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. She loves street art, offbeat places and cute islands.
I was commissioned to be a contributor for two revamped versions of Lonely Planet guidebooks.
Lonely Planet Singapore
Contributing author for Lonely Planet Singapore guidebook (13th Edition).
Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei
Contributing author for Melaka chapter in Lonely Planet Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei guidebook (16th Edition).
I have written for Singaporean and International publications including The Straits Times, South China Morning Post, Virtuoso, Turkish Airlines Inflight Magazine.
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.
Explore Busan and more in South Korea’s south-east (Busan, Ulsan, Gyeongsang-nam, South Korea) – Mar 2025
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Related blogpost: East Busan Guide – Exploring Haeundae, Gwangan and Dalmaji
How to visit Angkor Archaelogical Park in one day (Siem Reap, Cambodia) – Dec 2024
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Contribution to Beyond the Angkor Wat on ST [paywall]
- Related blogpost: Angkor Park Highlights in one day
Pearls, camels and dinosaur footprints (Broome, Australia) – Jul 2024
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Related blogpost: Fly Singapore to Broome direct with Jetstar Asia
- Related blogpost: 9 amazing things to do in Broome
Into the heart of art in Japan (Niigata, Japan) – May 2024
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Related blogpost: Niigata’s hidden gems
- Related blogpost: Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale
Discover Cha-am’s charms (Cha am, Thailand) – Apr 2023
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Read on C3A
- Related blogpost: SO Sofitel Hua Hin review
- Related blogpost: Cha Am guide
Sun, sand and plenty to see (Tioman, Malaysia) – Oct 2022
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Read on The New Paper
- Related blogpost: Berjaya Tioman Resort review
- Related blogpost: Cycling in Tioman
Flamenco, tapas, history (Andalusia, Spain) – Sep 2022
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Related blogpost: Seville guide
- Related blogpost: Cadiz guide
- Related blogpost: Cordoba guide
Central Laos natural beauty on loop (Laos) – Aug 2019
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Watch video on youtube
- Related blogpost: Central Laos loop
Taiwan’s green paradise (Green Island, Taiwan) – Jul 2019
- Read on ST [paywall]
- Related blogpost: Lyudao guide
Etihad – Atlas Inflight Magazine
South China Morning Post (SCMP)
Street art in Singapore: the best spots for Instagram photos and the artists who learned how to subvert with subtlety (Singapore) – Jan 2020
- Read on SCMP [paywall]
- Read on PDF
- Related: Street art guides
Virtuoso
Turkish Airlines – Skylife Inflight Magazine
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.
Moving Kenya (Nairobi + Mombasa) – Dec 2018
- Read on PDF
- Related blogpost: Animal encounters in Kenya
- Related blogpost: Skydiving over Diani Beach
On top of the world in Zurich (Switzerland) – Sep 2017
- Read on PDF
- Related blogpost: Zurich from above
Exploring Hongkong’s outer islands (Lamma, Cheung Chau, Peng Chau) – Aug 2017
- Read on PDF
- Related blogpost: Lamma Island Guide
- Related blogpost: Cheung Chau Island guide
A quick exploration in Singapore – May 2017
- Read on PDF
- Related blogpost: Exploring Singapore by MRT
I have been commissioned to write narratives, guides and create content for travel companies like Lonely Planet, Tripadvisor, Culture Trip and Skyscanner.
Income Insurance
Travel Hidden Gems was a content collaboration with Income Insurance in 2023 to promote lesser known sights around the world. I visited Taiwan and Japan and wrote blogposts, filmed videos and short clips about these hidden gems like this blogpost and video in the Penghu Islands of Taiwan.
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.
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.
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.