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
What can we learn from regret?
I get a lot of positive feedback from the subscribers of our travel blog in regards to my weekly newsletter. It’s not a newsletter just recapping the blog posts we’ve written for the week, but […]
Just start strong
The Olympic Games are in full throttle and creating many magical moments. I’m watching friends on Snapchat having a fantastic time in Rio and I’m reminded of the wonderful buzz that surrounds an Olympic event. […]
When social media steals away travel moments and memories
I’ve been having a lot of conversations lately online, on TV interviews, and in person about the effects social media, in particular viewing the world through your lens, has on your in-the-moment experiences. The growing […]
How travel affects our children’s health and wellbeing
In partnership with Westin Hotels and Resorts Health and well-being incorporates so much more than just exercise and a good diet. In that definition, we forget the importance of a sense of purpose, connectedness to […]
Living Without a Car
We’ve been car-less now for about four months. Our partnership with Ford ended after our road trip around Australia and we then faced a decision – buy another car or embrace life without one for […]
Without Travel I Die a Little More Each Day
It creeps up on me, a slow moving death. I don’t even realise it’s there until I feel crushed, suffocated, and like I’m living in a black void where nothing makes sense. My friend and […]
Recording Your Kids’ Australia Road Trip Memories
Before we left on our Australia road trip, our friend Linda from Journey Jottings gave Kalyra and Savannah a gift. A set of her postcards, journals and maps to help them record their travel memories. […]
A Tribute to Wayne Dyer
There are many people in my life who I’ve turned to for guidance to make sense of life’s journey and how to best deal with its ups and downs. I treasure their wisdom and how […]
How we enjoy life to the fullest NOW. A WTF Moment.
It was the last sentence of the comment on an interview we did in our local newspaper about our trip around Australia that got me. Like a balloon suddenly losing its belly I was struck […]
Dealing with guilt? Stop living a life of shoulds and shouldn’ts
My wastepaper basket was filled with scrunched up and scribbled on pieces of paper as I tried to write this post several months ago. After 6,000 words, it was still not feeling right, so I […]
The ONLY Luxury You Have – Use It Well Before It’s Too Late
Time. I’ve been thinking about how precious it is lately. Shame it’s something we have to think about, rather than just know its truth with every breath. I’m in my home office racing through my […]
Are You Brave If You Travel?
In true media fashion, the headline was written to evoke curiosity and set the stage for the upcoming segment on family travel around Australia. Most families don’t decide to take off for an 18-month road […]