Laura Ratliff
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(She/Her)
- Managing Editor, Luxury Travel Report
- Writer, Freelance
- Freelance Writer, Time Out New York
- Freelance Writer, TimeOut LA
- Freelance Writer, Luxury Travel Report; Time Out
- Freelance Writer, Time Out Miami
- None, Freelance (Time Out New York, Bon Appetit, Conde Nast Traveler, GQ)
New York
As seen in:
Luxury Travel Report,
Time Out Miami,
Time Out New York,
MSN,
MSN Canada,
MSN UK,
Yahoo Entertainment,
Yahoo Life,
Bloomberg News,
Forbes,
Forbes Advisor,
HuffPost,
Yahoo News
and
Covers:
Travel, food, art, design, aviation news, New York City, cocktails
Managing editor at Luxury Travel Report, horse girl, lapsed Texan. Formerly @tripsavvy, @TravelLeisure, @business, @archdigest, @cntraveler, etc. #COYS #ponyup
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Laura Ratliff’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Laura Ratliff is Luxury Travel Report’s founding editor, joining the team in June 2025. She brings more than a decade of consumer travel media experience to the site, having worked at Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Architectural Digest, TripSavvy, and Bloomberg News. In addition to writing about travel, Laura has also served as an on-air travel expert with appearances on Good Morning America, the Weather Channel, and more. She holds an MA in Journalism from Craig Newmark Graduate School…
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Interview
See all 5 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
In high school, I input football box scores for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Friday nights.
What does it mean to be a journalist?
It's a job that comes with great privilege and responsibility—you are both the student and the teacher.
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
A whole lot of Google Sheets! And Slack, lots and lots of Slack!