Karen Tina Harrison Follow Facebook Twitter Selfie taken at Machu Picchu, Peru. @Karen Tina Harrison Karen Tina Harrison has been a New York City-based lifestyle journalist for her entire career. She has covered travel since the last millennium, with luxury travel assignments that have taken her around the globe. Experience KT (that's what her friends call her) started out as a copywriter and beauty editor for magazines like Sassy, then became a freelance newspaper reporter specializing in careers, style, dining, and travel. She has contributed to numerous New York City guidebooks, to New York papers including The New York Times, and to glossies such as Travel + Leisure and Budget Travel.As a dining critic, KT has authored scores of restaurant reviews for New York magazine, Time Out New York, and New Jersey Monthly, where she is the North Jersey critic.Before becoming Luxury Travel Expert at About.com, KT was a longtime contributor to honeymoons.about.com. Education KT liked school. She earned a B.A. from Barnard College of Columbia University, an M.A. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and a certificate from the Sorbonne, University of Paris. About TripSavvy and Dotdash Meredith TripSavvy, a Dotdash Meredith 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.