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
Is Travel Too Much of a Hassle? [why you should suck it up]
Travel can be such a hassle, especially when you travel with kids. SEe for yourself why you should suck it up and live the life you have always wanted.
Birthday celebrations: I’m 37 and living my dream life
I’m 37 and living my dream life Pinch me. Go on. I know, it’s so bloody cliché, but I always wanted to be the person that one day truly thought they were living their dreams […]
26 ways travel taught me to suck it up
Travel can present you with many challenges which force you to suck it up. It’s character building and only makes you stronger. See for yourself how I sucked it up
Why you should travel while you’re young
My heart ached a little when I read it: And then, my last day in Bali, I thrust my backside up and my head down into downward dog to start off another Vinyasa flow. I […]
Why it’s good to travel with an open mind
I want you to do something for me when you set on your grand adventure traveling around the world. I want you to take a couple of toothpicks and place them between your eyelids and […]
Arriving in a Place for the First Time
There is nothing quite like your first time. It’s a feeling that stays with you forever. That moment when you first discover something new; when your being opens up to the learning, exploring, and feelings of […]
Do I Stop the World to Get Off or Learn How to Respin it?
Have you ever wanted to reach out a foot and scrape it along the ground so you can stop the world and jump off it? Trapped in a vortex, you cannot see clearly enough what […]
Have You EVER Done This When Taking Off in an Airplane?
Take off when flying to some can be a huge roller coaster adventure. For me, it is a scary ride from hell. Take off is the part of flying I hate the most. The thoughts […]
Flying anxiety: Thoughts that Run Through My Head When Flying
Do you suffer from flying anxiety? Are you as crazy as me with the things you think about when flying? Here are the thoughts that run through my head!
My Secret Travel Fear: I’m terrified of flying
“You go. It’s better that you take the available seat because you don’t know how the system works and I’ll have to work it tomorrow to make sure Kalyra and I get on the flight. […]
I Don’t Own Anything
Yep, that is right. I’m 35, married with two children, and I don’t own a thing. Sometimes this bothers me. Really bothers me. And I feel like a giant failure who is walking a path […]
Bursting The Travel Bubble
A comment left on my teaching in Thailand post had me thinking about this little travel bubble of ours we exist in that shows us a beautiful world and life filled with joy, love, peace […]