Kara Williams is an award-winning freelance writer who has covered topics ranging from business and babies to skiing and spas in her 20-year editorial career. Kara has been employed as a newspaper reporter, magazine editor and corporate copyeditor. She’s freelanced since 1999, and in the past few years travel writing has been the main focus of her work. Her beats include family travel, romantic escapes, girlfriend getaways, spas, outdoor adventures and hotel reviews, with an emphasis on destinations in North America, Mexico and the Caribbean.

Kara’s articles have been published in national magazines, regional publications, and local newspapers, as well as online. A social-media junkie, Kara is active on Twitter (@karasw) and blogs regularly at The Vacation Gals, which she co-owns with two other professional travel writers. This trio also created the website The Spa Gals. Kara has spoken about social media and travel blogging at industry events, such as BlogWorld & New Media Expo, Social Media Strategies for Travel, Type-A-Mom Conference and PRSA Travel & Tourism.

A graduate of Dartmouth College, Kara is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW). She makes her home in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains with her husband and two children.