Speaker: Sarah Leonard
Sarah Leonard: Satisfaction of when the girls finally fell asleep in the 12 hour flight from Malaysia to Australia.
Can you tell us a little about yourself and how you found out about Juurnee?
Sarah Leonard: Hi, I'm Sarah, I'm 24, I am Australian. I was a little different, so I, I never found out about I was like, before Juurnee started, I found Rachel, she'd messaged a Facebook page, asking for help on the flight with her children, and I responded to that, and yeah, the rest of that part is history.
What made you want to become a travel companion with Juurnee?
Sarah Leonard: So I wanted to do it because mostly I just couldn't afford the flight home, so, I'd kind of gotten myself into a bad situation, with working in the UK and I wanted to leave, and I didn't really have like, the finances to go, so that was probably the main motivation for me, which I'm sure it is a lot of people because you're getting paid to travel, like, to get on the flight, and I also just, I liked the idea. Of doing it. Yeah.
Describe a typical flight when you're helping someone through Juurnee.
Sarah Leonard: It's definitely hectic. You're with people that you've, I'm assuming you've probably never met, like I'd met Rachel once, who I obviously did it with, beforehand, and her two children, I don't remember. She had a baby too. I met the baby, What was I trying to say, oh yes, and I remember we we were nearly late for the flight, which was funny, but it's a little, it's a little strange to start off with, I won't lie, but that's obviously to be expected because you're with strangers, and they're obviously putting a lot of trust in you as well to, especially with children or with elderly, like the other person is then trusting you, with a vulnerable person and to look after them. So I'm sure it's strange on both ends, but the flight was good, it was a few years ago, so I don't remember a lot, but I don't remember it being bad, I remember being busy, like it's the most I've ever had to do on a flight, usually I just sit there. And watch TV and then wish for it to be over, But yeah, I was just helping the girls, they were 4, no, they were, Yes, they were 4 and 2, and then the baby. And yeah, it was pretty good.
Can you share a moment where you felt you really made a difference for a traveller?
Sarah Leonard: I can't really think of one moment, I definitely think there were like, I can think of a few separate ones, I don't know if it felt like I made a difference per se, but I still remember like the satisfaction of when the girls finally fell asleep in the 12 hour flight from Malaysia to Australia. And then I remember looking over and Rachel was also just passed out, and I was like, so many times during that flight, like both flights, cause it was what, 10 and 12 hours, I was like, I could never imagine how she would have been able to do this on her own, like 3 young children is crazy, and the baby was not happy on the flight either, so unless she was with mum, she was crying. And yeah, it would have been like impossible, and I don't think Rachel could ever have done that on her own. Well, she definitely could have actually, because women can do anything, but it would have been very, very hard, I'm sure. So that's probably like, I think what made a difference,
