Susan B. Barnes is a Florida-based independent journalist with more than two decades of experience. She’s as comfortable bicycling through Italian olive groves and scuba diving the wall of sharks in French Polynesia as she is sipping bubbles in a Champagne house and indulging in luxurious spa treatments. In addition to Global Traveler, Barnes shares her travel expertise in myriad outlets, including AARP and Forbes Vetted. She's a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.