Interview With the Iceland Design Centre

For Christmas this year, the Iceland Design Centre created a veritable advent calendar of quintessential Icelandic items on their popular blog. For each day leading up to Christmas the staff at the institute asked one of their favorite friends from all over the world to select their must-have item from the island nation. Here's my selection and story for Day 22:

http://blog.icelanddesign.is/christmas-calendar-22-brandon-presser/

ABC Fusion: How To Book Your Flights

I sat down with ABC Fusion's Alicia Menendez to discuss some quick tips for booking flights - especially during the busy holiday months. Find out more about my favorite trick to score discounted domestic airfare.

http://fusion.net/Alicia_Menendez_Tonight/video/travel-cheaply-walk-333178

An Essential Guide to Tokyo

Got Japan on the brain? Check out this short guide to Tokyo's must-sees, including the city's best neighborhoods, temples, hotels, restaurants and daytrips.

http://www.lifestylemirror.com/life/travel/2013/12/13/1270123588/tokyo-travel-guide/

A Jetsetter's Guide to Machu Picchu

Everything you need to know about traveling to Machu Picchu in style, from five-star hotels to elegant train rides fit for royalty.

http://www.lifestylemirror.com/life/travel/2013/11/20/610802290/machu-picchu-style/

A Getaway Guide to China

Vast, uncompromising and headed straight for domination, China proffers its own spin on modernization, like an alternate reality unfussed by Western machinations. Check out this getaway guide for Lifestyle Mirror, which breaks down some of the country's essential must-sees. Think of it as China 101. 

http://www.lifestylemirror.com/life/travel/2013/11/15/2035739057/what-to-see-in-china/

Weather Channel: Kolmanskop

For this week's installment of interesting abandoned sites around the world, my coverage focuses on the fascinating remains of a small town lost in the dunes of Namibia called Kolmanskop, near the city of Luderitz.

http://www.weather.com/video/abandoned-cities-kolmanskop-namibia-41132

Weather Channel: Ephesus

In my recent reporting work for the Weather Channel, I discuss the many places around the world that have been abandoned over time. One of my favorites is Ephesus in Turkey, which once had a population of over 250,000 people and was the Roman capital of Asia.

Check it out:

http://www.weather.com/video/abandoned-cities-ephesus-turkey-41124