Why no one ever built a travel summit for Asian women

Building a travel summit is exponentially harder than it seemed

After following the success of our launch party in Singapore, Joanna and I decided to plan a 4 day travel summit in Taiwan 2024. 

It is and will be the first of its kind, dedicated to Asian women who love business and travel.

The idea came to fruition when I was like, “Why hasn’t anyone done this before? Let’s do it ourselves then.”

Once we started planning, we realized how much logistical effort and late nights are spent working on this summit. Ideas are easy to come up with, but the execution and planning took us over 6 months.

That’s entrepreneurship though, right? Having the guts to take on the responsibility of bringing an idea to life, with the potential of it failing or succeeding. That uneasiness, that grey cloudiness, but also that excitement and spark of potential success.

Getting Sponsorships by Simply Asking
If you go on our website, you can see our broad list of logos, which most notably is Taiwan Employment Gold Card Office and Coffee Meets Bagel. We even got $500 USD worth of products from Lo & Sons because I asked.

What you see are the sponsorship logos, but you don’t see the sales pitch, the negotiations, the creation of the pitch deck, and more. At some point, you just get over being afraid and pitch to companies if they want to be involved.

What I’m Grateful for
The volunteer team behind the travel summit has been phenomenal. It’s awesome seeing everyone flex their creative muscles and contribute to the success of our travel summit, especially Joanna as she directed the entire event. Without them, the summit would have just stayed an idea.

What’s Next
Our travel summit comes March 28th in Taipei, Taiwan. We sold out of our travel tickets already, but still have business tickets, the networking party mixer, and a cooking class event.

This is probably the biggest milestone and event for our community. If you’d like to support, please share with friends, post on social media, or donate to our cause in the ticket section. See you in Taiwan!! 🇹🇼 - Emily

AWW Recommendations

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Open Remote Roles

🦪 Oyster (a global employment company) is hiring remote Account Executives in EMEA and Americas.

Kairos Aerospace is hiring roles in business development and engineering.

Creator Opportunities

1. SafetyWing is offering up to $350 USD when you sign up and create content by April 25, 2024 - Become a SafetyWing Ambassador. Applying only takes a few minutes. Link to details: https://bit.ly/3uIOOQG 

2. Work with Matador to explore Wylder Windham Property or the Majestic Alpine Lakes of France. Check their site regularly for creator opportunities.

3. Apply to be an Associate Writer for the Points Guy. You can also check out their job board with Red Ventures for other opportunities at The Lonely Planet or The Points Guy.

4. Viator shares jobs for full time travel bloggers and which platforms they’d recommend for travel writers.

Find us in Taiwan 🇹🇼

Travel Networking Mixer (open to public)
📍Taipei, Taiwan | March 28, 2024 6-8 pm TE

Join us for the Asian Wander Women Travel Networking Party! This is the perfect opportunity for anyone to enhance their global network, learn how to live and work abroad, work remotely, and to connect with members of AWW and Taiwanese locals.

If you're coming alone, don't fret—we'll have an organized activity by Coach Tracy Mon so you'll leave the event knowing at least three new people. Light appetizers will be served (first come, first serve).

Asian Wander Women Travel Summit 2024
📍Taipei, Taiwan | March 28-31st, 2024 TPE

Come join us at the first ever travel summit for Asian women! For the love of travel and business, we’re bringing an all-star panel of speakers. Here you’ll meet other AWWs, make lifelong friendships, find business partners or hires, and how others are running businesses while traveling.

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As part of being part of our online community, AWWs are eligible for a free 1-year Remote Year Membership (valued at $199), giving you access to trips, events, and member perks! Sign up here.

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