Blog #1 The “Girl, How Did You Start Traveling Like That” post.

Let’s set the scene. It was 2008 the year of Lil Wayne Lollipop and quiffs. —What’s a quiff? Don’t worry, I never knew the name of those either but they made me feel fancy even though I was clearly still basic.—

*snapsback* I’m a junior in college, play for the basketball team and the coaches have just informed my squad we’ll be taking a trip out of the country. Wait for it.......FOR FREE! Christmas in Cancun.

Over the next couple months my school would cover the cost of my passport, all travel expenses and a daily per diem. In hindsight, it was a pretty artificial way to be introduced to international travel because in real life, the average person doesn’t get many all expenses paid international excursions; but hey I’m not complaining!

Anyway, later that year I went on to experience my first run in with culture outside the U.S. Afterwards, there was no doubt I wanted to experience that again but of course my 21-year-old self had so many more unimportant things to focus on in life. So, my new found love for travel would lay dormant and peasant life would continue to exist. It would be 6 years before I left the country again.

Fast forward to 2014. I’m now an assistant coach at the University of Northern Iowa. My college basketball career has long ended and adulthood is in full swing. Up to this point I’ve made a laughable number of declarations for traveling abroad with friends, that turned out to be nothing more than glorified travel dreams, planned out to a tee. I’m sure we all can attest to the concept of great planning and zero follow through. Anyway, finally some true potential; I was presented with an opportunity to participate in a mission trip to Guatemala.

Sign me up! I recruited my sister, we asked all our family and friends to donate to our cause and conquered a week long emersion in the most raw and uncut version of poverty stricken Central America. Now, the amenities and lodging arrangements weren’t the luxury vacation you’d always dreamed of but the natural landscape was one of the most beautiful things I had ever laid eyes on! The people were nothing short of amazing and the cultural was one I’ll never forget. This trip to Guatemala was everything I hoped it would be!

International trip number two was done! Once again on somebody else’s dime but this time I’d for sure been bit by the bug. From here on out, I wanted this over and over again and I was willing to travel even if it meant spending my own hard earned coins to do so.

2019. 2 passports, Global Entry, elite airline and hotel status, 4 continents, 17 countries and 45+ cities outside the U.S. on my travel resume. Don’t call it a come back!

So that’s it. That’s the way I started traveling the world. Someone introduced it to me and after seeing what a small part in the world we play and how rewarding the accumulation of other cultural experiences can be, I started doing it on my own. I’m Tiffany Camille and this is your introduction!

Want to know how I travel the world whenever, wherever and however I want without breaking the bank? Well, welcome to my blog. See you next post :-)

Traveled Countries:

Guatemala

Mexico

France

Italy

Spain

Belarus

Thailand

Indonesia

Turkey

Switzerland

Australia

Greece

Turks and Caicos

Canada

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina