OUR AUTHORS
Resham Sengar
Resham is an avid propagandist of travel, and is waiting to turn her dreams of touring offbeat lands come true. In a world where peace is a rare commodity that even money can’t buy, for her, an ideal trip means heading to the incredible Indian hills.
Shruti Maheshwari
A wanderer and essentially a creative junkie at heart, Shruti Maheshwari holds special fascination for things that belong to an old world, things that tell their own tales, the more mythical and magical, the better it is. She dreams of travelling solo, overcoming various odds and telling her own interesting stories. She likes dappling with content in whatever form and is weaving an offline to online yarn with flourish.
Claudia Tavani
Claudia Tavani is from Sardinia (Italy) and has travelled extensively in Europe, Mexico, Central and South America, and South-East Asia. Her guides focus on cultural and adventure travel, but also have a focus on the best eats and sleeps around. Other than Happytrips, she writes at http://www.myadventuresacrosstheworld.com/.
Michaela Cross
Michaela Stone Cross is a writer, adventurer and international traveler from Philadelphia, USA. She enjoys finding ways to live exclusively off of potatoes so that she can afford to spend all her money exploring strange places strangely.
Mariellen Ward
Mariellen Ward is a professional travel writer based in Toronto and Delhi, torn between the natural beauty of Canada and the chaos and colour of India. She writes for many online and offline publications and publishes the award-winning travel blog Breathedreamgo, inspired by her extensive travels in India, Canada and beyond.
Priti Zararia
Priti Zararia is a traveller, explorer, travel writer and a photographer. She has lived and traveled around Europe extensively. She has delved into diverse historical and cultural experiences across Western, Central, Eastern Europe and Asia. Besides the usual ‘things to do’ her guides feature must-try food & wines, must watch musicals and hike to offbeat places around popular destinations. She has traveled to over 30 countries and dreams of traveling to each and every country across the globe. Other than writing for Happytrips, she posts exclusive travel stories on her travel blog https://ilovetripping.com/.
Deepti Singh Gupta
Dr Deepti Singh Gupta has travelled extensively in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia including interiors of Italy, France, Greece, Canada, New York and India. Her expertise lies in writing about beach destinations and luxury travel. Other than Happytrips, she chronicles her trips on www.globalpitara.in
Philippa Kaye
Philippa Kaye is an Indophile, traveller, budding author, lover of dogs and rider of horses, entrepreneur and eternal optimist. She enjoys getting off the beaten track both personally and professionally and has dedicated her life to sharing her stories and helping others find their own off-road path. She currently lives in Delhi though has previously lived in Kanha, Madhya Pradesh and Jaipur, Rajasthan. Her blog https://memsahibinindia.wordpress.com contains diaries from life in India as well as slightly more unusual travel pieces. Conventional is not the name of her game.
Anirban Deb
Born at Lumding, a town in Assam, Anirban spent his childhood enjoying the whispering sounds of the woods and trees, cherishing the flora and fauna in places like Dwarband, Masimpur, Burlongfur, Mandardisa. Anirban's travel writings reflect his deep love towards nature. In Anirban's words, the golden sunrise, the meadows, the snow-clad tall mountains, the never ending seas, the horizon, the smell of sand and soil, large monuments, the history, the people fascinate him and take him to a different world. And he gives his father all the credit who made him feel, cherish and experience these wonders of Mother Earth.
Anna Phipps
Anna Phipps is a writer, dreamer, digital nomad and travel addict from the UK who quit her job in Dec 2012 to pursue her dreams of a life of travel and adventure. Anna has been on an indefinite journey around India, Southeast Asia and Australia ever since traveling slow, independently and on a budget and is now based in Goa, India. She shares her tips and experiences on her blog Global Gallivanting to inspire others to make travel their lifestyle choice too. Anna travels because she believes that “We travel not to escape life, but so that life does not escape us”. She blogs at: https://www.global-gallivanting.com/.
Nishalika Shrivastava
A traveler by soul and a writer/editor by profession, Nishalika Shrivastava cherishes a moment of quietude in the lap of nature as much as she enjoys the company of a frolicsome crowd on a beach. She dreams of globetrotting, and travelling to the Seven Wonders of the World has been on her bucket list for years.
