Jessica Thurber

- I fell in love with travel when I took my first solo flight ✈️ at 12 to a summer camp. 🏕️ - I am a Creative Writer who earned my BFA in Creative Writing at a Florida University, along with a summer abroad in Prague 🇨🇿 studying Central and Eastern European film and culture. - That summer I fell in love with exploring new countries on my own and never looked back. I planned trips to multiple countries solo, then became the go-to planner for friend trips. 🧳 - I ran my own pet care business providing dog walking 🐕‍🦺 and in home pet sitting while attending school. - After completing my undergrad degree, I moved to Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 in 2019 to study for my master's in scriptwriting and spent the lockdown days there seeing the city in a unique light, without any visitors. - I’ve since earned my MA degree. I worked as an Editor, Content Writer, and Ghostwriter for some big corporations, but it wasn't for me. I found that the 9-5 type of work burns me out and robs me of my creativity, so I started working for myself. 👩🏻‍💻 - I also have a passion for studying languages. I studied French 🇫🇷 in school and took a brief course in Czech 🇨🇿 while staying in Prague. I have also studied Brazilian Portuguese 🇧🇷 independently. - Learning to speak other languages inspired me to earn my TEFL, so that I can better coach writers who are learning to write creatively in English. I have a goal to work towards fluency in French and Portuguese aided by travel. 💃🏻 - I always learn a bit of the local language anywhere that I'm traveling to help me and my fellow travelers get by. I think my history studying language gives me an understanding of where learners of English are coming from when struggling with different sentence structures and tenses.

- I'm a Writing Coach and Editor working on a literary thriller. I specialize in Creative Writing and coaching writers who are neurodivergent, as well as writers who speak English as a second language. - I love planning trips and decided to bring my passions together by curating unique writing retreats and hand-tailored trips for other travelers.

✨ Fun fact about me: I am not good at committing to one favorite ✨ - Favorite types of food: Thai 🇹🇭, Mexican 🇲🇽, and Indian. 🇮🇳 I love spicy! 🌶️ - Favorite TV show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏽‍♀️ - Favorite Movie is too hard, but one of them is: In the Mood for Love by Wong Kar-wai ♥️ - Favorite type of music: I love music from all different genres, especially music with soul. 🎶 - I like to have it all: city trips 🏙️, nature trips 🏞️, beach destinations 🏖️, surf trips 🏄🏾‍♀️, exploring history 🏯. - I prefer taking my time getting to know each destination, but enjoy short trips between longer ones too. - I prefer local food over corporate chains. - I prefer accomodations that support locals over resorts.

- I love connecting with new people, cultures, languages, and places. - I love trying new foods and coffee in different destinations. - I find travel very creatively inspiring and it has taught me more about myself than anything else. - I want to share this with as many people as I can so that they can see what travel brings them.