Beth Santos is a passionate entrepreneur and community builder who many women in the travel industry will recognize as the CEO and founder of Wanderful, an international collective of travelers and travel content creators on a mission to make travel better for all women.
Beth is the author of WANDER WOMAN: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World (2024). The book helps women uncover the confidence they need to see the world for themselves, by themselves.
Listen to the Episode
What you’ll hear:
- The challenges of writing a book
- Reclaiming our space as women in travel
- Book publicity and the fairy godmother complex
- The impact of AI on travel creators
- Is there a digital space that is safe to build our businesses in?


Wander Woman:
How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World
In Wander Woman, Beth Santos helps women uncover the confidence they need to see the world for themselves, by themselves. With her help, readers will build lifelong tools to challenge their preconceptions, try something new, and get out of their comfort zone—whether that’s halfway around the world or just down the street.
Check out our interview on YouTube →
Featured on the Show
- Learn more about Beth on her website
- Learn more about Wanderful, a community of travelers and content creators redefining travel for women worldwide
- Get your free solo travel guide from Wanderful
- Check out WITS, a conference for women in travel
- Listen to Beth's podcast, The 85 Percent
- Follow Beth on Instagram
- Follow Wanderful on Instagram
- Check out Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World, a book by Dr. Anu Taranath
- Check out Black Travel Alliance
- Check out Native Women Wilderness
Member discussion