Sayantani Chakrabarti
Always on the go, Sayantani is the kind of traveller who never longs for the destination but craves a memorable journey. When she’s not travelling, Sayantani likes to lounge with a pacy book and some Sinatra in the background. Her website www.ichronicle.in and Instagram page miss_oompa_loompa are testaments to her unyielding passion for all things good.
Megha Wadhwa
'Where is home?' Megha Wadhwa is a researcher seeking an answer to this question for self and her counterparts in her second home and favorite travel land Japan. Initially started traveling for research but a sunset in Santorini took her heart away, and since then she is wandering to find it back, secretly wishing to take a lifetime in finding it. Passion for travel, photography and yoga keeps her alive, and she loves telling her travel stories especially those from the land of rising sun.
Bhavani
Bhavani is a traveller by choice, photographer by interest and writer by desire. She has a soft corner for strangers and is more curious about their lives than that of her friends. She's crafted more than a dozen walking tours for the leading travel app company in India and her articles have been published in leading publications and on websites, but she believes the journey began at merrytogoaround. In a dedicated relationship with chocolate, books, her husband and lower case, she is yet to figure out the order of preference.
Anuradha Shankar
Anuradha Shankar is a mother, traveller, freelance writer, compulsive bookworm.. not necessarily in that order. She lives in Mumbai and aims to travel as much as she can across the country, 11 year old son in tow. Her blog 'A Wandering Mind' is primarily a travel blog, but true to its name it wanders all the time - from events to random thoughts, book reviews to her son's latest peccadilloes
Swati Jain
Swati Jain has been travelling the world since she was a kid and has explored parts of Europe, US, UK and India. Since she quit her cubicle job in 2013, Swati has been backpacking in and around India covering 145 cities across 20 states. Her expertise lies in writing the travel, hotel and food guides. She blogs at www.buoyantfeet.com
Nishiraj Baruah
Knife collector, a drummer, and a travel & lifestyle journalist, Nishiraj A. Baruah had been the editor of Air India's in-flight magazine, Shubh Yatra and the Executive Editor of Harper's Bazaar Bride. He had launched several travel supplements/sections for Mail Today, HT City, and India Today Digital. He has travelled extensively in India and Europe and he specialises in first person experiential writing complete with adventure, anecdotes, suspense and surprising endings providing a fresh perspective to a destination. He also loves drawing real characters he met and observed on the way. Other than Happytrips, you can read his work at http://nishirajbaruah.com.
Prashanth M
A Bangalorean, an IT professional on week days and outdoorsy on weekends and loves to explore off-beat places. Once a motor-biker now he spends more time on the bike with pedals. He is currently planning out a mission to visit nooks & corners of Karnataka, if possible on a bicycle. Check out his travel stories on his blog - http://payaniga.com
Lakshmi Sharath
Lakshmi Sharath is a travel writer and blogger from Bangalore who gave up her career in media to pursue her passion. She blogs at www.lakshmisharath.com
Reva Vidyalankar
Looking at the world through her camera lens, Reva Vidyalankar is passionate about backpacking, beaches and the silence that mountain cliffs offer. When she's not rambling about in her head looking for words, she's found either glued to a computer or to a book. An ideal day for her would include breakfast in snow covered Mussorie, a never ending road trip, and silly experiments concocted with her sister.
Nirdesh Singh
Nirdesh K. Singh has travelled extensively across our incredibly beautiful country of India. In his words, “I go where the roads and my curiosity take me.” Currently on a mission to discover India, its people, its landscape while uncovering layers of its history through built heritage. Other than Happytrips, I scribble my travel experiences on https://justrippingg.blogspot.in/.
Mayank Kumar
With insightful understanding of the content world, Mayank entwines out-of-the-box ideas with practical, user-friendly executions. A movie-buff and a not-so-bad singer, Mayank gave up his job in advertising to be a travel writer. He wishes to own a chalet one day where he'd also stack his travel diaries, and keepsakes that he collects from around the world. Some of his big loves include beach-hopping, long drives, and reading Charles Bukowski and Gulzar Saab.
