Philadelphia native Reid Bramblett is the author of more than two dozen guidebooks, creator of the popular ReidsItaly.com and ReidsGuides.com websites, and a former daily travel reporter for MSNBC.com, where he won two Lowell Thomas awards.

Reid is a frequent contributor to Frommers.com and AARP The Magazine, and his articles have appeared in Newsweek, The Miami Herald, CNN.com, Bon Appetit, Modern Bride, The Dallas Morning News, The St. Petersburg Times, and CruiseCritic.com. His “Intrepid Traveler” adventure column ran monthly in The Chicago Daily Herald.

He was a Contributing Editor to TravelandLeisure.com, Condé Nast’s Concierge.com, Smart Shopping, and Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel magazine, where he was formerly Associate Editor. 

Reid has appeared as a travel expert on CNN, FOX News, NPR, and the Travel Channel’s “Great Cruises” series, and for five years blogged weekly about active and adventure travel as well as food, fitness, and recipes as the “Man Outdoors” at WeightWatchers.com. 

He lectures regularly on world destinations and travel techniques at the Smithsonian Institution, and serves as occasional guest host of “The Travel Show,” a podcast formerly on WABC FM.

His award-winning ReidsGuides.com trip planning site has been recommended by CNN, USA Today, SmartMoney, and National Geographic Traveler, and was proclaimed “Among the best” by Arthur Frommer.