Emily Cooper
Emily Cooper is the creator behind Emily Eats and Explores, sharing solo travel tips, hotel and flight experiences, and lessons on building a travel creator business.
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Overview
- Known as
- Emily Eats and Explores
- Before travel
- Chronic disease epidemiologist
- Started sharing
- May 2021
- Full-time travel
- April 2022
- Also creates
- Travel Chat with Ashley & Emily and the Travel Boss Membership
Mini bio
How it started.
Emily began her travel Instagram and blog in May 2021 while planning a break from her epidemiology job. She saved for the trip but repeatedly postponed leaving, later writing candidly about the fear that held her back.
Finding her audience.
She reached 1,000 followers on January 1, 2022, and landed her first paid brand partnership soon afterward. By March, her blog was monetized and her Instagram had reached 10,000 followers. In April 2022, she left her job to travel full time.
Travel, with company.
Her work grew to include group trips and Travel Chat with Ashley & Emily, which she co-hosts with Ashley Peterson. Their conversations mix destination advice with personal stories, hotel experiences and flight reviews.
Passing it on.
Emily founded the Travel Boss Membership in 2023. The community offers travel creators training, resources and opportunities to work with brands, drawing on her own experience building Emily Eats and Explores.
Creditschronological, newest first
Podcasts
Creator education
- 2023Travel Boss MembershipFounder
Quotes
So grab your favorite beverage and let's go.Emily Cooper, Travel Chat with Ashley & Emily
Her invitation to listeners in the opening of the January 27, 2026 Salzburg episode.
Trivia
- Salzburg is one of her favorite cities. On Travel Chat, she recalled reaching her first $10,000 business month while sitting in a beer garden there.
- Her wedding took place at her alma mater, UMass, after she considered an elopement in Italy.
- Her free Travel Creator Handbook is an 18-page guide.
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