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Where our staff have been (2024)

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At Journey Latin America, we ensure your holiday is as authentic and memorable as possible because it’s designed by people in the know. We pride ourselves on keeping our Travel Experts’ first-hand knowledge fresh with regular educational travel and site inspections. Every year we send our Travel Experts, as well as product and marketing staff, on educational trips throughout Latin America, in which they stay at the hotels, savour the food and test out experiences you can enjoy on your own holiday.  

Keep reading to find out where our staff have been and read their ‘Just Back From’ articles, in which they share some top tips and discoveries from their travels. 

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Belize: Chris Rendell-Dunn

Cuba: MaryAnne Nelson 

El Salvador: Kathryn Rhodes 

Guatemala: Kathryn Rhodes

Mexico: Hannah Donaldson 

Travel experts Hannah Waterhouse and Alex Walker on Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro

Antarctica: Kathryn Rhodes

Argentina: Charlotte Daubeney, Juliet Ellwood & Maggie Wilson, Kathryn Rhodes

Brazil: Lina Fuller, Alex Walker & Hannah Waterhouse 

Chile: Charlotte Daubeney, Juliet Ellwood & Maggie Wilson 

Ecuador: Carrie Gallagher, Heloise Buxton & Sally, Maggie Wilson

Peru: Paul Winrow-Giffin

Uruguay: Sophie Barber

Gary in Manchu Pichu, Peru

Argentina & Brazil: Laura Rendell-Dunn, PR & Business Development Manager

Brazil: David Nichols, Product Manager

Cuba: Gary Tombs, Product Manager

Guatemala and Belize: Ben Westwood, Copywriter

Mexico: David Nichols, Product Manager

Peru: Jim Ashworth, Group Tours Manager

 

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Meet our team

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  • Ben
    Ben Line - Travel Expert

    Ben fell in love with Latin America on a six month backpacking trip from Colombia to Mexico in 1995. Since then he has explored most of South America, including living in Peru for a year. He is now Head of Sales.

  • Hannah
    Hannah Donaldson - Travel Expert

    Having spent part of her childhood in Colombia and worked in Brazil and Costa Rica, Hannah's ties to Latin America run deep. Hannah is a much valued Travel Expert in our Tailor-made Holidays and Group Tours sales team.

  • Carrie
    Carrie Gallagher - Travel Expert

    A former JLA tour leader, Carrie brings a wealth of on-the-ground experience to our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours department.

  • Mary
    Mary Anne Nelson - Travel Expert

    Born in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, Mary’s insider knowledge and dry sense of humour make her a highly valued member of the Tailor-made Holidays and Group Tour sales team.

  • Heloise
    Heloise Buxton - Travel Expert

    Heloise started her Latin American journey as an exchange student in Santiago, Chile. With extended summer holidays this was the perfect opportunity to backpack through Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Brazil.

  • Chris
    Chris Rendell-Dunn - Travel Expert

    Anglo-Peruvian Chris grew up in Lima and spent much of his adult life in between London and Cusco as a tour leader, before settling permanently in our London-based Tailor-made and Group Tours sales team.

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