Betty Jo L. Currie

When Betty Jo Currie entered the travel business 20 years ago, her desire was to identify the most exotic locales in the world - and then help people reach them. Since then, the founder of Currie & Co. Travels Unlimited, often mentioned as the "place to go" for luxury and exotic travel, has roamed the world, from Mali to Machu Picchu to Marrakech to Myanmar, in search of the culturally "other". In 1995 she determined to make "luxury, adventure, exotic travel" the root of her business. Africa was her first experience observing the transformation that occurs when curious Western travelers meet unfamiliar people in far away destinations – the common interests, the shared needs (to protect family, to grow in knowledge), the potential for change (for both traveler and local). Her 40 plus journeys to all corners of Africa, as well as repeated travel to India, South America, southeast Asia, and Bhutan have fueled her conviction that globally we are far more alike than different. Betty Jo arranges similar travel for her friends and clients, working primarily with connected companies in the destination and focusing on fair pricing, emerging properties and places, and up to date information through extensive decades-long connections and relationships. Betty Jo's mission is to encourage and support destinations and companies which offer life changing experiences and long term models for education and employment.