“Never Too Late: How Women 50+ Are Making the Rules”
Volume 1: The Seekers now available for download
“Never Too Late to Travel: How Women 50+ Travellers Are Making the Rules”, features inspiring stories from women over 50 who are breaking stereotypes, travelling with intention and purpose. Created in honour of JourneyWoman’s 30th anniversary, the book features 30 women over 50 from around the world and wisdom and practical advice collected from JourneyWoman readers, who are among the most experienced and well-travelled women in the world.
Published by JourneyWoman, “Never Too Late” is co-created by JourneyWoman CEO and Editor Carolyn Ray and award-winning photographer and Hasselblad heroine Lola Akinmade Akerstrom. The Introduction,“Women Reaching for the Stars: Discovering the Wisdom of Travel” is written by National Geographic contributing writer and former National Geographic Traveler executive editor Norie Quintos. Diana Eden, JourneyWoman’s Women Over 80 writer, contributed “Honouring the Women Who Came First”.
“Never Too Late” will be published in three digital volumes, with the first volume available for download in February 2025. Each volume includes profiles on 10 women over 50. The first digital volume, called “The Seekers”, will be available for purchase for $19.94 in honour of JourneyWoman’s founding year of 1994. Proceeds will be donated to JourneyWoman’s partners including Ally Group (anti-human trafficking), the Period Purse (period poverty and menstruation equity) and wmnsWORK, a tourism accelerator for marginalized women. The second and third digital volumes will be available in 2025, with a printed book to follow.
“This is much more than a book – it’s a movement to show older women that they are seen and that their voices matter. We hope to start a healthy, positive conversation and be a catalyst to accelerate inclusion and diversity in the travel industry and ultimately, in the world.” — Carolyn Ray, CEO, JourneyWoman
Never Too Late – Volume One: The Seekers
Our first volume honours women who have been at the forefront of change in their chosen careers. They share their sources of inspiration. strengths cultivated through travel and wisdom for their own travels. In this volume, 41 JourneyWoman readers share their wisdom and advice to inspire women to follow their dreams.
