Tom Mercer has worked as both an editor and writer with Let's Go Publications, the bestselling budget travel series. His travels for Let's Go have taken him backpacking though the Chilean Lake District, trekking around New Zealand's Southern Alps, and hopping ferries along Alaska's Inside Passage. He is now the Project Manager for the Let's Go series at St. Martin's Press. Tom spent his last vacation car camping and hiking on a tour of Southern Utah's national parks.