Marybeth Bond, guest editor for Travelers' Tales, has been writing and editing for ten years. Bond, editor of award-winning Travelers' Tales: A Woman's World and author of Gutsy Women: Travel Tips and Wisdom for the Road, quit her job at the age of 29 to travel solo around the world for two years. Her amazing adventures, along with her infectious speaking style, have made her "the expert" on women's travels.

Travelers' Tales is now the leading publisher of women's nonfiction travel stories. In only three months, Travelers' Tales Gutsy Women has gone to its second printing. Its popularity has inspired Marybeth, now mother of two, to write her next book, Travelers' Tales Gutsy Mamas, a tip book for the mother traveling with her children. Look for Gutsy Mamas this summer.

Recently, the Discover Card and National Geographic chose Marybeth Bond as their media representative (Oct. 96 - Feb. 97). She appeared on national television, radio, and newspapers speaking about adventure travel and Gutsy Women. She spoke to thousands of people sharing her secrets for safe, affordable, and stimulating travel for women traveling alone or with others. Marybeth continues to promote herself nationally through television, radio, print, and public speaking events.

Today Show, Fox TV, and CNN Travel Guide All Want Gutsy Women

Marybeth appeared on ABC "Eyewitness News This Morning," FOX TV "After Breakfast," CNN Airport Channel, CNN Travel Guide, and Travelers' Tales Gutsy Women was honored on the Today Show as the best women's travel tip book on the market.

Below is an ever-growing list of Marybeth's media appearances:

Television

• NBC Today show with Katie Couric segment on women travel
• CNN Airport Channel" runs 10-11 times a day in 26 airports, JUNE 1997
• CNN Travel Channel
• CBS News (Chicago and San Francisco)
• Good Morning America: Dallas, Texas
• Fox "Sunrise Program" Dallas, TX
• UPN "News Scope" Minneapolis, MN syndicated TV magazine for women: in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Phoenix, and Portland
• NBC "KARE Sunday" Minneapolis, MN
• FOX "2-News" St. Louis, MS
• "Show Me St. Louis" St. Louis, MS
• ABC "Eyewitness News This Morning" Chicago, IL
• Fox "Eyewitness Morning" Detroit, MI
• Fox "Good Day Atlanta" Atlanta, GA
• NBC "Noonday" Atlanta, GA

Radio (OVER 70 nationwide: complete listing available upon request)

• NPR 4 times "All About Women" nationally syndicated program
• NPR San Francisco 1996-97 KQED KPIX San Francisco, "Travel Program"
• KPLX "Sunday Morning Coffee" Dallas, TX
• WMA "Moment for Parents" Chicago, IL
• KEZW "Rocky Mt. Magazine" also aired on KKHK,KOSI, KEZW Denver, CO
• KHOW "Perspective" Denver, CO
• WCCO "Good Morning Show" Minneapolis
• WYAY "Sunday Magazine" Atlanta, GA

Print (Complete listing available upon request)

• USA Today feature articles 1995,1996
• NY Times Syndicate
• LA Times
• Copley News service (200 newspapers US and Canada)
• Universal Press Syndicate (circulation. 50 million)
• Chicago Tribune feature articles 1995 and 1997
• San Francisco Examiner features 1996, 1997
• Travel Holiday Magazine
• Travel Age Magazine
• Travel Agent Magazine
• ASTA Agency Management (American Assoc. of Travel agents)
• Denver Post
• Adventure Travel Business Magazine
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Houston Chronicle
• Dallas Times Herald

Continuing and upcoming coverage:

• Marybeth is a contributing editor to Mungo Park with Microsoft http://www.msn.com

Upcoming:

• CNN Airport Channels 10-11X per day in 26 national airports
• Wisconsin Public radio
• New Woman Magazine
• United Press Syndicate
• Voyageur: International magazine in cruise lines and hotel chains
• Adventure Travel Business Magazine
• Pacific Area Travel Assoc. trade journal going to 600 in the travel industry

Speeches

• ASTA -- American Association of Travel Agents: Los Angeles (February 1997) and Washington DC (April 1997) "The Female Traveler: How to Court and Keep Her Business"
• PATA -- Pacific Area Travel Association: International conference of tour operators, airlines, hotels, cruise lines in Borneo, Malaysia. "The Female Adventure and Eco Traveler"
• Tour Operators: Grand Circle Travel and Overseas Adventure Travel: Boston. Who is the female traveler? Why does she buy? How to increase market share?
• World Affairs Council: San Francisco "The Changing World: One Woman At a Time"
• Festival of Women Authors: University of California Alumni: A Woman's World
• Northwest Book Fair: Seattle, WA "Women Travel: A World of Their Own"
• International Host.Conv: International Hostelling Convention: Changing The World Through Travel
• Atlanta Adv. Travel Show -- Women Stepping Out: Into the World and the Outdoors
• Intl. Fed. of Women in Travel: International conference: Travel with a Purpose: How to Get Beneath the Surface of a Culture
• SATW: Society of American Travel Writers: Editor's Council Meeting: Using Tourism as a Means To Change the World
• Junior League -- San Francisco Chapter

You can contact Marybeth Bond at mbond99@yahoo.com