About Us
Do you love to travel?
Do you get a rush from visiting new places, meeting new people, trying new food and drink, and experiencing new cultures?
If so, we welcome you to the TravelByU experience!
This site is for people who love to travel... made by other like-minded people who love to travel. It's a place to read and share travel experiences. To be inspired. To help answer the question: "Where should I go next?"
If you've ever been bitten by the travel bug, you'll know what it's like... the unmistakable feeling of freedom, of immersing your senses into new and different things. We want this site to inspire you to travel; To learn about new places, and to ignite your desire to create your own incredible journey. Additionally, we'd love it if you could contribute to the site: To share your own unique travel stories, experiences, pictures, and tips - whether they be incredible, terrible, funny, or useful.
What we do
TravelByU helps you build your trip by adding places to stay, tours and activities.
We have teamed up with trusted travel providers to give you a choice of over 150,000 hotels and hostels, more than 10,000 escorted tours and over 30,000 sightseeing activities.
By creating a profile you will have a journal of your travel experiences and a great way to connect with other travelers.
Michael Glass
Back in 1995 I traveled to America to play on the professional beach volleyball tour, living in Long Beach California and training at Huntington Beach. Although I didn't win millions it was my first major exposure to living and traveling overseas and a turning point in my life... from then on I was hooked.
Soon after my return to Australia I entered the travel industry as a travel agent. During my career I have been fortunate enough to travel extensively most years.
Since then I have backpacked for many months through the UK and Europe, toured throughout South East Asia and Northern Asia, lived in Mauritius working as a G.O at Club Med, traveled across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific and had some amazing unforgettable experiences. The journey for me will never end as there is still so much left to see and many more friends to be made along the way.
Being on the frontline hearing peoples travel enquiries day in day out has given me a great insight into the needs of travelers and where the industry has been lacking.
That's why I decided to create a website where people could truly feel part of a community, where they could easily research and plan future trips and meet interesting "like minded" enthusiasts.
Some interesting things about me
- I love to go rock climbing
- I DJ house music
- I used to own a Kombi van
- I am learning about photography
- I once dressed as Elvis and sang in Las Vegas - Crazy but true!!
Check out Michael's profile here
James Ferguson
Hi, I'm James... and I also love to travel.
My first overseas experience was a school trip to Japan, and after I finished uni, I couldn't wait to go out and see the world.
I'm a big fan of independent travel! So far my travels have seen me visit 22 countries, and the next destinations I'd like to visit include Egypt, Turkey, India, and South America.
I lived in Asia for two years, and have the utmost respect for anyone who has gone out of their comfort zone, lived in a foreign country, and had to learn another language to get by.
Some interesting things about me
- I once lost a bet, and had to eat a deep fried pigeon's head (beak and all) in China.
- I've hiked pristine mountains, and walked by soldiers with loaded rifles, in North Korea.
- My favorite city (so far) is Edinburgh. My least favorite is Naples.
- I'm an intermediate Korean speaker, and have an unhealthy obsession for all things K-pop.
- I've also eaten the extremely toxic pufferfish (twice) and love the taste - I'm sure I'll eat it a third time.
- I love Mexican food, but hate the taste of coriander/cilantro.
- I'm fascinated with ancient tourist attractions; stuff that's been around for thousands of years.
- If I had a million dollars to spare I'd visit all of the places on the Unesco World Heritage list.