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Back on tour in South Africa: Q&A with co-founder Jakes
In May 2022, we kickstarted our South Africa tours once again. After a more than two-year hiatus due to the global pandemic, the whole Expat Explore team, as well as our travellers, were overjoyed to be back on the road again in this incredible country! Expat Explore co-founder Jakes Maritz joined the first South Africa…
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Travel story: A Mother-Daughter trip to remember!
Travel is an incredibly special experience. It’s made even more special when we get to share it with our loved ones. Family trips offer a chance to create memories that will last a lifetime! Joan Ngugi and her daughter Cassia, are a mother-daughter duo from the USA, who were able to share the magic of…
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Travel Story: Just do it! Once you start travelling, you can’t stop!
Marina Avenant is 60 years young and hails from sunny Cape Town, South Africa. Travelling is in Marina’s blood and this year she embarked on her third tour with Expat Explore! Marina and her husband, Paul, joined the Europe Escape tour on 17 April 2022. We chatted to Marina about her love of group…
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Travel Story: A Mother and son Europe adventure to remember!
Sarah Boer recently embarked on her very first Expat Explore tour! Sarah, 47, hails from Dalhart, Texas where her family runs a dairy farm. While this was her first trip with Expat Explore, Sarah is no stranger to travelling and has always loved seeing new places. She loves sharing the joys of travel and will always…
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Travel Story: Returning to the joy of travel in Ireland!
Travel brings joy to people from all over the world. After months of restrictions, rescheduling and changed plans, David and Melissa Vicars were finally able to experience the joy of travelling once again when they visited Ireland with Expat Explore! In September 2021, David, 65, and Melissa, 64, both from Delaware in the USA, joined…
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Travel Story: Travelling to Ireland again with one of Expat Explore’s biggest supporters!
Bill Seidenstein, from the USA, is one of Expat Explore’s biggest supporters and a deeply passionate traveller! We first featured Bill and his love for solo travel on our blog several years ago. Recently, we were able to catch up with him to chat about his first post-covid trip with Expat Explore. Covid-19 put a…
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Travel story: Back on the road for a Greek adventure!
Meet passionate travellers Logan Presnel, 29, and Emerald Presnel, 31, from the USA. In August, the couple joined Expat Explore’s Best of Greece tour which was our first Europe tour of 2021! After months of travel restrictions and various lockdowns, it was wonderful to finally start exploring again! Following their Greek adventure, Logan and Emerald…
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Family vacation benefits: have the best travel experience with your family!
Travel is simply incredible. You see new places, experience new things and see the world in a whole new light! And what better way to enjoy the wonder of travel than with your family? We have found that family travel can be a super special experience. We had a Q&A with a few Expat Explore…
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Travel Story: Travel healed me
Meet Rachael. Mother, portrait photographer, avid runner, reader, coffee snob and travel lover. An everyday woman determined to live a life of adventure. In 2017, Rachel completed the Expat Explore Europe Taster Tour with a friend. She shared the beauty of her experience of travel with us. It seems that I was born to travel;…
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Travel Story: As a solo traveller I never feel alone; I’m part of the Expat Explore family
William Seidenstein has travelled with Expat Explore twelve times and plans on increasing that number by much more! He shared his story with us (from his time serving in the navy, to becoming an avid traveler), and revealed why traveling solo is the way to go for him. I am a born and bred New…