David Stanley

Current

• Guidebook Writer at Avalon Travel Publishing

Past

• Guidebook Writer at Lonely Planet Publications
• Destination Representative at Unitours (Canada) Ltd.

Education

• University of Guelph
• Universitat de Barcelona

Recommended

6 people have recommended David

Connections

66 connections

Industry

Publishing

Websites

• South Pacific Organizer
• My Blog
• Go Nanaimo

David Stanley’s Summary

David Stanley has spent much of the past three decades on the road. He has crossed six continents overland and visited 207 of the planet's 245 countries and territories. His travel guidebooks to the South Pacific, Micronesia, Alaska, Eastern Europe, and Cuba opened those areas to budget travelers for the first time.

David Stanley’s Specialties:

guidebook writing

David Stanley’s Experience

• Guidebook Writer

  Avalon Travel Publishing

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  January 1979 — Present (31 years )

  In 1978 guidebook writer David Stanley linked up with future publisher Bill Dalton, and together they wrote the first edition of Moon Handbooks South Pacific. Since then, Stanley has gone on to write many additional travel guides for Avalon Travel Publishing, including Moon Handbooks Fiji, Moon Handbooks Tahiti, and Moon Handbooks Tonga-Samoa, plus early editions of Moon Handbooks Alaska-Yukon and Moon Handbooks Micronesia.

• Guidebook Writer

  Lonely Planet Publications

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  January 1986 — January 2002 (16 years 1 month)

  David Stanley wrote the first three editions of Lonely Planet's Eastern Europe on a Shoestring, as well as the first two editions of their guide to Cuba and the first edition of Canada's Maritime Provinces.

• Destination Representative

  Unitours (Canada) Ltd.

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospitality industry)

  January 1975 — January 1980 (5 years 1 month)

  David Stanley worked with Canadian tourists as a destination representative in Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Unitours (Canada) Ltd. ceased operations around 1987.

David Stanley’s Education

• University of Guelph

  B.A. (Honours) With Distinction , Spanish Language and Literature , 1968 — 1972

• Universitat de Barcelona

  Diploma de Estudios Hispanicos , Spanish Language, Literature, History of Art , 1970 — 1971

Additional Information

David Stanley’s Websites:

• South Pacific Organizer
• My Blog
• Go Nanaimo

David Stanley’s Interests:

travel, the web, economics

David Stanley’s Groups:

•    WritingTravellers
•    University of Guelph Alumni
•    Travel Bloggers

David Stanley’s Honors:

Travel Publishing News Awards Guidebook Of The Year in 1992 for Tahiti-Polynesia Handbook

David Stanley’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• getting back in touch