Hello from London!

After a great month back in California, we are back on the road for about two months! We are starting our trip in London, one of our favorite cities to hang out in. Then we'll head to Italy for our anniversary and Zac's and my birthdays. We look forward to ending our 2024 travels in one of our favorite countries!

What's new for Mind Over Matter Travel?

We attended the World Travel Market (WTM) in London last week! We had the opportunity to meet with some incredible Azorean companies to partner with for our Azores Discovered blog. Keep an eye out for new developments with Azores Discovered over the next year!

Where we've been recently

We enjoyed time in California this past month before getting to London last week! While we're still sharing about our Asia travels on social media, we'll share more about our London and upcoming Italy trip soon.

Are you interested in visiting any of these destinations? We are here to help and provide personal recommendations based on our experiences. We offer FREE travel planning and booking services. Complete our travel planning inquiry, and we will reach out for an initial consultation.

Favorite experience

Although we came to London for work, we're also here for fun and to connect with friends! We've enjoyed spending time with friends at bars, cafes, museums, escape rooms, and pub quizzes around the city.

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Bucket list travel opportunity

A key way to have a transformative travel experience is by taking advantage of travel opportunities. I found this one for you:

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Transformative travel tip

Try housesitting abroad! Whenever we come to London, we try to do at least one housesit. We reduce costs by having a free place to stay while spending time with a sweet pet, AND we also get to explore a part of the city/surrounding areas we never had before. I am currently typing this newsletter with the cutest dog curled up next to me on a couch in a manor in a small English village outside London. When people say traveling is too expensive, my first solution is often housesitting (if they are responsible and happy to take care of pets). The primary platform to get sits through is TrustedHousesitter, and we highly recommend it! Sign up using our link for 25% off your annual membership! ​

By using this tip, you can have an even more purposeful and transformative adventure!

Travel must-haves

We're back with this season's travel holiday gift guide! Use our free guide to find gift ideas for the travelers in your life or for yourself. These 50+ gift ideas will make your holiday shopping a breeze, helping you find the perfect travel gift. Get the free guide here!​

The holiday season is also the perfect time to get a new credit card and secure your welcome bonus from any shopping you do! Reward travel cards are a must-have to make travel more affordable through points! These are some of our favorite reward cards.

What's next?

If you want to follow along with our travels, here are our tentative travel plans for the rest of the year:

• November: England
• December: Italy + California

If you've been to any of these places and have particular suggestions, my inbox is always open! Or if you are looking for specific insight for me to share while I'm there, let me know.

If you want to follow our journey, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.

As always, thanks for being here 🤗

✨ Elaina