Gabi and Shanna From 27Travels Want to Help Queer Women See the World

What’s your favourite low-stakes deal with after a productive day?

Gabi: If I’m having a demanding day, I’m about to get me some actually good meals. I’m about to go get a burrito and sit and revel in my meal. That at all times makes me really feel a little bit extra zen inside. 

Shanna: Watching documentaries. I actually love studying issues. There’s this sequence on Netflix referred to as Defined, and it explains totally different, random issues. The final one we watched was about time, and the one earlier than that was about dancing or one thing. I simply love sitting down and watching a documentary and studying one thing new and being like, “Oh, my God, I by no means knew this earlier than.” 

What’s your go-to thank-you present?

Gabi: I wish to make individuals issues. So for me, a thank-you present could be making them a drawing or sending them a home made sticker. Throughout COVID, I’d simply provide you with new random tasks on a regular basis. That’s one thing I at all times do and drive Shanna loopy with. I used to be like, “I made everybody magnets. I’m mailing individuals rainbow magnets.” 

Shanna: We get a variety of stuff despatched to us from manufacturers, and typically we don’t use all of it. So a thank-you present could be one thing from what we name our free bin. So like, “Oh, my God, thanks a lot for watching our cat; right here is that this good skin-care product.” 

What’s your typical electronic mail sign-off?

Shanna: I’m the one doing all of the admin stuff as a result of Gabi hates paperwork, which is okay as a result of I truly love doing paperwork. I’m very organized. My sign-off is simply, like, “greatest.” After which I signal each of our names though it’s actually simply me answering an electronic mail.

In case you weren’t doing all of your present job proper now, what do you suppose you’d be doing?

Gabi: If we weren’t content material creators proper now, I’d most likely be doing one thing eerily comparable. I’ve at all times been an artist; I’m an expert photographer. I’m simply an all-around artist. I really feel like I’d be doing much more illustration stuff most likely, however who is aware of? I’m the form of individual that must be in a inventive area. That’s the one approach I thrive. So I’d simply be doing one thing comparable and inventive.

Shanna: I was a aggressive dancer, so I’d like to say I’d be a dancer someplace, however I don’t know if that’s truly doable. Aside from that, I most likely would nonetheless be doing video and videography work, however most likely simply for an organization versus doing it myself as a result of that’s what I used to be doing earlier than we did 27Travels.

This interview has been edited and condensed for readability. 

Christopher Rosa is the leisure editor at Glamour. Comply with him on Twitter and Instagram.