Travel is About You!
Travel is the most powerful tool that we have to make major changes in our lives. We like to say that travel is not about seeing, it is about becoming. It motivates you to pulverize the boulders that stand in the way of becoming your best. We aspire to help you:
Use travel activities to contribute to your growth
Plan and experience life changing travel
Integrate trip experiences back into your life when you return home.
DISCOVER YOUR
INNER YOU
Destination: Uganda
Uganda is one of the best travel destinations in all of Africa. You can see the Big 5, herds of zebras and giraffes, and of course chimps and mountain gorillas. For someone who thinks they only have one chance to visit Africa, Uganda offers good value and unequaled variety. I will show pictures fromm our recent 17 day trip where we visited 7 national parks, saw the big 5, and saw all of the major animal types. I will talk about logistics, tipping, immigration, etc. Will also discuss much shorter visits for travelers who have less time.
Consider an Uganda Adventure
For European and American travelers, Uganda is especially good value. Uganda also offers landscapes ranging from tropical rainforest to the Nile to classic open savannas. Accommodations range from luxury to basic—with both ends of the spectrum a good value.
Our six steps for coming home from a trip richer than when you started.
Using travel as a way to become the best version of yourself is a great idea, but actually doing it is very hard. Planning, taking action, and then integrating back into your life all require attention during a hectic week that we call a vacation. Just adding another layer usually comes up empty. Here is what our Travel for Growth product does to help customers achieve a sliver of greatness.
We start with a free assessment
We ask you to describe yourself using our online Travel for Growth Assessment. Using your smartphone or laptop, we ask you to have fun while telling us about yourself. We ask you about your passions and where you are in your life journey with regards to travel. We then ask you to take a few minutes to describe your travel style and personality. You get a nice report if you decide not to take our workshop.
2. We help you understand yourself better
We describe you as an Archetype. An archetype is a personality type, but specifically aimed at how you approach travel. We describe each of our archetypes in this website (https://www.transformedbytravels.com/assessment) An archetype allows us to help plan a trip that you will enjoy and reach your personal growth objectives during your time away.
3. Our Travel For Growth Workshop
We ask you to attend our Travel for Growth workshop. We will use these two hours to reflect on your previous travels and focus on a couple of things that you should try and accomplish on your next trip. The goal is to have specific things that you will do on your next trip to propel your growth. We know that specificity is key to your success.
4. We Help You Find the Perfect Itinerary
Our planning process begins with you, not a destination bucket list. Our assessment helps find places that match your travel personality, your passions, and your point in the travel journey. We put all of these things into our blender and then work with you to find the perfect destination.
5. Your tour guide to a perfect trip
While you are on your trip, you will have help unlike anyone has ever had while traveling. We send you words of encouragement and ask you to enter your reflections in a journal. You don’t even have to type, just talk and we record your thoughts. We listen and provide feedback on how you are doing compared to your goals. We keep updating a summary so you will have a story in addition to a daily journal.
6. Integration Workshop
The Integration Workshop is where your work becomes real. We will use your Travel for Growth Workshop and your journal entries to understand how you did. We will line that up with your archetype so that you can get the most of your return to home workshop.
How 2% Can Change Your Life
My own experience is that focusing on transformation while traveling can have an impact on the life of yourself and your family for decades to come. A transformed “you” can have a new brand and a new confidence to succeed. You can return to work without the burden of an email inbasket being your only take away from your trip. Your family can notice one or two small advances that you have made. The 2% of your time that you spend traveling can be the best investment that you make.
Our offering is designed by pscyhologists and seasoned travelers.
Our Assessment
We help you learn about yourself so that you can prioritize your goals and plans. Our Growth Through Travel Assessment helps you understand your travel style an priorities. You are free to use these results however you want. Our itineraries incorporate this information into the itinerary planning proccess.
Our Pre-travel Workshop
We offer small group sessions where customers can brainstorm and develop a plan for action. We want participants to focus on the boulders in their life that need to be pulverized. You can reflect on travel recently completed to look for a path forward that will help you grow and become the best.
Bring it home with you
The first day or two back are the most important days of a trip. You can either return to you old life or begin to integrate travel outcomes into your life upon your return home.
Meet the TravelMinder
I go by the handle “TheTravelMinder.” I use psychology and AI to help you get the best out of your travel. You can see my library of short videos in TikTok.
I have done adventure travel (above and below the surface of the water) in six continents and in nearly 10 countries. I am confident that I can help you save hundreds of dollars by avoiding pitfalls that I have already solved.
Michael Emerson
CEO of Transformed by Travels
