Meet our team

Travel Diaries Team - Danylo Yakovlev

Danylo Yakovlev

Mobile Developer

Innovator at heart, dedicated to transforming travel journaling with cutting-edge app technology.

Travel Diaries Team - Paula van de Kamp

Paula van de Kamp

Customer Service / Designer

Travel addicted writer, illustrator, designer and photographer. After years of working remotely from Guatemala now ready for a new adventure in the Netherlands.

Travel Diaries Team - Kayleigh van Proemeren

Kayleigh van Proemeren

Marketer

Used to be homesick, now prefers to go adventures every day. After her world trip through Asia, she is planning to travel to South America when she can.

Travel Diaries Team - Ferdi Sezen

Ferdi Sezen

CTO / Backend Developer

Always looking for new technologies and interested at playing different instruments. Living in Turkey most of the year and always trying to experience new places and tastes.

Travel Diaries Team - Veerle Witte

Veerle Witte

CEO / Founder

Travel journalist for National Geographic Traveler. She wanted to develop a new way to capture and share travel memories for ever: Travel Diaries.

Travel Diaries Team - Zoë de Goede

Zoë de Goede

Editor in chief

Belgian journalist. Lives in the Netherlands, with her mind in the rest of the world. Never leaves home without a pen and notebook.

About Travel Diaries

Travel Diaries was founded in 2014 by Veerle Witte, a Dutch travel journalist who contributes to National Geographic Traveler and other outlets. She was inspired to start the service after a four-month trip to South America a few years earlier. For that adventure, Veerle had wanted a way to keep an online dairy that would include articles, maps and photographs, but she couldn’t find a site that combined all those elements, along with some degree of creativity. After much tinkering and developing, Veerle created Travel Diaries, an online platform that enables everyone to create and publish their own personal travel journals. Even better, the journals can be shared as blogs, with the option of transforming them into printed books. These days, Travel Diaries has earned the trust of thousands of satisfied customers and Veerle works with a team of travel-loving experts making sure that Travel Dairies offers the latest in technology and design. Travel Diaries also produces quality content for its own bilingual travel blog and various social media networks, including Facebook and Instagram. Their mission is to inspire people to travel the world and help them to capture their explorations and adventures in a unique and lasting way.

The Bloggers

Travel Diaries Team - Anouk van Schip

Anouk van Schip

Born with the travel bug and graduated tourism student. She now hopes to use her experience to inspire other travelers and help them prepare their dream trip.

Travel Diaries Team - Paula van de Kamp

Paula van de Kamp

Travel addicted writer, illustrator, designer and photographer. After years of working remotely from Guatemala now ready for a new adventure in the Netherlands.

Travel Diaries Team - Kayleigh van Proemeren

Kayleigh van Proemeren

Used to be homesick, now prefers to go adventures every day. After her world trip through Asia, she is planning to travel to South America when she can.

Travel Diaries Team - Lotte Lavendel

Lotte Lavendel

Outdoorgirl from The Hague. Loves good coffee, longboarding, climbing and camping. Loves to go on sustainable adventures close to home.

Travel Diaries Team - Verena Asser

Verena Asser

Graduated fashion student with a passion for sustainability and outdoor adventures. Traveled through Australia in a self-converted camper van.

Travel Diaries Team - Paulien van der Werf

Paulien van der Werf

Photographer who prefers to go back-to-basics on foot for several days with a backpack and her camera. Hopes to make Scotland her home someday.

Travel Diaries Team - Melissa de Raaij

Melissa de Raaij

All-round creative preferably exploring nature 24/7. Responsible travel (by train) and going on sporty adventurous are her biggest hobbies.

Travel Diaries Team - Ellen van der Aa

Ellen van der Aa

From rafting in the South of France to camel riding in Egypt: Ellen is always looking for adventure and unforgettable moments.

Travel Diaries Team - Veerle Witte

Veerle Witte

Travel journalist for National Geographic Traveler. She wanted to develop a new way to capture and share travel memories for ever: Travel Diaries.

Travel Diaries Team - Zoë de Goede

Zoë de Goede

Belgian journalist. Lives in the Netherlands, with her mind in the rest of the world. Never leaves home without a pen and notebook.

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Contact us

Do you have questions, remarks or feedback about Travel Diaries? Please get in touch with us through our contact form or by sending an email to [email protected].