About Me
I’m Trish Burgess: a travel blogger and freelance writer.
Blog: Mum’s Gone To…
My blog was born in 2009 after I decided to type up my travel diaries. They began with ‘Mum’s Gone to Iceland’ in 2007 and continued with jaunts from Canada to Cyprus, Barcelona to Berlin, London to Lake Garda.
Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne, I read geography at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. I live in South Lincolnshire with my recently-retired GP husband, Dougie. Our son, Rory, was born in 1996 and has now flown the nest.
Dougie and I would be delighted to review accommodation/trips as a couple.
Social Media
Twitter – Mumsgoneto
Facebook – Mum’s Gone To
Instagram – Mumsgoneto
Pinterest – Trish Burgess
Working with brands
I have worked with Staying Cool Apartments, Luxury Family Hotels, Visit Scotland, KLM, Inntravel, Beaches Resorts, Winter Park/Steamboat Springs ski resorts. Here are a selection of my reviews:
Staying Cool Apartments, Birmingham
Review of Glasgow attractions for Visit Scotland
48 hours in Amsterdam – Part One
Taking a close look at Beaches Ocho Rios and Beaches Negril
Mum’s gone to Colorado: Skiing in Steamboat Springs
Press Articles
My weekly column for the Lincolnshire Free Press
From February 2014 to March 2020 I wrote a weekly column for the Lincolnshire Free Press. Trish Takes Five covered a variety of topics including travel.
Northern lights and polar nights in Lapland
A lesson in map-reading skills
Top 10 moments of our Seine river cruise
I was commissioned by Cruise International Magazine to review a Rhine cruise with Emerald Waterways.
Emerald Star sails on the river Rhine
The Sunday Times – 26 September 2010
Confessions of a Tourist – “The doctor will see you now, Miss…”
Writing for Inntravel: The Slow Lane magazine
I have written articles for Inntravel, the holiday company which specialises in slow travel.
An Austrian Adventure in Photos
Diary of a Cross-Country Skier
Discovering a different Mallorca
Working with BritMums
For five years, until July 2017, I was the editor of the monthly travel round-ups for BritMums, the UK’s biggest collection of lifestyle bloggers and social influencers. In 2012 I won the travel category at the Brilliance in Blogging Awards and I have spoken twice on the travel panel at the annual BritMums conference, in 2014 with Simon Calder, travel editor of The Independent.
Awards/Recognition
Have a Lovely Time – October 2011
Winner of a family travel writing competition on this website with a piece called “This way to the Devil’s Arse”
Brilliance in Blogging awards – 2012
Winner of the ‘GO!’ travel category
Brilliance in Blogging Awards – 2013
Finalist in the Travel category
Brilliance in Blogging Awards – 2014
Finalist in the Travel category
Mad Blog Awards – 2012
Finalist in the family travel category
Mad Blog Awards – 2013
Finalist in the family travel category
Disclosure Policy: This is a personal blog, written and edited by me (Trish Burgess). If I am asked for a review I will give my honest opinion and will always disclose the fact that I have been given the item or service free of charge.
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