It can be easy to get caught in the current of life. For some, enjoying the ride means letting go and accepting the direction it’s taking you. For others, clinging to every branch, rock, or patch of earth is the only way to achieve a dream. For Claire Newell, owner of Jubilee Travel (www.jubileetravel.com), it was neither.
“I was in my fourth year of university and ready to head to law school in the fall,” she says. Instead, “a chance meeting with the managing director of one of the largest travel companies in the world” guided her away from the current she was caught in. Claire started Jubilee and has “never looked back since.”
Although many would consider it a defining moment, Claire explains that two personal events deserve that description: “my wedding day and the birth of my kids – there is nothing better than a solid, grounded husband and two little miracles to keep everything in perspective.” Even with all the success she has achieved, she believes her greatest accomplishment has been “keeping a balance between family and career.”
Nevertheless, Claire revels in “getting to do the best job on Earth.” As one of the go-to people in the travel industry, both as an author and a television personality, she reveals: “I am still shocked and humbled when people recognize me. But I love that they feel comfortable enough to tell me their personal travel stories.”
Being in the travel industry, it is only natural that she herself is an avid traveller. For relaxation, she finds sanctuary in Maui. For a city escape she heads to New York. And for comfort, all she has to do is go home. Apart from being with family, she admits that living in Vancouver, she is spoiled with the mountains and ocean.
Knowing full well the number of currents life can take one down, Claire truly enjoys the varying routes she's able to travel. And even though she has encountered some bumpy waters, the only thing Claire would change, she says, is “the cost of fuel.”
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