Renee Hahnel
Renee Hahnel, known as Renee Roaming, is an Australian-born travel photographer, blogger and co-author of Roaming America, sharing national park adventures and practical guides from her Seattle home base.
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Renee RoamingOverview
- From
- Melbourne, Australia
- Home base
- Seattle, Washington
- Known online as
- Renee Roaming
- Before travel photography
- Speech therapist
- Blog launched
- 2016
- Signature project
- A seven-month trip to all 59 US national parks in 2017
Mini bio
How it started.
Renee grew up in Melbourne and worked as a speech therapist. After she and her husband Matthew won US green cards in 2014, they moved to Colorado. Weekend adventures became the basis of her blog, which she launched in early 2016. They took their photography business full-time that year.
Finding her audience.
She began her Instagram account in 2014 and later changed its name from @reneehahnel to @reneeroaming. In her own account of its growth, she describes going from 30,000 followers in August 2016 to 230,000 a year later through photography, consistent posting and conversations with her audience.
The parks chapter.
In 2017, Renee and Matthew spent seven months visiting all 59 US national parks that existed at the time. Their first book, Roaming America, followed in 2019, combining photographs, road stories and practical park advice.
A home between trips.
They settled in Seattle at the end of 2017. Renee continues to share outdoor and travel guides, from national park stays to international itineraries. In a 2026 podcast interview, she discussed building lasting brand partnerships while being selective about the companies she works with.
Creditschronological, newest first
Travel guides and collaborations
- 2026The Best National Park Vrbo Stays in the USAWriter · Vrbo partnership
- 2026How to Plan a Wuthering Heights Inspired Trip to Yorkshire, EnglandWriter · Expedia partnership
- 2025How to Plan the Most Magical Reading RetreatWriter · Vrbo partnership
Books
- 2019Roaming America: Exploring All the National ParksCo-author with Matthew Hahnel
Quotes
We’re extremely picky about who we work with.Renee Hahnel, CREATOR: The Podcast
In her February 2026 interview, Renee explained why she turns down partnerships that do not fit her values.
Trivia
- The van she and Matthew lived in during their national parks trip was called Ruby.
- Before travel photography became her job, Renee worked as a speech therapist.
- She renamed her Instagram account partly because people found her surname hard to pronounce.
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