The Travel Mum (Jen)

Jen – otherwise known as The Travel Mum – founded the brand during the Covid pandemic when she was working as an NHS doctor.

During this time, she was sharing videos of the budget trips she and her family had taken, which started to get noticed. As a result of this, she realised there was a huge demand for more information on DIY travel.

The Travel Mum now has a thriving community of over 700,000 followers and partnerships with industry leaders like Jet2holidays and TUI, specialising in making exceptional travel experiences accessible to everyone.

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Type Of Speaker

Cost of Living / Finance Female Speakers Speaker Travel Women's Health

More About The Travel Mum (Jen)

Jen grew up on a council estate in South Yorkshire. She has wonderful childhood memories of caravan holidays and the occasional budget trip abroad, and it was these experiences that helped her to understand that lots of money isn’t necessary to make memories.

Growing up, she aspired to be a doctor, but was often told to have more realistic goals, as no one in her family had been to university. She worked multiple jobs while studying for her A Levels; her determination paid off and she gained a place at Sheffield Medical School.

In the time between her schooling and going off to medical school, Jen used her savings to go on a three-month solo trip to Southeast Asia, and it was this holiday (on a very limited budget) that caused her passion for travel to blossom.

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After graduating from medical school, she spend a decade as an NHS doctor, predominately in general surgery. During this time, she combined her love of travel with medicine by working as an expedition medic in Columbia, Indonesia, and Mexico. She even took part in the Channel 4 reality show Eden (2016), which saw her living in the wilderness of Scotland using her skills to help set up a community. This experience was life changing, and she realised how much she valued experiences and people over money, and so she cut down her surgical work and started travelling more.

In 2016, she had a baby, but was determined to continue travelling. Her son Leo had his first passport at two weeks old. She started posting videos of their travels to social media, quickly gaining popularity. Her followers wanted to know how she found such cheap travel and how she travelled with a baby – and so The Travel Mum was born.

As well as her work in the tourism industry, Jen is also an advocate for the difficulties women face, including infertility and miscarriage, openly sharing her own ongoing journey to baby number two. She feels women are often left to get through these difficult situations in silence, and she wants to change this.

The Travel Mum now serves as a reliable guide for a community of travel enthusiasts. Their audience consists of busy mums who want to travel more, have no idea where to start, and don’t have the time to research. The Travel Mum give people the confidence to book holidays when they were otherwise anxious to do so.

When it comes to budget travel advice, Jen is a go-to figure on social media.

Her frequent viral posts to her 712,000+ followers have gained the attention of the press, and she has featured in The Daily Mail, The Mirror, The New York Times, and The Sun.

The cost of living crisis and increasingly tight budgets mean more people than ever are looking for advice on how to cut costs and get the most out of their money. Jen is passionate about helping those people to travel and have memorable experiences, regardless of their income.

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THE TRAVEL MUM – CLIENTS

Barclays, BBC, Best Western, Cabin Max, DFDS, Eurocamp, Heathrow Airport, Holiday Extras, Jet2holidays, Lloyds Pharmacy, Magic Breaks, Merlin Attractions, National Express, On The Beach, Quido, Skyscanner, Travelodge, Trusted Housesitters, TUI, Virgin Voyages

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Testimonials

Jen is, by far, one of my favourite creators to work with. Throughout every campaign we’ve worked together, Jen has been exceptionally clear in her comms, hits every single deadline we’ve set and produces content that resonates with both The Travel Mum community and Skyscanner’s. Her account is an absolute gold-mine of information, tips and inspiration that you can’t find anywhere else and, if you were to add that alongside her genuine desire to help people see the world, you couldn’t ask for a better creator to include in your campaigns.
Jen Rankine, Skyscanner

Jen was so great to work with, produced brilliant content in a timely manner and would definitely recommend and work with again!
Jess, Holiday Extras

Jen was great to work with on our recent campaign. The content she created fit the brief perfectly, and we received results we’re very happy with!
Samantha, Jet2holidays

Working with Travel Mum has been an absolute delight on every occasion. We’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with Travel Mum twice now, and each time they have exceeded our expectations. Their professionalism and reliability make them a joy to work with. They communicate clearly, meet deadlines promptly, and always bring a positive attitude to the table. Their content is always tailored to meet every requirement of the brief and also connect with their audience effectively. We look forward to more opportunities to collaborate in the future!
Victoria George, Senior Account Executive at Cubaka (Virgin Collaboration)

It was a pleasure to work with The Travel Mum. Jen understood the brief supplied, and was able to create bespoke content that was authentic to her channel and had impressive reach. We would absolutely love to work with Jen again in the future, she is a dream to work with!
Winnie, Birmingham Airport

Jen has been great to work with over the last couple of months, her quick response time and efficiency in meeting the brief has been extremely well received within the team. She was willing to go above and beyond to ensure the client was happy with her content!
Louis, Meta

Collaborating with The Travel Mum was brilliant. Jen was great with her communication and worked closely with us to create a content plan for her stay. We were thrilled with not just the quality of content Jen produced, but her dedication and commitment to advocating our brand in her comment section. The content posted has been viewed over 1.4m times on TikTok and Instagram which has been amazing for our brand awareness and sales. Following Jenna’s stay with us, we noticed a significant increase in social following, web traffic, and revenue. We would highly recommend The Travel Mum to any business in the accommodation or attractions market – it was an absolute pleasure collaborating with her.
Folly Farm

“It was an absolute pleasure to work with Jen over a 3 month period on behalf of our client Lloyds Pharmacy. Her video content was highly original, engaging and a huge hit. We look forward to working with her again.
Sally, The River Group, Lloyds Pharmacy

Jenna is a passionate and attentive content creator, who clearly understands her audience and engages with her community closely. Through our travel testing products, we have been able to collaborate with Jenna in a seamless, successful way – delivering excellent results with over 1000 sales.
Bradley, Qured