Fletcher and Kathy have been producing travel stories on assignment since 1994 specializing in

spas, cruising, romantic and luxury destina-

tions, Southeast U.S., family travel and adventure travel.
They’ve visited every continent by adding Antarctica to the list in 2009; climbed the Great Wall of China and Cape Horn; Kathy’s climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Fletcher’s been inside a Pyramid burial chamber.
 

Your reporters: Fletcher & Kathy

Home base: Raleigh, NC

Recent spa reports: Chuan Body + Soul Spa, Langham Boston

Last foreign travel: SS Antoinette by Uniworld, Castles Along the Rhine

Words to live by: “Life is not measured by the breaths we take, but by the moments that

take our breath away.”

Members:

  1. •Society of American Travel Writers (SATW)

  2. •North Carolina Press Club (NCPC)

  3. •National Federation of Press Women (NFPW)

Awards:

  1. •2011 — Ten awards from the North Carolina Press Club (NCPC) including six first-place wins for travel articles, best web site (YourSpaReport.com), best podcast, photography on the web, photographer-writer on the same story, and best feature photo

  2. •2010 — Five national awards from National Federation of Press Women (NFPW); six awards from Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), Atlantic-Caribbean chapter: three for travel photography and three for travel writing, including one first-place; 27 honors from NCPC for travel writing, photography, web site and podcast, with 10 of those as first-place wins, including best web site (YourSpaReport.com)

  3. •2009 - Three national wins, NFPW, including second for best on-air column for YourSpaReport.; four awards from the Atlantic-Caribbean chapter of SATW, including Best Online Travel Blog for YourSpaReport.com; 12 honors from NCPC for travel writing, feature writing, website, photography and fiction book with six of those as first-place wins, including best web site, YourSpaReport.com

  4. •2008 — Six honors from NCPC for travel writing, feature writing and fiction book including four first-place wins that advanced to NFPW; there, one earned national honorable mention for travel writing; five awards from SATW Atlantic-Caribbean chapter for travel writing and travel photography

  5. • 2007 — 10 awards total from North Carolina Press Club and National Federation of Press Women.

   Disney Cruises Senses Spa

  1. Fletcher and Kathy were invited to sample the new Disney Dream, where they had a good, sail-away massage; then Kathy attended the three-night, pre-inaugural sailing aboard Disney Fantasy. Read about the Senses Spa onboard - just click on Blog on the header atop this page.

   Basel & Bern, Switzerland

  1. Fletcher and Kathy were invited to cruise the Rhine aboard the new Uniworld luxury boutique ship SS Uniworld. The departure was from Basel, so they arrived a few days early to first explore Bern, and then travel by RailEurope over to Basel. You can plan stays in both cities at MySwitzerland.com. For more on boutique river cruising, visit Uniworld.com.

   Spa Villa, Seabourn Quest

  1. Fletcher and Kathy spent more than four hours in the luxurious private spa villa on the upper deck of the fabulous Seabourn Quest.