Learn about The Fairytale Traveler travel blog, what the “fairytale travel” travel style is, and about its founder & Editor in Chief, Christa Thompson.
The Fairytale Traveler is a popular travel and lifestyle blog in its 10th year that focuses on travel, travel tips, life, budgeting, motherhood, products, reviews, gadgets, gift guides, films, music, live shows, and books.
Inspired by the greatest stories ever told, The Fairytale Traveler travel blog publishes content curated for the fantasy, folklore, and mythology enthusiast as well as the practical “fancy-ish” mom.
Continue reading to learn more about The Fairytale Traveler.
Christa Thompson, Founder & Editor in Chief
Nice to meet you! I’m Christa, here’s a big virtual high-five, and what the heck, here’s a hug. I’m a big hugger! I’m also a huge geek. I think there’s a Comic-Con in my brain…at the very least there’s a unicorn.
I absolutely LOVE TV, film, mythology, and the obscure. In fact, it wasn’t a love of reading which started my obsession with geekdom, it was a love of great movies and amazing television that led me to the greatest literary works of all time.
I’m a complete product of the ’80s and 90s (the best decades ever to grow up in period), and I’ve always been a nostalgic person so, digging through old books and comics has become a favorite hobby of mine.
Another favorite hobby I have is traveling! Building a travel & lifestyle blog inspired by books, film, TV, and mythology was a pretty obvious choice for me, and one which suited being a single mom to an intrepid little boy.
Why I Started Blogging
I’ve traveled since I was a child. There was nothing more exciting to me than hopping on a plane and going on an adventure.
When we stopped traveling I missed it sorely. I would actually pretend to travel in my backyard.
At twenty-three I had the opportunity to study abroad at the University of Cambridge in England. I’m no miss smarty pants, but I learned a thing or two about Darwin, the Romantics, and Ancient Egypt.
My biggest takeaway, however, was wanderlust. I could never quite shake it.
Some say it’s a genetic thing, something congenital which drives a person to explore. Whatever it is, it’s here to stay. So, when blogging began to change the landscape of digital media, I knew I had to be a part of it.
Launching a blog as a single mom wasn’t easy but I knew I wanted more out of life than just a 9-5 job. I found myself at a crossroads with a degree in Hospitality and Travel Tourism and a Certification in Surgical Technology.
I had just paid off my car and I knew if I was going to do something crazy well, I had better do it while my living expenses were minimal.
I did a bit of reflecting and decided life is too short and this world is far too interesting to sit in an operating room all day just to end up too exhausted to play with my little boy.
So, I abandoned my medical ventures and decided to make it my life’s work to travel and enrich my son’s life with culture, amazing adventures, magic, and possibility. Ten years later, we’ve done some pretty epic stuff.
About The Fairytale Traveler Travel Blog
The Fairytale Traveler travel blog is a niche, creative, whimsical, and fantastic approach to trip planning inspired by mythology, folklore, and literature that highlights historical places, places with a fairytale or ‘magical’ aesthetic, fantasy film locations, literary trails, and places shrouded in folklore and mytho