{"id":16547,"date":"2020-03-31T22:54:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T05:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?page_id=16547"},"modified":"2020-07-05T00:37:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-05T07:37:10","slug":"meet-susan-breslow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/meet-susan-breslow\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Susan Breslow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5283 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/about-susan.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Breslow\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/about-susan.jpg 240w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/about-susan-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><em>Susan Breslow is the Web\u2019s foremost expert on romantic travel. In fact, she breaks out in hives when the words \u201cfamily travel\u201d are mentioned. A widely published travel journalist, Susan\u2019s assignments have led her from Alaska to Zimbabwe. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker,\u00a0Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler, Departures, National Geographic, and other major magazines and she is the author of Destination Weddings For Dummies and I Really Want a Dog. She served as president of the New York Travel Writers Association and is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers Editors\u2019 Council. As the former marketing director of\u00a0New York\u00a0Magazine, she originated the highly successful \u201cCity Weddings and Honeymoons\u201d section, which was spun off into the freestanding New York Weddings magazine. Susan holds a Master\u2019s Degree in Journalism and a B.A. in English and studied Multimedia Technology at New York University.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>1. What are your top 5 best places to travel?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Madrid, Spain<br \/>\nSanta Fe, New Mexico<br \/>\nCape Town and Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa<br \/>\nFlorence, Italy<br \/>\nVienna, Austria<br \/>\n&#8211; plus &#8211;<br \/>\nCanada, east to west<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16891 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-1.jpg\" alt=\"Susan's best places to travel\" width=\"850\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-1-600x579.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-1-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-1-768x741.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>2. What is your favorite food?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A proper everything bagel with scallion cream cheese and paper-thin gravlax.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2186\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Rockbound-Bungalow-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"interior of a bungalow at the Cape Arundel Inn\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Rockbound-Bungalow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Rockbound-Bungalow-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Rockbound-Bungalow-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Rockbound-Bungalow.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>3. What is it that you enjoy the most when you visit a new destination?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A luxurious hotel room, smaller museums, and stores to browse that you don\u2019t find in the US.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>4. What are your best tips when preparing to travel?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Make a packing list before you put a single thing in a suitcase and select items that work well together. If you know your itinerary, decide in advance what you will wear each day.<\/p>\n<p>No matter how long you\u2019re going for, only bring a carry-on. There\u2019s nothing like hearing your name called out over the loudspeaker in Johannesburg Airport and learning that your suitcase didn\u2019t get on the plane.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>5. What are your best practices regarding currency?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I get cash from the airport ATM when I arrive and I use the Capital One Venture card for purchases as it does not charge fees for foreign currency transactions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16889 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-2.jpg\" alt=\"photos from Susan's travels\" width=\"850\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-2.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-2-600x191.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-2-300x95.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Susan-Collage-2-768x244.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>6. How do you get by with the language barrier?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I use Google Translate. Also, check on <a href=\"http:\/\/Meetup.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Meetup.com<\/a> for a practice conversation group in your destination. I met a lovely bunch of people at one at a centrally located restaurant in Madrid. There we spoke with our table mates for 15 minutes in Spanish, then 15 in English for about an hour and a half.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>7. What countries would you avoid?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I narrowed it down to these: <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/5-most-miserable-spots-to-vacation\/\"><i>5 Most Miserable Places to Vacation<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>8. What airline do you like the most?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>I generally fly premium economy or business and have always felt very comfortable on Turkish Airlines, with its relatively new fleet, online chef and amazing lounge in Istanbul.<\/p>\n<p>Domestically, I\u2019m a huge fan of JetBlue. In fact, the others are so terrible that if JetBlue doesn\u2019t fly to a place, I won\u2019t go there.<\/p>\n<span class='bdaia-btns bdaia-btn-medium' style=\"background:#248559 !important;color:#ffffff !important;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/author\/susan\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\">SEE SUSAN&#8217;S POSTS HERE<\/a><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Breslow is the Web\u2019s foremost expert on romantic travel. In fact, she breaks out in hives when the words \u201cfamily travel\u201d are mentioned. A widely published travel journalist, Susan\u2019s assignments have led her from Alaska to Zimbabwe. 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