The Black Travellers Collective was born out of both passion and pain. Our founder Bethany has always loved to travel. She has spent many years travelling the world solo, with friends and family for fun. She has always known that travel is special but didn’t quite know how she wanted to turn it into a business. Sadly, in 2021 Bethany lost her mum, grandma and home in the space of three months. Bethany’s life was turned upside down during a global pandemic and ever since she has been trying to navigate this new chapter of her life. After a really tough season Bethany decided to take a solo trip to Zanzibar, just to breathe. Zanzibar allowed Bethany to feel alive again, fall in love with the island and find the head space to plan The Black Travellers Collective. The rest is history! The Black Travellers Collective's main focus is to create a safe space for Black people to focus on their emotional, physical, intellectual, and social wellness while connecting with the community.

The Black Travellers Collective believes that community is the key to life. Finding community in the people around you can help you to navigate life. Community is powerful, you can’t do anything without community. We believe you can go further by leaning into your community as opposed to standing alone. It is key to build your community and nurture it, you never know what you can learn from those around you or what others can learn from you. You can create ‘a seat at the table’ for yourself by working collectively with your community. We do believe it is important to chase our individual dreams, however, we believe our dreams will probably go way beyond what we were hoping for if we lean into the community around us.