Holly V. Kapherr

Food & Travel Journalist

Orlando, FL

Expertise in travel, culinary arts, lifestyle, wellness and health. Sixteen years of engaging and inspiring print and digital audiences as a writer, editor and content strategist with regional and national brands. Based in Orlando, Florida.

Holly V. Kapherr

Food & Travel Journalist

Orlando, FL

How Learning to Ski Got Me Back on My Feet After Breast Cancer Treatment
One of my favorite conversation starters is to tell people that I spent three years at college in Utah and never learned to ski. It’s cold and wet. I’m a Floridian. Thank you, next. But when I was diagnosed with Stage 1A breast cancer in 2018, I began reconsidering the things I’d never done and started making a mental list of the ones I wanted to try.
Marriott Bonvoy Traveler
Travel Lifestyle
French Food 101: How to Dine Like a Pro in Paris
Paris isn’t just the City of Light. It’s a city where life revolves around art, culture, fashion and, of course, food. For more than a century, French food has been the pinnacle of the culinary world. Most restaurants use the French brigade system, and most European cooking methods come from French techniques.
Diamond Resorts
Delicious eats to savor along Florida’s Paradise Coast
These 6 must-taste foods in Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades are local favorites. No matter what you do on your vacation to Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades, everyone’s gotta eat. Luckily, there are plenty of delicious, authentic dishes to sample to help you savor the local flavor of Florida’s Paradise Coast.
USA Today
The Resort Beekeeper Bringing Farm-Fresh Honey to Orlando
Before Chef Jimmy Wessman discovered a love for beekeeping and came to run the bee colony at Grande Lakes Orlando’s Whisper Creek Farm, he worked for years as a certified executive chef at prestigious country clubs across the United States. But working nights, weekends and holidays got old, and he spent the next decade training future generations of culinary minds as a chef-instructor at Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Orlando until it closed in 2017.
Marriott Traveler
Florida embraces the food hall fad
Major cities from New York to Seattle are making it easy for visitors to experience many of their culinary highlights in one building. And Florida has certainly gotten in on the action. Practically every major city in the Sunshine State has at least one food hall, Jacksonville being the most conspicuous exception -- although "Top Chef" alum Kenny Gilbert has just announced that he'll be pursuing a food hall concept in the Jacksonville Beach area.
Travel Weekly
24 Hours in Lisbon
Spend a perfect day in sun-drenched Lisbon with this itinerary full of food, culture and romance.
InWeston Magazine
Love Bites: Restaurants That Support Progressive Causes
We can choose which corporations to support , based on the money they’ve spent to support political causes.
Watermark
A Shop-a-Holic's Swipe Fest in Orlando
If you haven't blown all your dollars on Butterbeer and are ready for a seriously sweet shopping extravaganza, start here.
Marriott Traveler
27 Best All-Inclusive Resorts for Honeymoons
We've curated a list of 27 of the world's best all-inclusive resorts based on honeymoon must-haves.
Destination Weddings & Honeymoons
Traditional Southern Holiday Layer Cakes
It's ironic that the tradition of baking beautiful cakes for the holidays is so entrenched in the blazing South.
Orlando Weekly
Fun Ways to Celebrate Chinese New Year With Kids
Lunar New Year is a time to spend with family and wish luck and happiness for the coming year.
Scholastic Parent + Child
Food
Hilton to open the country’s first net-zero hotel in May
Sustainability has become a top priority for many travelers, and major hotel brands have started to incorporate eco-friendly initiatives into their luxury properties. Fewer than 12 hotels in the U.S., however, are certified LEED (Leadership in Energy and
The Points Guy
Orlando International Airport has new dining options coming
Orlando International Airport’s (MCO) Terminal A and B dining options are so abysmal, it’s a joke amongst the locals. Privately, we’re dying of embarrassment. In 2021, MCO was the seventh busiest airport in the world according to Airport Council Internati
The Points Guy
Mid-flight meltdown? Parents weigh in on what to do when your baby cries on an airplane
Ask a parent who loves to travel what's holding them back from taking a trip with their babe? A screaming tot and dirty looks from fellow passengers probably tops the list. But what do you do when your baby is cries on an airplane? We've all been there: w
Yahoo! News
Beach Bums, Thrill-Seekers or Party People? Where to Honeymoon Based on Personality
Weddings There’s no denying it: A honeymoon is magical. You’re in the throes of just-married bliss, whisked away to an enchanted, beautiful, far-off place you’ve always dreamed about with your new life partner. The first hurdle, though, is deciding where
Marriott Bonvoy Traveler
Tap Your Inner Astrologer: Where to Travel Next Based on Your Zodiac Sign
Tips + Trends No clue where to jet off to next? Let the stars be your guide. Over generations, each sun sign — also known as your star sign — has become associated with certain personality traits and preferences. Leos love to be the center of attention; t
Marriott Bonvoy Traveler

About

Holly V. Kapherr

Holly V. Kapherr is a writer and editor from Orlando, Florida, though she has lived in and written about some of the world's most beautiful and inspiring places.

Freelance Food & Travel Writer

Previously:
Senior Editor: Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, Islands
Editor: Florida Travel + Life, Caribbean Travel + Life, AAA Explorations
Associate Editor: Parenting, Babytalk

Her writing and editing has also appeared on The Points Guy, USA Today, Marriott Traveler, Yahoo Life, Tasting Table, Walmart.com, New York Post, Delta Sky, Scholastic Parent+Child, Orlando Weekly, Cooking Light, Edible Orlando, Orlando Home+Garden, KIWI, Orlando Style, Watermark, and other local and national publications.

She earned her MFA in Creative Writing with a specialization in non-fiction from the University of Central Florida.