Checking in with Chris Dong
Chris DongBehind the scenes of life as a freelance travel reporter.
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I'm a freelance travel writer. Or am I?
📓 THE DEBRIEF—The real story behind the stories.
With 52 travel-related articles written or updated halfway through 2026, you might think that’s what pays my bills.
But so far this year, it’s only slightly more than half the mone...
The Universe Kept Sending Me to Kansas
“Are you Chris?”
I was in a field in Kansas, in a crowd of strangers arranging themselves into a human Algerian flag. I turned around. “Yes.”
“I think I’ve seen your airline videos—you used to work at The Points Guy, right?”
“That’s me!”...
Can 'cool' survive a points program?
About a month ago, Hyatt flew me and a handful of media to Miami for a closed-door session with some of the company’s leaders about the future of its loyalty program and brands. Almost all of it was off the record.
I’m not a business exec...
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...
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...
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