Connie Young

Connie Young, Travel Writer

Connie’s love of travel writing began in 1990 as travel, arts and entertainment editor for Southland Access Magazine and has been immersed in writing for destination special events for the past 17 years. Credits include editor, Pacific Breeze Adventures, and supplier of destination event information to CNN, the National Geographic Channel, NBC News, the BBC, the New York Times, TV Guide Magazine, Time Warner Cable, KOCE-TV and the Queen Mary, Long Beach. Recently retired as president of a special events corporation, Connie is now devoted to travel writing full time.

She’s traveled extensively in China, Austria, France, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as well as here in the United States.

Her focus includes destinations easily accessible to the ‘mature’ traveler. As her contributions to this website grow, we hope you will be energized to plan and enjoy a lifetime of traveling.

Among Young’s recent posts, you’ll find stories about St. Augustine, Florida. The jewel of the Sunshine State offers many things to see and do. Be sure to check out Young’s travel story about this East Coast destination ideal for any vacation.

In a growing list of stories and travel ideas, you’ll also see Young has been busy writing about places such as Boston, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

For Midwest vacationers wishing to explore the Prarie State, Young traveled extensively through Oklahoma and discovered a wealth of cultural, Western heritage and art museums, galleries and destinations in and around Oklahoma City.  The California native was pleasantly surprised by the diversity of vacations available to national and international travelers. Be sure to read about Oklahoma in Young’s fantastic journal.

We look forward to many more contributions from this great author.