About

Our Mission

We want you to make the most of your time abroad. There are so many places you’ve GTG– from class, to exploring your home city, to weekend travel, it’s exhausting to be perpetually planning your next move. We’re here to simplify this process so that you can spend less time sorting through “abroad guides” and more time making incredible memories.

We’ve gone through all the recommendations circulated amongst abroad students to make GTG Abroad, a website that provides tailored recommendations for each city, weekend itineraries, and more. No more panicked texts to your mom asking where you should eat in Paris tomorrow. No more frantic web searches for which museums are actually worth it in London. No more showing up at midnight to the club in Barcelona only to learn that people don’t go out until 2am. Everything you need is all here for you at GTG Abroad: recommendations by students for students.

The GTG Abroad Story

Hi! We’re Amy and Hollie, the moms of 2 college students who went abroad in the spring semester of 2023. While our kids were studying abroad (in Barcelona and in Milan), we accidentally found ourselves taking on the role of last-minute, unpaid travel agents when our kids asked for quick advice about upcoming weekend trips.

Sure, our kids got recommendations from their friends and from the internet, but between classes, partying, and getting some much needed rest, they often did not have the time to plan excellent trips that ensured they saw all the highlights in each city visited. After seeing their struggle, we set out to make things easier for future abroad students.

GTG Abroad is home to all the essential abroad information you need– all provided by fellow students and trusted recommenders. We have itineraries for all your weekend trips, planned by the hour, in accordance to location, with links to book all restaurants, hotels, and attractions.

Convenience is the key here. And while we were at it, we’ve also provided all the extra information you may need about each city beyond those weekend itineraries. All of this info is constantly being updated and showcased on social media by our abroad ambassadors who are posting in real time. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and TikTok! We hope you will never miss a spot you’ve GTG again.

XOXO,
Your Abroad Moms

Our Staff

Dylan Siegel - Social Media Coordinator

Dylan is a senior at the University of Florida pursuing Family, Youth, and Community Sciences with a minor in Mass Communications. She studied abroad in Florence, Italy, and absolutely fell in love with the city and traveling around Europe. Being a fitness instructor, she was eager to find the best workouts abroad and was able to share some of the best exercise experiences in Europe! Helping others is her passion, so being able to share her best recommendations and secret finds through GTG Abroad has been incredibly rewarding. Dylan brings her knowledge of and interest in social media to the GTG Abroad team to coordinate and assist with content creation. As a student who studied abroad recently, her experience is particularly useful in planning content that will best appeal to our target audience.

Dylan Zgodny - Travel Coordinator and Website Editor

Dylan is a senior at the University of Michigan studying information technology with a concentration in UX Design. After being a 2024 Spring Ambassador during her semester abroad in Madrid, Dylan wanted to continue her love for sharing her travels with others. By using her knowledge in web design, she has assisted in helping to edit and add content to the website. Dylan is passionate about blending her love for connecting and sharing her stories with others and information technology through helping to make the website more accessible to all.

Catherine Esrey - Digital Media Creator

Catherine is a senior at Duke University studying the Psychology of Media with a minor in Policy Journalism & Media Studies. Catherine is passionate about creating and planning and, in her free time, she is either creating content on social media or planning a dinner, get together, or event for her friends and family. These hobbies are what initially drove Catherine to GTG Abroad as she enjoyed being able to create content that helps students, like her, while studying abroad. As the appointed “planner” in her group, Catherine relies heavily on social media to pick the best restaurants, clubs, cities and hotels for her and her friends to visit. Last semester, Catherine studied abroad in Copenhagen and documented her experiences of where to eat, visit and explore with @GTGAbroad.

Student Ambassadors

Alana Curley (Clemson), Alexa Gingold (University of Florida), Ali Abbruzzese (Ole Miss), Allie Ehlinger (Columbia), Alyssa Margolin (Emory), Anna Setzer (UNC), Anna Williams (James Madison University), Ava Rosenberg (Wisconsin), Avery Heilbrunn (Wisconsin), Bella Flemma (Emory), Carson Roth (Penn State), Catherine Fox (Wisconsin), Charlotte Leitner (Indiana), Charlotte Levy (Indiana), Dani Eder (Cornell), Ella Fass (Indiana), Emma Aronowitz (Indiana), Hallie Lovell (University of Delaware), Hannah Weinberg (Syracuse), Helen Dehnert (UNC), Ilana Siegel (Wash U), Isabella Mandel (University of Florida), Isabella Stolberg (Ohio State), Jacqueline Presser (University of Michigan), Jordyn Hirsch (University of Colorado Boulder), Julia Hansburg (University of Miami), Karly Burlock (University of Michigan), Kate Campbell (University of Delaware), Kate Greenberg (Vanderbilt), Kate Ladenheim (Syracuse), Kati Babb (University of Colorado Boulder), Lauren Salomon (Syracuse), Leah Lavoie (San Diego State), Lila Zacks (University of Miami), Luci de la Sierra (Boston College), Maddie Gidseg (University of Michigan), Madeline Krenztman (University of Wisconsin), Meri Goldstein (University of Georgia), Molly Flicker (Wash U), Olivia Goldberg (Vanderbilt), Olivia Gray (Penn State), Paige Glavin (Providence College), Rachel Grandis (Elon), Samantha Friedman (Emory), Sami Lily (Ole Miss), Sammy Siegel (Wash U), Shayna Feldgus (Penn State), Sienna Prinzivalli (Indiana), Sofia Colucci (University of Scranton), Sophia Lippman (Cornell), Sophie Druckman (University of St. Louis), Sophie Small (University of Wisconsin), Sydney Frank (Ohio State), Sydney Weintraub (University of Michigan), Vicky Canavaggio Vega (Emory), Victoria Khaghan (NYU), Zoey Ceitlin (Penn State)

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