Bio

Kevin Raub is a Brazil-based travel and entertainment journalist who grew up in Atlanta and started his career in entertainment in New York, working for Men’s Journal and Rolling Stone magazines and “freelancing” (i.e. interviewing hot young actresses about their sex lives over a few too many cocktails) for men’s magazines like FHM, Stuff and Maxim. He spent five years in Los Angeles as the senior writer for allstarnews.com, CDNOW’s now-defunct (thank you, Amazon.com!) groundbreaking online music news site.

The rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle took its toll, so he needed an extended vacation and took up travel writing. For the last decade, Raub has scoured the globe for a variety of publications, including Travel+Leisure, Robb Report, New York Times T Magazine, Town & Country, American Way, Private Clubs, Celebrated Living, Angeleno, Guitar Aficionado, Time Out: Sao Paulo, BBC History, and New York Post,  among others. From the top of the El Toco volcano in Chile’s Atacama Desert (18,372) to the Dead Sea in Israel (-1,385 ft), Raub has nearly seen it all, covering both high-end luxury travel and backpacker bargains – just to keep it all in perspective. Along the way, he’s snapped a few photos as well.

Raub is the co-author of several Lonely Planet travel guides, including Brazil (7th Ed.; 2008), Mexico (11th Ed.; 2008); Chile & Easter Island (8th Ed.; 2009), The Carolinas, Georgia & The South: Trips (1st Ed.; 2009); Colombia (5th Ed.; 2009), and Lonely Planet’s Best In Travel 2010 (2^nd. Revised Edition, 2009); South America on a Shoestring (11th Ed.; 2010);Venezuela (6th Ed.; 2010), Central America on a Shoestring (7th Ed.; 2010), Brazil (8th Ed.; 2010);India (14th Ed.; 2011), South India & Kerala (6th Ed.; 2011), Discover India (1st Ed.; 2011); Dominican Republic & Haiti (5th Ed.; 2011), Caribbean Islands (6th Ed.; 2011), USA (7th Ed.; 2011), Eastern USA (1st Ed.; 2011) and Discover USA (1st Ed.; 2011); and the forthcoming Colombia (6th Ed., 2012) and Chile & Easter Island (9th Ed., 2012).

On the few days he’s home, Raub is usually slathering on organic cosmetics for his bi-monthly organic grooming column for men, The Green Guy’s Grooming Guide, which appears in Organic Spa, despite constant battles with the Brazilian food and drug administration.

Raub continues pounding the world’s pavements with one goal in mind: Membership in the Traveler’s Century Club before the age of 40. His country count currently stands at 77.