Category Archives: Travel

72 Hours in Rome, Italy

72 Hours in Rome, Italy

Rome may not have been built in one day, but if you have one or better yet, three, to spend in the city, there’s a whole lot that you can see, do and eat while you’re there. I visited Rome earlier this year and I am still in awe of the experience. I’ve always been really enchanted withContinue Reading

72 Hours in Montego Bay, Jamaica

72 Hours in Montego Bay, Jamaica

The first time I went to Jamaica, it hugged me and felt like home. So when I was thinking of a place to go on a trip for my birthday, the lush Caribbean island naturally landed at the top of my list. Choosing where to go in Jamaica was also an easy choice because I’d had my eyeContinue Reading

How a Move to Nigeria Reinvigorated My Passion for PR

How a Move to Nigeria Reinvigorated My Passion for PR

by: Reni Somoye (@ReniSomoye) “Work hard. Gain as much knowledge as you possibly can about the public relations industry. Move to Nigeria. Apply that knowledge and save the world.” THIS was my career plan, although, I never thought I’d actually have the guts to follow through with it. I mean–who moves from their comfortable upper-middle classContinue Reading

Travel Noire: Zim Ugochukwu’s Mission to Make the World More Accessible for Black Travelers

Travel Noire: Zim Ugochukwu’s Mission to Make the World More Accessible for Black Travelers

Marketing images of tourists traveling abroad have historically been devoid of faces and people representative of the African Diaspora. So if you didn’t know any better, you could almost be forgiven for buying into the myth that black people don’t travel. A myth that Zim Ugochukwu (@zimism), 25, believed herself at one point while livingContinue Reading

Travel Hacks: How to Get Paid to Travel the World

Travel Hacks: How to Get Paid to Travel the World

Over the weekend, Travel Noire, a new blog and company that features cultivated insights from a global community of black travelers, hosted its first Google Hangout session on how to get paid to travel the world. The session was moderated by Travel Noire founder  Zim Ugochukwu (@zimism) and included the following guests: Nicole Grimes (@geektreks) of GeekTreks.com, QuinnContinue Reading