About Kim

Kim Mance is a travel writer, editor, and new media broadcast personality based in Chicago, IL. Kim hosts the lively web travel series Galavanting, which features destination guides and travel tips. She's editor-in-chief of the online women's travel magazine, GoGalavanting.com, and writes about travel for outlets like MarieClaire's Travel Diaries, Indie Travel Podcast magazine, and The Huffington Post. Her writing has also been featured in other places including AlterNet, Women's Voices for Change, and the Women's Policy Journal of Harvard. She has appeared as a panelist on PBS' The Mclaughlin Group.

Kim is founder of the Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX), a worldwide community of travel bloggers, journalists, writers and travel professionals. In July 2009, she co-hosted the TBEX'09 web travel writer conference in Chicago and moderated sessions with an impressive lineup of panelists.

Speaking Engagements

Kim's speaking style is fun and casual, with a knack for bringing focus on practical, usable information. She speaks on a wide range of topics like: current travel trends; how to get out and see the world; to how public relations professionals can connect with travel bloggers; safety for women travelers; and, tips for aspiring travel writers.

Upcoming / Recent Events:

Canada-e-Connect 2010, Jan 29, 2010 - Panel: "The International Travel Bloggers & Twitterers Forum:  A Forum with bloggers and influencers who write for the travelling public"

University of Illinois at Chicago, TBD fall 2009 - Guest Lecture: "Travel Writing for the Web'

Tweet Camp Chicago, October 10, 2009 - Panel: 'How Journalists can Effectively Use Twitter"

Travel Blog Exchange '09, July 23, 2009 - Panel: 'Podcasting & Vodcasting'

In the Press & Media: articles, reviews & interviews

Travel Talk Escapes 1640 AM Radio, Atlanta-area
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Contact Kim

Press or bloggers requesting an interview, a travel expert segment appearance, or inquiry, please use Kim's contact form and she'll get back to you as soon as possible. Those with urgent needs may contact Maren Hogan of Red Branch Media by email or phone (+1 402.215.4440).