Vikram Ahuja
Vikram is a multi-time entrepreneur and the founder of Byond www.byond.travel, a company that facilitates shared travel experience for specific communities with a focus on experiences-led journeys. Byond builds personalized, immersive travel journeys in over 50 countries with a focus on personal and women’s only, self drives (the only travel company to execute the India-Bangkok road-trip), health and yoga retreats and many more. Vikram is a passionate traveler and loves collecting travel stories from his many adventures around the world.
Rathina Sankari
Rathina Sankari is a freelance writer and a travel blogger who loves to stay with locals during her solo travels. Her interests are travel, culture and food. She pens her travel stories for various publications and her blog Rathina's View Space.
Sandip Hor
International travel writer and photographer Sandip Hor from Australia has travelled to 88 countries in 6 continents. His writing forte lies in bestowing life to a destination, focussing on highlights around history, culture, people and architecture. In addition to contributing for Happytrips, he regularly writes for digital and print media in Australia, New Zealand,Singapore Dubai,Sri Lanka and publications in India.
Jane Austen
Jane is a writer, who handles content related to Travel and Interior design. Her articles have appeared in several publications and mostly touch upon enhancing personal style and travel tips and tricks.
Alana Morgan
Alana Morgan is a twenty-something traveller trying to figure out life one place at a time, and blogging about it at Paper Planes. Originally from Seattle, she's been living, working, and travelling in Thailand and Southeast Asia for the past three years with no plans to 'settle down' anytime soon.
Meraj Shah
Handicapped for life by 18 strokes, and a puerile love for fast machines, Meraj Shah juggles his time hacking around golf courses, driving fast cars, and riding superbikes across the world: playing, driving and writing with more gusto than skill, while freely dispensing unsolicited views on everything under the sun, to all who’ll listen. He’s spent the last two years on the road and written three travel guides for Lonely Planet India along the way.
Abhishek Maniktala
The indelible urge to wander, sets forth plans to some well trodden and some not so well trodden paths. The decade and a half passion for traveling has built up a healthy repertoire that spans North American cities, exquisite Canadian wilderness, extensive Europe chronicling historic metropolis, resort towns, Aegean sea & Mediterranean sea towns, majestic alps as well as medieval towns and villages, urban Australia, a tryst with New Zealand’s cities, towns and untamed wilderness, the best of South Africa and a sojourn in Asian countries. The glacier treks of New Zealand, lakes of the Banff National Park (Canada), the medieval towns near Florence, the photo-worthy bridge city of Ronda (Spain) are just some ventures whose memories kindle a desire to write!
Shivya Nath
Shivya quit her corporate job at age 23 to travel the world. She was recently awarded India’s best travel blogger at The India Blogger Awards 2013, for her blog, The Shooting Star. Her stories take readers on the roads less travelled, with a focus on solo and responsible travel.
Sugato Tripathy
An ex banker, currently a B-school professor, travel writer, amateur photographer and an eternal beach lover with a view that "Life is Short & the World is Wide". Hailing from the beautiful city of Bhubaneswar, he has travelled extensively in India and has explored places in Thailand, Malaysia, Maldives, Seychelles, Italy, Philippines and Western Australia. His expertise lies in providing travel experiences, destination tips and featured guides. His idea of 'nirvana' is to vegetate on the beach or wander aimlessly in the mountains. You can check out his photo essays at http://www.tripography.in
Fay Khoo
Malaysia's foremost food reviewer, and sometime TV food presenter, Fay's obsession with food has taken her from five-star tables to monsoon drain-side stalls, all in search of the next tastiest morsel. Fay is also an author of children's books and is the host of a food show on radio.
Elita Almeida
Have feet will travel. An ex-development sector professional, Elita had a job but quit it to work to travel i.e. going where the road takes her and taking the road along (accompanied mostly by her wits). A compulsive blogger, trained counsellor and new-ish at being a facilitator, she considers herself a #multipotentialite. Elita blogs at https://nomadicthunker.blogspot.in/
Amrita Das
Amrita is a freelance travel writer and professional travel blogger; she propagates female solo travel and shares her experiences from offbeat, culture and adventure travel through her writing.
