Scott Laird

Scott Laird

Scott is a freelance travel writer who has logged a million-and-a-half miles onboard flights around the world in search of historic hotels, rare spa botanicals, gin cocktails, and plumeria trees. Having developed a passion for travel during frequent childhood trips between homes in Alaska and Kaua'i, he's now Dallas-based and is a frequent contributor to several publications. When not in Dallas, he can typically be found in Europe, the US West Coast, Alaska, Hawai'i, the Islands of Tahiti, or onboard a cruise ship.

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Royal Princess in Glacier Bay

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Bungalow exterior in pink with pool chairs and turquoise pool

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Dignitaries at cruise ship launch

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Hotel room with leather accents white sheet bed

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Island with turquoise water, white sand beach, blue sky

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A cargo and passenger ship anchored in a cove with a beach in the foreground

Destinations

Untapped French Polynesia: The Austral Islands

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