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Accolades, Interviews, and Clips

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

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) –
 

Last Updated on September 25, 2021 by Dave Lee