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dave-thailandHi! I’m Dave, founder of Dave’s Travel Corner. Over the past 20+ years our core focus has been promoting experiential travel; our readers are actively interested in a wide range of travel & lifestyle experiences across a variety of budgets. I began Dave’s Travel Corner in late 1996 as a result of of a life-changing trip to Nepal in which I trekked near Everest Base Camp. I began writing a journal while I was on the trip and it was the notes from this journal that became the foundation for Dave’s Travel Corner.

While one might assume I would have been completely turned off by travel after becoming deathly ill and needing to be carried down a mountain all day on a woman’s back to a lower elevation (due to severe weakness and complete inability to walk), this trip had the opposite effect. It was my first trip to a part of the world that wasn’t western centric and my eyes were opened by authentic experiences, culture, food and the massiveness and sheer beauty of the world’s greatest mountains. I wanted more of this in a big way. The site helped combine my new found interest in travel & adventure, a long time love of writing and photography as well as my interest at that time in the fledgling Internet world.

That particular trek is covered in more detail here.

With a love for creativity, culture & cuisine and a strong background in Napa wine – when not traveling, Dave spends much of his time in either Bangkok, Los Angeles or the Napa Valley.

TripBase says: "His own writing is a master class in good travel journalism, but his greatest gift to us is the aforementioned Dave’s Travel Corner. It’s a site renowned for its excellence and something every travel junky should visit and, subsequently, become lost in."
 

Proven Track Record

working-grapes With 22+ years of online exposure, Dave’s Travel Corner has become a leading independent online travel and lifestyle platform for content creation and promotion. We work with destinations and brands to execute campaigns and stories using a combination of written content, photography, videos and social media platforms & events. We maintain a strong social media presence of more than 500,000 followers across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Twitter.

This site has been mentioned in Huffington Post, National Geographic Traveler, Seattle Times, TripAdvisor and USA Today Travel. Dave’s Travel Corner is also ranked in the top 15 travel blogs on the planet by Everything-Everywhere. Dave has freelanced for Four Seasons Magazine, Johnny Jet, MATADOR network, Napa Valley Life, Robb Report and Travel Mindset. Over the years, we have worked with numerous domestic and international destinations (DMO’s). Dave is a member of the Traveler’s Century Club, IFWTWA & Travel Massive.

Over 650+ contributors have posted content to this site; our contributors come from various backgrounds, locations and many maintain their own contacts, outlets and publications.

We participate in a variety of trips – creating content and promoting via this website, social media and other outlets. Ideas? Inquiries? Opportunities? Lets talk! Email Dave or call/text (323) 761-0255

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Client List

Select clients have included American Express, Can Am Spyder, Capital One Venture Card campaign, Contiki, Holland America Line, HotelTonight, KLM, LAXishappening, Marriott, NatureBox, Oceanwide Expeditions, Rocky Mountaineer, Stearns & Foster, Tourism Australia (one of their CorOZpondents & winner of Adrian Awards in NYC), Treasury Wine Estates, Viking River Cruises, Volvo, Lufthansa & Swiss Air among numerous other brands.

 

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Content Creation
rosesWe craft and edit customized and creative content including text, photography and videos to tell both our travel stories and yours through a combination of placements on Dave’s Travel Corner and our social media outlets.
 

Brand Ambassador
chef-ayden-saskatoonA strong component of our work is with brands, most often in the travel and lifestyle sectors. We create campaigns with targeted reach for destination specific regions, services, tour operators, properties, or products. We become a brand spokesperson.
 

Social Media Outreach & Engagement
mangosWe maintain a sizable engaged and diverse group of followers across mainstream social media channels ideally suited to targeting your audience. Specific social media events can be arranged such as hosting a Tweet-up.
 

Photography
lotus-thailand1Photography has always been an integral part of our travels. We create high-quality visually attractive high-resolution photography for licensing or for use online.

More of our work can be seen in our Photography directory (over 11,000 photos), on our Instagram account (DaveDTC) and for sale here.
 

Wine
tastingsBased on our work with the Napa Wine Project over the past 15+ years we have become adept at creating and conveying specific content for wineries including personalized stories, tasting notes and both oenology and viticulture information. Over 1,000 Napa Valley based wineries & producers visited and extensively written about.
 

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    In every inspiring natural creation there is a realism that speaks to you. In every moment on a mountain you find it more and more. You discover yourself in ways not possible through other means. This stays with you and guides you for the rest of your life. May everyone have this chance at least once. — The Inspiration for why we Climb

    Ownership of most things is overrated. Ownership of worldly experiences is not.

    ~ 1/3 of the world eats with utensils, 1/3 of the world eats with chopsticks and 1/3 of the world eats with their hands. ~ Unknown

    Perspective is the most important word in travel. Sometimes those who grow up in an urban environment don’t have the perspective that one has who grows up in the country and vice versa. Both perspectives are equally important and a person who deeply understands both and is comfortable in both environments is exceedingly rare.

    Waterfalls are like freeways – the bigger the better. I love the power both radiate.

    “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm“.
    ~ Sir Winston Churchill

    Make your travels as experiential as possible – do things that are not part of your daily life. Go out of your way to embrace the assault on your senses that only International travel can deliver.

    “Those who push the limits will Discover; Sometimes, the limits push back” ~ Chasing Mavericks 2012

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