Leila Najafi Leila Najafi is a Los Angeles-based luxury travel and lifestyle writer, editor, and on-air travel expert. She covers destination guides, hotel reviews, restaurant openings, luxury spas, and wellness. Her passion for travel began during college when she studied abroad in Barcelona and loved getting lost in the streets of a foreign city. Food is her love language and she's always ready for the next adventure.• Appeared as a lifestyle expert on KTLA, covering Valentine's Day date ideas• Featured in NBC News, Barron's, Condé Nast Traveler, USA Today, Business Insider, and Thrillist 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