Saurabh Kapur
Saurabh Kapur, a 2009 graduate from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, found his true calling not in consulting business but in a crazy adventurous ride. Following his dream, he founded GoMissing Expeditions – an adventure travel company that provides unique travel opportunities to fitness and adventure enthusiasts around skiing, mountain biking and trekking/mountaineering. Saurabh, an avid cyclist has several endurance cycling milestones to his name and as you read this, he will be gearing up for rigours of a course in mountaineering in mighty Himalayas. He is fond of sharing his experiences on his blog: http://gomissing.in/blog
Puru
Puru is a travel blogger and photographer who tries to take out time from their daily life whenever possible and explore the world with his partner Ekta. Part of the IT crowd in Pune, they aspire to break free, see the world, and tell the stories of their travels on their blog - Shadows Galore.
Bindu Gopal Rao
Bindu Gopal Rao has extensively explored India and some parts of China, Malaysia, Australia, Sri Lanka, UAE, Hong Kong and more. Her expertise lies in writing about exploring places holistically - both offbeat and traditional tales with a twists. Other than Happytrips, she writes at www.bindugopalrao.com
Prachi Joshi
Prachi has travelled extensively within India and through Europe. She specialises in writing about culinary journeys, offbeat destinations, and culture travelogues. Other than Happytrips, she writes for various print publications, and also chronicles her trips on her blog Deliciously Directionless - http://deliciouslydirectionless.com.
Uma Muthuraaman
Uma Muthuraaman is a native of Chennai, married to a Delhite. With a two state-marriage and bi-cultural kids she has travelled around the world and lived in Asian and European cities so far. Since 2005, Uma and her family are based in Germany. She currently lives and works as a communication consultant in Cologne. She shares her life in Germany, experience as a freelancer and travel tips in her website www.umamuthuraaman.com.
Ajita Chowhan
Over the past decade Ajita has extensively explored more than 30 countries in Latin America, South East Asia, North America, Western Europe, Scandinavia and Africa. She is an ardent believer of the slow, long-term travel enabling most authentic understanding of culture, landscape, people and society. She continues to do so by currently living and working in the Northern Congo Basin in Sub-Saharan Africa. She curates her elsewhereness as A Small Town Girl at http://www.asmalltowngirl.in.
Anita Rao Kashi
Anita Rao Kashi is a freelance travel and food writer based in Bangalore. After nearly 12 years with The Times of India in Bangalore,she went freelance in Jan 2006 to write about travel and food. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Lonely Planet Magazine India, National Geographic Magazine India, Economic Times, Jetwings, Femina, Tiger Tales, Silkwinds, Bangalore Mirror, The Star of Malaysia etc. Apart from writing for various national and international magazines, newspapers and websites, as well blogging on travel and food, she has worked on travel and food guides.
Amitabha Gangopadhyay
An engineer by profession, Amitabha loves roaming around the green hills of the tropics seeking occasional relief from the long Canadian winters. He brings back stories of the common people that he often shares his time with when traveling off the beaten paths of the mountains and the rural areas of many countries. To add some spices to his travel interests, Amitabha always looks for opportunities to experience some adrenaline rush from his favourite sports of skydiving, paragliding, zip-lining or even flying in microlites wherever he travels.
Satyabrata Dam
A thrill seeker and die-hard adrenalin junkie, ex-submariner Satyabrata Dam has too many accomplishments to summarize. He’s scaled over 350 peaks worldwide (including multiple expeditions to the top of Mt Everest), walked across continents, plumbed the depths of oceans, rafted down rivers and hacked through dense jungles. He shows no signs of slowing down.
Madhvi Prabhakar
Madhvi Prabhakar loves vast oceans and blue skies and believes that travelling nourishes your soul and disconnects you from mundane life. So keep travelling!
Shailza Sood Dasgupta
Shailza Sood Dasgupta has travelled all around India and has a strong hold on the trans-Himalayan region, Himachal, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Rajasthan. Her expertise lies in writing travel stories and guides. She is closely associated with major publications other than Happytrips. You can read her travel stories on http://www.flight-of-a-little-bird.com.
Alexandra Turney
Alexandra Turney was born in Sydney, grew up in London, and now lives in Rome. In her spare time she writes novels, explores Italy, and eats far too much pasta (particularly cacio e pepe). She works for Through Eternity Tours, writing about the history, art and culture of Italy.
