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I’m Jenny

THE CRAVE TRAVELER

I was born in England and moved to the US when I was little. I grew up in Northern Virginia and then moved to Orlando. In 2018, I decided I wanted to see what life was like in another country (because I didn’t remember anything from my time in the UK!), so I moved to England!

My parents were big into travel when I was growing up, so I was lucky enough to take family vacations only some people dream of. My first flight was to Italy when I could barely walk and I guess you could say that’s where I caught the “travel bug”.

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What The Crave Traveler is all about

The Crave Traveler’s main goal is to inspire you to travel through detailed posts and wanderlusty photos. I mainly focus on UK and European travel, but you will find other destinations from around the world on here.

I do highlight the iconic sights and cities, but you will find a lot of underrated places and off the beaten path destinations to help you plan a culturally immersive and locally authentic vacation.

Get to Know Me

Dream Destination

seychelles

favorite destination

malta

always in my carryon

airpods + a puzzle book

Favorite Social Media platform?

threads

On my bucket list

petra, jordan

Guilty pleasure

aperol spritz on a hot day

Window or aisle?

window always

travel essential

power bank + google maps

Behind the Blog

How it all started

I have always had a love for writing and creating! In 1997, at the height of the Beanie Babies craze, I set out to create my first website, Bean Talk. I would share reviews on Beanie Babies and take photos of my favorites and post it on my Geocities website (remember, Geocities?! OMG)

Fast forward to 2012, when I created my food blog, The Crave Gallery. An unfortunate techinal error left my blog nonexsistant and without a backup (ALWAYS create a backup, lesson learned), I had no choice but to quit.

In 2017, I started noticing I was sharing more travel tips with my friends who didn’t travel and I inspired them to travel. I loved helping everyone and realized I shouldn’t be limiting myself, so The Crave Traveler was born. A play on my previous lost blog and the feeling I had everytime I thought about traveling.

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FAQ

I have a problem with falling in love with every destination I travel to, even if something goes wrong, I try to find the beauty in every place I visit… is that actually my toxic trait? And although I love everywhere I have been, the stand out destinations for me are Gozo (Malta), Yosemite National Park (USA), and Rapallo (Italy).

I actually have three go-to airlines. For international travel, I love Virgin Atlantic. The flight attendants are always amazing and the business class seats are nice and roomy for a long-haul flight. For holiday destinations around Europe, I try to fly with Jet2 as much as possible. Their flights are (mostly) reliable and they have a lot of early morning departures. For everything else there is Ryanair. They have budget-friendly flights and fly to some of the lesser-known places in Europe.

I guess technically I’ve been blogging since 1997 with my very first Geocities website in middle school, but 2012 was my first real, profitable blog!

I will absolutely teach you how to start your own travel blog! My guide to everything about blogging… from creating your website to making it profitable will be coming soon!

While I enjoy seeing the friendly faces of the front desk staff checking me in, I prefer staying in an apartment. You normally get a more local experience and you have more freedom when it comes to check-in/check-out times.

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Yorkshire

Hello! I'm Jenny