About Me

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Grown out of Lauren’s travel guide, Princess with a Backpack, published by Morgan James Publishers, 2011, started life a guide to backpacking in style and has evolved into a travel website dedicated to providing the ultimate in travel, design and luxury to discerning, savvy and stylish women.

“The idea for Princess With A Backpack came to me while I was waiting for my flight for 12 hours at a tiny airport in Paris. It was my last stop before heading home to Australia and in-between my second and third Diet Coke, the thought struck me that perhaps other girls could benefit from my travel experience, mistakes, and chutzpa.  I do admit that I’m a princess, and there’s nothing wrong with that.  It just means we “princesses” demand a little more, and we see obstacles not as problems, rather challenges we must overcome to basically get what we want out of life.”

We are career-minded, ambitious women and are passionate about design, style, fashion, art, spas, adventure and substance. We seek out the best in Spas, Resorts, hotels, tours the list goes on… what’s more,  we are all about value for money – whether its $500 or $5,000 you know you’re getting a great deal.

What we do

We seek the best in accommodation, travel destinations, spas, restaurants and fashion. We try them out and then provide our readers with our unbiased, real and reliable advice. We represent a strong support network for our readers around the globe.

We also provide a hotel consultancy service providing feedback to the places we have reviewed after our visit.

Our readers…

Savvy, discerning, health-conscious, educated women wanting to explore the world! We also post on aspirational destinations and resorts.. something inspirational and aspirational.. for the dreamer in all of us.

Our philosophy

All our reviews have been tried and tested by us, so if we love it – we’ll post it.

As a visitor here, you are part of a fantastic community. Your comments are always taken into consideration and help shape what I post.

Thank you so much for being part of this community. There are plenty of ways that you can become more involved. For up to the minute travel destinations and exciting architectural designs, please follow me on IG @princesswithabackpack.