Biography

Andrea M. Rotondo is a writer / edi­tor spe­cial­iz­ing in lux­ury travel with exper­tise in the areas of cruise vaca­tions, African safari lodges, and exotic get­aways. She’s also an expert at lever­ag­ing fre­quent flyer miles and hotel loy­alty points.

Andrea has trav­eled the world; she’s crossed the Inter­na­tional Date Line (trav­el­ing west across the Bering Sea from Alaska to Kam­chatka, Rus­sia) and the Equa­tor (dur­ing a trip to Bor­neo) while aboard cruise ships.

Her most com­pelling travel mem­o­ries include:

• hold­ing a four-month-old orang­utan at the Orang­utan Care Cen­ter in Kali­man­tan, Borneo

• pho­tograph­ing a pack of elu­sive African wild dogs in South Africa

• expe­ri­enc­ing the phe­nom­e­non of bio­lu­mi­nes­cence at Mos­quito Bay on the island of Vieques (Puerto Rico)

• trail­ing a pod of orcas—adults and calves—from a skiff in Fred­er­ick Sound, part of Alaska’s famed Inside Passage

• laz­ing on Kauai’s Poipu Beach with two very rare Hawai­ian Monk seals

Busi­ness­Week, USA Today, Fare­Com­pare, Inde­pen­dent Trav­eler, Cruise Thomas Cook mag­a­zine, the BBC, CBS Radio, and other media out­lets have called upon Andrea to pro­vide expert com­men­tary regard­ing the travel indus­try. Gene Sloan, Cruise Log edi­tor at USA Today has referred to Andrea as one of “the titans of cruise writing.”

She’s writ­ten for Cruise Critic, Cruise Travel, Cruise Inter­na­tional, Cruise Mates, Fam­ily Vaca­tion Critic, Mod­ern Bride, Des­ti­na­tion Wed­dings & Hon­ey­moons, Travel Agent, Amer­i­can Baby, and many other mag­a­zines and websites.

Andrea is also an accom­plished edi­tor and author. She acquired and edited rock star Tom Petty’s first offi­cial book, Con­ver­sa­tions with Tom Petty. As a senior edi­tor for Ster­ling Pub­lish­ing, she devel­ops books and kits for sale at Barnes & Noble stores.

She’s authored sev­eral books, includ­ing Get­ting Mar­ried: A Com­plete Guide to Plan­ning Your Spe­cial Day. Andrea has also updated a vari­ety of guide­books, includ­ing Birnbaum’s Offi­cial Guides to Dis­ney­land and Walt Dis­ney World, Thomas Cook’s Trav­ellers Hawaii, HotSpots Hawaii, Trav­ellers New York City, and the New York City Pocket Guide.

She is the edi­tor of LuxuryCruiseBible.com. Fol­low her on Twit­ter: @luxcruisebible

Spe­cial­ties
—lux­ury travel writer with exper­tise in cruises, exotic travel, African safaris, and fre­quent flyer / hotel loy­alty pro­grams
—guide­book author / updater
—super­vi­sor and team leader
—man­ag­ing edi­tor
—project man­age­ment expert
—acqui­si­tions edi­tor (adult non-fiction, books and kits)
—devel­op­men­tal edi­tor (adult non-fiction)
—edi­to­r­ial strate­gist
—social media man­ager
—metic­u­lous proof­reader
—con­tent man­age­ment sys­tem (CMS) expert
—SEO writing