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We have a highly skilled and knowledgeable team who have years of experience arranging adventure holidays for families.

Nick Joynes

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Nick spent ten years working in TV before being bitten by the travel bug in the late 90s and embarking on a round-the-world journey. Keen to encourage others to do the same, Nick was instrumental in creating a successful youth expedition company, and has since re-focused on all aspects of the business as a director of Families Worldwide.

Melissa Brockway

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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 Elliott

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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 Cameron

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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. 

Melissa Pimblett

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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!

Charlie Adams

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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. 

Sally Jefferis

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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.

Chris Breen

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Chris founded Wildlife Worldwide in 1992, the first of The Natural Travel Collection’s six brands, of which Families Worldwide is one. He started out managing a lodge and working as a safari guide in Zambia, and is now an inexhaustible font of travel knowledge. One of his greatest travel pleasures has been enjoying the world with his wife and three girls.

Teresa Bennett

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After many years working in travel, Teresa branched out in 2000 to form Dive Worldwide, one of our other key brands under The Natural Travel Collection banner, of which Families Worldwide is part of. Teresa oversees our product development and can often be found exploring new destinations, most recently Brazil and India.

Sally Emden

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Sally has worked for specialist travel companies for over 20 years and brings a wealth of knowledge of sales and marketing. Now heading up the marketing team at Families Worldwide, her favourite travel experiences include getting up close to polar bears in Canada, whale-watching in New Zealand and snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef.

Estelle Somers

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Whilst growing up in South Africa, Estelle developed a deep love for the natural world and travel, and has followed this love throughout her life. With many years of travel industry and digital marketing experience, she is delighted to have the opportunity to combine these skills, looking after various areas of our online marketing.

Katie House

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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!

Katie Ahmed

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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.

Jess White

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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.

Emily Price

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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 Garrett

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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.