Distinguished Travel Hacker

The Most Useful Item in Any Hotel Room, Plus Other Travel Secrets

Advice from Travel Channel star Samantha Brown on why you should order room service, where to get the best souvenirs, and how to make the most of your hotel room.

Samantha Brown In Bern, Switzerland.

Source: Samantha Brown Media Inc.

At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we’re doing it right. So we’re talking to globetrotters in all of our luxury fields—food, wine, fashion, cars, real estate—to learn about their high-end hacks, tips, and off-the-wall experiences. These are the Distinguished Travel Hackers.

Samantha Brown was a breakout star on the Travel Channel in the early 2000s, when she hosted multiple different series, including The Trip, 50/50, and Great Weekends, logging visits to 260 cities in more than 60 countries around the world. This year, Brown returned to television with a new show on PBS, Places to Love.