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Travelling Whale: a small agency with big dreams

Luxury
April Hutchinson
5 February 2021

Getting a business off the ground in the pandemic might sound a huge challenge, but the founders of Travelling Whale feel they are creating the right kind of travel brand for these strange times – one that will suit the shift in mood towards more sustainable living.

Hattie Seal and Annabel Upson (from left) with the HWDT team in Scotland

Travelling Whale aims to offer bespoke travel services and small group tours both in the UK and internationally; all of which will have an element of sustainability, whether that be a treehouse in the Welsh woodlands, or trekking to see gorillas in the Uganda. 

It is the brainchild of Hattie Seal and Annabel Upson, who met in Spain 10 years ago while on holidays, and have been friends since. Between them, they both thought there could be a way to promote a better way of living and travel that mirrored their own beliefs and finally started hatching plans in a pub garden in 2018.