About Sahara Rose

Hi I'm Sahara Rose!

Yes, Sahara Rose is my real name.  I guess you can say that I was destined to be a world-traveler.

I empower, inspire, and help ambitious travelers put purpose to their wanderlust and create the travel-focused business that they envision.

I began as a woman with a mermaid soul, a deep sense of wanderlust, and a dream of living a life of financial and spiritual freedom. Now, my mission is to reshape how travel is planned and booked across the industry through the concept of Travel Coaching.

I’ve trekked from Cusco to the top of Macchu Picchu. I’ve gone scuba diving in the seas of the Philippines.  I’ve had a henna tattoo from a man on the streets of Mumbai, India.  I’ve woken up at 5am to watch the rising hot air balloons of Bagan, Myanmar.  I’ve sat in a circle and drank handmade kava with the locals in Fiji.  I’ve seen whales while sailing on a catamaran in South Africa.  I’ve soaked my feet in the salt flat pools of Las Salinas in Argentina. I’ve actually rode a camel and slept in the middle of the Sahara Desert in Morocco (yes, people always ask me if I’ve been there since my name is Sahara) 

But my life didn’t begin as one filled with tropical vacations and global getaways. I grew up as an only child to a single mom in a middle class household where we could barely afford that fancy peanut butter and jelly mix in a jar (you know what I’m talking about, right?)  My vacations consisted of our entire family packed in my grandpa’s old van and driving from northern US to the border of Mexico to visit my grandma’s family every summer until I was about ten.  All of those fancy trips that I saw in movies and in magazines seemed so far out of reach for someone like myself. I loved the idea of travel so much that I studied it in university. In my college years, I was your typical broke student working five jobs at once to pay for my $1000 a month rent for a single room in Chicago.

But I had a vision for my life and an Aquarius vibe. After making money and mental shifts, I took action and my life changed ever since.

I’ve traveled solo to 84+ countries. I turned my most popular blog post into a published travel and mindset book. I started my dream travel business as a Wellness Travel Coach before founding The Travel Coach Network (TCN) and becoming a pioneer in this remarkably interesting and exciting niche.

Through the TCN, we educate, empower, inspire, and help ambitious travelers from all around the world bring to life their own meaningful travel-focused businesses that align their travel expertise with the impact that they make on the lives of others. 

Along with being the Founder and CEO of The Travel Coach Network, I am also the founder and creator of the world's first and only International Coach Federation accredited Travel Coach Certification Program™.  I am a certified Transformational Coach, have been coaching travel business owners and coaches for over 5 years, a published author, a global speaker, TEDx Speaker, and have been seen in 175+ media outlets including Conde Nast Traveller, Forbes, CNN Travel, Fodor's Travel, Women We Watch in Tourism, USA Today, Best Company, Travel to Wellness, Corporate Wellness Magazine, Business Insider, and The Washington Post, to name a few. I was a 2019 nominee by career-changing women in the travel industry for rising female leader, best female coach, and best innovative trailblazer. You can watch me in March 2024 on Season 8 of Project Pitch It talking about The Travel Coach Network.

I was even named 2023's Most Influential Women in Travel by TravelPulse.

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