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Meet The Lost Girls

We're Amanda, Holly and Jen: three friends, NYC media professionals and book authors who share a sense of wanderlust and a belief that travel is one of the best ways to break free from autopilot and get a fresh perspective on what matters most.

Our journey together began when we quit our jobs in our late 20s to embark on a yearlong round-the-world adventure. Now, more than a decade after our life changing trip, we are still close friends and have stayed true to our pact to travel together once a year for the rest of our lives -- even if it's just an overnight trip. We're a little more tethered today, but our new mission is to find real world ways to fit inspiration and adventure into our daily lives--along with kids, mortgages, jobs and partners.

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The Lost Girls Book

With their 28th birthdays looming, three friends living in New York City felt the pressure to follow the traditional path of management positions, mortgages, and marriages . . . but all craved getting lost in the world as a way to unpack the answer to this question: Is this what they want, or what they think they should want?

With the bravery that comes from having your best friends at your side, they decide to take a leap of faith and leave it all behind, quit their jobs, and begin an epic adventure. Traveling 60,000 miles around the world—from the mountains and jungles of South America to the beaches of Australia, passing through Kenya, India, Southeast Asia, and New Zealand along the way—the trio will not only find their answer to that question, but also a lifelong friendship.

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CNN Project Life

Three girls in New York City have found a way to slow it all down. They traded in the rat race for a lifestyle with a different pace.

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FOX & Friends

Many of us have had this sensation, feeling lost, not sure what to do with our lives. Well, three friends decided they would do something about that feeling.

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USA Today

“The Lost Girls” of Manhattan don’t look lost…But four years ago, Jennifer Baggett, Holly Corbett and Amanda Pressner…quit their jobs, left boyfriends behind and traveled the world for a year.

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TIME Magazine

These daughters of Eat Pray Love are giving new vogue to the female travelogue, but they also raise the question, is there such a thing as female travel?

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Travel + Leisure

I could completely relate to the life and love woes that bogged the trio down and inspired them to leave it all and find themselves...This book definitely had me itching to plan my next globe-trotting adventure with my girlfriends.

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Boston Herald

Their adventures are chronicled in a new memoir…and encourages others to view long-term travel as a path to self-discovery and life-career balance.

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Los Angeles Times

Sixty thousand miles later…Jennifer, Holly and Amanda have had the adventure of their lives.

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Budget Travel

Did their path lead them to some uncomfortable situations? Absolutely, but that’s exactly what they were searching for.

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Glamour

I’m reading the book right now and it’s giving me a major travel bug!

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National Geographic

They decided to do what most travelers only dream about: Cut and run.

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Meet The Lost Girls

After embarking on a life-changing, round-the-world journey, best friends and fellow travelers Jen, Holly, and Amanda (aka, The Lost Girls) created this site in order to share advice and inspiration for adventure travel, girlfriend getaways, family trips, and meaningful journeys at every budget. They believe that “getting lost” on a regular basis is essential for personal growth and happiness.

Jen Holly and Amanda are the authors of The Lost Girls book, featured as Travel Channel’s “Girl Getaway Gurus” and are frequently interviewed by mainstream media outlets on travel planning, career breaks, and trending destinations.

The Book

Jen, Holly and Amanda are the authors of The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World, a travel and coming-of-age memoir published by HarperCollins. The book has reprinted several times in North America and is sold in several languages around the world.

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