Since a young age I have been fascinated by the world of travel. Growing up in the UK with my amazing family, I was always raised to try new things and put myself out there. This was fuelled by our travels together to many eye-opening places at a young age, including India, Mexico and Vietnam – cultivating curiosity and confidence that I still carry forward.

After deciding against attending university, I jumped straight into full time work in the hopes of saving enough money to go on my first backpacking trip and complete some interrailing. Before I knew it, I had completed my trip in Europe and in a little under a year, I was headed to Thailand, Australia and Singapore for the first time – this became a real turning point for me as I was introduced to the idea of budget travel; an absolute game changer for stretching your time and money abroad far. 

This first introduction to backpacking reaffirmed my love for travel, and I continued to take trips to Europe when I could. Since then, I have been enjoying working to save more money, travelling to new places when I can and documenting my experiences on my social media accounts: @katiextravels.

Katie x Travels was born out of my love for photography, writing, and of course, travelling! With little knowledge on website building or blogging, I decided to jump into the deep end after enjoying the launch of my social media accounts. This brings us to the present day, where I am hopeful that this platform can become a creative outlet for me to share my adventures as well as providing you, the reader, with some inspiration.