LET’S GLOW & WANDER
Travel, style, and a little bit of everything in between.
HI, I’M ERIN
Travel has always been part of my life, but I didn’t always love it. As a military kid, going from place to place was a have to, not a get to. After my dad left the service, I didn’t have many opportunities to travel. Money was tight, and travel just wasn’t really on the radar, outside the occasional trip to visit relatives or attend a church convention somewhere. I was always in one place. As a kid when people would ask what I wanted to be when I grew up I didn’t really know, but I did love watching TV and my favorite character was always the aunt or uncle who had a mysterious job but got to travel the world, I guess I’ve always had a nomadic heart even when I was fully aware.
And then came college…
I got reintroduced to travel through my intercollegiate forensics team. My coach had what he called “sugar trips” every now and then when we’d get a few extra days to explore after a competition. Most of those trips were road trips, which still aren’t my favorite, but they completely changed my relationship with travel. After graduation, I started looking for job opportunities that included travel. The more I traveled, the more comfortable I became with it. Over the years, I’ve pretty much gotten it down to a science. I’m the person who travels mostly with a carry-on, knows exactly what I need, and somehow manages to arrive at the gate right as boarding begins.
One Trip & A Lot of Outfits
I truly fell in love with travel on my first trip to Europe. There was something completely different about experiencing another culture and being able to visit multiple countries on one trip. During those two weeks, I checked five countries off my list, with the promise of returning to two of them to actually slow down and spend more time. I remember wanting the perfect outfits for all the places I was finally getting to see. I wanted to look good, because who are we kidding we do it for the gram, but I also wanted to be practical because I knew I was going to be doing a lot of walking. Let’s just say I packed all the wrong things for the vibes I was going for. Don’t misunderstand, I still looked GOOD! Just not exactly what I wanted. Somewhere between the under packing, overpacking, outfit planning, and trying to figure out how to make the most out of every destination, I realized I loved doing this! And I was doing it so often that I naturally started helping family and friends figure out where to go, what to pack, what to wear, and how to make their trips work for them. And that’s how Glow & Wander was born. Now I get to combine the things I love: travel, style experiences, and helping people actually get out there and go. So whether you know exactly where you want to go or you’re still stuck in the “I want to go there” stage, that’s where I come in. Let’s turn “I want to go there” into “I’m going there.”
