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Where our staff have been (2024)

13 December 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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  • Charlotte
    Charlotte Daubeney - Travel Expert

    Charlotte's fascination with Latin America began with a family holiday to Belize. She went on to study Spanish in school and at university before spending a year living in Santiago, Chile.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Paul Winrow Giffin
    Paul Winrow-Giffin - Travel Expert

    After graduating in Computer Science, Paul spent seven months travelling from Colombia to Argentina and came home hooked on Latin America.

  • Juliet
    Juliet Ellwood - Travel Expert

    After graduating with a degree in Anthropology and History and having been fascinated by Latin America since childhood by the book featuring photos of Nazca, Juliet first visited the region in 2003. Since then, Juliet has visited the majority of countries in Latin America but has particularly extensive experience with Peru, a country she loves for many reasons but not least, its incredible archaeological richness and delicious food!

  • Lina
    Lina Fuller - Travel Expert

    Lina's passion for the continent where she was born really took off when she moved to Córdoba (Argentina) to study, spending the holidays travelling between Argentina and her native Colombia.

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