Wondering where else you can find me? Look no further – below is a list of guest posts on other sites, interviews, features and more! I have also written regularly for Viator.com about Russia, Chicago and the Baltic States.
And of course, I always appreciate additional opportunities to do a guest post or interview – just shoot me an e-mail at katieaune -at- katieaune.com.
Accolades
- Named one of the Best Travel Blogs of 2012 by the Washington Flyer (July 31, 2012).
Guest Posts
- Top 8 Sights to See in St. Petersburg on G Adventures (April 15, 2013)
- Touring the Windy City from Above on a Chicago Helicopter Tour on Viator.com (March 14, 2013)
- How I Found a Job After Taking a Career Break to Travel on Meet, Plan, Go (February 6, 2013)
- How to Return to the Workforce After Quitting Your Job to Travel on Brazen Careerist (February 4, 2013)
- Best US Cities for Sports Lovers on Viator.com (January 30, 2013)
- The Inside Scoop on Career Breaks on BootsnAll (October 4, 2012)
- Adventure Travel – More Than Just an Escape on Escape the City (October 3, 2012)
- Why a Gap Year Should Come to America on BootsnAll (October 2, 2012)
- Homestay Hits & Misses on Meet, Plan, Go! (May 7, 2012)
- Why You Should Ignore Everything You’ve Heard and Go to Belarus on BootsnAll (March 26, 2012)
- How to Travel the Trans-Siberian Railway on Nomadic Matt’s Travel Site (December 19, 2011)
- Five Favorite Things: Trier, Germany on Tripping (May 18, 2011).
- Bucket List Travel: Watching Wimbledon in Person on Inn The Kitchen (April 26, 2011).
- Pay It Forward as a CouchSurfing Host on Aaron’s Worldwide Adventures (January 2011).
- A Local’s Guide to Chicago on Don’t Ever Look Back (January 16, 2011).
- Taking My Time in the Colca Canyon on Spunkygirl Monologues (January 15, 2011).
- Off the Beaten Path in Egypt on cheapOair (October 20, 2010).
- First-Timer’s Guide to Egypt on Kumuka Blog (October 6, 2010).
Interviews
- Travelling the ‘Stans on Australian Local Radio with James O’Loghlin (May 18, 2014)
- Love tennis and travel? Grand Slams make a grand trip on NBCNews.com (September 6, 2013)
- Want to Quit Your Job and Travel the World? How 2 Professionals Did It (video after the article) on HuffingtonPost.com (July 18, 2013)
- Travel the World with Meet Plan Go! (video) on KSTP-TV (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, October 12, 2012)
- Planes, trains and marshrutkas in the White Bear Press (October 10, 2012)
- Girls That Go! – An Interview with Katie Aune on Go! Girl Guides (September 29, 2012)
- Thrillable Hours: Katie Aune, Travel Blogger & Editor on LegalNomads (May 9, 2012)
- Travel to Lithuania (podcast) on Amateur Traveler (April 21, 2012).
- Who’s Out There Now: Katie on Career Break Secrets (March 13, 2012).
- Meet Katie Aune & Her Eagle Creek 55L Truist Vita on Her Packing List (February 2, 2012)
- Trans Siberian Interview on Grounded Traveler (January 26, 2012)
- Traveler Postcard on BootsnAll (December 13, 2011)
- Thursday Traveler on A Dangerous Business (November 17, 2011)
- RTW Soon Interview on Don’t Ever Look Back (August 2, 2011)
- Itinerary Writer Spotlight on the Unanchor blog (July 14, 2011)
Other
- Quoted in The Nitty Gritty of Returning Home After Traveling on Creditwalk.ca (September 5, 2016)
- Quoted in Why Quitting Your Job to Travel is a Terrible Idea on Thrillist (April 4, 2016)
- Quoted in Exploring the Use and Impact of Travel Guidebooks by Victoria Peel and Anders Sorenson (February 4, 2016)
- Quoted in Where is the Perfect City? The Experts Check In in the Chicago Tribune (November 25, 2015)
- Featured in These People Quit Their Desk Jobs to Travel…And They’re Still Going on Thrillist (July 7, 2015)
- Featured in Momondo’s Where Should We Travel in 2014?
- Featured in 11 Inspiring Stories of People Who Left Normal Life and Embarked on an Adventure on Buzzfeed (February 11, 2014)
- Interviewed for and featured in The Career Break Traveler’s Handbook by Jeff Jung.
- Featured in Round the World Travel Budgets Revealed: The Real Costs of 11 Real Trips on BootsnAll (December 7, 2011).
- Featured in the Meet, Plan, Go! video, The Importance of Support (October 24, 2011).
- Panelist for Meet, Plan, Go! Chicago (October 18, 2011).
- Interviewed for and quoted in How to Take a Career Break to Travel by Alexis Grant (e-book published October 17, 2011 – I am also an affiliate so I will earn a percentage of all sales referred by this site).
- Featured in RTW Travel Themes: 9 Epic Quests to Inspire Your Trip on BootsnAll (October 12, 2011).
- Featured in the Geovisions’ Blog post, Conversation Corps Russia – A Tale of Two Cities (September 9, 2011).