Sam Bradley is a travel and adventure enthusiast with a passion for scuba diving, paragliding and sky-diving. He’s travelled to four continents, lived in the Peruvian jungle, tour-guided through most of Southern Africa, run with the bulls in Pamplona and worked as a ski instructor in the States.
Sam’s day job is working for Cookson Adventures, a high-end tour operator organizing adventures to all corners of the world. His hobby is working as a freelance travel writer for various publications, and he’s worked with many tourism boards, hotels and operators on press trips, including Switzerland, Italy, France, USA, Mauritius and South Africa.
These days he calls London home, where he lives with his wife and three daughters, although he’s always looking for a chance to escape the city life for a new adventure.
Tempus Magazine (Mayfair, London, United Kingdom)
Tempus print magazine is a high-end luxury lifestyle publication based in Mayfair in London. It has a monthly magazine readership of over 40 000, as well as 64 000 social media followers.
Articles: https://tempusmagazine.co.uk/news/author/Sam%20Bradley
Family Traveller Magazine (United Kingdom)
Family Traveller Magazine is the UK’s premier family publication, reaching 500,000 households per month and a target audience of 28-50 affluent parents. The quarterly print and online magazine also has a strong following for its podcasts, competitions and social media.
Website: https://familytraveller.com/
Wanderlust travel website (United Kingdom)
An adventure travel print magazine and website in the United Kingdom with a monthly readership of 400 000 readers.
Article: http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/planatrip/inspire-me/lists/the-top-5-roadtrips-in-south-Africa
Time and Leisure magazine and website (London, United Kingdom)
Time and Leisure is a glossy magazine which is distributed to 365 000 monthly readers in South West London.
Article: http://www.timeandleisure.co.uk/articles/travel/4679-winter-ski-escapism.html
TNT online magazine (United Kingdom)
TNT is a digital magazine which is sent to 55 000 readers. The website has 150 000 unique visitors per month and social media has another 35 000 followers.
Website: http://www.tntmagazine.com/
Article: http://digitaledition.tntmagazine.com/why-interlaken-provides-the-ultimate-hobbit-adventure/
Group Travel World (United Kingdom)
Group Travel World is used by thousands of group travel professionals located in the UK, Europe, China and US, such as coach tour operators, school trip organisers, private travel clubs and large corporate employee travel clubs. It has a monthly print of 10 000 copies as well as a successful website (including an online directory).
Website: http://grouptravelworld.com/
Article: https://www.grouptravelworld.com/new-heights/
Sunseeker Yachts Magazine
Sunseeker is a quarterly print and online magazine exclusive to Sunseeker Yacht owners. The magazine is not available online.
Go and Travel online magazine (co-founder)
Go and Travel is an online travel magazine aiming to connect readers, writers, media publications and tourism companies. We aim to provide high quality travel articles to media publications, as well as modern and innovative marketing solutions and promotional opportunities to tourism companies and tour operators.
Website: http://goandtravel.co/
Article: http://goandtravel.co/2016/12/10/fabolous-skiing-in-foppolo-italy-without-the-tourists/
The Sunday Times newspaper (South Africa)
South Africa’s biggest Sunday newspaper with a weekly readership of 3.4m people.
Website: http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/
Article: http://www.timeslive.co.za/travel/2012/01/15/delta-dreaming
Durbalicious Travel blog (founder)
In the past I ran a travel blogging website called Durbalicious. This focuses on events and activities in and around Durban, while the travel section profiles different locations.
Website:http://www.durbalicious.com/
Public Sector Manager (South Africa)
The Public Sector Manager publication has a current print run of 15 000 copies. The government is one of the largest institutions and uses PSM as the mouthpiece to capture the audience of 13 995 senior government managers, about 53 000 middle managers, 72 members of the national executive, nine premiers and their executive committees
Website: http://www.gcis.gov.za/content/resource_centre/news_and_mags/public_sector_magazine
Article: http://www.uhurucom.co.za/Digital%20Editions/PSM/June2013/
The Mercury newspaper (Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa)
My articles appear in the Goodlife section, which is printed every Friday. Sales are 31740 copies per day, with a readership of 237 000 people, mostly in KZN. The target market is mainly upper income individuals of 25 years or more. A full page colour advert costs R43 614, and an editorial article is valued at R130 842.
Website: http://www.iol.co.za/
Article: http://www.iol.co.za/travel/world/europe/alpine-escape-that-s-got-it-all-1.1533419
The Cape Times newspaper (Western Cape, South Africa)
Cape Town’s daily newspaper, with a readership of 258 000 per day.
Website: http://www.iol.co.za/capetimes
Article: http://www.iol.co.za/travel/world/africa/all-aboard-for-adventure-1579687
We Said Go Travel
Sam traveled with Lisa Niver from We Said Go Travel on Ecoventura in December 2019. He interviewed Chef Estuardo from our Galapagos Adventure: https://www.wesaidgotravel.com/crazy-about-cooking-a-chefs-guide-to-working-on-a-luxury-yacht-in-the-galapagos-islands/
Lisa filmed Sam’s antics! Enjoy the video: