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Hi, I’m Jen

I’m a traveller and online content creator from England. Although I’m English I have actually lived more outside of England than in it. I grew up in a town near Amsterdam in The Netherlands where I attended International Schools so I’ve always been very influenced by other cultures and languages around me. Being in a class with students from over 30 different countries has that effect on you. Another big influence for me growing up was my amazing grandfather who traveled around the world, from Antarctica to Australia he was always off on an adventure or sailing his yacht to faraway lands. I used to sit on his knee and listen to his travel stories with my mouth open in amazement & he definitely sparked my love for all things travel from a very young age.

After travelling to Turkey for a Summer job in 2007, I met my now husband and moved to a seaside resort on the Aegean coast of Turkey. In 2011 I bought an iPhone 3GS, downloaded an app called Instagram and documented my travels around Turkey, editing & uploading them to Instagram.

These days pretty much everyone sells their presets on Instagram, but we were the very first people to do that in the form of an editing app. My Husband is an app developer so in 2012 he created Deluxe FX app for editing your travel photos on the go. We turned Instagram into a full time job then and started to work with hotels, brands and tourism boards around the world to showcase amazing destinations and countries.

a few of my favourite things

FavoUrite COUNTRY

Colombia, Jordan, Seychelles

FAVOURITE CITIES

London, Amsterdam, Istanbul

TRAVEL MUST-HAVE

Airtag, headphones, book

FAVOURITE MOVIE

Grease

My guilty pleasure

Prawn cocktails crisps

Favorite ColoUr

Pink, yellow & blue

On repeat

Mariah Carey, always.

Currently Binging

Ted Lasso

My most asked Questions…

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

I’m English! I was born in Essex, grew up in The Netherlands, moved to Turkey and now home is back in the beautiful countryside of West Sussex on the South Coast of England.

WHAT CAMERA DO YOU USE?

A Sony a74 and a Sony a7c for all of my photos and some of my videos. I also my iPhone 15 pro for 99% of my video content as thats the one I always have with me!

WHAT DO YOU EDIT YOUR PHOTOS WITH?

I use Lightroom and my own ‘izkiz’ app which is available on the Apple App Store. It has filters and overlays perfect for all your travel photos.

WHAT DOES IZKIZ MEAN?

When I started instagram in 2011 I wanted a short, catchy name. It’s random but ‘iz’ comes from the first 2 letters of the city in Turkey that I was living in & ‘Kiz’ meaning girl in Turkish.

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ON INSTAGRAM

@IZKIZ

I think I found the prettiest island in Greece 🇬🇷 I think I found the prettiest island in Greece 🇬🇷

Symi feels like someone turned the saturation up in real life… pastel neoclassical houses stacked around the harbour, little fishing boats bobbing on ridiculously blue water, hidden coves and long lunches by the sea.

It’s colourful, charming and somehow still has that slow little-island feeling I love.

Symi had been on my list forever, and last year I finally got to tick it off… now I can’t stop coming back. 💙

Add it to your list if you haven’t been already. 

Symi Greece | Greek islands | Dodecanese islands | Symi island | Greek island hopping | Greece travel | Symi harbour | Greek Summer #Symi #Greece
Türkiye in October just hits different 🇹🇷 Still w Türkiye in October just hits different 🇹🇷

Still warm enough for beach days, sea swims and long lazy lunches, but without that full-on summer rush. The light is softer, the hotels feel calmer and everything just feels a little more relaxed.

Honestly, if you’re not ready to give up on summer yet, this is such a good time to go. 💙

Türkiye in October | autumn sun | #Turkey #türkiye | beach holiday | luxury travel | Türkiye travel | October escape
Colours of the Amalfi Coast 🍋🌊 Lemon yellow, Medi Colours of the Amalfi Coast 🍋🌊

Lemon yellow, Mediterranean blue, bougainvillea pink and every shade of Positano in between.

From colourful little streets and striped beach umbrellas to boats on the bluest water and those iconic cliffside views… Italy really does summer differently.

A little postcard from one of the most beautiful corners of the world 🇮🇹

#Amalfi #Italy Amalfi Coast | Positano | Italy travel | Italian summer | Visit Italy | Amalfi Coast travel | Positano Italy | Mediterranean | Italy holiday | La Dolce Vita
The Greek island that stole my heart and made me w The Greek island that stole my heart and made me want to cancel my ferry 🩵

I’m a list keeper. I keep a list of everything in my Notes app and one of those lists is Greek islands. The ones I’ve been to, the ones I still want to visit, my favourites… and the ones I’d go back to in a heartbeat.

Folegandros has officially earned itself a very good spot on my favourite list. 💙

Folegandros is one of those places that doesn’t need to try too hard. It’s all whitewashed streets, dramatic cliffs, slow beach days and sunsets that make you forget what time it is. The kind of island you come to for a few days and immediately wish you had longer.

Things to do in Folegandros:

🌅 Walk up to the Church of Panagia for the most beautiful sunset views

🤍 Get lost in Chora, one of the prettiest villages in the Cyclades

🌊 Spend the day at Agali Beach and swim in that unreal blue water

⛵ Take a boat or hike to Katergo Beach, one of the island’s most famous beaches

🍝 Try matsata, the local handmade pasta

🏛 Wander through Kastro, the old medieval part of Chora

🚶‍♀️ Go slow, follow the little paths and let the island do its thing

Save this for your next Greek island escape.

#Greece #folegandros | Things to do in Folegandros | Greek islands | September in Greece

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