HELLO 2020
I hope that everyone had a great holiday season spending it with loved ones and friends! I took this time to relax and recharge.
I spent Christmas in Mississippi with my family. We ate so much food! I am still detoxing from that. I spent New Year’s at the hospital working and then went to bed early since I also worked the next day. (I know, no fun!)
This post is slightly delayed but I wanted to make sure that I had enough time to reflect and recharge for the upcoming year. The year 2019 was a busy year for me. I started my own travel agency and lifestyle/travel blog, “That Blonde Travels”, went on some memorable back to back trips (see Iceland and Spain and Eastern Europe), and planned a ton of amazing trips for people!
I wanted to take a moment and share my 2020 goals and travel plans with you. I want to make this space as useful and inspiring for you as possible, so if there’s something you want to see on my blog (or elsewhere), please share it with me in the comments below to help me plan out my areas of focus for 2020.
MY 2020 GOALS
Here’s what I want to achieve in the first half of 2020:
Work on cohesive branding for my travel business plus blog. This is something that I neglected during the start of my business and I want to make sure that the branding really reflects my personality and vision.
Edit photos from past trips. I really want to focus on editing my photos so that I can post some of my own shots to my blog and also for a more cohesive look on instagram.
Make additional updates to my website. I want to update my homepage better highlight my business and get more readers on my blog, create a better landing page for Instagram, update my email list opt-in, and add an ‘about me’ section to the bottom of blog posts for new readers.
Spend time learning SEO and updating all my webpages to get more unique views.
Launch a new webshop. I want to make pre-built itineraries to popular destinations that people can purchase and do-it their-self.
MY 2020 TRAVEL PLANS
January – Spending the month recharging and getting trips ready for the rest of the year.
February – I’ll be heading on a girl’s trip to one of my favorite resorts in Mexico, Excellence Riviera Cancun.
March – I will be heading to London and Paris with my cousin due to a super cheap flight deal that I found! I cannot wait. I have never been to these cities. I can’t wait to eat and see all the things.
April – We’re heading back to the Masters in Augusta, GA. For those that have never been, this is such a fun experience and the food is delicious!
May – My group trip to Peru is taking place this month. If you haven’t checked it, then please take a look (It’s going to be amazing!)
June – I am heading back to Mexico with my hubby to check out an amazing new resort that I have already booked for 2 couples. The food is supposed to be excellent so I can’t wait to try it out!
August – We are going on a Safari in Kenya and then extending the trip to either Norway or Amsterdam + Bruges + Brussels or Paris (still haven’t decided). I really want to do Norway but I feel like I need more days there than 7.
September/October – PTO freeze at my hospital due to our new 200 bed tower opening so unfortunately no vacations planned this month.
WHAT’S NEXT
At the moment I have at least 15 blog post drafts sitting in my notes, some from my time in New Zealand, Spain, and Eastern Europe. So, I’m pushing to get those out to you over the next few months.
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Thank you for your continued support and for all the kind messages. They keep me going, and they inspire me on a daily basis. Cheers to 2020, let’s make this year one to remember!
