Sally Smythson

Job Title

Operations Assistant

About yourself

I love travel! I have a real passion for exploring countries and experiencing new cultures. I love meeting locals and seeing how they live, work, play, eat and sleep. It is really heart warming when you get accepted into their family and house I enjoy living out of a back pack, never knowing where you are going to end up next and how you are going to get there.

What do you love most about your job?

I have always wanted to work in travel and my dream has come true. I love working on new tours, I am lucky enough to help with the planning of trips to picking pictures for the brochure, to speaking to new customers as well as the well travelled customers about previous experiences to sending final documents. It’s great to see the tours all the way through to the end.

What is your most memorable travel experience?

This is a hard question, I have quite a few. One has to be walking the Great Wall of China

Where have you been?

Canada, Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Sweden, Russia, Mongolia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Netherlands, France, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Andorra, Malaysia, Estonia, China, Indonesia, Morocco, India, Singapore, Thailand, USA, Mexico, Australia, Turkey, UAE.

Best travel tip

Always carry a sarong. It can be used in many ways - dress, beach towel, scarf, head scarf...

What inspires you to travel?

Meeting local people, experience their cultures and exploring their country

Which Adventure Company trips have you been on?

I have not travelled on an Adventure Company trip yet! But I am really looking forward to my first trip, Kilimanjaro.

Which Adventure Company  trip is on your wanderlust?

Madagascan Discovery

Lhasa Overland

Delta and Dunes - Namibia and Botswana

Tropical South - India

Sri Lankan Discovery

Langtang and Lakes - Nepal