ABOUT  TRAVELBREAK

Hi, I’m Stephanie Be.  A California girl and UCLA Alumna, I traded
corporate America for a gap year and never stopped! 

The world is my office.

TravelBreak serves two objectives:

  • To inspire you to step out of your comfort zone… literally and figuratively. As Mark Twain said “travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness.”  Travel is not just about the places we visit, but the people we meet and the person we become.
  • To make dreams into goals. “You are the engines of our economies and the source of our freedom” – Verne Harnish.  Find tips on taking the adventure you’ve always desired or take the leap as an entrepreneur.
    Join the waiting list for my new lifestyle platform: BUENA — the only tool you need to start your weekend.
  • Have a few minutes? Read the full TravelBreak Story: Re-Defining the American Dream 

ABOUT STEPHANIE BE

Travel

  • Los Angeles and San Diego native
  • Studied abroad in Rio + Barcelona
  • Bought a one-way ticket to expat life in Sydney
  • Took a gap year to work remote + travel (not as a blogger)
  • Spent 11 months fully nomadic, living out of a carry-on … up to 7 flights per week!
  • Traveled solo through South America, Asia, Middle East, America and more
  • Lived in Manhattan, New York and now based back in Los Angeles :)
  • First-Generation American. Latina. Read: Why I Waited to Discuss a Part of My Identity Online

Adventure

  • Jet Plane Laser Tag, Las Vegas  •  Shark-Diving, Sydney
  • Living with Zebras,  Royal Livingstone & Microlighting over Victoria Falls, Zambia
  • Wildebeest Migration, Four Seasons Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Hang-Gliding, Rio •  Running with the Bulls, Pamplona
  • Rock-Climbing, Dolomites •  Holding an Anaconda, Amazon
  • Staying in a 7 Star Hotel, Abu Dhabi •  Skydiving, California
  • Crater-Rapelling, Israel •  Helicopter Ride, Guatemala
  • Bungee Jumping, New Zealand •  Playing with Elephants, Thailand
  • Zip-lining Upside-Down, Dominican Republic
  • Sunrise Over Angkor Wat, Cambodia •  Road-Tripping Ireland
  • Scuba Diving, The Great Barrier Reef  •  Camping the Grand Canyon
  • The Wave, Arizona •  Junkanoo Carnival, The Bahamas • Hot Air Ballon Turkey
  • Road Tripping LA to Vancouver (Entire USA West Coast)
  • My Top 25 World Travel Experiences at 25 (photos)
  • My Top 30 USA + Mexico + Canada Travel Experiences (photos)

Motivation

  • First-person in her family to go to university in the United States
  • Four revenue streams (3 of them are passive revenue)
  • Launched BUENA: the only tool you need to start your weekend
  • Builds websites (like this one)
  • UCLA | B.A. Sociology, Global Studies
  • Founder of a Venture Capital group called “The Adventure Capitalists”
  • 9 Years Marketing; 4 Years Freelance
  • Contributing Writer: Huffington Post, Elite Daily, Thought Catalog
  • Community of 250k subscribers in 18 months of blogging
  • Speaker on Digital Marketing: NYU, UCLA, Social Media Week Miami, Women in Travel Summit, & World Tourism Forum
  • Winner of the 2015 International Blogger Competition #ShareIstria
  • Formerly Advisor: Visit California (State of California) Board of Tourism on Digital Marketing

AS SEEN IN

story-telling

BLOGGING / PHOTOGRAPHY/ VIDEO

Do we share a story? Let’s tell it together.

branding

WEB DESIGN + BRAND DEVELOPMENT

Set your first and lasting impression.

growth strategy

PURPOSEFUL SOCIAL MEDIA

Handing out flyers is so last year.

how to pitch

MONEY / PUBLICITY / PARTNERSHIPS

Pinpoint your value-added.

mentorship

EXCLUSIVE BLOGGER COURSE

Feel like a rookie? Pitch with the All-Stars.

internship

LEARN + TRAVEL

Because contributing gets you no where.