David Lee

About

Championing the digital travel space for over two decades, my journey began with a vision to empower independent travelers through experience-based advice. The transformation of GoBackpacking.com into a WordPress blog led to 8.1 million unique lifetime visits, thanks to a robust strategy of SEO and social media engagement. Recently, my passion for culinary exploration gave rise to a new venture—a blog dedicated to food photography and adventures, that grew to 40,000 unique monthly visitors in 2023. With a commitment to publishing high-quality content, I've built a community that thrives on shared experiences and trusted recommendations. Career highlights:

 - Inspired, encouraged, and helped millions of readers to travel since 1998.
 - Built the #1 website for foreigners visiting and living in Medellin, Colombia.
 - Helped more than 2,000 travel bloggers build, grow, and profit from their websites.
 - Attended the Travel Blogger Summit on Study Abroad and Global Citizenship at The White House in 2014.
 - Worked with global brands including G Adventures, Allianz, Eurail, Turkish Airlines, and Hostelling International.
 - Traveled to 67 countries and lived in Colombia and Peru.