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Carolyn Ray
“Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire” – Unknown

As the CEO and Editor of JourneyWoman, Carolyn is a passionate advocate for women’s travel and living the life of your dreams. She leads JourneyWoman’s team of writers and chairs the JourneyWoman Women’s Advisory Council and Women’s Speaker’s Bureau. In 2023, she was named one of the most influential women in travel by TravelPulse and is the recipient two SATW travel writing awards, most recently in May 2025. She published her first book “Never Too Late: How Women 50+ Travellers Are Making the Rules” in 2025, with co-author Lola Akinmade.

Carolyn has been featured in the New York Times, Skift, The Toronto Star and Conde Nast as a solo travel expert, and speaks at women’s travel conferences around the world. She is the chair of the Canadian chapter of the Society of American Travel Writers (SATW), a member of Women Travel Leaders and a Herald for the Transformational Travel Council (TTC).  Named a top 100 Female Entrepreneurs in Canada in 2012; she’s also a Co-Active Life Coach and proud mom of Alyxandra.  Sometimes she sleeps. A bit.

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