Tarah Chieffi Tarah Chieffi is a theme park and family travel writer with more than five years of experience writing about where to stay, what to eat, and how to have fun and save money on your next vacation. She's been writing for seven years, with a focus on theme parks since 2019, and has contributed to PopSugar, Travel + Leisure, Insider, and more. When she isn't eating theme park food and riding roller coasters, she can be found cycling wherever her bike will take her, reading a good book in bed, or planning her next adventure with her husband and three young sons. She currently lives in New Albany, Indiana. 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