About
Credit cards specialist AnnaMarie Houlis is a nomadic journalist and adventure aficionado who spent several years cultivating her editorial career with magazines in New York City before venturing off to freelance around the world and launch her own content company, Reverie Creative. She has traveled to over 80 countries while writing about travel and personal finance, as well as health, wellness and social issues. She is the author of "The Burner Journal: A No-Holds-Barred Journal for Your Deepest, Darkest Thoughts."
AnnaMarie Houlis is a credit cards specialist, nomadic journalist and adventure aficionado. Since cultivating her career as an editor for travel and lifestyle magazines in New York—building an extensive network of writers, editors, PR professionals and brand representatives—she has spent the last decade traveling to over 80 countries and counting writing largely about her travels, wellness and personal finance to empower others with accessible, inclusive and resource-rich content. ​
After writing and editing for almost 15 years, she also launched her content company, Reverie Creative to work more with impact-driven brands in the travel, outdoors and wellness industries and help diversify the spaces in which she’s a passionate participant. She has an insatiable thirst for shaping narratives that resonate with readers—whether by telling stories as articles in outlets online and in print, or by voicing inspiring brand backgrounds. She works with both big businesses to scaling startups alike.
An avid wordsmith, she also writes poetry with an upcoming book of poetic prose and authored the guided journal, “The Burner Journal: A No-Holds-Barred Journal for Your Deepest, Darkest Thoughts,” with Macmillan Publishers.
Expertise
- Credit cards
- Credit card rewards
- Travel
- Women’s health
- Personal finance
Achievements
- Credit cards specialist with 15 years of experience as a writer and editor
- Bylines in Forbes Advisor, Forbes, Woman’s Day, Shape, Gear Patrol, TravelAge Weekly, PopSugar, The Daily Beast and more
- Founder of Reverie Creative, a copywriting company focused on the outdoors, travel and wellness
- Author of ” “The Burner Journal: A No-Holds-Barred Journal for Your Deepest, Darkest Thoughts”
Other Publications
- What It’s Like Whitewater Rafting Down the World’s Most Spiritual (and Polluted) River
- Rough Terrain: My Himalayan Trek with a Female Guide
- How to Survive a Pandemic from a 30-Year-Old Van in the Australian Bush
Education
Gettysburg College (BA, Journalism & New Media -Creative Writing – Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies)
Professional Memberships
International Association of Professional Writers and Editors
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About
Credit cards specialist AnnaMarie Houlis is a nomadic journalist and adventure aficionado who spent several years cultivating her editorial career with magazines in New York City before venturing off to freelance around the world and launch her own content company, Reverie Creative. She has traveled to over 80 countries while writing about travel and personal finance, as well as health, wellness and social issues. She is the author of "The Burner Journal: A No-Holds-Barred Journal for Your Deepest, Darkest Thoughts."