Meet Melanie Tucci
The Visionary Behind Travel Light

Melanie's Story

I’m Melanie, the founder of Travel Light. My passion for travel has taken me to 32 countries and my bucket list is ever-growing. I discovered the joys of hut-to-hut trekking while solo traveling in Nepal and turned into an avid hiker. At the time I had no gear and no idea what I was doing, but I fell in love with the simplicity of spending each day putting one foot in front of the other and meeting people from all around the world. Over the last decade I have enjoyed multi-day treks in Peru, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Italy, Switzerland, and France. The opportunity to experience the world’s most beautiful mountain ranges on foot combined with sleeping in a cozy bed each night is my favorite thing in the whole world!

Several years ago, to my surprise, people started asking if they could join my international hiking adventures. That is how Travel Light’s group trips were born. I curate exceptional experiences focused on outdoor adventures and connection.  I take care of the details and make sure you’re equipped with everything you need to enjoy the journey. Show up for one of my trips and I promise you’ll have the time of your life and make life-altering connections. You may even become a trekking enthusiast yourself (it's addicting).

I created the Travel Light brand to serve as an inspiration and guide to help you get outside of your comfort zone and experience the world’s beauty first hand. My heart is bursting with love for the endless marvels of this planet and I want you to find them, too. I hope that you’ll discover how strong you are and how little you need to be happy. I hope you’ll find that when you do things that are calling you even though you’re scared, you will experience magical outcomes beyond your wildest dreams.  I hope that you'll reconnect to your wild, passionate self and fall in love with being alive.  This is what travel has done for me.

What does “Travel Light” mean? One piece of advice that I always tell my clients is that the lighter your pack is, the more you will enjoy the trek. I see this as a metaphor for life. Let go of the baggage. Release stress, anxiety, and anything else that isn't serving you. Let it all go - and enjoy the ride.

Travel Light is a community of dreamers.  We are the ones who cannot settle for the ordinary; we want more out of life.  We crave adventure and connection with like-minded souls.  We want to experience all that the world has to offer and learn from each other.  We value experiences over things and seek to expand our worldview by being immersed in other cultures. We live simple yet incredibly rich lives.  We Travel Light.

I am so happy that you’re here.  If anything above resonates with you, let's connect.

Happy Trails,

Melanie