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Claudia Laroye

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(She/Her)
  • Travel Writer, Freelance
  • None, Freelance (Globe and Mail, Metroland)
Vancouver
As seen in: Medium, Business Insider, Issuu, Yahoo News, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Flipboard, Lonely Planet, National Post, Yahoo and
Covers:  Adventure travel, wellness, culinary, sustainability, 50+, solo women travel. Hiking, cycling, e-biking, camping, winter sports and skiing. Travel trade topics, lifestyle and architecture.

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Claudia Laroye’s Biography

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Claudia Laroye is a freelance writer, author and content creator living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She writes about adventure, wellness, culinary, luxury and sustainable travel for a variety of online and print outlets around the world.

Her bylines have appeared in AFAR, the Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, Air Canada enRoute, Toronto Star, Saturday Evening Post, Business Insider, Explore magazine, NUVO Magazine, OpenJaw Network, Dreamscapes, CAA Travel magazine, JourneyWoman, Canad…

Claudia Laroye’s Journalist Portfolio

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Into the Bugaboos - Landsby

Into the Bugaboos - Landsby

Heli-hiking opens the door to British Columbia's Bugaboos, where alpine meadows, towering peaks and remote wi…

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Summer Paradise Found on B.C.'s Southern Gulf Islands - BC Living

Summer Paradise Found on B.C.'s Southern Gulf Islands - BC Living

Galiano, Saturna, Mayne, Pender and Salt Spring Islands offer an idyllic, small-town-vibe summer getaway in B…

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re:porter Magazine

re:porter Magazine

West Coast Weird: A quick list of unusual suspects in Vancouver.

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5 Shoulder Season Travel Destinations for Your Next Solo Trip

5 Shoulder Season Travel Destinations for Your Next Solo Trip

From legendary pilgrimage journeys to beachfront wellness retreats, solo travellers will find enriching and m…

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In French Polynesia, a special festival honours resilience of Marquesan culture

In French Polynesia, a special festival honours resilience of Marquesan culture

Every two years, the Marquesas Islands Festival pays tribute to ancestral roots in an exhilarating display of…

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Walking Through History - Landsby

Walking Through History - Landsby

A self-guided interpretive walk in Slocan Valley explores the history of Japanese Canadian internment and the…

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Articles

Sports Appeal at the JW Marriott Parq Vancouver

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By Claudia Laroye Verified
| Modern Traveller
To the north, incomparable views of BC Place Stadium and the downtown core. Turn your gaze southwards to watch the water taxis ply the waters of False Creek and witness the buzz around the Olympic Village and giant Science World soccer ball, made up of 131 panels celebrating the tournament's three host nations.
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Rest, Rejuvenate, Repeat at Recess

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By Claudia Laroye Verified
| NUVO Magazine Verified
Rest, Rejuvenate, Repeat at Recess Current Issue — The hottest social scene in Montreal (literally). To borrow a phrase from Stefon, SNL’s fictional arbiter of cool, Montreal‘s hottest club is Recess. Opened in September 2025, the thermal station is not in fact a nightclub, but its mission to encourage guests to meet, mingle, and socialize is very much aligned.
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Taking the Savage Way: How Women of Any Age Can Hike Peru’s Epic Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu

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| JourneyWoman Verified
Featured image: Writer Claudia Laroye shares her experience on the Salkantay Trek for women, a 4-day route to Machu Picchu with Alpaca Expeditions | Photo by Claudia Laroye A women-only expedition in Peru’s Sacred Valley by Claudia Laroye Carefully placing one muddy booted foot in front of the other on the earthen trail, my mind drifts from admiring the puffy clouds shrouding the snow-capped peak of Salkantay Mountain in Peru’s Sacred Valley, to focus on today’s singular objective – getting...
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing a monthly business advice column in the Burnaby Now.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes, I have

How is social media changing news?

Its immediacy and reach has changed everything.

Awards

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SATW Foundation Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Awards

2025 - Travel Coverage of Diverse Communities

Honoured to receive an Honourable Mention for my story in Adventure.com, “Flying High: How a Metis woman founded Canada’s first Indigenous, woman-owned airline.”

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TMAC Awards

2025 - Culinary Travel, Indigenous Travel, Travel Resource

Honoured for receive three Honourable Mentions for three stories at the annual TMAC Awards. Stories included culinary story about Wild Island Kitchen for NUVO Magazine; Flying the Indigenous Skies with Iskwew Air for Adventure.com; and Women-Led B Corps for JourneyWoman.

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Bronze Award for Best Travel Book

2023 - Best Travel Book

A Gelato a Day travel anthology was honoured to receive a Bronze Award in NATJA's 2023 Travel Writing Awards, in the category of Best Travel Book.

Best Spirit of Canada Awards

2024 - Best Spirit of Canada Award

Honoured to receive First Place at the TMAC Awards in 2024 in the Best Spirit of Canada Award category, for my story "A Literary Kitchen Party Flourishes in Woody Point" Newfoundland.

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TMAC Awards

2021 - Best Blog

Honoured to receive Third Place for the Best Blog at the annual TMAC Awards.

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Travel Media Association of Canada

2026 - Best Adventure Travel Writing

Honoured to win First Place in the Best of Adventure Travel Writing category for the annual TMAC Awards for 2025. My article in the Globe and Mail, entitled "Adventure, reimagined: How customized immersion is shaping the future of travel," highlighted how adventure travel is evolving to be more inclusive of adventures exploring cultural, natural, culinary and environmental experiences.

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