Accolades
- Top Travel Twitter Accounts to Follow - (October 2014) Tripit
- #23 on Top 100 World Travel Experts - (April 2014) The Runaway Guide
- #13 on Top 50 Travel Blogs - (April 2014) The Expeditioner
- #9 on Top 100 Travel Blogs - (Feb 2014) Nomadic Samuel
- Top Travel Blogs - (2012) Tripping
- Top 25 Travel Blogs: 2011 Viator Travel Awards - (2012) Viator
- Top Round the World Blogs - (2011) GO! Overseas
- Best Blog with Travel Tips - (2010) GotSaga
- Top 150 Travel Blogs for Students - (2010) CollegeScholarships.org
- Top 5 Finalist for Best Travel Weblog - (2010) The 2010 Bloggies
- Top 100 Travel Blogs - (2010) Travel Blog Sites
- The 9 Most Successful Travel Bloggers of the Year - (Dec 2009) Off Track Planet
- Best 100 Travel Blogs - (2009) Travel Answer Man
- Top 50 Travel Blogs - (2009) Gap Year Escape
- Best Round-The-World Travel Blogs - (2009) by BootsnAll
- 99 of the Best Travel Blogs - (2009) TravelBlogs.com
- 100 Best Travel Journal Blogs - (2008) Travel Hacker
Networks
- Active member of the Society of American Travel Writers
- Active media member of the Adventure Travel Trade Association
- Founding member of the Professional Travel Bloggers Association
Published Writing
- Why Now is the Time to Dream of Travel (2020) - Teletext Holidays
- To Nepal With Love - A Travel Guide for the Connoisseur (2012) - ThingsAsian Press
- Celebrating Latin America at Ground Level (Nov 2010) - Travelojos
- Colombia Overview (Sept 2009) - Briefcase to Backpack
- Book Introduces South Africa (Sept 2009) - A Traveler's Library
- Stories of Misunderstandings (Aug 2009) - Matador Travel
- Dave's Guide to Medellin Buses (July 2009) - The Arepa
- How to Read A Compass (June 2009) - AskMen.com
- Flashpack Gadgets (May 2009) - AskMen.com
- Medellin (April 09) - AskMen.com
- Backpacker Adventures (Oct 2008) - Work Gateways
Media Interviews and Mentions
I am happy to do interviews, so feel free to contact me!
- The Daily Travel Podcast - Your Guide to Life in Medellín (January 2015)
- Skift - The White House Looks to Hostelling International and Bloggers to Promote Study Abroad (December 2014)
- Wandering Trader - How Born Introverts Can Build Empires Too (August 2014)
- BBC News - Pablo Escobar's Hippos: A Growing Problem (June 2014)
- Travel Blogger Academy - David Lee from GoBackpacking (May 2012)
- Expert Vagabond - Confessions of a Travel Addict (April 2012)
- Travelllll - DMO Makes Deal with Thirty International Travel Bloggers to Promote Tourism (February 2012)
- yTravelBlog - 16 Insider Travel Tips for Medellin, Colombia (January 2012)
- Go See Write - Lucky 13 Questions (December 2011)
- Airtreks - Customers That Have Become Entrepreneurs (October 2011)
- Gecko's Adventures - David Lee - One of the "Godfathers" of Travel Blogging (August 2011)
- BBC Travel - Forms of ID (July 2011)
- USA Today Article - Renting Your Homes to Strangers: A Vacation Horror Story (July 2011)
- Lash World Tour - Interview (June 2011)
- The Hostel Life - Featured Traveler (June 2011)
- Career Break Secrets - Who's Out There Now: Dave (June 2011)
- TripAtlas - Living It Up in Medellin (Jan 2011)
- Vita.mn - Choose Your Own Adventure (May 2010)
- Naples News - Travel Blogging and a Shocked Tibetan Masseuse (March 2010)
- Cruise Radio - Episode 25 (Feb 2010)
- Jet Set Citizen - Interview (Feb 2010)
- Sosauce - Adventures of Bearded Travelers (Feb 2010)
- Briefcase to Backpack - Realizing A Dream (Jan 2010)
- Toronto's 1010 AM - GuyTalk (Jan 2010)
- NileGuide - NileGuide 5 (Dec 2009)
- Living the Dream - About Living the Dream, a Trip of a Lifetime (Dec 2009)
- Sharing Travel Experiences - Round the World with Dave (Dec 2009)
- Atlanta's 1620 AM - Travel Talk Escapes (Oct 2009, live, listen here)
- Voyagner - Lives Less Ordinary (Aug 2009)
- Frugal Living Tips - Backpacking (April 2009)
- Rate Your Study Abroad - Interview (March 2009)
- Blog Interviewer - Interview (Feb 2008)
- Travel Blogs - Gone Backpacking (Feb 2008)
- The Outdoor Weblog - The Outdoor Enthusiast Next Door (July 2007)
- Washington, DC's NBC News (Sept 2007) -
