Tal Dekel Daks Tal Dekel Daks is a London-based freelance travel writer and senior audience development manager for Condé Nast. Tal graduated from Bournemouth University with a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism before taking on several internships with companies like Orion Media, Nuts magazine, and Hearst. She officially started her career as an editorial assistant at Just Opened London before working her way up the ranks to senior editor for AnalogFolk, a creative digital agency with clients like Absolut Vodka, Booking.com, and Sainsbury's. Tal embarked on her freelance career as a travel writer in 2013, providing destination and food-centric pieces for publications like The Independent, Digital Spy, Travel + Leisure, Departures, and IndyBest. Today, Tal is the senior audience development manager for Condé Nast. She has also volunteered as an English teacher and as a mentor for street kids and orphaned children.• 10 + years of experience as a travel writer and digital content creator• Senior audience engagement manager for Condé Nast• Received a bachelor’s degree in multimedia journalism from Bournemouth University 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