Quick Trips & Fun: Life, Love & Travel with Bee! Pt. 3
Get ready to pack your bags because today we’re diving into the world of travel with the fabulous Bee Davis from Life, Love & Travel! We chat about how she’s turning the typical vacation planning on its head—no more boring brochures, folks! Bee’s all about creating a personalized experience that speaks directly to travelers, especially the adventurous women out there looking for their next escapade. With an impressive social media following and thousands of monthly website visitors, she’s clearly hitting the sweet spot. Plus, we swap some travel stories that’ll make you chuckle and maybe even inspire you to book that ticket! So, let’s grab our passports and hit the road!
Traveling can seem like a massive puzzle, but fear not! In this lively chat, Bee Davis shares her journey on how she turned her passion for travel into a thriving community. We dive into the nitty-gritty of planning a trip, especially for those who might feel a bit lost in the chaos of it all. Bee’s website isn’t just another travel blog; it’s a treasure trove of tips and insights that cater specifically to those eager adventurers, particularly women aged 30 to 45, looking for new experiences. With a growing social media following and thousands of website visitors, Bee reveals how she connects with her audience, answering their burning questions about travel destinations and experiences. There’s a delightful blend of personal anecdotes and practical advice, making it clear that Bee doesn’t just talk the talk; she walks the walk, having built a network of trustworthy contacts across the globe.
Throughout the episode, Bee emphasizes the importance of personal connections in travel planning. Whether you’re dreaming of sandy beaches or mountain hikes, she provides the inside scoop on how to navigate the overwhelming choices out there. She shares her favorite destinations, including the surprising gems like Belize for scuba diving. It’s all about making travel not just accessible but enjoyable and tailored to individual needs. As we wrap up, Bee reminds us that planning a trip doesn’t have to be a solo venture; it’s all about collaboration and sharing experiences, and she’s here to help make that happen!
Takeaways:
- Travel planning can be super overwhelming, but it doesn't have to be!
- Bee Davis helps people find cool vacation spots with loads of insider info.
- Social media has helped Bee grow her audience to almost 24,000 travel enthusiasts.
- Connecting with locals is key for getting the best travel tips and experiences.
- People often reach out to Bee for personalized advice on their travel destinations.
- Traveling is all about exploring new experiences, and Bee loves helping others do that.
Transcript
Pack your bags. Let's take a ride. 5 minutes fly and we'll explore the wide with forest. Kelly, it's travel time. It's The Best 5 Minute Travel Podcast. Let's go.
Forrest Kelly:So traditionally, you know, the rich, I don't know about the rich, but would, you know, do you go to AAA and they give you some maps and they do the quote unquote tour planning, vacation planning, whatever. They're just giving you brochures and different things like that.
But when people go to your website, they're getting quite the experience and you've got the backing, you know, you can back up all of these suggestions and tips and things that you do. Can you tell us a little bit about, you know, your, your demographics and how many people you're reaching and et cetera.
Bee Davis:It's so crazy because again, this is not anything that I would ever expect to happen, but I really resonated with those that are mostly female, who are between 30 and 45, that are a looking for new experiences and.
Yeah, so over the past two years or so, we've actually grown our social media platforms and I think we are around 23,000 and somewhere between there and 24 now, which is kind of a big deal, you know, for somebody who didn't really expect any of this to happen. But my website, I think is the most exciting part is that it actually hits around, you know, 3,000 or so people a month.
I've got so many people who are coming back on a regular basis that are hitting me up, asking me questions, you know, hey, if I were to go here, what do you think? If I only had two days, which of these two things, what should I do? And why do you think so? So I get a lot of that.
I'm not really doing any kind of like charging or anything for that kind of stuff. It's just like a pick my brain type thing. And it's been a lot of fun. I've met so many people all across the world.
Actually, my favorite part about it, and then with the podcast as well, like I'm talking to people who, you know, I had this really in deep conversation with somebody from Greece, which was a lot of fun. I learned so much from that. It's kind of funny. I actually asked him about the kilts that they wear when they're playing the bagpipes.
Found out that's not Ireland, that's Scotland. So it's just a bunch of those little things like that that is really making this a lot of fun.
Forrest Kelly:Leading me into my next question. So people should reach out to you and go to the website when they're going on vacation? Yeah, they're looking for a place to go.
Why should they come to your website and reach out to you if there's.
Bee Davis:Someone that you're just not sure of? If you're trying to pick a destination, Especially in the Caribbean.
I've been to a lot of the islands and if I haven't been there directly, I have made a contact somewhere along the lines. So if you're looking for specific questions from locals, I do have a huge network of people that I could always reach out to and ask those questions.
People that I trust too, as much as just randos that, you know, I've met along the way. It's people who I've had like in depth conversations with and have really built up a trust and a relationship with.
That's my main goal, is to kind of be able to help people. Because planning a trip is hard, man.
And I feel like the hardest part about it is trying to decide where to go because there's so many places and everything offers such different, you know, variety of things to do. So I love being able to really kind of help people out. And hey, you know what? I like to do a lot of scuba diving. Well, have you thought of Belize?
Wait, Belize? Belize has good scuba diving? Yeah, sure.
It's got the great blue hole, you know, and those kind of things that places that I've been to personally that I know that they would enjoy. So if you're looking for specific information and have questions about specific locations, the website will help you out.
And there's also a place where you can reach out to me and then I can answer those questions for you.
Forrest Kelly:Yeah, because I see when you click on the planning portion, it takes down to destination expertise, custom itineraries, stress free planning and concierge add ons. That's just kind of all unwinding what the objective is or even suggesting new things and finding out more about them.
But custom itineraries, that seems to me like it would be a huge deal.
Bee Davis:It is, it's. It's a lot.
So once we start getting into like the trip planning and the concierge service, there is a little bit of a cost to it because that's what I'm actually like diving deep into. I'm picking out the restaurants that you're eating at. You know, I'm making all the reservations ahead of time.
So literally all you do is you show up on your vacation and then you refer to our little itinerary and you know exactly where you need to be at certain times. Some people really, really enjoy that.
And then there's others like me, who don't really want an itinerary, who just want to kind of dabble in everything. So I can kind of go both ways.
But a lot of the times I'm finding out that people who have never traveled outside of the country before are the ones that are coming to me the most often because they're nervous. They have no idea what they need to do. They don't. They don't know what kind of documents they need.
They don't know if they need a visa or any of that kind of stuff. So I'm able to kind of help them walk them through that path as well.
Forrest Kelly:We've touched down and landed. The episode's done with five quick minutes of travel and fun.
Forrest Kelly:This is your captain speaking. We have touchdown. That completes this episode.
Forrest Kelly:Join Forest Kelly for the next big show, The Best 5 Minute Travel Podcast. Let's go.
