Viia Beaumanis Toronto-based writer Viia Beaumanis likes to throw fashion parties. She’s been a creative consultant for well-groomed hotspots, a style and beauty reporter for Elle Canada and Fashion magazines, a newspaper columnist for The National Post, and a globetrotting travel writer for ForbesLife, Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, and numerous Canadian publications. For almost 30 years, Viia has been writing about luxury travel, unveiling trendy spots to dine, drink, shop, and sleep. She's traveled from Botswana to Buenos Aires, Lamu to London, and Los Roques to Los Angeles. She owns a rescue dog found on the roadside in Montenegro, and she’s never complained of a headache or jet lag.• 29+ years of experience writing in the travel and fashion space• Held the role of features editor for Fashion magazine• Has attended seven safaris and traveled to more countries than you can count on both hands, five times over 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