Single Parent Travel Expert

Brenda Elwell, Author, Entrepreneur and Travel Advisor. A veteran of over 30 years experience in the travel industry and a worldwide adventurer, Brenda Elwell has lived abroad and traveled to over 60 countries and 45 states -- half of them as a single parent with her two kids in tow. A graduate of Colby College with a B.A. in languages,

Ms. Elwell conceived the idea of single parent travel 18 years ago, while traveling in Europe on her first single parent family vacation. Several years later, she completed her CTC (Certified Travel Consultant) degree with a research paper on the topic, "Marketing Travel to the Single Parent.” Addicted to adventurous travel to remote and exotic places,

Ms. Elwell is at home anywhere on the planet. An accomplished hiker and photographer, she is also a connoisseur of ethnic and exotic foods, having sampled such delicacies as Peruvian Cuy (don't ask!), Kenyan Pepper Bark and Amazonian lemon ants -- the latter two eaten fresh off the tree.