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Travel relationships
Love at
first flight
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, loved-up
couples across the UK will be planning to spend some
quality time together to celebrate their relationship.
Olivia Hemmings and Carlie Trotter ask couples in travel
how they fell in love and about striking a work/life balance
JAMES BEAGRIE &. Andrew’s the head and I’m the heart of the
KAREN BARNES.
business, which works well. He also looks
Time together: after the finances but we share responsibility
10 years for PR and bookings. We absolutely adore
Work: Meon Valley the industry, always go to conferences
Travel, Petersfield; together and occasionally both go on busi-
Advantage member ness trips. Once we were cycling on Kos and
“I met Karen at an Advantage conference 10 found ourselves at the top of a cliff in the
years ago. I was late for the flight but fortu- middle of a Greek army practice – funny
nately it was delayed, so they waited for me. experiences like that help us tell clients
Apparently Karen spotted me as I was get- what not to do!”
ting on the plane and thought I was worth
PENNY & IAN.
waiting for! Now we own and run Meon Val-
POLLY DAVIES.
CRAMPTON.
ley Travel together. I bring the business in
& IAN ROBARTS.
Time together: 17 years
while Karen works on the operational side of Time together: Work: founded
things. Working together is the greatest joy: 25 years Yes2Travel,
there is no one better to share your best day Work: run Marco Polo Staffordshire; part
with and no one better to face your worst Travel, Bristol; Aito of Freedom Travel Group
day with. I am very privileged to have found member “I met Ian on holiday in Palma Nova. He
my soulmate, rather than just being in a “We met in 1985 when we were both at sent me a dozen roses when we got home,
relationship.” Trailfinders. The test before we committed to although they went to the wrong address,
marriage was travelling together for four and if it hadn’t been for a nice neighbour,
DI & ANDREW.
months. In Indonesia, Ian got dengue fever. we might never have happened. Every year
BROWNRIGG.
We took a small propeller plane to reach a since, he has given me a dozen roses. We
Time together: 31 years doctor but just after take-off it crashed, with used to work on cruise ships together and
Work: founded petrol pouring everywhere. I ran from the then set up the agency in 1999. It’s good
Haslemere Travel, plane with Ian, terrified it could explode. being able to support each other. Once
Surrey; Aito member We got married when we got home! I started you’ve talked about a bad day together, it
“We met at a drinks the business in 1989. Ian oversees the legal doesn’t seem so bad.”
party and didn’t stop chatting until 6am! and back-office stuff, while I do the selling Ian: “You put everything financially and
We got engaged three months later and and marketing. Being a couple and working emotionally into a business and that has
have worked together for 21 years. Some- together means we can be flexible with work definitely been made easier by being a
times you can’t get away from work but it and caring for our daughters, though we couple. We’ve been together 17 years and
means there’s always someone to talk to keep work separate and never have business she’ll be getting another dozen roses this
who understands why you’re stressed. meetings at home.” Valentine’s Day.”
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