Today we’d like to introduce you to Shannon Enos.
Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
It all started with my love for travel and exploring the world. I first started this journey back in college around 2015 when I studied abroad in Barcelona for a semester. I had a huge passion for making itineraries and content throughout the trip and that continued throughout my adult life. I had been working in social media advertising since I graduated college and decided it was time to turn my passion for traveling into something to potentially make money on. I had the skill set to figure out where to start because of my background in media so I took a leap of faith and started building out my blog, email list and socials. I also began starting to reach out to hotels, experience, restaurants about potential partnerships and collaborations and I just recently landed my first collab after about 3 months after deciding to commit to this as a job!
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Absolutely not smooth! I have made a lot of mistakes along the way with setting up my website from using the wrong email hosting platform to completely ruining my website by adding one small snippet of code. It’s been a really rewarding journey though because I am constantly learning new things and there is fun in the process because of all the learning! Social media is also not for the faint of heart. It can be grueling and you can feel like you are never going to have your moment but I am trying to find the joy in creating vs. caring about the response to it since I love making content and that’s really all it’s about!
Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know about your work?
I’ve worked in digital advertising for about 7 years now and have learned a lot of the skills that is allowing me to go out on my own and build a career as a travel content creator. I specialize in luxury travel and creating itineraries that are meticulously planned and curated. I do a lot of research when going to new places and my goal is to share that research with other people so they can feel inspired to visit places and get ideas of where to go! The goal in the long run is to also layer in a philanthropic piece to my work and partner with non-profits to help curate trips for people who may not necessarily have the means to go on trips to create lasting memories and allow them to experience new cultures and feel as inspired as I do when I travel! This is something I am extremely passionate about and I think will be extremely rewarding once I get it off the ground.
Can you share something surprising about yourself?
That I don’t drink! I decided to give up alcohol in October of 2024. I am trying to bring this aspect of my life into my travel content as well because I think a lot of travel culture can be centered around drinking but there is so much more to life and exploring the world than having a cocktail!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://thetypeatraveler.co/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetypeatraveler.co/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@shannonthetypeatraveler
- Other: https://www.tiktok.com/@thetypeatraveler.co
