I wanted to enter travel after leaving school a long time ago and was encouraged to go to university instead. After owing two businesses and raising a family and more recently working in Education and Training for the last 19 years I decided to do want I wanted to do – enter the travel industry where my passion lies.  I joined TTW in 2023 where I am work in the Product team and enjoying the work immensely.  I have been on about 8 ships in my lifetime visiting a lot of countries but never Europe.

My first flight on Ansett to the Gold Coast as a mystery flight sparked my passion for travel. At the time I was a Chef by trade and lived and worked overseas for 2.5years in the UK, America, Mexico and Australia. When I came home I needed to find a way to keep travelling and also work so thus was the birth of my travel career in 2005 and I have never stopped seeking adventures from all around the world since. My goal is to visit all 197 countries in the world and I am at 106 and counting.

My family and I travelled around Australia and South Pacific while our kids were young. When the kids got older, I went overseas to tick Greece off my bucket list.

What do you do when you start to tick things off the list? You add more to the bucket list.

I loved planning holidays and wanted to help others plan their dream holidays, so what better way than study travel and work in the industry.

When I started working in this company I hadn’t been on a cruise, I have now been on many cruises and never looked back and always look forward to the next one.

My love for travel sparked while I was sailing on my first cruise in 2011. Initially I thought I would become a crew member but couldn’t bear the thought to be away from my family and friends for months at a time.

This prompted me to study tourism and seek a career in Travel.

Since then I have been on many holidays but cruising still has a special place in my heart having been onboard 13 times. It’s truly a holiday that everyone can enjoy with so much to do onboard.

I chose to work in an industry which brings me so much joy and to help others experience that too is very rewarding.