Yolo Journal, Issue 22 – Summer 2026

A luxury travel magazine curated by Yolanda Edwards, who has graced the top of magazine mastheads throughout her career, most recently at Condé Nast Traveler. This title is essential reading for any homme du monde.

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I’ve always gotten the best advice from people who travel a lot, and have great taste, not necessarily writers. I’ve also planned trips from seeing a photo of a place and falling in love with it. I decided to start Yolo Journal because I’m passionate about photography, travel, and collecting great ideas. I’m excited to have a platform where photographers can share images that otherwise might go unseen, and a collection of travel inspiration and ideas from different creative and curious people we admire.

Even though I’ve always worked in travel content, people always ask me for my personal advice— that doesn’t feel like a prescriptive city guide (created with search algorithms in mind, not how people really move through places), and speaks to the way most like to travel (connecting to the feelings/wants people experience when they aren’t on their home turf). Sometimes you want the charming coffee shop in the off the map neighbourhood that Google hasn’t reviewed yet. Sometimes you are looking for something beyond the the newest Michelin rec. and don’t want to spend hours combing through Instagram location tags to find out where the cool people actually go in the city you are visiting.  Yolo gathers and edits the best sources and their intel, and features it in a printed quarterly.

In this issue:

Summer 2026 is our first-ever Coastal Issue. We all know the restorative pull of a beach holiday spent exploring hidden coves and tidal pools, collecting shells, watching the light shift across the water. We begin in the Mediterranean, of course: a dreamy family retreat in Zakynthos, the Crusoe-esque wilds of Corsica, and the grittier rhythms of Sète, a port city near Spain. But we wanted to wander further afield, too—to less expected coastal fantasies: dhow sailing in Mozambique, the quirky and moody English seaside, the frigid coves of Midcoast Maine, the stark volcanic landscapes of Lanzarote. The destinations couldn’t be more different, yet each captures the ocean’s strange, primordial hold—told through immersive images of aquamarine water and the sun-struck colors of summer: suits, umbrellas, surfboards glinting in the sun.