Travel World Culture (2025)

11/04/2025

Because our job is planning group trips around the world and hand-selecting each element of the trip, we tend to visit the same places many, many times. That means we often get to see the same exact places in different seasons with different people and conditions. This trail up to Salkantay Pass is one that I know well, including every little bump and turn in the path. But it never gets boring to me.

In fact, it feels even more special to be allowed to return to the same places many times, creating layers of memories in each place. We get to know our local partners and friends better with each trip, and we learn the rhythms and patterns of a place better over time. This specific day was just one of dozens of Peru trips TWC has planned, but it was incredibly unique because of the people we were with and those beautiful blue skies.

This trip was our fifth Remote Work month and the first of three that have taken place in Peru. I think we love the destination a little bit more with each trip we host. 🇵🇪❣️

08/04/2025

Can you tell I love Type-2 Fun? The kind where it’s challenging or uncomfortable in the moment but pushes you to grow, which is the most beautiful thing to me. My “work” is planning hand-picked group trips around the world, and these treks are my “vacations.” I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Each night spent on the trail is full of card games, tea, snacking, and lots of stories. Each day is full of group stretches, dancing, stopping for photos every 3 seconds, and a million laughs. iPhone notifications, social media algorithms, and the worries of the world have no place during these treks. That’s my “why.” 🥲

Which trek would you choose for your next adventure? 🥾⬇️ I have done many of these trails 5+ times and love to talk about them endlessly.

Locations of each trek:

📍Photo 2: Italy (the Dolomites)
📍Photo 3: Ecuador
📍Photos 4, 7, 9, 10, 13: Peru
📍Photo 5: Chile
📍Photos 6, 11: Nepal
📍Photo 8: Guatemala
📍Photo 12: Colorado, USA

07/04/2025

He’s a 10 but won’t plan a dinner date unless you have to ski to the restaurant. 🫢

We had the best time at the Tennessee Pass Cookhouse for the most delicious 5-course dinner and a night in a yurt with incredible mountain views and coziest off-grid atmosphere. It was so private and unique. Thank you for hosting us for the night. 🫶

28/03/2025

Make sure you know this BEFORE you plan a trip to Nepal. If you’re planning to hike, going during the right season can be especially important for good trail conditions and the best chances at those bucket-list views in the Himalayas.

Save this post to help you with future planning and follow for more Nepal tips. We have been visiting every fall for years now and experienced treks in different regions. 🇳🇵🏔️

23/03/2025

Make sure you know this BEFORE you plan a trip to Peru. If you’re planning to hike, going during the right season can be especially important for good trail conditions and the best chances at those bucket-list views in the Andes.

Save this post to help you with future planning and follow for more Peru tips. We have been visiting since 2015 and hikes 6 different treks in different regions of Peru, some of which we’ve done close to 10 times each! 🇵🇪🦙🏔️🥾

20/03/2025

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18/03/2025

Nepal 2025 is HAPPENING, y’all. The dates are October 20-30, 2025. The spots open on March 26th. There are only 16 spots (the first half are early-bird), so set a reminder! You can find allllll of the details, itinerary, photos, and more at the 🔗 on our profile.

Gavin and I will be going back to Annapurna Base Camp! Will we see ya there? 👀🇳🇵

16/03/2025

The 2025 group trip schedule is officially complete, which means Nepal 2025 dates are finally here! (Swipe to the last slide🇳🇵👀) SHARE THIS POST with someone who wants to go out and explore this year. It means the world to us.

Stay tuned for a fall 2025 Remote Work announcement and the first half of 2026 schedule in the next couple of months. 🫶

TWC group trips are different because our main focuses are partnering with local businesses (who have become our friends over years of us personably traveling to all of these countries to hand-select elements of our trips) and fostering real community between our travelers. Some of our groups still reunite even years later, and so many friendships have began on TWC trips and continued on. We are not the same as the big businesses that purchase trip packages in bulk…🫢

Where do you want to travel with TWC? 👇

Iceland | March 30-April 1 | 1 spot left
Peru | May 18-25 | 4 spots left
Italian Dolomites | August 31-September 7 | 2 spots left
Iceland | September 22-27 | Limited spots left
Nepal | October 20-30 | Launching on March 26th with 16 total spots (8 of which are early-bird)

11/03/2025

We have visited Peru every year since 2019 (except 2020) just to hike the Salkantay and Inca Trails again. It truly never gets old. 🇵🇪 (Cafe hopping and trying all the fun foodie spots in Cusco and exploring the Sacred Valley are also big draws back to Peru annually. 🥲🫶)

Which hike would you choose in Peru?

Join TWC in Peru to explore Cusco, the Sacred Valley, the best of the Salkantay AND Inca Trail, Aguas Calientes, and more from May 18-25! 👀🇵🇪

09/03/2025

Thanks for coming to our TED talk (we actually gave a TEDx talk together on this exact topic 🥲)

Here’s the quick version of the last 7 years in which Gavin and I went from full-time travelers to part time travelers/part time Coloradans who own a travel company. 🫶

07/03/2025

We’ve created a completely unique itinerary unlike no other and host a group trip in Peru every year (see the last slide for details! 👀🇵🇪🏔️🦙) that combines the historical gems of Peru’s Incan history with TWO of the most famous hikes in the world.

