Dream Jobs: Women's Travel Guide

Dream Jobs: Women's Travel Guide

By Adam Elrashidi

By Adam Elrashidi
January 31, 2020

January 31, 2020

Lauren Bates runs Wild Terrains, a group travel company for women. She showed Newsy around her dream job.

SHOW TRANSCRIPT

She wanted to revamp the way the travel is advertised to women. Rather than just sightseeing, she wanted her travel company, Wild Terrains, to focus on people-driven experiences.

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