Redefining Success: Building a Travel Business That Supports Life's Next Chapter with Lyndall Collins

About this episode

Lyndall Collins shares her journey of building a successful travel business while balancing family and personal fulfillment.

In this inspiring episode, Ros sits down with long-time friend and award-winning itravel advisor, Lyndall Collins, to talk about what it really means to build a travel business that grows and adapts with life. With over 30 years in the industry and more than 14 years running her own successful home-based business, Lyndall shares her journey from starting out in retail travel, to raising her daughters while working from home, to being named one of itravel's Top 3 Mobile Advisors in 2024. Lyndall opens up about the transitions she's experienced from juggling young kids while growing her client base, to rediscovering her passion after the pandemic, to stepping into a new season of life as a grandmother. Her story highlights the challenges and choices that come with balancing family, business, and personal fulfilment. In this conversation, you'll hear: How Lyndall first got started in travel and why she never really left What it was like balancing a travel business while raising two daughters The big changes she faced during the pandemic and how she rebuilt her business with community and connection How she manages boundaries, avoids burnout, and chooses what projects to focus on now…

People in this episode

Host: Ros

Guest: Lyndall Collins

Topics covered

• travel business
• work-life balance
• personal fulfillment
• pandemic recovery

Keywords

• itravel
• mobile advisors
• community
• boundaries
• burnout

Mentioned in this episode

Products: itravel

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