Specialists,
not generalists.
Nine writers, nine beats — across Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania. Each one covers a part of the picture the others don't, in their own voice, from their own city.
André JosephCaribbean & US East Coast correspondentHaitian-American. Based between Miami and New York. Covers the US East Coast cities and their relationship to Caribbean culture, plus the actual Caribbean as the AdultJourneys roster expands.
9 years · 150+ trips · 0 stories · Based in Miami, USARead André Joseph →
Daniel WhitfieldUK & Ireland correspondentLondon-based. Joined AdultJourneys in 2025 to open the UK and Ireland beat — the major Western European nightlife landscape not yet covered on the site.
11 years · 60+ trips · 0 stories · Based in London, UKRead Daniel Whitfield →
Jonas LehmannGermany correspondentBerlin-based. Covers the three German cities on the AdultJourneys list — Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt — plus the FKK sauna-club scene that extends across Hessen and Baden-Württemberg. Twelve years on the beat.
12 years · 200+ trips · 1 story · Based in Berlin, GermanyRead Jonas Lehmann →
Markus BühlerSwitzerland & DACH correspondentCovers Zurich, Vienna and the wider DACH region. Eight years on the beat. Background in business journalism before joining AdultJourneys.
8 years · 90+ trips · 0 stories · Based in Zurich, SwitzerlandRead Markus Bühler →
Mateo OrtegaLatin America correspondentArgentine, based in Buenos Aires. Covers the four Latin American cities on the AdultJourneys list. Writes mostly in English; his Spanish-language work appears in two Argentine cultural magazines.
6 years · 80+ trips · 0 stories · Based in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaRead Mateo Ortega →
Oliver HayesAsia correspondentAustralian, based in Bangkok since 2018, previously Tokyo. Covers East Asia and Southeast Asia for AdultJourneys. Reads Japanese and Thai; writes in English.
10 years · 250+ trips · 0 stories · Based in Bangkok, ThailandRead Oliver Hayes →
Sam CaldwellOceania & US West correspondentAustralian. Based in Sydney. Covers the Oceania cities and the US West Coast — Las Vegas in particular, as the singular American destination that operates on its own terms.
8 years · 100+ trips · 1 story · Based in Sydney, AustraliaRead Sam Caldwell →
Sanne BrouwerNetherlands & Benelux correspondentTwenty years covering Amsterdam and Brussels. Lived in Amsterdam from 1998 until 2014, now based in Haarlem and in by train most weeks. Knows the city before, during and after the redevelopment that reshaped De Wallen.
20 years · 300+ trips · 1 story · Based in Haarlem, NetherlandsRead Sanne Brouwer →
Tomáš MarečekCentral & Eastern Europe correspondentPrague-based. Covers Central Europe, the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean cities — seven destinations where the value-for-night ratio is the highest in Europe. Specialises in trip reports and budget guides.
7 years · 120+ trips · 2 stories · Based in Prague, Czech RepublicRead Tomáš Mareček →