Background:

Formerly a practising lawyer, Janice Mucalov is now a professional travel writer who specializes in cruises, luxury travel and soft adventure trips. Sailing the high seas and cruising up rivers; hiking; scuba diving and snorkeling; and, yes, being pampered at luxurious inns and resorts are among her favourite activities.

Magazines and Newspapers:

Janice has had hundreds of her travel features with images published in numerous outlets, including:

  • AAA Carolinas GO Magazine (AAA publication serving North and South Carolina; circulation 1,060,000)
  • Cruise & Travel Lifestyles (quarterly Canadian magazine providing detailed information on cruising around the world plus land-based vacation destinations; circulation 120,000 consists mainly of the blue-chip client list of more than 50 top-selling travel agents in Canada)
  • Destination Weddings & Honeymoons (the only quarterly magazine devoted exclusively to weddings away; distribution of over 127,000; published by World Publications in Florida, which also publishes ISLANDS, Caribbean Travel & Life, Spa Magazine, and Resorts and Great Hotels)
  • Doctor's Review (travel and leisure magazine for Canada's 40,000+ physicians)
  • Globe & Mail (national Canadian newspaper rated one of the 20 best newspapers in the world; circulation 400,000)
  • Interval World (quarterly colour travel magazine for Interval International readers; circulation over 1.6 million)
  • ISLANDS (the global authority on island destinations, ISLANDS reaches an affluent audience of over 516,000 readers, who have an average net worth of $1.7 million each; with a higher price than other major magazines, ISLANDS attracts readers willing to pay for quality content, who average more than one hour and 20 minutes reading the magazine)
  • Miami Herald (internationally recognized newspaper reaching 1 million readers daily and 1.2 million readers with the Sunday travel section)
  • National (one of two national magazines for Canada's 40,000+ lawyers)
  • North Shore News (top award-winning community newspaper in Canada; circulation over 65,000, including West Vancouver, Canada's wealthiest community)
  • NUVO (Canada's award-winning style, celebrity and culture quarterly, aimed at the most discerning and educated of magazine buyers; with 7.5 readers per copy, NUVO reaches over 1.5 million high-end Canadian consumers annually)
  • Seattle Post-Intelligencer (oldest morning newspaper in Washington, published by The Hearst Corporation; circulation 169,000)
  • South China Morning Post (Hong Kong's leading English-language daily newspaper; circulation 106,000)
  • The Ohio Motorist (AAA magazine serving Cleveland and northeast Ohio; circulation 630,000)
  • Times-Colonist (Western Canada's oldest daily newspaper and Victoria's major daily newspaper; paid Saturday circulation 73,000)
  • Toronto Star (Canada's largest newspaper; the Saturday travel issue has a paid circulation of 673,000)
  • TravelAge West (premier colour bi-weekly magazine for travel industry professionals in the western U.S. and Canada, published by Northstar Travel Media and based in Los Angeles; circulation 31,000)
  • Vancouver Sun (Vancouver's foremost broadsheet daily newspaper; circulation 204,000)

Travel Writing Awards:

  • "TMAC 2005 Travel Media Award: Business Travel & Technology" – Fairmont Hotels & Resorts; first place for "Fore! Lawyers and Golf: Perfectly Linked," published in the National magazine.
  • "Kaua'i Visitors Bureau Travel Journalism Awards 2000" – second place in the newspaper feature category for "Leaning into the Wind on Kaua'i," published in the North Shore News.
  • "TMAC Award of Excellence in Travel Journalism, 1999" – Choice Hotels Canada; second place in the "Best International Travel Story" category for "Losing Yourself in the Florida Keys," published in Canadian Traveller magazine.

Travel Writing Memberships:

  • Society of American Travel Writers (SATW)
  • Travel Media Association of Canada (TMAC)