Darryl Newby of Welcome to Travel

11/01/23 • 42 min

Hear the origin story of Welcome to Travel from co-founder Darryl Newby in the latest episode of Ask Us Anything.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Welcome to Travel caters to the orientation needs of backpackers arriving in Australia with working holidaymaker visas. Darryl reflects on some of the product and marketing experimentations that have propelled the company’s sales and growth, what’s special about Australia as a youth travel destination and what it means to win the 2023 Global Youth Travel Award for Best Youth Tour Operator.
Recorded October 2023.

Learn more about WYSE Travel Confederation, the international travel trade association for organisations specialised in youth, student and educational travel.

Learn more about WYSE Travel Confederation, the international travel trade association for organisations specialised in youth, student and educational travel.

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Greg Bows of African Impact

We talk to Greg Bows of African Impact about the evolution of international volunteer travel and winning this year’s Global Youth Travel Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
You’ll hear how African Impact works with the SDGs and Greg’s personal story of how he ended up in a career in volunteer travel. Plus, Greg shares his views on the where things are headed for impact-driven travel programmes and the value of failure.
Recorded October 2023.

Learn more about WYSE Travel Confederation, the international travel trade association for organisations specialised in youth, student and educational travel.

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Justine Trembicki of Freepackers and Agustina Gutiérrez of Tingua Intercultural Experiences

In this episode of Ask Us Anything you’ll meet two outstanding female founders in international educational and volunteer travel: Justine Trembicki of Freepackers and Agustina Gutiérrez of Tingua Intercultural Experiences.
Together, Justine and Agustina recently won the very first Global Youth Travel WYSTC Partnership Award. This award recognizes an outstanding collaboration between two organisations that met at the World Youth and Student Travel Conference and have since forged a creative, innovative and sustainable partnership with impact on youth and student travel.

The two reveal how the two met at WYSTC 2018 and what makes their international partnership work. We also discuss how young people are now approaching volunteer experiences abroad and what they’re working on for 2024.
Recorded October 2023.

Learn more about WYSE Travel Confederation, the international travel trade association for organisations specialised in youth, student and educational travel.