Matthew Dennis

Matt is an award-winning freelance travel writer and journalist who, alongside broad destination writing, has built a specialism in accessible travel, reporting from Costa Rica to French Polynesia, including original work aboard the Aranui in the Marquesas Islands for Lonely Planet, and contributing accessible travel sections to several UK guidebooks. He writes about destinations, culture and travel trends for titles including Lonely Planet, The Independent, The i Paper, Metro, Low Season Traveller and Discover Britain. Matt is a graduate of the Academy for Disabled Journalists and won Accessible Travel Writer of the Year 2026 at the Travel Media Awards.