An award-winning journalist with decades of experience, Laura Mecoy is focusing on DIY travel. While she appreciates the value of travel professionals and uses them on occasion, most of her travel is do-it-yourself: Along with her traveling companions, she researches adventures, tracks down air travel and searches for convenient, comfortable but not too costly places to stay. Then she shares the adventures with you through photos and words — as well as getting published in major publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Sacramento Bee, AARP Bulletin, Money magazine, LA Magazine, Chicago Tribune and many others. You may contact her at laura (at) mecoy.net.