Mark Kahler Voted sixth-best budget travel blogger in USA Today's 10 Best Readers' Choice Awards in 2014Has visited 65 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, all 48 contiguous U.S. states and nearly 40 other countries around the worldOften interviewed for print, radio, and television stories Experience Mark Kahler is a former writer for TripSavvy, for which he authored nearly 300 articles focused on budget travel since 1999.Mark has traveled from the former Berlin Wall to the Great Wall of China to cover stories and has found that spending large sums of money does nothing to bring people closer to the places they visit.Frequently interviewed for print, radio, and television stories about budget travel, Mark has taped segments for the Fine Living Network and KING-TV's "Up Front," Fox News' "Sunday," Retirement Living TV's "Daily Cafe," and "Good Morning Memphis"; and has been quoted in print publications such as Family Circle magazine, the Boston Globe, the Sacramento Bee, and the Indianapolis Star. In 2014, USA Today readers voted Mark the sixth-best budget travel blogger in the newspaper's "10 Best Readers' Choice" awards. Education Mark earned a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree with honors from Samford University. 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.