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Based variously in Florida, Michigan and the UK, Simon
and Susan Veness form a unique and highly insightful writing and consulting business, both individually and as a dynamic team.
Their basic ethos is to lead readers by the hand into the varied and complex world of travel, to ensure everyone gets
a full and valid perspective on their many subjects, and also to provide a positive and meaningful profile of their consultancy
clients. They can turn their hand to any written media, and have frequently been told their books and travel articles are
"like having a good and knowledgeable friend take us around." Their Brit Guide titles to Orlando and Disneyland
Paris have garnered numerous accolades (including Best Guidebook with the British Guild of Travel Writers) but, more importantly,
have been the No 1 titles on their destinations for many years with the people who count most - their readers. Separately,
Simon and Susan have carved out distinctive and highly informative styles for themselves, while together they are among the
world's most distinguished travel teams.
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Simon Veness
Author, Writer, Consultant
Sports and travel writer Simon has been in the journalism business since 1981 and was the original
founder of the Brit Guide travel book series with UK publishers Foulsham in the mid-1990s. He quickly discovered sport and
travel were good companions as he developed the Brit's Guide series in tandem with his speciality for American sports
coverage with several British newspapers. His acclaimed freelance writing has grown to include a huge variety of outlets,
from major British newspapers The Sun, News of the World, Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Independent and Sunday Times to
speciality publications like the Overseas Property TV Magazine, RCI Holiday, Essentially America and World of Cruising
magazine (which he also edits). He has featured on BBC TV's Holiday programme, various regional radio stations
and writes a View From America column for SkySports.com. Other outlets include the Internet (notably for the Mousekingdom
blog), web pages for the likes of Attraction Tickets Direct and his own sports blog, as well as the essential Brit Guide websites.
Simon has also partnered with wife Susan on various writing projects, and their travels together continue to provide a rich
source of inspiration for articles and books. A committed and lifelong devotee of travel in all its forms, Simon is
never happier than when detailing his observations and thoughts, and his one big ambition is to tour the vast and inhospitable
tracts of Antarctica. As final proof of the perfect compatability of travel and sport, Simon's formative years were
spent in Southern Africa, where his family lived for seven years, and he was national junior tennis champion in 1975
and '76 - in Botswana!
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Susan Veness
Author, Writer, Consultant Susan Veness is an international travel writer and co-author in
the Brit Guide travel book series, having decided that writing holds more fascination than her degree in Bioenergetic medicine.
She was among the first (very young!) visitors to Walt Disney World in 1971 and has maintained a keen interest in Orlando,
Disney and the theme parks ever since, giving rise to an encyclopedic knowledge of all things Mouse-like. Her eye for detail
and Disney savvy led her to becoming a contributor to a major (unofficial) Disney website and discussion forum, which she
then parlayed into a job with the Brit Guide travel series as principal research assistant on their Orlando title in 2001.
Working with US-based author Simon Veness, their professional relationship developed into a fully-fledged partnership
in every sense, and Susan has also expanded her writing horizons in recent years. She now contributes to a wide range of sources,
from the internet to magazines, and writes both individually as well as with husband Simon. Recent credits include online
content as an Orlando expert for Attraction Tickets Direct, in-flight magazines and (jointly) for Florida magazine (in the
UK) and RCI Holiday magazine. She is also the webmaster of www.venesstravelmedia.com. Together, Susan and Simon’s travels take them widely through
eastern and southern USA, California and the original Disneyland, plus the UK and Disneyland Paris. Her ambition is to enjoy
her son's teen years, spend a year touring the US and Europe and then, possibly, get some sleep.
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