Name: Elaine Glusac
Date registered: August 4, 2009
URL: http://www.elaineglusac.com
Jan
13
Happy new year! The New York Times’ annual list of places to go in the new year — 52 in 2014 — is just out. I contributed five of those: Scotland, the Mekong River, Andermatt in Switzerland, Atlanta and Indianapolis. Five down, 47 to go… Read the full story here. Bon voyage!
Oct
25
Last fall, Private Clubs magazine asked me to go to Burma (aka Myanmar) to report a story on the rise of tourism there. This week that story won a Lowell Thomas award for travel writing from the Society of American Travel Writers. It’s a fascinating place, and many sources — including a family of Burmese …
Oct
11
Sydney is a city for nature lovers. Yes, it’s got plenty of culture and refinement — witness the iconic Opera House — but it’s also got Outback topography, loads of wildlife and aboriginal sites easily accessible within the metro area. I traveled there in August to report a story on Australia’s new National Landscapes program …
Oct
04
USAToday.com just launched a new foodie travel channel on it’s website, and I wrote about what I know best: how to eat and drink your way through Chicago. Check it out: http://www.usatoday.com/experience/food-and-wine/tours-and-trails/chicago-culinary-tours/2673223/
Oct
03
My latest blog post for the New York Times is up at http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/skiing-the-next-generation/ Catch it in the Sunday October 6 travel section too. Then you’ll know where to take the kids skiing this winter. The story covers new amenities, programs and trails for families at Colorado ski resorts.
Oct
03
My latest feature in the New York Times travel section covers new hotels — from Lima boutiques to Costa Rica hideaways — in Latin America. Be inspired here. Latin America Lodging, From Panama to Peru Nayara Springs One of the 16 villas at Nayara Springs, scheduled to open in Costa Rica in December. By ELAINE …
Jan
11
The New York Times travel section just published its annual Where To Go issue including 46 wanderlust-inducing destinations. I wrote #s 29 (Puerto Rico) and 37 (Charlevoix) and hope to get to #12 (Montenegro) and #19 (Kimberley) this year. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/01/10/travel/2013-places-to-go.html
Oct
09
Hark, adrenaline junkies! Mountain Travel Sobek has trip of a lifetime: 25 days, six continents, nine rivers. Read my New York Times piece here: http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/rapid-transit-indeed-rafting-six-continents/
Sep
27
Possibly the healthiest hotel rooms in the country, ironically, are about to open in Las Vegas, including a Vitamin C infused shower. Read my story in the NY Times: http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/wellness-rooms-with-hot-and-cold-vitamin-c/
Sep
18
The Kodiak brown bear, cousins of the better known grizzlies, live only on Kodiak Island, Alaska in a vast wilderness preserve where the native Alutiiq nation just opened a new lodge offer unparalleled wildlife viewing from a comfortably base. The perspective of native islanders adds a cultural dimension to the safari, which I wrote about it for …