As some of you may know (or not know), last year I started a travel company as a side gig. I decided to become a travel advisor because my love of all things travel! I thought I’d give a little up date on how things are going!

They are going…great!

Although, truth be told, often my mind feels like it is going to explode, as there is so much to learn! The learning curve is steeeeeeeeeep!!

I have been blessed to find a woman with 30 years experience to mentor me and that has been awesome as she is teaching me, guiding and sharing so much (and I benefit from her 30 year plus relationships and connections with so many in the travel industry!) She really has a mentality of abundance and generosity – which is what I hope to develop more of! In a world where it often seems everyone is out for themselves, too busy in their own lives to connect, help or support others, when I come across a gem like her,  I realize that is really is worth aiming to give, serve and share abundantly. I need to do more!

I have had a lot of fun creating, planning and booking some custom trips (Europe, Central America, Middle East and Asia!), and then also drooling at some of the all inclusives I’ve booked in HOT destinations (which I wish I was in one of those places right now with the weather Toronto is having!!)

I’ve also loved doing research and writing for my travel blog, as well as my weekly newsletter.  I love to write so even this has been a fun part! Check my blog out here.  (Comment below, email me at leah@leahdavidsontravel.com, go to my website, or check out the link below if you want to sign up for my newsletter).

I’m learning about social media (and how time consuming it is, lol) – but it is so fun too! You can find me here and now here (I’ll tell ya more about this below).

Overall it’s been fun! And did I mention a steeeeeeep learning curve??!!

But, I also have a dream of building a great community of travellers! I am passionate about travel – and about people. Being in the healthcare field for 20 years (and counting as I’m still in it:) I’ve loved the connections and relationships I have developed. I love helping them develop themselves and develop their relationships with others.

So becoming a travel advisor is in my mind, combining my love of travel and my love of people. It’s about developing relationships with people and helping them realize their dreams through travel. I think travel is one of the best investments in yourself and your family, and it’s about developing stronger bonds with those you love.

The Travelling Sisterhood Group

In effort to try to connect more people who love to travel, I decided I would start a little “Travel Talk” group for women. There are so many people who love to travel, who have travelled to amazing places, who have great ideas, connections, tips and who have a strong desire to learn more about travel – and a strong desire to travel more. I have started a Meet-Up group in efforts to build a community of likeminded travellers. The group is for women only and it’s called ” The Travelling Sisterhood Group”.

The goal of the group is to inspire each other to travel independently, together, or with our families and friends. It will be a fun group where we will meet monthly (4th Wednesday of each month). We will:

• Share travel stories and swap adventures
• Build knowledge about how to travel more and better. Learn from each other and from guest presenters
• Discuss different travel topics: tips, tricks & hacks, hidden gems, travel destinations and creative and fun ways to travel.
• Support and encourage each other to invest in ourselves and our relationships through travel.
• Create opportunities for those who love to travel but prefer not to travel on their own.
• Get started on some trip planning! It doesn’t matter if your interest is solo travel, couple travel, family travel or group travel. We will cover it all.
• Enjoy each other’s company and build lasting relationships
• Plan and go on some trips (for those who are interested!!) (There’s already talk of a trip to walk the last 100km of Camino de Santiago in the fall!)

And, even though I am a “travel advisor”, while I would love to help you plan a trip at any time, my goal is to just create a buzz about travel and a way to share and connect with each other – in person and online.

Now, if you are local, I’m planning our first get together on Wednesday, February 27th 2019 from 7:30-9:30 at FACTORY GIRL,193 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON. It will be a social meet and greet where we can get to know each other and discuss what topics and destinations are interesting to us.

If you are NOT local, but still want to be part of The Travelling Sisterhood Group  (or are local but prefer connecting virtually only), then please join our facebook group! I would love to make this an international group!! You can still access all the great info, share info, ask questions and talk travel!! It will be an amazing travel resource! (Also, if we do plan some trips together, you will be the first to know and can plan on joining us from wherever you live in the world!).  You can join the facebook group here. 

If you are local and would like to attend the first meet up group, you can register here, OR you can just leave a comment or drop me a line!

I would love for you to join us! I would love for you to come out and bring a friend. I would love for you to pass this along to anyone you might think is interested in joining. I would love for you to join the Facebook group! The more the merrier!