CAROLINE MAKEPEACE - FOUNDER
Caroline Makepeace is the co-founder (with husband Craig) of two successful online publications: Y Travel Blog, one of the world’s most influential travel blogs since 2010, and This is Raleigh, a platform for anyone looking to explore the best of Wake County. It’s one of the premier sites on living in and moving to Raleigh.
Caroline has worked with the biggest brands in the world and has been featured by notable sites such as the Today Show, Conde Nast, and FOX Business, USA Today, Travel & Leisure, Forbes, National Geographic online and ABC Radio. Y Travel Blog has received a Modern Ontrapreneuer award from Ontraport for “Best Online Publisher” In addition, Y Travel Blog has been recognized by the White House… twice!
They were invited to the White House in 2014 as top global travel influencers to attend the first travel summit. And they received a green card in 2020 for their extraordinary ability in the art of travel blogging and for her contributions to the growth of tourism in the USA.
Caroline has written two ebooks, How to Create a Travel Life you Love and 12 Steps to Sacredness to help people lean into the life they really want and create epic memories. She also created a course, “6 steps to move from Blog to Business,” to help entrepreneurs make money from their love of blogging and a 6-week online program “30 days to Money Mindfulness” to help people improve their relationship with money (and create more of it!)
Caroline and Craig created an in-depth training guide on how to travel the USA for foreign teachers living in the USA, and a webinar to help Australians travel through Idaho. They are currently creating an in-depth training guide on relocating to Raleigh.
Caroline regularly speaks at conferences around the world on various topics such as global travel, family travel, social media, influencing and entrepreneurship. She has keynoted some of the world’s biggest travel conferences like TBEX and Women’s Travel Fest. She has also presented at conferences such as Problogger, New York Times Travel Show, and the Travel and Adventure Show.
Locally in Raleigh, she has presented at the Women’s Social Club, Raleigh Women in Marketing, City Club Raleigh, The Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, and keynoted at the NC Public Relations Society of America Conference.
In addition to running the blog and social brand, Caroline calls her work a personal mission to inspire and empower others to travel more and create a life they love. Her family is proof that travel can be a lifestyle!
Caroline has made travel the core focus of her life since 1997. She’s lived in 5 countries, traveled to over 60, traveled 7 years full time with her two daughters (including homeschooling them), and has been a full-time professional travel blogger since 2010 working with some of the biggest brands in the world including Lonely Planet, Airbnb, Canon, Amex, Ford, Nissan, TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Globus Tours, and Allianz Travel Insurance.
Locally in Raleigh, she has worked with big brands and small businesses such as RDU- International Airport, Nextdoor, Kane Realty, Outer Banks Tourism, Blue Water Spa, and Harris Teeter.
Caroline is also a licensed real estate agent in the state of North Carolina. She partners with a high-quality, successful broker to help people relocate and settle into their new life in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Caroline also goes by the name of Caz Makepeace- the shortened version of Caroline (it’s an Australian thing!) Caz is the flighty Libran of the Makepeace family, bringing harmony to the family through crystals, meditation, and downward dogs (and the odd glass of wine at 5pm). It’s all about the balance, right?
ALL ARTICLES WRITTEN BY Caroline Makepeace
The 5 Lands Walk, Central Coast NSW – connecting to land and culture
It’s strange to think that I discovered one of the most beautiful ways to connect people to land and culture in my own back yard on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. It’s amazing what […]
Read MorePlanning awesome Luxury Thailand Holidays with these 4 resorts
Long term readers of our blog will know that we love Thailand. We lived there in 2002, travelled through the country as backpackers plenty of times, and visited for a short break with the girls. […]
Read MoreI can’t wait to travel again so I can ____
You know you’re ready for a change when almost every thing you do or say is followed up with the statement, “I can’t wait for us to go away so I don’t have to _____ […]
Read MoreMy Secret: I’ve been too afraid to travel
I have a secret confession to make. Since we started this blog in 2010, I’ve often written on here feeling a little bit like a phony. We tell people all the time that it is […]
Read MoreAtherton Tablelands Mountain Bike Tragedy – WHY You Should Still Do It
It might seem strange that I recommend you go mountain bike riding in the Atherton Tablelands when one of our party ended up with a spiral fracture of their tibia and fibula. When you see […]
Read MoreMaking Travel Videos: 11 tips from the experts
So you want to be a travel video blogger? Or, maybe that is not what you want to do full time, but you’d like to incorporate a little videoing or vlogging into your travel recording […]
Read MoreVisiting an Akha Hill Tribe Villiage in Chiang Rai, Thailand
I’m not sure why sometimes it takes me so long to write about certain places I have been to. Over a year ago I visited Baan Huay Kee Lek, an ethnic Akha village perched on […]
Read MoreFinding Peace at Port Arthur, Tasmania
There’s a surprising peace surrounding Port Arthur. Maybe it is the energy coming off the tall silver poplars, oak trees, and horse chestnut beginning to light the grounds in a halo of yellow. Or the […]
Read MoreRecipe from Jordan: Mansaf
When we first met Lorraine from Not Quite Nigella, she came bearing a slice of Red Velvet cake. I was in love. Turns out, Lorraine happens to be one of Australia’s most popular food bloggers […]
Read MoreCan Travel Strengthen Marriages and Long-Term Relationships?
Only a few weeks ago Ben Affleck mentioned the difficulty of marriage in his Oscar winning acceptance speech. “I want to thank you [Jennifer] for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It’s good. It […]
Read MoreExperiencing Food Heaven in Adelaide
I was hooked on the wide streets. It was dark, the street lights were twinkling and I couldn’t see a lot. But I saw the wide streets and thought of my Dad. “It’s just like […]
Read MoreMy Dream Visit to Darwin and Arnhem Land
Today I caught a croc. I reached into the depths of its dark home, grabbed it under its neck and reefed it out wrestling with its thrashing tail on the way out. You can’t come […]
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