Gilly Pickup
 I'm Gilly,  award-winning journalist and author.
I specialise in travel and cruise but also produce features on wellness,  lifestyle,  food, pets,  paranormal and history. 
Published credits incl. Telegraph,  Mail, CNN, BBC mags, Daily Express, Country & Town House, The Scotsman,  My Weekly,  Independent,  Best,  Discover Britain,  cruise titles,  etc
​Want to work with me?  Get in touch to see how I can help you.
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 I've  had 12 books traditionally published  (not travel related),  they're on sale in good bookshops.  

My  world of travel  section / photo gallery  will whet your wanderlust appetite!  See below for appreciative comments about my work . More testimonials  here and  here.   

​Click on Travel/Cruise - lifestyle - animals - blog  or navigate via links above.
...and here is just a small selection of the ​lovely comments about features I have written and coverage generated following press trips
  • Gilly, You’re like the gift that keeps on giving!  [LG, PC Agency]
  • Many thanks for another great article.  It is really impressive the amount of articles you have produced from just one press trip.  [FD, Press Attache, Tunisian NTO]
  • Thank you so much. It's fantastic how much coverage you have achieved [PW, Resort Marketing International].
  • Gilly you just keep bringing them out, and can I just say fab article! Again many thanks for all your support; you don’t know how much we appreciate it.  [AMH, PR Manager, Kuoni]
  • We spotted our cruise client's  mention in yesterday's Telegraph.  Thank you so much. You are a star!!!! [SD, Roast PR]
  • Couldn't wait to see the feature so dashed out and bought a copy. It's terrific! Thanks so much for including us and getting the photos and the case study in. This should get the phones ringing - we really appreciate the coverage. [JN, Earthwatch.org]
  • Thank you so much for this incredible story!!!  Just wanted to extend my gratitude. [MP,  Resort PR manager]
  • ​I've got back to the office to be greeted by another of your excellent pieces, another real cracker. [DF, Rooster PR]
  • You could single handedly PR Singapore at this rate!  Thanks very much for this.  [SH & SW, Hume Whitehead PR]
  • Gilly, you continue to be my most dependable and bestest travel writer and I thank you for this!  [SC, Bauer Media]
  • That is a fantastic piece – looks amazing. Suffice to say – you can come again :)   [CK, Tourism Ireland]

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