Lori Henry in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo by LS Photography.
When I was seven years old, I told my parents that I would live in a hotel one day. I loved walking in and out of the lobbies, saying “hello” to the hotel staff like I owned the place and filling out the comment cards like they actually cared what a seven-year-old kid thought.
It took me over 20 years, but I now live part time in hotel rooms as a travel writer. So far I have explored a vast amount of Canada (with much more to go), parts of the United States, China, Korea, France, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, the UK, Jamaica, Mexico, the list goes on. My work has appeared in the following selected list of publications:
- up! magazine (WestJet’s in flight)
- Reader’s Digest
- FLARE
- Western Living
- British Columbia Magazine
- VIA destinations
- USAToday.com
- West magazine
- The Vancouver Sun
- Vancouver Explorer: The Complete Residents’ Guide (guidebook)
- Best Places Northwest (guidebook)
- Fodor’s Nova Scotia & Atlantic Canada (guidebook)
I currently freelance and am working on the first book in a series about cultural dance. I am also the Editor of CulturalDancing.com, a worldwide resource of dance and travel destinations, as well as Massage Matters magazine.
Writing is only part of the equation, though. I am actually trained as an actor and, although the majority of my time is spent writing and travelling, I have appeared in a film or two over the years.
I am also dedicated to bringing about awareness of eating disorders and am a founding Director of Shelley’s Angels Society, a non-profit organization that raises money for those who can’t afford treatment or counselling. This work has also led me to publish a book about my own struggle with and recovery from bulimia, titled Silent Screams, and become the Founding Editor of the now-defunct youth magazine, Beauty: You Define It.
Follow along with my adventures in my travel blog and make sure to sign up for my quarterly newsletter at the top right of this page. I can also be found on Twitter @lorihenry and @culturaldancing.
