Travel for women who've stopped waiting for the right time.
Honest flight and hotel reviews, destination guides, and the reality of midlife travel — from a 50-year-old South African who is actually doing it.
There’s a lot of travel content out there. Most of it is aimed at 25-year-olds with a backpack or retirees with nothing but time. Then there’s the rest of us, the in-betweeners. We’ve spent years paying for school fees and building careers. We’ve earned the right to travel properly. But we’re not retired. We still work. We just refuse to let our responsibilities be excuses anymore. This is where I share the honest version of what that looks like.
ABOUT LEIGH
I'm Leigh.
I’m 50, I work remotely, and my kids have moved out. So my partner and I travel, properly, often, and without apology.
Journey Beyond 40 is for the women in their 40s and 50s who are done with budget compromises and done waiting for retirement to start living. Honest reviews, real destinations, no fluff.
No sponsored fog. Just real.
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WHAT I COVER
Travel by category
Flights & Lounges
Honest reviews of business class, first class, and the lounges worth arriving early for.
Hotels & Airbnbs
What it actually looks like — the good, the blackout curtains, and the WiFi that didn’t drop.
Destinations
Long-stay, short-stay, and everything between. Written by someone who stayed long enough to know.
Lifestyle & Wellness
Spa days, self-care, and the non-negotiables that make travel feel like the life you designed.