Want to know how to travel in style, just like the pros? We check in with frequent fliers to find out how often they fly, their favorite destinations and what they never leave home without.
Name: Lee Abbamonte
Occupation: Travel Writer and so many other things I cannot list them all
Hometown: Trumbull, CT
Residence: New York, NY
Website: Lee Abbamonte’s Travel Site
Twitter: @LeeAbbamonte
Facebook: Lee Abbamonte
Pinterest: Lee Abbamonte
YouTube: theprinceoftravel
Short Bio: I’m Lee Abbamonte, the youngest American to visit every country in the world. I am a travel writer, travel expert and global adventurer. I have appeared on numerous travel television and news shows and have been featured in dozens of print and online publications around the world. I’ve visited 305 countries and am one of the world’s most-traveled people. I’m attempting to become the youngest person to visit all 321 countries and territories in the world per the Travelers Century Club list of countries. The record is 37 years, 9 months and 17 days and I aim to beat it as I am only 33 and nearly there. I’m an active member of the Travelers Century Club, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a member of the Circumnavigators Club.
How often do you fly: It depends but several times a month, some more busy than others
How many countries have you been to: 305 and counting, including every sovereign nation
How many continents have you been to: 6, soon to be 7
Favorite American city: New York
Favorite international city: Sydney but I love so many
Least favorite country: Nigeria
Favorite World Heritage Site: Too hard to say
Favorite airline: Singapore, Emirates
Favorite aircraft type: 777
Aisle or window: Window
Favorite airport lounge: Tokyo Haneda ANA lounge
Favorite U.S. airport: Phoenix
Favorite international airport: Changi Singapore
Favorite hotel: W Hotels; Scottsdale is my favorite
Favorite cruise line: I hate cruises
Favorite island: Fernando de Noronha, Pitcairn, Lord Howe, Christmas, Bermuda, Bora Bora, Reunion
Favorite fancy restaurant: Too hard to say, per city I would have favorites
Favorite hole in the wall: Joe’s Pizza, NYC
Favorite fruit: Apple
Favorite food: Pizza
Least favorite food: Salmon
Drink of choice (In the air and on the ground): I don’t drink in the air so Club Soda and good rum or scotch on ground
Favorite travel movie(s): The first 3 Indiana Jones’
Favorite travel show(s): I don’t watch any
Favorite travel book(s): The Sun Also Rises by Hemingway
Right now I am reading: Sports Illustrated
Five things you bring on a plane: laptop…that’s really it
What do you always seem to forget: phone charger
What do you want your loved one to buy you from an airport duty free store? Johnnie Walker Blue Label
Favorite travel iPhone app(s): I have a blackberry
Most embarrassing/worst travel moment: Missing a flight and it’s my fault
What’s your dream destination: South Pole
Favorite travel website(s) – besides JohnnyJet.com, of course!: Lee Abbamonte’s Travel Site
Best travel tip: Be patient and do lots of research