Rachel Jones
Rachel Jones is an American who left a career in nursing to live on the beaches on Goa, India nearly 3 years ago where she is now a Thai masseuse, candle-maker, and travel writer. Her award winning website gives advice on the other 28 countries she's been to but has become the go-to site on India travel, focusing on off beat places & “glamorous travel”. Hippie in Heels has been featured in ELLE magazine & was voted by Flipkey on of the top 25 female bloggers to follow this year.
Anindya Basu
Anindya is a photographer and travel writer who loves to weave stories around his travel. His area of interest lies in food, culture and people. He writes about travel and food in various publications, in addition to his blog Pikturenama.
Asha Griffith
A love of South East Asia saw Asha leave her homeland of Australia for the hot nights and cool breezes of tropical Asia. She has been based in Cambodia for the past 4 years and travelled extensively around the world, eating, drinking and walking until it's time to eat again.
Niranjan Das
R. Niranjan Das is passionate about travel, be it long bike rides or treacherous trekking or leisure holidaying or backpacking through the countryside or an engrossing train journey. He dreams of setting foot on every single country on planet earth, meeting adorable strangers and learning about new cultures. His articles have been featured on Travel + Leisure, The Hindu, Yahoo, Spice Flair and CLAY. You can learn more about Niranjan’s travel experiences on his blog Tales of a Nomad.
Lindsay MacNevin
Lindsay has travelled extensively through North America, Europe and Central America as well as worldwide. Her expertise lies in writing city travel guides, off the beaten path destinations and solo travel. Other than Happytrips, she is the owner and writer at https://www.womenwhoexplore.com/.
Sonali Dabade
A former IT professional, Sonali gave up her cozy Infosys job to follow her passion: writing. A traveler who still hasn't completely sprouted the wings that she so desires, Sonali's dream is to travel the world and write her own memoirs that will inspire traveloholics some day. Her list of must-visit lists include Jordan, the Caribbean Islands, Belgium, the Czech Republic, and Greece, Santorini taking the prized top spot. While she is not fantasizing about traveling, Sonali is a full-time content writer, not to forget an author, blogger, a booklover and reviewer, poetess, music-lover, and a full-time grammar nerd.
Nami Luthra
Nami is an avid solo traveler - someone who likes to be a storyteller of her experiences, making a connection with the audience almost instantly. She is a musically creative soul who is driven by a deep passion for fitness and finds pleasure in the finer moments. An adrenaline junkie for life!
Samonway Duttagupta
Trekking guru! Samonway believes that he was born to live his life in solitude somewhere on a mountaintop. And this faith has led him to some of the most unexplored places within the Himalayas, thanks to the treks he has done over the years. Right now, he is on a mission to explore the world in order to find that special spot on the mountains. Till then, he likes to pen down his travelling experiences and share them with those passionate souls who can live a life just to travel.
Sonia Nazareth
Sonia Nazareth is back from her second masters in Anthropology of Media from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. Now she can be found brandishing pen and camera on various travel, literary, art and research assignments across the world.
Jessy Faraday
I believe that it is the power of words that influence people, decisions, directions, and above all: the readers! With the passion to explore the real-life fantasies in this practical world, I believe that travelling is all it takes to refresh one?s soul. I am here to guide you with all that you need to know about exploring the enchanting beauty of this planet. Wondering how to make your travel experience remarkable? Keep reading :)
Nidhi Tiwari
Nidhi is a driver, writer, educator and outdoor leader. She has been working in the outdoor education space for the last 16 years. Her crazy urge for pushing one's limits and exploring new lands has lead her to travel the length and breadth of the country and also to remote corners of the world. She is incidentally the first woman to drive a trans-continental distance from Delhi to London crossing 17 countries and covering 23,800kms.
Davide Vadala
Davide has been a long term traveller for the last seven years, sharing his stories and impressive photos on NomadTravellers.com and travelling sustainably and very low cost. He knows every corner of Europe, in particular Italy and Romania, he loves Nepali Himalaya and he has extensive experience in South East Asia, where he calls Indonesia his second home. He is specialized in sightseeing guides and reports from his first hand experiences, with a focus on nature, arts and architecture.
