Zach Everson | Writer. Editor. Consultant.

Seven suggestions for becoming a travel writer

Zach Everson — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:28:44 +0000

A friend’s daughter who just earned her master’s in journalism recently asked me about how to break into travel writing. Apparently the suggestions I passed along were useful: Thank you for giving me more practical, helpful advice in your e-mail than I got in the entirety of grad school. Seriously, if we had only had [...]

Experiencing Jsix’s chef Christian Graves’s kitchen for BlackBook

Zach Everson — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:25:52 +0000

Monday BlackBook published a feature article I wrote: Jsix’s Christian Graves Gives Us His ‘Chef’s Kitchen Experience’ I had plans to head to San Diego this June for my brother’s wedding rather than work. Either it was coincidence or I mentioned my plans online though, as I received an e-mail from Hotel Solamar and Jsix’s [...]

Four family friendly hotels stay hip: My latest piece for Air Canada’s enRoute

Zach Everson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:50:10 +0000

Resorts with teen programs that the 13- to 18-year-old set might actually enjoy was the subject for my latest piece in Air Canada’s in-flight magazine, enRoute: Download a .pdf of the article here. Read the article on enRoute’s website here. I got the idea for the article after a visit to the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach [...]

Where travel bloggers hang out in New York City

Zach Everson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:25:10 +0000

Originally this post was for Gridskipper, but my editor there is relocating to Paris for a month today (in a related story, I hate him), so I figured I’d post it here. Want to see where the sages of online travel advice hang out in New York City? This weekend 300 travel bloggers are convening [...]

enRoute’s articles, including mine, now appearing on MSN’s Canadian travel site

Zach Everson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:22:32 +0000

EnRoute, Air Canada’s in-flight magazine, has a new partnership with MSN Canada in which articles from the magazine now will appear on MSN Canada’s travel section. A couple of mine (Freebies Around the Globe, which I co wrote, and 4 Great Gardens Around the World) are slated to appear there soon. Look for them at [...]

Ustream Broadcaster iPhone ap streams live video to the Internet, just not well

Zach Everson — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:53:45 +0000

On my trip to San Diego and Kamiah, Id. last week, I tried out Ustream, a “live interactive broadcast platform that enables anyone with an Internet connection and a camera to engage their audience in a meaningful, immediate way.” Immediate, yes. Assuming it works And if by meaningful, Ustream means via video that gets hung [...]

Four spots to catch the World Cup: My latest for Air Canada’s enRoute

Zach Everson — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:52:31 +0000

Going to be in Buenos Aires, London, New York City, or Toronto during the World Cup? Check out the games at one of these soccer-themed bars I profiled in the June issue of enRoute, Air Canada’s in-flight magazine. Download a .pdf of the article here. Read the article on enRoute’s website here. And if you’re [...]

May 2010 posts for Gridskipper, UpTake, and Louisville.com

Zach Everson — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:51:14 +0000

Check below the jump for my Gridskipper, UpTake, and Louisville.com articles from May 2010. Gridskipper Restaurants for the Defeated Gordon Brown UpTake Quebec City’s Hilton Québec: A hotel with a view Economy Inn in Louisville: For when you need flexibility (or meth) Le Meridien opened earlier this month in Philadelphia Monaco’s Hotel Metropole Monte-Carlo is [...]

My Kentucky Derby coverage roundup

Zach Everson — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:57:43 +0000

And I’m spent. The seven days leading up to the Kentucky Derby is the most exciting week of the year in Louisville. But it was also the most exhausting. As editor-in-chief, I oversaw Louisville.com‘s coverage of the city’s signature event. We had five writers (including me) at Churchill Downs for the Derby and also dispatched [...]

My latest article for Air Canada’s in-flight magazine, enRoute: 4 Great Gardens Around the World

Zach Everson — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:40:06 +0000

The May issue of Air Canada’s in-flight magazine, enRoute, includes my article “4 Great Gardens Around the World” about horticultural parks, along with a sidebar on three new theme parks that are scheduled to open in 2010. In particular, the plans for Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay, with “super trees” that resemble the Ewok Village, [...]