D''Elia began her broadcast career as a radio news anchor in Miami while a junior at the University of Miami. She went on to anchor and report for several radio stations in the New York metropolitan area before earning her master''s degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She is a member of the Society of American Travel Writers.

Val has been packing her bags and jumping on airplanes, ships and trains for as long as she can remember. She comes from a family of travel agents who predate the flight of the Wright Brothers by a year. Her great grandfather started D''Elia Travel, Bridgeport, CT, in 1902 by booking his relatives from Italy to Ellis Island on trans-Atlantic voyages in steerage class.

Today, Valarie continues the D''Elia travel tradition for a fourth generation in her career as a broadcast travel commentator appearing on national and local media outlets. Besides NY1 News, Valarie shares her travel expertise on NBC''s "Today Show," MSNBC, and "The Early Show" on CBS. She is also a featured speaker at the New York Times Travel Show and makes numerous other public appearances. For nine years, Valarie was the host of "The Travel Show" on the WOR Radio Network.