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TRANSFORM THROUGH TRAVEL

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They say a trip can't solve all of your problems... But do you have a feeling that, in your case, it actually could?

Almost everyone has a dream vacation. But some of us want more from travel than a quick escape.

Self-discovery. Freedom. Clarity. Community. Inspiration!

But you don't see a way to get from where they are now to someone with the freedom and confidence to travel how you truly want to.

 

Right now you're a dreamer. But you want to become a seeker.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

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Frustrated

With your life, your job, or maybe just yourself—and want a life shift by traveling but don't know where to start.

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Scared

You want to enjoy traveling, but fear holds you back. Of staying safe, of language barriers, of loneliness…

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Out of place

No one in your life gets your dreams of travel and you feel alone. You want to be inspired and understood by people like you.

 

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Broke

Or at least, scared of going broke 🥲 Your travel dreams include financial stability, not debt and stress.

 

MISSION

Packs Light empowers you to seek risk and seize opportunity by seeing the world 🌎

WHY?
WHY NOT?

If you're here, you believe that…

  • We can change our lives and stories at any time
  • Growth only happens outside of our comfort zone
  • Abundance. Opportunity is everywhere!
  • Travel is transformative
  • Solo ≠ lonely
  • We're never too young or too old to make our travel dreams come true
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She who “Packs Light” does so…

1 Mentally. Packing light means leaving unnecessary baggage. Luggage, stress, expectations… It's too heavy! We leave what doesn't serve us.

2 Literally. Being #CarryOnOnly saves me from lost baggage and surprise fees. After 3 yrs of solo travel I have the perfect capsule wardrobe and use luggage I love!

3 Do no harm. 5 years of Latin study taught me two things: Cerberus est canum (iykyk) and that pax means peace. Packs Light's intent is to bring “pax + light”—good intent, inclusivity, liberation of all people—into our work.

 

TEACHING YOU TO ✨PACK LIGHT✨!

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Vision

Did you know… You can study abroad (even if you aren't a student)? That there are scholarships and grants to help you travel for free? About digital nomad visas? Airbnb and the best packing tips? I do!

 

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Confidence

The cure to anxiety is education. You don't know what you don't know, right? I've traveled 45+ countries, 20+ of them solo, in every way imaginable. I trial-and-errored, so you don't have to.

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Community

When I couldn't find the travel community I needed—one that looked like me, thought like me, and had the same dreams as me—I created it. Packs Light is full of women around the world who get it. Who get you. And help each other achieve our travel dreams.

LEARN FROM ME

CHOOSE YOUR ADVENTURE!

DESTINATION INSPIRATION

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SOLO
TRAVEL

Stop waiting, start living

PTO - GET PAID TO TRAVEL!

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BECOME A DIGITAL NOMAD

Work remotely and travel!

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HI! 👋🏽 I'M THE FOUNDER!

Founder, TEDx Speaker, Author, Content Creator, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Triple Leo, Travel It-Girl

Gabby Beckford is an engineer-turned-creator and founder of Packs Light (est. 2018). Moving around as a military brat, being mixed-Black and neurodivergent are a few reasons Gabby never quite felt like like she fit in growing up. Luckily, she prefers standing out.

At age 17, Gabby took her first solo trip to Iceland and discovered her happy place: anywhere except her comfort zone. And that the quickest way there was through travel! She's been seeking creative ways to fuel (and fund) her sense of adventure ever since. She's been to more than 45 countries since and shared them on social media.

Every day she empowers her community to stop waiting for permission and to live with the delusional confidence that they are capable of any and everything.

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August 18 🎂
August 18 🎂

Born in California

But didn't stay there long. Being a military brat I went to 3 elementary schools, 2 middle school, and 1 high school.

May 11, 2013
May 11, 2013

Wrote a letter to myself in 5 years.

Settling in Stafford, VA... Sucked. Very stereotypically "felt different". Senior year, my English teacher told us to write a letter to ourselves in 5 years predicting our dream jobs, where we'd be, etc. Mine read: "Financially free, traveling often, waking up happy every day"/

June 11, 2013
June 11, 2013

Won my first scholarship

I won my first college scholarship because there were 14 scholarships, and only 12 of us applied. This day changed my life. I realized 1) There's no such thing as "the best"—showing up is 99% of the work, and 2) Wow. There's a lot of free money out there...

August 7, 2013
August 7, 2013

Went on my first solo trip.

Reminder: Stafford, VA. I chose an in-state school for university. But I knew I wanted a life-changing experience to set my weathervane for my college experience... Backpacking Iceland was definitely it.

August 7, 2013
August 7, 2013

Created PacksLight.com as a personal diary (read: travel manifestation tool)

After my life-changing experience in Iceland, I started PacksLight.com as a blog to share my thoughts and to hopefully manifest more travel in the future (foreshadowing, much!)

February 12, 2016
February 12, 2016

Won the Boren Scholarship. Dubai, here I come!

Kept applying to scholarships all of college. Won a pretty big one—the David L. Boren Language Scholarship worth $20,000. Then more. Then I studied abroad in Dubai for a year and had the time of my life.

Read: How I won $40,000 in study abroad scholarships (and you can, too!)

June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018

Established Packs Light LLC

The official birthday of Packs Light, the business, and me as the Founder & Owner!

February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020

Quit my job to travel the world (spoiler alert: didn't)

The pandemic ruined my "Eat Pray Love" plans, but it may have been the best thing for my business. I locked down, locked in, and grew Packs Light from home brick by brick.

January 8, 2021
January 8, 2021

Became a full-time digital nomad.

Left the U.S. to travel the world full-time for a year. Started in Dubai and hopped through Mexico, Poland, Germany, Jordan, and more...!

Read: My digital nomad origin story

TODAY!
TODAY!

Living the dream. And passing it on.

To be continued 🙏🏽

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