School
Northeastern University
Expertise
Adventure Travel, Culinary Travel, LGBTQIA+ Travel
- Erin has traveled to 40+ countries and six continents and tries to visit at least two new countries every year.
- She is a big fan of adventure sports.
- Her travel accomplishments include bungy jumping in New Zealand, skydiving in Australia, dirt biking in Cambodia, and surfing in Costa Rica.
Experience
There's nothing Erin loves more than eating and exploring her way around the world. She's spent most of her career in the travel industry working for popular travel brands, including Travelzoo and Hotwire. Erin's also written for a variety of online travel publications, such as The Flight Deal, Tiplr, and TravelPride, focusing on everything from under-the-radar LGBTQ destinations to Michelin-star restaurants. She is the person you see outside a restaurant on a Saturday night on her phone — working hard to keep her Duolingo Spanish streak.
Education
Erin has a B.A. in journalism from Northeastern University.
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