Beth Santos is a passionate entrepreneur and community builder out to disrupt travel for women worldwide.She is the founder and CEO of Wanderful, a global lifestyle brand and inclusive community of thousands of travelers and travel content creators. Wanderful reaches over 45,000 women each year through a thriving online membership network, local chapter events in 50 cities, global summits and small group trips.In 2014, Wanderful launched the WITS Travel Creator + Brand Summit, a leading event for women and gender diverse travel creators and industry hosted on two continents each year listed by Forbes as one of the top inspiring events for women to attend. Wanderful is also the creator of the annual Bessie Awards to honor women of impact in travel, as well as the first major outdoor festival for women travelers, Wanderfest. Wanderful has been recognized in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo!, The Chicago Tribune, Lonely Planet, Matador Network, and Skift, among other publications.Beth is both a Tory Burch Fellow as well as a Zell Fellow. She has been named one of 17 changemakers shaping the future of the travel industry by Business Insider, one of 10 people shaping the future of Boston by Timeout, and one of 20 influential women in the travel industry by Travel Pulse. In 2014, she was named a top 100 travel blogger in the USA and invited to the White House under the Obama Administration.Today, Beth is an acclaimed thought leader, consultant for travel businesses, and keynote speaker who has spoken to audiences like Tripadvisor, the Girl Scouts of the USA, and the Travel & Adventure Show. In 2022, she was named Godmother of the Azamara Onward cruise ship. In 2023 Beth launched the 85 Percent Podcast where she shares the transformative travel stories of women redefining the travel industry.In 2024 she published Wander Woman: How to Reclaim Your Space, Find Your Voice, and Travel the World, Solo (Balance/Hachette), a guide to help women gain the confidence to travel alone.At home in Boston, she is co-owner of Ula Cafe, a Black-owned, woman-owned and veteran-owned inspired cafe and community hub in Jamaica Plain that focuses on local, sustainable, and responsible food, paired with community dialogue and events intended to unite and celebrate a diverse neighborhood.Beth is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management and Wellesley College, and lives with her husband and three kids.
Listed skills include Blogging, Social Media, Editing, Public Relations, and 30 others.