Episode 152: How to build a travel business with a work-life balance

CEO Mindset

Dec 3

"I think being able to take stock of like, okay, how do I feel? Not about my business, not what do my numbers look like, but how am I feeling." - Jen Lee

About the Guest:

Haleigh Scott is the owner of Next Exit Travels and has been in the travel business since 2018. She is passionate about helping clients create memorable travel experiences and focuses on building strong relationships with her clients.

Summary:

Join Haleigh and Brianna for a discussion on how to create a business that fits your lifestyle and achieve a good work-life balance. Haleigh shares her journey of starting her own travel business and the decision she made to increase her minimum daily spend to $1,000 per person per day, allowing her to attract a different echelon of clients and work more efficiently with preferred DMCs. Plus, hear her approach to gathering information about her clients and using it to create personalized travel experiences for more streamlined, value-packed deliverables.

Key Takeaways:

.Tips for how to create a business that you love working on
Take stock of your business and personal life balance for long-term sustainability.
Streamline and improve efficiency to lead to increased new client percentages and a better overall client experience

Related Episodes:

🎧 Episode 138: On how to set realistic growth expectations for your travel business

🎧 Episode 143: How to set minimum spend parameters that are right for our business and our clients

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Whitney Shindelar

Undiscovered Sunsets was a long time in the making, even if I myself didn’t realize it. During my time at the University of Northern Iowa, I studied abroad in New Zealand. Upon graduating, I bought a one-way ticket to France, lived with a French family and studied with classmates from Turkey, China, Russia, Germany, Italy, and everywhere in between. In 2010 I began teaching English as a foreign language. This job quickly took me to China, where English teachers were in high demand and within three years, I began working in a 5-star hotel, speaking Mandarin throughout most of my day. In total, I lived abroad for 7 years.

I consider Undiscovered Sunsets to be the perfect mélange of my personal experience traveling the world and my professional experience working in the hospitality industry.

I look forward to designing your next adventure!