Patricia Schultz is the author of the bestselling travel book of all time, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.
A veteran travel journalist with decades of experience, she’s written for all the major travel guides as well as for the WSJ, Conde Nast Traveler and other magazines and newspapers.
Patricia’s latest book is, Why We Travel: 100 Reasons to See the World.
Her home base is New York City, but good luck finding her there!
This is Patricia’s third visit to the show. She was our guest on episodes 178 and 193. Apart from restating her one way ticket is still to her hometown of Beacon, NY, Patricia shares how Why We Travel came into being, what travel does for us, how we can foster serendipity on our adventures, the importance of accepting invitations, and more.
Patricia Schultz is just one of the exceptional individuals featured on the podcast where Host Steven Shalowitz explores with his guests where they would go if given a one way ticket, no coming back. Their destinations may be in the past, present, future, real, imaginary or a state of mind.
Steven's guests have included: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, President Jose Ramos-Horta; General David H. Petraeus, US Army (Ret.); Legendary Talk Show Host, Dick Cavett; Law Professor, Alan Dershowitz; Fashion Expert, Tim Gunn; Broadcast Legend, Charles Osgood; International Rescue Committee President & CEO, David Miliband; Former United States Senator, Joseph I. Lieberman; Playwright, David Henry Hwang; Journalist-Humorist-Actor, Mo Rocca; SkyBridge Capital Founder & Co-Managing Partner, Anthony Scaramucci; Abercrombie & Kent Founder, Geoffrey Kent; Travel Expert, Pauline Frommer, as well as leading photographers, artists, chefs, writers, intellectuals, etc.