The trip is so much more than just hiking. The group meets in Cusco, the center of both the Incan Empire and the starting point for all hikes to Machu Picchu. The first full day is a tour of the Sacred Valley with a local guide who has become a friend and who takes the group to his property where we meet his alpacas, try pachamanca (a traditional dish cooked underground), and get access to MachuQolca with no one else in sight. From Cusco, the group begins a once-in-a-lifetime hike to Machu Picchu. The first two days of hiking will take place in Peru’s Salkantay region, where you can see turquoise glacier lakes and stay in cabins with glass ceilings perfect for star gazing at night. Next the group will head a preserved Incan city home to a massive fortress set into the hillside. This is where the group will begin one of the most scenic train rides in the world to the start of the Inca Trail portion of the hike that takes hikers along the actual route the Incas used to travel for thousands of years, ending at Machu Picchu. The first day on the Inca Trail takes the group through the Wiñay Wayna ruins to the Sun Gate, where they’ll catch the first stunning view of the “lost city” of Machu Picchu. The group returns the next day (showered and rested 🤝) for a tour through the actual city of Machu Picchu. The trip finishes with another train ride through the valley back to Cusco and one last group dinner at one of Cusco’s many foodie restaurants. And don’t forget about those chef-made meals on the trail. 😭

05/03/2025

Northern Italy is where it’s at. 🥾🏔️🍝

Anyone want to join us in September? 👀🇮🇹 (See last slide for details!) We’ll be flying into Venice, staying in the Prosecco region in a hilltop village from the Roman times and doing a wine tasting, heading to the glamorous resort town of Cortina d’Ampezzo and Lago di Braies, checking out some incredible day hikes where you can get cappuccinos and delicious Italian food on the trail, hiking several days of the Alta Via 1 (the famous trail of the Dolomites), staying in a mountain rifugio for a night, doing 2 guided via ferratas (this is where they were invented 🤯), and so much more. 🥹 We built this trip with a lot of love. See you there?

27/02/2025

TEXAS FRIENDS! Gavin and I are speaking this Saturday, March 1st, at TEDxUTAustin! We are excited to share our story and the important lessons we have learned about building community on the road.

The organizers of the event gave us the code “TWC” to share with you to get 15% off. Tickets include lunch, merch, 8 talks, an art gallery, musical performances, an interactive company showcase, and a speaker meet and greet.

We hope to see you all there! 🥰

https://www.tedxutaustin.com/whatnow

26/02/2025

Coming from someone who prefers being away from big cities and crowds, I adored Tokyo. 🥹

Did any of these surprise you? If you’ve been, what did you think? 🇯🇵

10/02/2025

My Super Bowl was fitting a week’s worth of meals into 3 days in Kyoto, and I’d say I won. 😌🍙🍣🍱

Here’s my little scrapbook of our time here. 🥲 We’re currently on our way to the mountains to ski! ⛷️

03/02/2025

“So where were you guys during the p*ndemic?” Probably cooking on our camp stove at a dispersed campsite somewhere in the PNW and living out of a car we converted into a camper for 6 months is the best answer I’ve got. 🌲🚙⛺️

When borders were announced to be closing, we were in London. Luckily, a friend let us squeeze into his studio apartment until we were all able to fly to Texas where our families were. After a few months of isolating, we purchased a Subaru Outback, picked specifically because it was long enough for a 6’5 person to sleep in the back.

We built the platform bed with space for storage underneath and packed up all of our climbing gear into our roof rack. Our goal was to drive from Texas to Washington and back, camping and eating home-cooked meals. We had one little cooler that would store things at fridge temps for up to 48 hours.

Sometimes we would stay at a campsite for 2 weeks if we had enough signal to use as a hot spot for our laptops, and sometimes we’d only stay at a site for 1 night if it was just a parking lot. Our goal was to rock climb almost everywhere we went, and we got to hike in some bucket list places.

At that time, our international group trips were paused, and we thought TWC’s next move would be to create domestic group trips and wanted to research the best places to go. Along the way, though, we discovered that life is so much better when you live in side by side with others. So many of our friends (who joined us for bird and pieces of our roadtrip) spoke of their loneliness working their 9-5s from home alone, and, after years on the road mostly just the 2 of us, we realized we were missing eating and working with others. That’s when we decided to pursue our remote work trips in 2021 instead of domestic trips. We’re so glad we did because it made the TWC community bonds even deeper, but we still have our eyes on launching domestic trips someday! 👀⛰️

28/01/2025

We were once told that Nepal doesn’t even bother officially naming mountains under 20,000ft/6,000m, and that should explain just how massive the Himalayas truly are. 🤯 I kinda feel bad for the 14ers in the USA now 🫢

These pictures are a mix of Annapurna Base Camp (6 days) and the Manaslu Circuit (12 days) 🇳🇵

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