Founder & CEO of Yugen Earthside, a sustainable travel booking platform and agency. Yugen Earthside's mission is to Make Sustainable Travel Easy by connecting mindful travelers with responsible package trips around the world.
Would like to meet with and engage with other travel professionals.
Japan (and France)
Greece (in Europe), Bolivia (outside of Europe), and a million other places...
Founding Yugen Earthside
Adventure, Connection, Nature
I am the founder of Yugen Earthside, a sustainable travel booking platform and I've had my eye on B Corp for years and recently completed the initial B Corp Impact Assessment. Questions: 1. Did your company pursue B Corp? Do you think it's worth it? Wh... show more
B Corp: Worth it? 16 days ago
Super interesting, thanks for detailing this. Your post has made me critically think of how my company (Yugen Eartshide, a curated sustainable package trip listing platform) is differentiated from other OTAs. I knew a lot of this in my head, but this pr... show more
hahah - welcome to France! (Kinda joking, kinda not.) Again, this is all based on only my personal experience a few years ago. I had a MUCH harder time in English than anticipated... to the point where I stopped going, since our website is in English an... show more
Honestly, I would check. Normally it's safe to assume people in the travel industry speak English, but IFTM is *very* French-focused and, at least when I was there a few years ago, I was surprised at how many people didn't (or didn't want to) speak in E... show more
Hi Inge, I live in Paris but will actually be out of town during IFTM this year! :( I did go to IFTM a few years ago. I assume that being from Belgium, your French is much better than mine. For me, I struggled a bit at IFTM to have professional conversa... show more