Work with Alps by Design
Alps by Design helps Americans plan beautiful Alpine trips, choose the right bases, and know where an exceptional hotel is worth the splurge.
Alps by Design is a Global Viewpoint brand, founded and written by Jon Miksis, an award-winning travel writer whose work has appeared in Forbes, HuffPost, Yahoo Travel and The Boston Globe, and who has worked with national tourism boards in seven countries. Since December 2025 his Global Viewpoint account has ranked first among travel creators on Pinterest by monthly views, according to Pinclicks. He is in the Alps several times a year across all six Alpine countries, and every photograph on this site is his own. His professional profile is on LinkedIn.
Two publications carry the work. Alps by Design holds the detailed Alpine decisions: which country, which region, how many bases, which hotel. Global Viewpoint, Jon’s established travel publication, tells the destination stories and carries them to a wider audience.
Who reads it
- Travelers planning a first or second Alps trip, deciding between countries, regions and bases, and choosing the one hotel worth paying for.
- Readers in the United States first, then the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Germany and Switzerland.
- Reached through Alps by Design, Global Viewpoint, the newsletter and Jon’s social accounts. Current figures are in the media kit below, each platform listed separately because audiences overlap.
What we publish
- Base-choosing guides for Switzerland, Austria, France, the Dolomites, Bavaria and Slovenia: which region, how many nights, how the bases connect by train.
- Honest comparisons: country against country, town against town, and “is it worth it” verdicts.
- Hotel guides built on documented facts: ski access, childcare ages, room categories and opening dates, read from the hotel’s own pages on a stated date, with “not stated” where a hotel does not say.
- Original photography from Jon’s own trips. No stock.
Examples of original coverage
- Is Mount Pilatus worth it
Ridden in the summers of 2019 and 2023, own photographs of the cog railway and the summit.
- The best Christmas markets in the Alps
Six markets photographed in person, from Salzburg to Bolzano.
- France's ski-in, ski-out hotels
Resorts and hotels assessed on the ground in summer 2026, every access claim checked against the hotel's own pages.
- Best day trips from Zurich by train
Years of Zurich layovers, and the Stoos ridge walked twice.
What a collaboration can produce
- Hosted research stays and visits reported across Alps by Design, Global Viewpoint and Jon's social channels, each outlet with its own distinct story.
- Coverage shaped around the reader's decision: who should book, which room or category delivers what is promised, how the property fits a workable itinerary.
- Photography and short video from the visit.
- Referral reporting on request: how many readers we sent to a property's booking page in a given period, with the definition stated.
Editorial terms
- Hospitality never buys the verdict. We keep control of recommendations and criticism.
- A hosted stay does not guarantee a place in any "best" list.
- Hotels and boards may correct factual errors. We update the page and note the correction.
- Hosted stays and any payment are disclosed on the page itself. Commercial links are marked as sponsored.
- Facts are read from official and first-party sources on a stated date, and we say when a source does not state something.
Contact
For hosted visits, research stays, press requests and partnerships, write to hello@alpsbydesign.com. Tell us the property or destination, the dates you have in mind, and what you hope the coverage does for you.
Media kit
Each figure is dated and comes from the platform’s own reporting. Platforms are listed separately; their audiences overlap, so they are not added together.
| Platform | Account | Figure | Measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Viewpoint | myglobalviewpoint.com | About 205,000 pageviews a month on average | January to September 2026 |
| Newsletter | Global Viewpoint | 14,000 subscribers | 9 October 2026 |
| @global.viewpoint | 63,700 followers; 278,700 views in the last 30 days | 9 October 2026 | |
| @globalviewpoint | 10,700 followers; 2.7 million monthly views; ranked first among travel creators by monthly views since December 2025, according to Pinclicks | 9 October 2026, profile figure; Pinclicks ranking per Jon Miksis | |
| Alps by Design, Google Search | alpsbydesign.com | About 66,000 impressions and 1,100 clicks in 28 days; about 1,600 search visits and 270 visits referred by AI assistants, led by ChatGPT | 28 days to 7 October 2026 |