If you have any queries, suggestions or feedback, please email us at info@girlstravelclub.co.uk or ring us on 01403 887894. We also love your receiving your contributions to the GTC blog, so please send us your tips, stories, reviews or holiday ideas and we'll do our best to publish them!
Here at Girlstravelclub.co.uk we believe that just because you are travelling light, it doesn’t mean you don’t want to travel beautifully! Using our experience of backpacking and travelling all over the world we have put together a collection of lovely yet useful things, sourced as ethically as possible.
Our own brand products are SLS, SLES and parabens free, and where possible we only use organic ingredients; nothing we sell has been tested on animals, and we try to use fair-trade producers where possible.
We aim to recycle as much as possible, to offset the cost of the carbon emissions we create during our travels, and to try and put something back into the communities whose hospitality we have enjoyed! We are also delighted to be able to support Plan International UK, and the Love In A Box Christmas Appeal.
Meet the Team!
Girls' Travel Club was started by Becci Coombes Burr (below), following two long trips backpacking around the world. She wrote a journal full of tips, recipes, anecdotes and bad jokes while she was travelling and kept notes of all the remedies she found useful.
She was also frustated by the lack of beautiful and useful things for female travellers and holidaymakers, and was very aware how people who have not travelled before get sucked into buying a 100 litre rucksack full of things they'll never use, or that are full of nasty chemicals and additives! Hopefully we can change all that, and keep you safe and healthy at the same time!
Likes; tea, swimming in rivers.
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Taba (below) is our Despatch Fairy, who ensures that all your orders are packed up and shipped out quickly. Also a dab hand at managing all our online marketing.
Likes; distressing already quite upset furniture.
Angy (below) is our chief product tester as she is always to about to embark on one charity project or another abroad, from rural Serbia to the wilds of Uganda to the fjords of frozen Norway. What she doesn't know about procuring chocolate abroad isn't worth knowing.
Likes; Max Bygraves, Skodas.
This is Tim. He likes to style himelf VP of glass ceiling/blue sky synergistics. This basically means he wanders in, has a chat to Taba and eats all the biscuits.
Likes; his iPhone, Batman, biscuits (especially those M and S chocolate shortbreads).
Dan is our resident handyman, and does lots of useful things like putting up shelves and marquees and driving around in a big white van. If you can hear loud music on the A34 it's probably him.
Likes; Mars ice creams, Transformers.
What you've been saying about us!
"I got my laundry bags today and loved them.Thanks very much. I love your website and will shop again."
"I just thought I'd drop you a note and say what a fantastic website! I found it by accident and I'm so impressed. I've always found that travel products have a masculine feel or are ridiculously girly with handbags, shoes and pink dots all over. However, the products you are selling are classy and attractive. Hats off to you!
I am so pleased I was able to find the Cherry Blossom Travel Wallet and the matching luggage label - they are absolutely gorgeous and they are just what I was looking for. Thank you so much! I have already recommended you to my friends!"
"Thanks Becci, I received the Laundry Bags today. Excellent service! Oh and Happy New Year to you too!"
"Dear Becci, Trolley has just arrived – my wife is quite thrilled. What wonderful service!
Best wishes to you and your Company, and have a wonderful Christmas and, I hope, a very prosperous New Year!"
"Hi Becci
I just wanted to say a really big thank you for your fantastic donation.It's really kind of you to help us to give the children a special Christmas.The children will be absolutely delighted to recieve such wonderful gifts. We will forward you some photos as soon as we recieve them in the new year.
Thank you once again,we really appreciate it.
Kind regards
Lisa"
"My order arrived this morning, am delighted with my toilet bag, just what I have been looking for, for AGES, thank you so much! VERY impressed with a) website b) service and c) speed of dispatch."
"Just a quick one to say thanks so much for making sure the package got here on time Becci - it has all been received safe and sound :-)
I am v happy with my sleeping bag liner and thought your service overall was amazing, and speedy! I will definitely recommend your site to friends.
Best wishes for the future!
EXXX
Ps) And ta for the thoughtful little free gifts too - the tiny bag will come in SO handy I think, as will the brilliant tiger balm! Thanks again."
"Thanks - you are a fab company. All good luck for the future!"
"Thank you so much for the impressively quick delivery!"
"Hi Becci
I hope all is well with you :-)
Just to let you know it is lunchtime NZ Time, and the postie has just delivered the 3 Travel Journals. Thanks so much - absolutely awesome service
I think that must have been the fatest international delivery I have had :-)"
"Dear Becci
Thank you so much for sending the item so quickly. What a great bag! I just love it. I am so glad I bought it and I am sure I will use it loads. Thanks for the gift too.
All the best."
| "Just wanted say thanks, fantastic product, very very fast delivery and service with a virtual smile. I will be back in the future!!" |
"Hi everyone at Girls Travel Club. I received my order today; thank you so much, the website has been a godsend to me, I'm off travelling on my own in October & I have definitely picked up some invaluable advice from the site.
Thank you sooooo much!"
" Dear Becci
Just a brief note of thanks for sending the hot water bottles. They arrived the day after your email, and in plenty of time for my purposes. As well as your prompt processing of my order, I would like to compliment you on your excellent customer service, a welcome change from impersonal call centres and automated responses. "
"......What a great site! I was looking for teacher gifts as my son's reception year teacher is putting her chalk down after 20+ years to travel so wanted to get her something topical, plus some small gifts for the teaching assistants. The fold away shopping bags are so funky I may have to order one for myself too!"
"Thanks Becci! Great service - we'll be back. I'm sure my wife will appreciate the tiger balm too."
"Much appreciated Angie! I'm, so glad Amazon.UK was "out of stock" on this product, a little extra
searching and I found your wonderful Website! Have a great day!"
"Received my order today - everything excellent. Looking forward to
trying out my Cobber, and mastering my Shewee! Thanks for the great service and the Tiger Balm sample - I'll add it to my washbag for my month-long trip to Ghana in the summer.
Really enjoyed using your site,
Thanks again."
"Hi There,I just wanted to say you have a fantastic website. It's too bad I am travelling from Sydney Australia to Madrid this Saturday and can't order any of your stuff in time. I will for sure keep an eye on your website in the future. Keep up the great work!!!
"Becci, thank you again for the fab fab service!! I am sure i will be stopping by again before my trip to NYC in December!!"
"Hi Becci. Thank you VERY MUCH for my order that arrived today! Excellent service!
Your website is full of useful information. My daughter is 17 and this will
be a very useful site for her in the near future! I won't be able to let you know what I think of the products as they are presents for a friend who is just about to travel the world and my sister in
law who, with my brother, is always jetting off somewhere remote!! Thanks again."
"Just to say the parcel arrived today and its all smashing!!! I've sent your
weblink round to quite a few of my friends and colleagues with a positive
endorsement. Thanks!"
"All arrived safely by 12pm the next day - we are much surprised given
Royal Mail at the moment, and very very pleased. A brilliant service and
a great website (cool name)."
"Many thanks for such an efficient service. "
"Great website! Just what I needed when looking for the perfect gifts for my best friend who is about to embark on her round the world traveling experience!"
"I received my order yesterday and I am very pleased with it - the fan especially is lovely. Great service and i hope to do business again with you in the future."
"Excellent service. A great web site as well!"
"Brilliant service."
"I was tres excited to find your website -- had to hold back from buying
everything off you!
"Becci, my hat has arrived already - many thanks, I am very pleased."
"Thank you so so much for your help! I will definitely recommend you to absolutely everyone!! I am sure I will be back!"
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