10 Years Anniversary

Each month you got a gratitude newsletter because building a company is not a one woman’s job. You can read them all here. From my business partners, to you, our team, guides and partners, to those who took a chance on us when we were new, to my family and everyone else who, in some […]

Celebrating 10 years of Beyond Dracula, is special because, during this period, not only did I create the company, but I also built a family.  You could say my 30s were about creating families: at home, at work, around Romania. I got married in 2014, had my daughter Magdalena in 2016, and my son Tudor in […]

This is an excerpt from our weekly newsletter: This month’s gratitude email is dedicated to people in my life who played a role so that I can study, work and be where I am today. I’ll start with my parents.  You see, my parents dreamt of discovering the world but they couldn’t because of communism. After the […]

In a world in which you can be anything, be a Wendy. Or a George. In this month’s gratitude email, I want to thank Wendy Perrin for being open to have us on her WOW List and for sending over travelers to test me as a TTE (Trusted Travel Expert). You see, not everyone showed us the same kind […]

If you have been reading my newsletters for a while, you know they are about Romania. Stories, insights, news. You also know that offering a destination for which there is no demand is quite a challenge, but to keep myself sane and motivated, I see it as an opportunity.  Something else that drives us all […]

The other day, we got this beautiful feedback from a couple who did a cruise extension with us in Transylvania. “Our favorite part of the trip was the post-cruise time in Romania. It is such a diverse, welcoming, thriving and fascinating country. Our guide, Alex, served as our driver as well as guide the entire […]