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Elissa Garay

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  • Travel Writer and Editor, Freelance
  • None, Freelance: Conde Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure
  • None, Freelance (AFAR, CN Traveler)
  • None, FREELANCE (TRAVEL + LEISURE, CN TRAVELER)
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As seen in: CNN, CNN en Español, CNN Travel, MSN, Yahoo Life, BBC, HuffPost, MSN South Africa, TIME, USA Today and
Covers:  sustainable tourism, sustainability, New York tourism, family travel
Freelance Travel #Writer & #Editor. Sustainable Tourism Specialist. Modern-day Explorer (60+ countries). Seeker. Scribe. Punster. Mama. Cat Slave.

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A modern-day explorer, perpetual seeker, and diligent travel scribe, Elissa Garay is a champion for sustainable tourism who believes that we can all travel with conscience, for the greater good. With over 20 years’ experience in the field, she's worked as an editor at leading travel publications like AFAR, Fodor’s, Travelzoo, and ShermansTravel, and has had hundreds of travel and lifestyle articles published in Condé Nast Traveler, Good Housekeeping, Parents, CNN, BBC, and more.

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This 5,000-year-old City in Peru Is a Less-crowded Alternative to Machu Picchu

This 5,000-year-old City in Peru Is a Less-crowded Alternative to Machu Picchu

Fresh from a visit to the 5,000-year-old, lost-to-time metropolis at Caral, one writer discovers the wonders …

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How to Choose the Right Machu Picchu Route-and Secure Tickets

How to Choose the Right Machu Picchu Route-and Secure Tickets

Visitors to Machu Picchu must now choose between 10 different tickets for the archaeological site.

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Testing Out the Next Evolution of EV Travel-the Electric Camper Van

Testing Out the Next Evolution of EV Travel-the Electric Camper Van

One writer discovers what it's like traveling with an electric camper van through Canada's Eastern Townships …

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Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux: World's Greatest Places 2024

Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux: World's Greatest Places 2024

Find out why Havila Polaris and Havila Pollux is on TIME's list of the World's Greatest Places 2024.

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Electric Boats Are Coming Sooner Than You Think

Electric Boats Are Coming Sooner Than You Think

From Buenos Aires to Belfast to Bangkok, newly electrified ferries and tour boats (and even a few cruise ship…

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What Is Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Will It Really Make Flying Greener?

What Is Sustainable Aviation Fuel, and Will It Really Make Flying Greener?

The first commercial transatlantic flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel, or SAF, took off in November.…

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This Is One of Route 66’s Most Exciting Destinations—and It Has Glamping Sites, a Desert Spa, and Retired Burning Man Sculptures Original

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From the seemingly endless desert plains of New Mexico, a pair of flaming red lips rises from the dusty haze. The gaping jaw of a “Fear Beast” surveys New Mexican mesas while a "Museum of No Spectators" stands without any visitors—unless you count the roving wild turkeys. This towering collection of open-air sculpture, located in Tucumcari, New Mexico, a few miles north of Route 66, on a former horse ranch, is no mirage—it's Art City.
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This Is One of Route 66’s Most Exciting Destinations—and It Has Glamping Sites, a Desert Spa, and Retired Burning Man Sculptures

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General view of ART City with the Quonset and Cartharsita sculpture.Credit: ART City From the seemingly endless desert plains of New Mexico, a pair of flaming red lips rises from the dusty haze. The gaping jaw of a “Fear Beast” surveys New Mexican mesas while a "Museum of No Spectators" stands without any visitors—unless you count the roving wild turkeys.
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America’s Fastest Trains Are Here—but Rail Experts Say High-speed Travel Is Still Years Away Original

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A rendering of the Brightline West train. Credit: Brightline West Since August, train travelers between Washington, D.C., and Boston have been zipping along the country’s busiest rail line at speeds of up to 160 mph, the fastest in America. Headlines proclaimed high-speed rail had finally arrived in the United States with Amtrak’s newest NextGen Acela trains. But has it, really?
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