Nick Joynes
We have a highly skilled and knowledgeable team who have years of experience arranging adventure holidays for families.
Melissa has enjoyed working in the travel industry for over 16 years. Her love of travel started at a young age on adventurous family holidays including a safari in Kenya, snorkelling in Malta and hiking and canoeing in Alaska and Canada. She has since travelled extensively, with Cambodia, Ecuador and New Zealand being highlights.
Jenny has loved travel for as long as she can remember and has been working in the industry for six years. She has travelled extensively and has visited over 60 countries so far! Some of her favourite memories include caving in New Zealand, paragliding in Austria, desert camping in Jordan, sailing Ha Long Bay in Vietnam and glacier hiking in Iceland.
Laura has five years of experience in the travel industry and lived in Zanzibar for three years. She has travelled extensively, with India, South America and Botswana among her favourites. Some of Laura’s most memorable travel experiences include camping in Botswana, cage diving with great whites in Australia and desert trekking in India.
With a decade of experience in the travel industry, Melissa loves helping families experience some of the wonders that she's been lucky to visit. Her favourite travel memories include visiting Machu Picchu, spotting the ‘Big 5’ in Tanzania, and soaking up the culture in Japan. Whilst Melissa has travelled across six continents, Latin America has a piece of her heart!
With 18 years of experience in the travel industry, Charlie has been fortunate to travel all around the world. She loves making new memories with her family and friends and experiencing new places. Some of her favourite adventures have been to the Galapagos Islands, Canada, and Borneo, and she has many more on her wish list.
After inter-railing around Europe and overlanding through some of Africa’s more remote regions, Sally discovered a lifelong passion for travel. She has now spent over 28 years working in the industry. Her standout experiences include gorilla trekking in Rwanda, bear watching on Vancouver Island, and witnessing the Northern Lights in Sweden.
Working in our marketing department Katie manages our website content. Passionate about travel and learning about new cultures she has visited many countries with highlights including Slovenia, Montenegro and Croatia closer to home and Canada, Cambodia and Vietnam further afield. Her travel bucket list is seemingly never ending!
With a background in education and childcare, Katie understands the impact that amazing experiences like family adventures can have while growing up. Some of Katie’s fondest childhood memories are caving and gorge walking in Blaenau Gwent, and canoeing on the Dordogne. With experiences in both agency and in-house roles, Katie has developed a broad range of multi-disciplinary design skills.
As a child, marketing team member Jess was fortunate to go on some amazing trips with her family, including France, Turkey, Canada and the Caribbean! This cemented her passion for travel, nature and history, and she takes any opportunity she can get to explore the world. Particular highlights include discovering the history of Jordan, visiting the vibrant cities, mountains and coast of Morocco, and falling in love with The Galápagos Islands.
Travel has been a central part of Emily’s life from a young age. Exploring the world with her parents, she visited destinations like Alaska, Borneo and the Galapagos. With the travel bug firmly instilled, she went on to teach English in Peru and solo-travelled much of South America. Now, she’s excited to start her newest adventure within the marketing team, ready to grow her career and contribute to the team.
Beth has always enjoyed exploring the world with her family, and some of her fondest memories include exploring Austria’s Salzkammergut region and riding the scenic Flåm Railway in Norway. Inspired by her love of adventure, Beth began her career in the travel industry in 2016. Now with many years of experience in travel marketing, she hopes to use her skills to inspire other families to explore and learn about the world together.