what do you love the most?


Hi Reader,

So here's where we're at right now: we're officially long distance until October. Julia is in Italy for the next month and Jess is hanging out and working back in England.

Once Julia is back, her visa terms restrict how long she can spend outside the UK, which means no LONG backpacking trips for a while.

That has us wondering whether we still have relevant things to share with this community.

We think so. And we reckon the reason you're still here isn't really about the specific trips anyway.

We started The Lavender Travelers because we kept having the same conversation with friends in their 30s who'd written off budget-style travel (+ we couldn't find what we wanted to know anywhere else).

Like it was a thing you did in your 20s and then you graduated to resorts or just... stopped. We never agreed with that and we still don't. And if you're not in your 30s, that doesn't matter either.

The people we love sharing with and hearing from are the ones who want to actually be somewhere when they travel, not just pass through it. Who'll try anything on the menu. Who think about where their money goes.

That's still us. That's still what this is about.

So tell us what keeps you coming back, to travel or to this newsletter. We want to keep hearing from you.

Jess & Julia

P.S. You can explore everything we have to say about travel on the blog here.

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