Robert Reid

Robert Reid, Lonely Planet’s US Travel Editor and spokesperson, is one of Lonely Planet’s most diversely traveled authors, having updated two dozen guidebooks including New York City, Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Central America, Colombia, Trans-Siberian Railway and Myanmar (Burma). His writings have also appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and ESPN, and he has appeared on NPR and CNN International. He blogs on travel for Lonely Planet and his own site (ReidOnTravel.com), and produces the weekly ‘76-Second Travel Show.’ Originally from Oklahoma, Robert has lived in London, San Francisco, Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Presently he lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and newborn daughter Ruby.