Melissa D. Jones is a travel writer, graphic designer, marketer, artist, photographer, foodie and creative entrepreneur. She runs her own business, extracting inspiration from around the world to help businesses achieve brilliant design. Living for travel, adventure and new experiences she’s photographed her way around 50 states and 40 countries (and counting!). She wrote her travel knowledge into a book Women with Wanderlust: A Guide to Roaming to inspire a world with more roaming women.
Often asked, “What’s your favorite country?” She replies, “Countries are like potato chips, why just one?”
You can read more about Melissa aka Roux at www.rouxroamer.com, follow her travel blog at www.rouxroamer.wordpress.com.
Jennifer Billock is a culinary travel writer, book author, freelance editor, and Wisconsin cheese aficionado. She’s always on the hunt for her next trip and has huge plans for an around-the-world jaunt with her Boston terrier, Ollie. Next up on her travel list is a sojourn to Finland with her husband.
You can read more about Jennifer at www.jenniferbillock.com, or follow her Milwaukee travel blog at www.metromilwaukeeguide.com.
Candice is a life-long lover of travel and has a background in marketing and promotions in the UK. She’s now a writer, therapist and blogger. Steve is a Welsh project manager, fitness nut, food lover and intrepid explorer of local wines wherever he goes. They both love the outdoors and their nights spent roughing it in tents half way up a mountain somewhere – they’ve climbed four of Africa’s highest peaks – only heighten their appreciation of the times they wake up in luxury hotels rather than in sleeping bags.
Between them they have travelled to around sixty countries and lived in five, with home for now being Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand where they live with their rescue dog, Mango, whom they brought with them when they moved from Dubai.
They share their travels, tips and adventures on the blog, Desert to Jungle.
Favourite countries include Greece (partly for the food and wine), Iran (definitely not for the food or wine), Madagascar and Singapore.
Each of them thinks the other is the worst singer in the world (Candice is correct).
Simone is an Australian writer, traveller and some-time English teacher. Her nomadic childhood has given her permanent itchy feet. She has spent the last 10 years living and travelling all over Europe, Central Asia and South East Asia. Simone enjoys adventure and once joined a team of friends to cycle from Edinburgh to Everest. She also enjoys cake and seeks out the bakeries at every new destination.
South America is on her wish list.
She started www.thetrackandoffit.com to let her friends know where in the world she was, and to give advice to other travellers.
Simone often has Barry (from Northern Ireland) in tow, a fellow adventurer and swing dancer (they met on the dance floor in 2009). Barry is a digital entrepreneur with 15 years’ experience of web development, especially in the hotel industry.