Nate Storey Nate Storey is a writer, editor, and creative director. He got his start in travel media as the assistant editor at Travel + Leisure before joining Surface as a travel editor and eventually becoming the magazine’s features director. He is currently the senior creative director at Future Media Group, where he oversees branded content for Surface, W, and Watch Journal. 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