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Checking in with Chris Dong

Chris Dong

Behind the scenes of life as a freelance travel reporter.

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Latest Issues

Checking in...airplanes, burgers, and Doechii

This is a quickie update as I sit in the Qantas lounge for an hour before I take off for Australia. Appreciate you for following along!

Last week, I spent about 24 hours in Atlanta, flying from my home in LA and back again. It was one of...

a year ago
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Checking in...with how a travel story gets made.

I’m a believer in learning from your travel mistakes—and in my case, writing about them. So how can a travel mishap turn into a story?

Let’s dive into it.

Turning lemons into lemonade

See, I love having a finger on the pulse of tra...

2 years ago
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Checking in...before not spending $100,000 on a trip.

Someone recently asked me, “I know you travel a lot for your job, but do you ever go on vacation and unplug?”

I paused for a LOT longer than I probably should have.

I was embarrassed to admit the truth. While I often do non-work travel,...

2 years ago
5

Checking in...before my next big trip.

Wellness check…I’m alive! From moving house in LA to travels in French Polynesia and Indonesia and speaking at Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Summit, it’s been a whirlwind (and exciting) summer. I’m back home for a couple of weeks and expl...

2 years ago
13

Checking in...with the Delta Gays

As a freelance writer, if you’re passionate about an idea and want a story to come to life, you’ll see it through to the end. That’s what happened with my piece about the Delta gays, a travel and culture essay that published for USA Today l...

2 years ago
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