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Jaclynn Seah is a Singaporean travel writer and content producer whose travel stories have been featured in publications including Lonely Planet, Tripadvisor and The Straits Times. She is one of the writers for the most recent Lonely Planet Singapore guidebook.

Her background is in the arts and communications with lots of hands-on experience with digital curation, corporate writing and video production.

Jaclynn often writes about solo travel with tips for women travellers and busy people. She’s well acquainted with her home country Singapore and regional favourites that include Taiwan and Japan, and is a fan of street art, offbeat places and cute islands.

Guidebook Author

Lonely Planet Singapore

Contributing author for Lonely Planet Singapore guidebook (13th Edition).

The Straits Times

I write the occasional travel article and have gone on assignment for the Life section of Singapore’s oldest and most read English newspaper.

JUL 2024 – On Assignment in Broome
JUL 2024 – On Assignment in Broome

Pearls, camels and dinosaur footprints (Broome, Australia)

MAY 2024 – Niigata (Japan)

Stay and play amid art that rejuvenates Japan’s rural countryside (Niigata, Japan)

APR 2023 – Cha Am (near Hua Hin)
APR 2023 – Cha Am (near Hua Hin)

Discover Cha-am’s charms (Cha am, Thailand)

Straits Times: Tioman – Sun, sand and plenty to see
OCT 2022 – Tioman (Malaysia)

Sun, sand and plenty to see (Tioman, Malaysia)

Straits Times: Andalusia - Flamenco, tapas, history
SEP 2022 – Andalusia (Spain)

Flamenco, tapas, history (Andalusia, Spain)

AUG 2019 – On Assignment in Central Laos
AUG 2019 – On Assignment in Central Laos

Central Laos natural beauty on loop (Laos)

Straits Times - Green Island
JUL 2019 – Green Island (Taiwan)

Taiwan’s green paradise (Green Island, Taiwan)

Straits Times - Cycling in Taipei
APR 2019 – Cycling in Taipei

Taipei on two wheels (Taipei, Taiwan)

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SCMP

Street art in Singapore: the best spots for Instagram photos and the artists who learned how to subvert with subtlety (Singapore)

SCMP – Singapore Street Art
JAN 2020 – Commissioned article

Turkish Airlines

I wrote several articles that were published in Turkish Airlines inflight magazine Skylife.

The articles used to be found in their online magazine archive but have since been removed.

Turkish Airlines Skylife – Kenya
DEC 2018 – Kenya narrative

Moving Kenya (Nairobi + Mombasa)

Turkish Airlines Skylife - Zurich
SEP 2017 – Zurich guide

On top of the world in Zurich (Switzerland)

Turkish Airlines Skylife
AUG 2017 – Hong Kong Outer Islands

Exploring Hongkong’s outer islands (Lamma, Cheung Chau, Peng Chau)

Turkish Airlines Skylife
MAY 2017 – Singapore exploration by MRT

A quick exploration in Singapore

Short Videos

Scoot Airlines

#TaiwanderingWithScoot was a collaboration with Scoot Airlines in 2018 to promote travel from Singapore to Taiwan on their social media platforms. The aim was to showcase more unusual parts of Taiwan easily accessible from Scoot’s hubs in Taipei and Kaohsiung through written blog guides and short videos.

Scuba Diving in Anilao
Scuba Diving in Anilao
Scuba Diving in Anilao
Scuba Diving in Anilao

Silkair

Silkair invited me on their inaugural flight from Singapore to Laos and the collaboration included a short video for social platforms, a contest giving away Silkair tickets and blog posts about Vientiane and Luang Prabang.

Scuba Diving in Anilao

Crystal Bay Resorts

In a barter exchange for accommodation and scuba diving at Crystal Bay Resorts in Anilao, Philippines, I filmed and produce a short video on what scuba diving is like at the resort and what you can see underwater.

Scuba Diving in Anilao