Globe Drifters - Who we are and why we are different

About us

Have the time of your life Drifting around the Globe

Since I have been old enough to travel, I have been passionate about flying to new places and spending a few weeks wandering around. I tried to settle for a few years in California but I couldn’t get over this taste of being in different places and meeting new people. So I decided it was time to get back on the road and share this taste of travel with like-minded people.

That’s when Globe Drifters was born. Globe Drifters is not like every other tour organizer company. Since we started, 9 years ago, until today, we pride ourselves in putting the human experience at the heart of our trips. Not only do we visit the most beautiful places in the trips we organize, but most importantly, we spend quality time together, learn to know each other and create lifelong friendships.

Jodie Smith

Our Mission

Globe Drifters gives a new meaning to group travel by putting the human experience at the heart of our trips.

Meet the Team

(Founder)

Jodie Smith

Jodie was born and raised in Jupiter, FL and after spending much of her life in Florida she decided to move across the world to teach English in Asia.

After many years of traveling and teaching overseas she came back to America and decided to give California a try and settled in San Francisco. She loved San Francisco but did not like the rent prices so she decided to give up her apartment and focus on planning trips overseas and lives everywhere and nowhere.

(Travel Specialist)

Rebecca

Rebecca hails from a small town in Iowa and has been with Globe Drifters since 2016. She has a passion for languages and in addition to English, speaks French, Spanish, and Korean as well as a bit of German.

After having spent 10 years in South Korea, she re-located to Cuba for a few years, and is now back stateside. She enjoys eating, cooking, running, and schooling the unsuspecting person on the basketball court.

(Travel Specialist)

Sandy

Sandy joined the Globe Drifters team in the end of 2019 and is our cheesy french addition to the team. On the road for the past 17 years, she lived in 9 countries and speaks fluent English, Spanish, Italian and of course, French.

Currently moving between Thailand and France, planes have become her main transportation mode. No need to say that wine and cheese are part of her genes, she likes releasing her spare energy learning Muay Thai and any dance finishing with an “a”… Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba, you name it!