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) –
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