Publications

If you are interested in having me write for your online magazine, blog, or anything in print, please email me at turner[at]onceatraveler.com.

CNN Travel

10 Reasons You Know It’s Time To Go Traveling (May 13th, 2011)

The Good Men Project

“Don’t Cry!”: Being a Man in Korea (July 17th, 2012)
Am I Less Than A Man? (August 6th, 2012)

Matador Network

How to Handle Medical Emergencies on the Road (March 27th, 2008)
5 Lesser Known Ways To Stay Fit When Traveling (May 22nd, 2008)
10 Japanese Customs You Must Know Before A Trip to Japan (May 27th, 2008)
How to Handle Getting a Visa When You’re Already Abroad (July 24th, 2008)
5 Survival Tips If You Have to Travel Hungover (August 14th, 2008)
Insider’s Guide to Tokyo (August 26th, 2008)
Japan Obsession With Fire: 6 Things You Don’t Want to Miss (September 24th, 2008)
Why Sex is the First Real Connection in Foreign Relationships (September 28th, 2008)
Shima to Shima: Southern Islands of Japan (September 22nd, 2008)
10 Reasons You Know It’s Time To Go Traveling (September 25th, 2008)
10 Ways to Improve Your Couchsurfing Odds (November 2nd, 2008)
10 Tips for Beginning Marathoners (November 17th, 2008)
For The Children: Thai Mueang Volunteers (December 30th, 2008)
The Best Seasonal Events in Austin, Texas (January 3rd, 2009)
How to Haggle Your Way Across Southeast Asia (January 20th, 2009)
10 Countries Where You Can Enjoy Hot Springs (January 27th 2009)
How to Tell Your Family You’re Leaving for a Year to go Travel (March 23rd, 2009)
5 Cartoons That Taught Us The Meaning Of Wanderlust (March 30th, 2009)
The Best And Worst Toilets In The World (April 13th, 2009)
10 Key Destinations For The Historical Time Traveler (April 27th, 2009)
How To Eat A New Language (May 5th, 2009)
6 Revolutionary Forms Of Travel That Don’t Exist Yet… But Should (May 22nd, 2009)
How To Order Sushi Like A Ninja (May 13th, 2009)
Losing My Travel Virginity: Majime (May 30th, 2009)
8 Ways to Know You’re Home for Awhile (June 13th, 2009)
5 Creative Ideas for Souvenirs (June 23rd, 2009)
Expressions that Define Cultures (July 22nd, 2009)
What NOT To Do In Japan (October 20th, 2009)
9 New Zealand Adventures Worth Bragging About (March 9th, 2010)
8 Jobs That Make You Feel Like A Traveler (June 17th, 2010)
A Frenzied Search for Thanksgiving Turkey in South Korea (December 19th, 2010)
What Might Have Been in Japan (March 14th, 2011)
How to Piss off a Korean (January 23rd, 2012)
6 Truths I’ve Realized as a Long-Term Traveler (September 8th, 2012)
What the ACA and Government Shutdown Mean to this Traveler (October 3rd, 2013)
Why You Should Stay Put When You Travel (October 29th, 2013)
8 Challenges for Today’s ESL Teachers (And how to Handle Them) (January 22nd, 2014)
10 Things About Tokyo That Will Blow Your Mind (November 12th, 2014)
4 Uncomfortable Truths About Teaching English in Japan (March 26th, 2015)
20 things every self-respecting Texan needs to do before they die (June 11th, 2015)
Dear Travelers to Japan: Please don’t come until you’ve understood these 6 things (May 16th, 2016)
Dear Travelers to Texas: Please don’t come until you’ve understood these 8 things (May 26th, 2016)
What NOT to do in Austin (May 30th, 2016)
35 Things you’ll never hear someone from Texas say (June 22nd, 2016)
35 Things you’ll never hear someone from San Francisco say (June 24th, 2016)
9 Superpowers you have if you’re from Texas (July 14th, 2016)

Vagabondish

Growing Up: An Essay from The Immature Traveler (April 15th, 2009)
10 Essential Tips to Improve Your Hitchhiking Game (May 13th, 2009)
Dangerous Dining: The World’s 10 Deadliest Delicacies (August 18th, 2009)
The Spirit of the Running People: Three Cultures You Should Know (August 25th, 2009)
Why It’s Easier to Stay Fat, Stupid and Untraveled (September 1st, 2009)
The 7 Best Places to Skydive Around the World (September 15th, 2009)
A Foreigner’s Lesson on “Dealing” With Foreigners (October 1st, 2009)
The World’s Worst Travel Diseases (October 15th, 2009)
7 Marathons on 7 Continents: Your Guide to Running 42.195 km Across the Globe (October 22nd, 2009)
The 8 Most Bizarre Rituals in the World (October 29th, 2009)
Are You a Victim of Travel Writer’s Catch-22? (February 24th, 2010)
7 Activities That Could Get You Jailed (or Killed) While Traveling (March 10th, 2010)
Deliver Us: In Search of the Traveler’s True Religion (April 22nd, 2010)
Why I Love and Hate Being an American (August 27th, 2010)
Jaded With The System: Insider Perspectives from an ESL Teacher in Asia (September 22nd, 2010)
The Immature Traveler Returns: All Grown Up Now and Looking Back (June 29th, 2012)

iloho

Exotic Dishes of Japan (December 2nd, 2008)
Cross-Cultural Hot Springs (February 9th, 2009)
Teaching Respect (May 4th, 2009)
10 Things You Definitely Should NOT Do In Japan (October 7th, 2009)
Mineral Pools of the North Island, New Zealand (October 12th, 2009)
Breaking Down American Accents (February 3rd, 2010)
Last Days in San Francisco (July 9th, 2012)
I Take America With Me (January 14th, 2013)

Other Media

Take My 腎, Please, Ground Report (December 6th, 2006)
An Epidemic, Ground Report (December 13th, 2006)

Keeping Pace in Japan

Keeping Pace in Japan

my impressions working at AEON

Who’s Honoring Me

One of several travel bloggers quoted in Canada’s Credit Walk site on solo travel
Interviewed by the Professional Hobo: A Week-In-The-Life of Turner: Once a Traveler
15 Airport Hacks from Professional Travelers
I was quoted by Gobi Gear as part of their 10 Inspiring Solutions to Travel Writing Challenges article
Meet An Expert: Japan on Matador Trips
Article on the Miyajima Samurai Parade on GetHiroshima
Expert Village Marathon Training Videos
Brown Beech and Associates used a picture from my adventure cycling the Shimanami Bridges (Go to “world bridges” –> “Tatara”)
Interview with Julio’s Sol, making your dreams a reality
I was interviewed on the Colombian radio show “Los Originales” by Jaime Sánchez Cristo regarding one of my Vagabondish articles on March 23rd, 2010. If anyone can find an audio copy, it would be much appreciated.
I was also interviewed by the KPAM radio travel show of Portland, Oregon regarding the same article on June 29th, 2010
Hostelling International NorCal hosted an event called “Travel Tavern: Stories from the Road.” I was one of eight speakers: