Grateful to my family

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 […]

This month’s gratitude email is a special one. We’re midway in our celebratory year, the one marking 10 years since we started Beyond Dracula with the idea to show Romania to travelers who wanted to discover it. This idea was simple enough that without any experience in the travel industry and none building and running a business, […]