Shoma Abhyankar
Shoma Abhyankar has travelled to many destinations across India. She has also travelled considerably to destinations from eastern to western coasts of the United States of America. She writes best about information on historical sites, road trips and destination guides. She chronicles her travels on https://astonishingindia.net.
Shubha Guru
Hailing from Chhattisgarh, one of the most underrated and untouched tourist destinations of the country, she aspires to travel the world with megabucks in her pocket and a camera to capture all the beauty around. An avid reader and movie buff, she loves to travel luxuriously and wishes to portray human emotions, cultures and traditions through sharp and detailed photography.
Rashmi Gopal Rao
Rashmi Gopal Rao has travelled largely across South India, some parts of North India and also the United Kingdom. Her expertise lies in writing about unusual places to visit which includes local markets, temples, shops and exploring the native culture of a place. Other than Happytrips, she chronicles her trips on http://rashminotes.com/.
Ramy Salameh
Ramy Salameh is an award-winning travel journalist and a Member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) working as a travel writer on a voluntary and freelance basis, which has allowed him to cover destinations across the globe. He also utilises many years experience and expertise within the travel arena as an accomplished International travel PR specialist.
Karishma Kirpalani
Karishma Kirpalani who also calls herself Globejamun, mantra for life involves eating, sleeping, dreaming and drooling about travel. Travel is her first crush, boyfriend and love. Jumping off planes, bridges and cliffs give her an unparalleled high. When she visits a place you will find her doing untouristy/ offbeat stuff like trying out a cooking class or eating food with the locals. Many times her hair colour and sunglasses are in sync and matches the places she visits; you can check her travel diaries on Instagram @globejamun
Shrikant Ayyangar
Shrikant Ayyangar is an avid blogger and traveler who enjoys exploring off-beat destinations around India. He also considers himself a 'serial volunteer' and is associated with a few development sector organizations/NGOs. Digital communications and public relations are deeply embedded in his DNA and he is often spotted with a camera hanging around his neck.
Sushobhan Roy
A traveller by heart and a wanderlust by spirit, Sushobhan has travelled extensively in North East India and has done a lot of offbeat treks in the himalayan region. He runs a travel blog at http://sushobhan-readtoenjoy.blogspot.in
Kimberly Lauren Bryant
Kimberly Lauren Bryant is a Canadian photographer and writer based between Berlin and Chiang Mai, Thailand. Driven by interests in contemporary art, film, and culture, her passion for creative expression shapes who she is and how she interacts with the world. She holds a degree in Visual Arts from the University of British Columbia, and is a graduate of TCI’s Emerging Photographer Program, specializing in movement-based imagery and travel photography.
Kiran Mehta
Kiran calls Mumbai home, but is never far from her next trip. Her job involves zipping across the globe, but she insists it is hard work. She has checked into ashrams, lived with strangers in Europe, and tried her hand at extreme sports in Australia, etc., all in an effort to bring you back a story. In addition to the Times Group, she has contributed to National Geographic Traveller (India), Hindustan Times, Spenta Multimedia, The Hindu etc., where she recounts her globe-trotting adventures.
Abhijeet Deshpande
Abhijeet Deshpande is an accidental nomad and writer. His book ‘Backpacking North East India: A Curious Journey’ is set for release soon.Follow his blog dedicated to experiences and opinions of budget travellers at: https://www.backpackingseries.com/.
Shrinidhi Hande
Shrinidhi Hande is a Business Analyst by profession and travel blogger by passion. Based in Chennai and blogging since 2006 at www.enidhi.net. Shrinidhi writes primarily on travel and automobiles. Known for his candid reviews and detailed analysis, he has also contributed as official blogger for several invents. Apart from writing, Shrinidhi enjoys long drives, reading, photography and Chess.
Archana Ravi
I am an Engineer by profession, traveler by choice and a keen learner in things that really draw my attention. I really like to try my hands on a lot of stuff, be it good food, some new art, adventure games or anything else! In short, a person with varied interests! I quit my full-time IT job twice, and both breaks helped me travel a lot. I feel blessed by the things that have happened to me in my life, be it education, work or relocation. London is my current home, I plan to be here until a new abode calls me with open arms!
