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A DAY WITH... IDELO TRAVEL, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK


Owner Andrea Powell ditched her job as an accountant to follow her dreams in the travel industry. Samantha Mayling paid her a visit


By her own admission, being an accountant was “tedious”, so at the start of 2014, Andrea Powell – whose true passion is travel – switched careers and established her own high street agency. “I was a finance manager after having qualified with


MEET THE TEAM


ANTONY POWELL, associate director My role is… I work three days a week in the agency, dealing with compliance, brochures, regulations and


marketing, and two days with an insurance broker as financial manager. My favourite trip was… the Galapagos Islands. What I love about my job is… marketing and social media is fascinating.


JENI DUNLOP, travel administrator I’ve been in travel… just over a year. I wanted a change, as finance wasn’t for me. What I love about


my job is… marketing, the website and learning about different places. My dream destination would be… whale watching in Monterey, California.


SARAH MASULLO, travel sales consultant I’ve been in travel… four years. I worked part-time while on a travel and tourism course at college, then started full-time.


My favourite trip was… Mexico, for my dad’s 50th birthday. If I were not a travel agent… I would be involved in dance. The best part of my job is… booking a dream holiday for a customer.


Ernst & Young as a chartered accountant,” recalls Andrea, managing director of Idelo Travel in Ipswich. “I was bored, and this idea


came to me. I had always travelled – every spare day I was away on holiday.”


Her travels have taken her


to the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Caribbean – and on 17 cruises. “I found it tedious doing


accountancy. It is a useful background but it was time to


move on,” she says. “Now I talk about holidays every day.” After finding premises near the


town centre, Andrea signed the lease on January 13, 2014. One rapid refurbishment later, the store opened on February 8. “For our launch, we had the


36travelweekly.co.uk9 May 2019


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