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Ellie Seymour is a freelance travel writer and author specialising mostly in the USA and unsung Europe; I get excited about hotels, history, food, culture and quirky story angles. Happiest road-tripping and exploring unusual sights and places away from the tourist crowds.

MY FEATURES

I write for anyone (willing to pay me for my words) and my credits include BBC Travel, Citizen Femme, Conde Nast Traveller, The Guardian, The i Paper, The Independent, National Geographic Traveller, The Telegraph and The Times.

MY BOOKS

I’ve written four bestselling books: Vintage Motels, Grand Hotels of the World, Secret Brighton: An Unusual Guide and Secret Sussex: An Unusual Guide (Guidebook Of the Year award finalist at the Travel Media Awards, 2022).

Latest Work

Evening Standard: ‘Both ordinary and cinematic’ – a love letter to America’s charming motels

Citizen Femme: Syros, the little-known Greek island you can visit year-round

Luster Publishing: Vintage Motels, beautifully restored

The i Paper: I rode a coastal train 20 years after Hurricane Katrina – it was a joy

CN Traveller: Review of Laguna Coast Resort, Naxos

CN Traveller: Where to stay, play and feast on Naxos, Greece’s underrated foodie island

BBC Travel: The triumphant return of the US’s Gulf Coast train

The Times: 10 of the world’s most famous hotels

About Me

Hello! I’m Ellie Seymour, a freelance travel journalist and author based in Brighton. My credits include BBC Travel, Citizen Femme, The Guardian, The i Paper, The Independent, National Geographic Traveller, The Times and The Telegraph.

I specialise mostly in the USA and unsung Europe and get excited about hotels, history and food. I’m happiest seeking out places away from the tourist crowds.

Specialising in: USA (particularly NYC), unsung Europe, hotels, history, food, quirky story angles, road trips.

Upcoming trips:  The Bronx, NYC; Los Angeles; Tokyo.

Recent trips: Bentonville, Arkansas; Biarritz; Channel Islands National Park, California; Chicago + Route 66, Illinois; Chittenago, New York State; Emilia-Romagna, Italy; Memphis, Tennessee; Palm Springs Modernish Week; Santa Fe, Taos and other parts of northern New Mexico