Hengul J Das
Hailing from Assam, Hengul has a firsthand experience on the travel scene of the entire north east region of India. A stereotyped Assamese with penchant for tea and acoustic guitars, Hengul prefers to go solo and travel light with emphasis on exploring an unknown land through the perspective of the natives.
Savi and Vid
Savi and Vid have been to over 500 cities in 70 countries, following their love of offbeat and luxury travel. From hiking glaciers in Alaska to dining with Penguins in South Africa, their adventures and photographs have been featured on several TV stations and newspapers, including Discovery Channel and the Huffington Post. They are particularly in love with road trips and in the last year alone, they’ve driven over 20,000 miles in a dozen countries. They write about their experiences on www.bruisedpassports.com.
Supriya Sehgal
Supriya has over a decade’s experience in design and development of travel content for television, digital and print platforms. This includes writing and editing articles for national & international publications, curating a column, developing content for coffee table books to writing scripts for TV shows and spearheading projects in the digital marketing space. Of her many travel writing avtaars, she is happiest when penning a guidebook - it has something to do with the comprehensiveness of knowing a destination and the thrill of being on the road for long stretches. She has authored/co-authored over 30 books on travel and plans to stop only when she hits a 100. Find out more on http://www.supriyasehgal.com/.
Miloni Shah
Miloni is a book-fanatic, and a T.V show obsessive. She aspires to travel the world and explore those tiny little villages in the countries less traveled. Her blog www.milonimshah.wordpress.com is a consequence of her unparalleled love for writing about anything and everything.
Shubham Mansingka
Shubham Mansingka is a full time traveller who has been to more than 15 states of India and zipped across Singapore, Thailand & Malaysia. He has extensively slow travelled across the Himalayas, Rajasthan, Goa, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, among other states. His expertise lies in writing guides on offbeat destinations, food guides, trekking routes, adventure related content, budget travel guides and unique content on popular, touristy destinations. Other than Happytrips, he runs a very successful travel blog at www.Travelshoebum.com/.
Sumedha Bharpilania
Sumedha has travelled across 28 countries, including a major chunk of India, and calls Japan, Thailand, France and Switzerland her pet destinations. She is seasoned in going off the beaten track and loves documenting her journeys. Apart from getting lost in metropolises, being stranded at airports and finding solace in the hills, she actively writes for eminent travel platforms. You can follow her trips on her social media handles.
Jaclynn Seah
Jaclynn Seah is a Singaporean girl who has a full-time day job like regular people do, and loves to travel when she can get the time off. She hopes to encourage fellow desk-bound wanderlusters to indulge in their love for travel and get away more. With a motto to try anything at least once, she’s always looking forward to that next trip!
Chandni Aggarwal
By heart, Chandni is a passionate traveler and by qualification, she is a computer science graduate and an MBA in Marketing. She has traveled to 15 countries and 3 continents till date. She recently cofounded her travel startup named Rural Odyssey. Her interests include traveling, photography, writing, cooking, meeting with new people and understanding life better. She believes that life is a journey where we have a lot to discover and traveling is the best way to discover life. Traveling makes her strong, practical and an improved version of herself. Her personal blog is The Soaring Spirit.
Kevin Pilley
Kevin Pilley is a former professional cricketer. Infused with his typical Brit dry sense of humour and wit, Kevin's travel and humour writing appears in publications worldwide. He's also the former chief staff writer of PUNCH magazine and has written for over 600 titles.
Ranjan Pal
Ranjan Pal is an adventurer in both his professional and personal life. Professionally he has had a rich and diverse record of accomplishments at the leadership level in a variety of fields ranging from investment banking to education. Personally he now pursues his twin passions for the outdoors and for travel writing. Having done all the major whitewater trips in India including the iconic Siang and Zanskar rivers, he returned to terra firma with memorable trips to Everest Base Camp in 2012 and Green Lakes Kanchenjunga in 2014. When it comes to travel writing, he is a great believer that in exploring other countries and cultures one gets to know oneself better, an idea best expressed by Rudyard Kipling who famously wrote "And what should they know of England who only England know?"
Gunjan Indrayan
Gunjan's love for travelling has taken him to different parts of the globe. He firmly believes that the world should be seen like a traveller and not a tourist. The fun really begins at the trip planning stage for him. This passion for holistic travel planning forms the foundation of the travel company that he established along with his wife Pranjali. Gunjan Indrayan is the Co-Founder and Director of Tripoetic. Tripoetic plans dream vacations to global destinations from the ground up.
