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Former flight attendant can't get travel off her mind, starts sustainable business

Travel business takes off

Leesa Beeson was stuck on the ground, so she decided to make a new business take flight.

The flight attendant got planted firmly on Earth due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and she was missing travel immensely. Wanting to do something related to travel, the 14-year flight attendant veteran started up a new business called WanderlustStuff. It is a curated e-commerce business “that serves travel-lovers with a world conscious approach,” according to a press release.

Her website sells travel products by independent makers that are either sustainably made, use ethically sourced materials, provide wages to artisans in developing countries or donate back to earth or charity.

“In my flight career I learned many ways to travel easier and always look for that in products, but I also saw independent makers creating really unique items that were doing good things in the world,” Beeson said. “I felt if I could connect the makers and their products to the world and travel lover it would be a small step towards thoughtful purchasing, and could possibly nurture appreciation for the world we are very fortunate to live in.”

Some of the products found on WanderlustStuff include handmade Moroccan weekender bags of natural leather and recycled Moroccan carpets, Canadian-made bags created from seatbelts pulled from junkyards, canvas bags created from upcycled military tents and intricate, hand-beaded totes from India created with sustainable materials and employing more than 700 people in nearby villages.

WanderlustStuff can be found online here.



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