Kristy Alpert is an award-winning freelance travel writer and editor with 19 years of experience crafting travel features, destination guides, and SEO-optimized content for top outlets, including The New York Times,Vogue,Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, AFAR, Outside, Cosmopolitan, and more. She also specializes in travel content strategies and technical writing for publishers and brands.

Featured In

The New York Times • Travel + Leisure • Food & Wine • TIME • Cosmopolitan • Condé Nast Traveler • AFAR • Better Homes & Gardens • Outside • Global Traveler • Southern Living

About Kristy

Kristy was an editor at Cosmopolitan magazine. She has visited all seven continents—paid rent on three—and takes far too much pride in her spice cabinet, which includes juniper berries from Norway, cardamom from Nepal, and a prized ras el hanout from Morocco. Her writing is regularly featured by major outlets, including The New York Times, Travel + Leisure, AFAR, Food & Wine, etc. Kristy is also a certified technical writer and SEO specialist, regularly consulting for national publications on travel content strategies.

Kristy grew up on an airplane as the daughter of a Delta Airlines pilot and is now married to an Air Force pilot. Kristy is also an E-RYT200 certified yoga instructor, earning her certification in Bali and continuing her education in Rishikesh, Ko Yao Noi, and Carmel. 

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