Charlyn Keating Follow Twitter Charlyn Keating is a professional travel writer who specializes in hotels and resorts and whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Star Tribune, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, and USA Today as well as The Travel Channel, MSNBC, CBS, Destination Luxury, Gayot, and Consumer’s Digest.Keating is the author of "The Appreneur Playbook: Game-Changing Mobile App Marketing Advice from the Pros" and host of the annual Appreneur Summit for game app makers. Experience Charlyn Keating is a former writer for TripSavvy who covered hotels and resorts around the world for over 12 and a half years. Keating has been guiding travelers both on the Internet and in the real world throughout her career and has recently made a name for herself in the mobile app developer scene.The author of two published books including "The Appreneur Playbook," Keating has written hundreds of articles and produced videos seen on the Travel Channel Online, Consumer's Digest, Gayot, TurnHere, the E-Commerce Times, and the CBS morning show. Since 2002, she has been the guide to Hotels and Resorts on TripSavvy, and When not adding new pins to her world map, she looks forward to spending time at home in the Orlando area with her husband and two sons. Education Keating earned a Master's Degree in Video Game Production and Programming from the University of Central Florida and a Bachelor's Degree in Radio, Television, and Film Communications from the University of Texas at Austin.Awards and Publications"What Can You Take From Hotel Rooms?" video"Insider Lodging Tips" for The Washington Post"Cheaper Sleeps" for Star Tribune"Resorts on Strip Dealing" for Las Vegas Review-Journal"Haunted Hotels: Ghost Stories Can Be Good for Business" for USA Today About TripSavvy and Dotdash TripSavvy, a Dotdash brand, is a travel site written by real experts, not anonymous reviewers. You’ll find that our 20-year-strong library of more than 30,000 articles will make you a savvy traveler—showing you how to book a hotel the whole family will love, where to find the best bagel in New York City, and how to skip the lines at theme parks. We give you the confidence to spend your vacation actually vacationing, not fumbling with a guidebook or second-guessing yourself. Learn more about us and our editorial guidelines.