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The Transatlantic Travel-Writing Team

Experts for Orlando, Disney, the Theme Parks and Much More Besides!

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The Hidden Magic of Walt Disney World
By Susan Veness

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The perfect companion to any Walt Disney World visit, The Hidden Magic highlights all the wonderful hidden gems the Imagineers have sprinkled throughout the parks, giving visitors a true insight into the 'magic' that sets the Disney parks apart from all others.


 
P1010593.JPGAnd there's more....our travels over the past year or so have taken us from Alaska (see left) to Arizona, Bowling Green to Barcelona, and from the tropical Caribbean to the sub-Arctic Canadian border; we have undertaken fun family RV journeys and glamorous cruises; and we have unearthed a vast treasure-trove of wonderful and offbeat experiences along the way. Already, our Calendar of Adventure for 2010 promises to add the likes of Chilean Patagonia, Santiago and the wine region of the Maipo Valley, a journey through the heart of Europe on a river cruise, and a taste of the exotic South Pacific, plus closer-to-home encounters with the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando. But there's always room for more, so stay tuned as we continue our wonderful world travel journey that never ceases to intrigue and amaze.

Welcome to the travel writing home of Simon and Susan Veness, a unique combination of Anglo-American insight, ingenuity and innovation in the wide world of travel media.
 
We have been well-known for our work with the
Brit Guide travel series - specializing in all things to do with Central Florida, Disney, the theme parks, cruising and Disneyland Paris - for more than 15 years now, but this site is designed to showcase a broader view of our work, from other books, to the wide variety of newspapers and magazines we write for, and our many online ventures.
 
First and foremost, we have a unique perspective of our various travels worldwide as we started very much as Joe Tourist ourselves, holiday-makers with a keen eye for detail who demand value for money in all aspects of a vacation. Then, with multiple editions of the Brit Guide and other writing behind us (including a wide range of sources on the Internet), we have built up an amazing rapport with our readers that allows us to key in directly to what they are looking for and how they view their own vacations.
 
On top of that, we have developed an acute insight into what makes the various attractions tick - how well they work (or otherwise), what their most positive attributes are and, more importantly, how people can best enjoy them. 

Our freelance travel-writing encompasses such wide-ranging media as glossy consumer magazines (like
World of Cruising, Europe's premier publication on cruising and cruise ships), travel brochures, regional guides (like the Great Lakes North America), in-flight magazines, website copy, Internet discussion forums, blogs and newsletters. If you want to read more about our writing, click here:
Recent Travels; To commission us for work, click here Contact Us.

And there's more!

Simon's background in sports journalism means we often include sporting events of all kinds in our travels. Simon has covered a wide range of sporting events in the past 25 years, including the Super Bowl, Major League Baseball, Wimbledon tennis, Premiership soccer and even boxing, and he continues to write for various newspapers on American sport. He is uniquely placed to contribute articles on US events for UK media, and to provide a British perspective on American sporting occasions. In fact, we'd go as far as to say that a visit to a baseball game, or basketball, football or (ice) hockey is an essential part of any visit to the USA, and we are big flag-wavers for sampling life through the local sporting institutions. To view some of his sports-writing work, you can read his regular Sports Blog, Here, or see his View From America columns for SkySports.com, Here.

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Veness Travel Media is officially a Sponsor of WDWCelebrations, a non-profit organization to promote special gatherings and other events at the Walt Disney World parks. Look up more at www.wdwcelebrations.com.

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Proud supporters of:

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The Give Kids The World Village in Kissimmee, FL, supporting the wishes of all children with life-threatening illnesses and their families from around the world to experience a memorable, joyful, cost-free visit to the Central Florida attractions.

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American Friends of Maru-A-Pula School in Gaborone, Botswana, a unique educational establishment in Southern Africa that runs rare and valuable bursary and orphan programs for the under-privileged in a caring, high-quality environment.

Proud member of the following organization:

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