Meera Dattani
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Senior Editor at Adventure.com
Executive editor @Adventurecom ~ Freelance travel journalist ~ Speaker ~ Host https://t.co/FGO4je79UH ~ Media advisor, ATN ~ Former BGTW Chair/Board
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3 weeks ago |
adventure.com | Meera Dattani
Twenty years ago, I walked into a STA travel store (remember them?) on London’s Shaftesbury Avenue. I walked out with a return ticket to Bangkok leaving in three weeks’ time, with a return flight home from Sydney—four months later. Solo. I’m not sure what I was thinking, but on that dark November day in my now-beloved hometown of London, I’d lost that loving feeling.
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1 month ago |
olivemagazine.com | Meera Dattani
A wilderness cabin in the wilds of Romania, a country house in the Welsh woodlands and a secluded hideaway among Sardinia’s sand dunes. These are among the (increasingly many) places where travellers can take a moment out of everyday life, switch off (literally, if desired) and find a way to both disconnect and reconnect.
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1 month ago |
adventure.com | Meera Dattani
After the success of the inaugural Diversifying Travel Media trip to Croatia in 2023, Intrepid Travel took four new mentees to Portugal’s Côa Valley in 2024. Why? Because it works. When you bring in writers from different walks of life, you see first-hand just how many perspectives come from one shared experience. That’s why it’s so important and why we champion it here. The Portugal stories by the mentees are now published on Adventure.com.
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2 months ago |
adventure.com | Meera Dattani
8,000 miles, 13 border crossings and 39 train trips… all in just two months. We sat down with avid adventurer Nick Pulley to chat about his epic train journey from England through South Asia. Here’s what he learned along the way. When I spoke to Nick Pulley, a few weeks after he returned from his epic no-fly trip, he still had his out-of-office on—literally and in mind, it seems.
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Feb 14, 2025 |
olivemagazine.com | Meera Dattani
Designated ‘green cities’, unofficial ‘nature islands’, regions that are low-impact by default, there are plenty of places that offer a slightly more sustainable, climate-aware, and community-conscious way of travelling. From capitals with an emphasis on urban farming, and lesser-visited areas where tourism supports local communities, to conservation projects and hyper-local food in the Caribbean, these five places show how it can be done – and where local produce reigns supreme.
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Ditto. What a sixsome of great reads to start the year off. Enjoyed them all and the judging was not easy 🫨 Looking forward to this evening 📚🍷
Looking forward to the @StanfordsTravel Awards tonight. It was pleasure to be on the judging panel for the Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year — congratulations to all the finalists 🎉 #JeffYoung @noosarowiwa @PhoebeRSmith @Clarammond @herdyshepherd1 @tchesshyre https://t.co/bz98qDrfty
A few years ago, I hiked parts of the then-new Camino de Costa Rica, a brilliant example of legit, successful rural & community tourism. It was also my first time to Costa Rica & I was blown away by people, views, nature 🇨🇷 @TravelLocal ✍️🏽@Adventurecom https://t.co/0ZR5KMBTQG
First 2025 webinar next Wed & it's a bit different... How travel writers can use (good) data, trends, insights to find interesting stories to pitch (& land commissions) & inform/add context to stories. Top panel! @JennySouthan @kate_colquhoun_ +Laura Hall https://t.co/OFcFQTuPGX https://t.co/tTX1BOckeo
