Richard Varr is a well-rounded freelance writer, photographer and videographer with more than 30-years writing experience. A member of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), he specializes in travel and feature writing, and is the author (main contributor) of the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guide to Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Dutch Country. His first novel, Warming Up to Murder, is available online through Amazon.com, Xlibris.com or BarnesandNoble.com.
Richard writes frequently for Porthole Cruise and Travel Magazine and has been published in the magazines found on board cruise ships of many cruise lines including Carnival, Holland America, Radisson Seven Seas, Princess, Disney, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Cunard, Seabourn, P&O, Costa, MSC, NCL and others. He has traveled extensively throughout North America, the Caribbean and Europe, while also visiting and writing about destinations in Africa, South America and Asia.
His work and photography have also been published in magazines and online publications including TravelWeekly.com, Islands, AAA Home & Away, AAA Arizona Highroads, AAA Journeys, AOL Travel, GoNomad.com, GoWorldTravel.com, the Good Sam Club’s Highways and Coast to Coast and Trailer Life, Houston Woman Magazine, The Rotarian, New Jersey Monthly, German Life, French Magazine (UK), Portugal Magazine (UK), Smart Meetings Magazine, Grit, Long Weekends, Camping Today, and International Railway Traveler, and Galveston.com, for which he wrote two blog posts monthly for six years.
Newspapers, both print and online, have included USA Today, Toronto Star, London Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald, Miami Herald, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Morning News, Christian Science Monitor, Kansas City Star, Sacramento Bee, New Orleans Times-Picayune, InsideOttawaValley.com, Hamilton Spectator, Lowell Sun, Arizona Daily Star Main Line Life (Philadelphia) Worcester Sunday Telegram and others.
