I did not grow up in a family where we took extravagant trips around the world. In fact, here in Michigan most of our vacations included "going Up North." As much as I loved family time in my beautiful home state of Michigan, I knew there was a much larger world out there that I wanted to experience. So let's fast forward to the ripe age of 21 where I had my first opportunity to spread my wings and take a trip to Europe. This was my first of many international flights that sparked my need to see the world!

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I fell in love with the different cultures, sights, food and people from the places I visited. The more I traveled, the larger my bucket list began to grow. And I knew I had to figure out how I could start checking off those bucket list items while still also achieving my career goals that I worked so hard for in college. I spent my breaks at work googling where I could travel to next. I put money aside from each pay check to afford my next trip. And I began taking full advantage of my CTO and long weekends.

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Every conversation I had with co-workers, family and friends always started off with, "So Kayla, where are you off to next?" This sparked such happiness inside of me. I would share all of my past, present and future travels with anyone who would listen. I also loved hearing about their travels, which then would only make my bucket list grow larger. One day I realized that this travel community is so much larger than my family, friends and co-workers. And that is when I decided to start sharing my adventures with the world!