Derek4Real is the founder of HoliDaze and a self-confessed travel addict. He is much happier abroad than at home in the US, where the American government is destroying all the principles we founded this great country on. As he no longer has any family in the States, we suspect that someday soon he will sell his house, pack up, and become another US expat and lifelong vagabond.

• USA States Visited: 40/50
• Foreign Countries Visited: 7/206
• Favorite World Region: Asia
• Bragging Rights: Moved to Tokyo when 22 solely because "I was bored with work"
• Random: He once drove 2,200 miles in 36 hrs straight on a road trip during (August 2011)
• Birthplace: New York City, NY
• Current Hometown: Austin, TX