10 Years & 40+ Countries: How to Travel Well as a Couple with Gabi and Shanna of 27 Travels

About this episode

Gabi and Shanna discuss the complexities of traveling as a queer couple and how their relationship has evolved over ten years of travel.

What does it actually take to travel well with a partner, and what are the hidden layers of that experience when you're also navigating the world as a queer couple? Gabi and Shanna Meit-Sciara are a Brooklyn-based couple and the creators of 27 Travels, a platform launched in 2016 to document their adventures while building more visibility and resources for LGBTQIA+ travelers. Gabi is a photographer and graphic designer; Shanna is a videographer and video editor. Together, they've visited 40+ countries and built a full-time creative business rooted in their relationship and their shared love of the world. In this episode, co-host Dianni Hall sits down with Gabi and Shanna to talk about what it really looks like to build a relationship through travel, how their partnership has been tested and strengthened on the road over ten years, and what the experience of traveling as a queer couple actually involves beyond what most people see. This conversation is for anyone who's ever taken a trip with someone they care about and had to figure each other out in real time. Gabi and Shanna get specific about the roles they've each naturally fallen into, how they handle conflict during work…

People in this episode

Host: Dianni Hall

Guests: Gabi Meit-Sciara, Shanna Meit-Sciara

Topics covered

• traveling as a couple
• LGBTQIA+ travel
• relationship dynamics
• conflict resolution
• creative business
• travel experiences

Keywords

• queer couple travel
• relationship through travel
• travel conflict resolution
• LGBTQIA+ visibility
• creative business travel

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: 27 Travels

Places: Brooklyn

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