Gwen Pratesi is a James Beard Award Finalist in Journalism and an award-winning food and travel journalist based in Florida. She covers cruises and domestic and global travel destinations for Reader’s Digest and regularly contributes to U.S. News & World Report, Cruise Critic and The Points Guy. Her work has also appeared in Travel + Leisure, Garden & Gun, Fodor’s Travel, AARP and Marriott Bonvoy Traveler. When she’s not on a plane or ship, you’ll find her at the beach or in the kitchen at home with her husband and their Tibetan terrier, Rhythm.
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