was formerly Associate Editor, and a Contributing Writer at TravelandLeisure.com. I am also a featured blogger at Weightwatchers.com as the "Man Outdoors," writing about an active lifestyle and adventure travel. • I lecture regularly on travel topics for the Smithsonian. I serve as an occasional guest host of "The Travel Show" on WOR710am, and as a travel expert for "Cruises We Love" on the Travel Channel. I have also served as a travel expert on CNN, Fox NEWS, CNNfn, and the New York City affiliates of ABC, Fox, and UPN, as well as on various NPR stations. • My travel articles have appeared in Newsweek, The Miami Herald, The Dallas Morning News, the St. Petersburg Times, Modern Bride, and on CNN.com. The Chicago Daily Herald ran my weekly adventure column,"The Intrepid Traveler." • I have authored 11 guidebooks, collectively updated them over 32 editions—including Frommer's Tuscany & Umbria, Europe for Dummies, DK's Eyewitness Top 10 Milan & The Lakes, Frommer's Memorable Walks in New York, and Frommer's Day by Day Philadelphia—and have contributed to more than two dozen others. • I have consulted for national tourism boards, major tour companies, business executives, scout troops, and everyday travelers. Specialties: Travel writing, trip planning, travel in Europe, Italian culture and history