About
Daniel Houghton is an American photographer, author and former CEO of Lonely Planet. A lifelong traveler, he has visited more than 35 countries and logged 2 million miles over the course of his career. Houghton began working as a photojournalist for publications which include The Seattle Times, the U.S. Army, and the Associated Press before joining Lonely Planet. He was named one of Forbes magazine’s standouts changing the media industry in 2017. His speaking career includes keynote presentations for Booking.com, Grupo Vidanta, and the World Summit for Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. In 2019 his book, “Wherever You Go” was published by Simon & Schuster. He lives outside Nashville, Tennessee on a farm.
Global Misadventures
Rolling Stone / 2023 / link
Outside Online / 2021
“That trip you’ve been telling yourself for six years you’re going to take but just haven’t yet? More people are going to make those trips happen when we feel safe to travel again,” read more..
Simon & Schuster / 2019 / link
Vice / 2018 / link
Forbes / 2017 / link
Outside Magazine / 2014
“I figured there had to be more to the story than 'billionaire hires 24-year-old with no known experience to run the joint,' ” a veteran Lonely Planet author e-mailed me. “But I think it's as silly and fucked-up as it sounds.” read more..
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How photographers helped create The National Parks
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Lighthouses of The Outer Banks
My Dad, a Delta employee loading me on my first solo flight from Atlanta, GA to Asheville, NC at the age of 11 in 1999.
The anti-influencer
Long time traveller // first time creator
Complete with embarrassing origin photo. Since that first solo trip in 1997, I’ve been stumbling half backward through three dozen countries and all 50 49 states (Hawaii). Most of the time I had the privilege of following people who knew exactly where the hell we were going and exactly what we were there to learn about.
I’m no expert, and that’s not humility (it quite literally couldn’t be as I charge you money to read my blog), I’m just being upfront with you. Why paywall? In the age of AI, I’m not interested in a platform I don’t have control over and would rather be brutally honest in my advice and reviews. For a twenty dollar bill you have access for life - welcome to the future.
You’ve been everywhere else but here.
OFF THE GRID // Deep in the Forest, with bumps in the night
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.””
— Mark Twain