Heather Arbour
Heather is the co-founder of Arbours Abroad and a full-time travel writer with over ten years of travel experience across 39 countries. She’s lived in five different countries, and traveled by van in the United Kingdom and Europe for two and a half years. Heather and her husband currently live in a van with their cat, Georgie, traveling and finding nature escapes all over the western United States while sneaking in trips abroad when they can.
Where Heather’s Work Has Been Featured
Heather is an award-winning travel blogger, winning two travel blog awards with LUXLife Magazine, The Best Husband and Wife Travel and Lifestyle Blog 2024, and The Best Local Travel Blog 2023 Western USA.
Her work has been featured on MSN and she’s guest-posted for multiple high-end travel websites.
Heather’s writing has been seen in brand deals and partnerships with multiple companies, but most notably, Kuhl, Westin Hotels, Avalanche, and Finca 18. Learn more about Heather Arbour on the ArboursAbroad About Us Page.
If you would like to work with Heather, please reach out via the Work With Us Page.
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Heather’s Expertise
Heather studied education in college, receiving her degree from Western Oregon University in Education, gaining her Oregon teaching license with an ESOL certificate and focus in mathematics.
While earning her degree, Heather did a three-month teaching internship in Africa, gaining a greater perspective of life outside of the United States. This internship fueled Heather’s desire to combine her teaching with travel. At that point, it was unknown how.
Once she started traveling with her husband in 2014, a blog, originally created to inform family and friends of a United States Road Trip and a journey backpacking through South America, turned into ArboursAbroad LLC — a company designed to help people live life differently.
In over a decade of nearly non-stop travel, Heather has visited 39 different countries, calling five of them home, and has seen nearly 40/50 of the United States!
A few photos of Heather and Her Favorite Things
My favorite things in this world
- Sharing slow meals with friends and family
- Intentional conversations
- Coffee mornings with my husband
- Writing and creating with a drink in hand — craft beer, whisky, wine — you get the idea 😉
- Food … yeah, all food — even brussel sprouts and haggis!
- Being outdoors in the Lord’s Creation
