Andrea Bennett Instagram Twitter Website Andrea Bennett is a writer, editor, and content strategist with more than two decades of experience leading editorial and design teams. Andrea got her start as a reporter and writer at Time, where she wrote the monthly travel page, feature-length travel articles, and covered credit and consumer issues for Money magazine. She later joined Travel + Leisure as a columnist and contributing editor, where she reported and wrote feature-length destination pieces, as well as commercial aviation, business travel, and loyalty program articles. She has also held the role of editor-in-chief at Vegas, Modern Luxury San Diego, Wynn, and Wynn Macau magazines. As a freelance writer, her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Town & Country, O: The Oprah Magazine, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Condé Nast Traveler, Fortune, Maxim, Business Traveler, Men’s Journal, Outside, Departures, Southern Living, Sunset, USA Today, and more.• 20+ years of experience as a writer, editor, and content strategist• Contributing writer at Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, and TripSavvy• Former writer of T+L’s monthly "Smart Traveler” consumer affairs column, host of T+L’s video guide series on Las Vegas, and writer of T+L’s annual best-selling “A-List” feature on travel specialists for four consecutive years• Former editor of T+L’s World’s Best book, special projects such as Travel + Romance, and the news section for the monthly magazine• Author of the Starwood Luxury Collection guidebook series (Italy, Greece, Spain, Argentina, India, United States), and “Hotel Stories” and “Rooms with a View” books for Assouline Publishing• Deputy editor for the launch of JWM, the in-room magazine for JW Marriott• Former writer of The Wall Street Journal’s “Takeoffs and Landings” column from 2003 through 2005• Former video host of the USA Today “Las Vegas Experience” series• Former contributing editor at New York Post and writer of the travel section’s anonymous hotel review column• Received a bachelor's degree in art history from Wellesley College• Received a master's degree in creative writing from the University of California, Riverside About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process