“Put the Map Away” and Other Travel Tips from Samantha Brown

By Amanda Festa
Literary Traveler recently attended the first Women's Travel Fest in New York -- one day, countless inspiring and passionate women from all over the world.  The Festival featured a number of panels with women travelers from various industries sharing their hard-learned tips and wisdom. One of the first women to take the stage and share her knowledge was Samantha Brown of Travel Channel fame. For well over a decade, Brown has traveled the world for business, but she is a pleasure traveler at heart, with an unquenchable wanderlust that she is lucky enough to pursue professionally...