Gaurav Bhatnagar
Gaurav Bhatnagar is a Software Engineer turned Travel Writer and Entrepreneur on Rural, Eco and Offbeat travel. He blogs at www.thespunkytraveler.com, and runs www.thefolktales.com as a Rural Travel organization.
Divya Dwaraknath
Divya is a tireless traveller and an ardent dreamer, who is on a mission to create memories. A romantic at heart, she loves the adventure of unplanned journeys. Believer of all things spontaneous and impulsive, she is a self-confessed addict of street food. She believes driving and biking is meditative. When she is not doing either, you will find her writing, or escaping to the jungle in the middle of the night.
Arti
A 20 something girl with an inherited travel gene, Arti can often be found on the road travelling with her best friend, inspiration and guide - her father. She considers her external yatras as continuous learning journeys within; a journey where she seeks to discover the real treasures of this life someday. An award winning blogger, including all expense paid trips to Japan and Melbourne, her blog My Yatra Diary… features among one of the best travel blogs in India today.
Anuradha Goyal
Anuradha has travelled extensively across India and explored 16 countries in 3 continents. She loves to walk around cities, spend time in museums & hunt for vegetarian food wherever she travels. she has been blogging since 2004 at https://www.inditales.com/
Harshita Sahay
Based in Delhi NCR, I take a lot of interest in travel writing. My background as a content writer (travel) has a big role to play in this. I love to travel and want to explore new destinations, culture and lifestyle, both in India and abroad.
Derek Freal
Derek Freal abandoned the American Dream in 2009 to travel the world and eventually realized that Asia is the best part, which is why most of his writing covers India to Indonesia (and everywhere in between). However Derek's specialty is in unique and offbeat travel guides -- not just for Asia but countries across the globe -- and in producing travel videos. All this and more as the nomadic journey continues on http://blog.theHoliDaze.com.
OUR EDITORS
Arka Roy Chowdhury
Darjeeling boy, Arka has only been writing since as far back as he can remember. The sound of sea waves and the silence of the mountains almost always draw him in, and thus, travel-writing is nothing but passion. An ardent fan-boy of prose and poetry, he would like to travel the world someday. A deep inclination towards all types of music, and an interest in world cinema, allows him to day-dream with passion.
Shikha Gautam
Editor, Lead for TimesTravel - If slow travelling is your way, Shikha Gautam is your person. When not at work, she is spotted hitchhiking, camping, biking her way, mostly in the Himalayan regions, and takes readers on journeys through her words and photos. Very vocal supporter of sustainable tourism & digs for places with stories! Other than TimesTravel, she blends travel and photography on Instagram as Shikha Mahendra Gautam.
Priya Srivastava
Coming from the ‘City of Nawabs’, Lucknow, Priya’s sole motto is to explore life through journeys to unexplored destinations and knitting travel stories. She believes in creating memories, eating like a local, talking to the natives, understanding their way of living and capturing their smile in her camera. Be it quaint little Himalayan villages, grand forts in Rajasthan or serene beaches in Goa or ancient temples in Varanasi, all the destinations have an untold saga, which she tries to unfold! All her journeys, new or old, are etched on the canvas of her heart like a beautiful painting. Experimenting new dishes and experiencing different cultures are some of the things she enjoys the most. It's through travelling that she derives inspiration. An ardent reader, cinema lover and a nascent photographer, she wishes to listen and discover the myriad colours and sounds of nature.
Precious Rongmei
Precious Rongmei likes to tell people that she loves travelling – a lot. If only it's done solo, don't have to pack more than two pairs of clothes, won’t keep her away from her cat for too long, and come with loads of birding and butterfly watching opportunities. She's awkwardly passionate about true crime documentaries, gardening, carpentry and souvenirs. In that order.
Panchali Dey
A traveller by choice, Panchali from the North East India finds mountain echoes calling back again and again. Even though North East does not get the share of limelight in media, she agrees one should set travel goals to get a glimpse of it at least once. She believes one day she will be able to get back there, away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
