Meet the couple who quit their jobs to make their travel dreams come true – and make a six figure salary doing it
The bloggers are inundated with big brands wanting to work with them
AFTER spending years unhappily working as a carpet cleaner, one morning Jack Morris woke up and decided that he was going to pack it all in and travel the world.
The 26-year-old from Manchester, booked a one-way ticket to Bangkok and has never looked back - especially since meeting his new blogger girlfriend, Lauren Bullen.
He told the Daily Mail Australia: “Five years ago I impulsively decided to quit my 9-5 job.”
“It was literally waking up one morning and I wanted to try something different. I flew out on my own with no plan and just wanted to see what came at me.”
Jack and his girlfriend Lauren, are incredibly popular Instagrammers and bloggers, and amazingly - earn six figure salaries from their travelling lifestyle.
As much as it is now all about beautiful locations, fancy hotels and champagne - it wasn't always like that - with jack seriously struggling to make ends meet for two years.
Things were on the up when one day, Jack decided to buy a camera and create a blog called Doyoutravel, to share his travelling experiences with the world.
He said: “I basically created it to share my experiences, it wasn't about making money. I didn’t expect to make money or for it to blow up. But that created my new career,”
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As well as getting to experience some of the most beautiful sights the world has to offer, nine months ago, Jack met Lauren and the couple fell head over heels for each other.
Jack explained: “Four years into travelling I met Lauren, which is about nine months ago.
“We were on a beach in Fiji and we pretty much hit it off straight away."
Australian Lauren Bullen, from Lennox Head in New South Wales, is a self taught photographer and runs the Gypsea Lust blog.
She writes all about travel, fashion and lifestyle while showcasing the most incredible destinations around the world.
The couple quickly found that to fans, two bloggers were better than one - and their followers grew dramatically.
Jack and Lauren have more than 2.5 million followers on Instagram, with Lauren gaining more than 700,000 and Jack more than half a million.
Jack reasoned: “I think it was because it was mixing the photography up with Lauren and people enjoy seeing a couple and it works for us.”
Brands are clambering to work with the beautiful couple who have inundated the pair with offers.
The couple have talked to global brands such as Royal Caribbean Cruises, Disney, Air NZ, AirBnb and NRMA insurance.
Lauren is so influential as a fashionista, she found she has to turn down a lot of paid work, and clothing freebies. Jack said: “She has to turn down a lot of brands, if she wouldn't wear it she won’t work with it as she tries to keep it authentic.”
The pair have been all over the world including Greece, China, Kenya, Italy and France. They have even braved the Sahara desert.
However, their joint favourite location was the ancient pillar city of Cappadocia in Turkey.
Jack can't believe the life he now leads with his beautiful girlfriend and can't imagine doing anything else.
He gushed: “It is almost a dream. Being able to do what I want every day is nice.
"It is idea, I never really expected to find someone I could share this with, so it worked out really well.”
Both Jack and Lauren are a dab hand at photography, but try to keep the images as authentic as possible.
He explained: “We try to create situations that are authentic based around what we do.
“For example, Lauren and I work up in a tree house surrounded by nature this morning and I posted it.
“Basically we are showing people what we do in a way of art. Every photo we post is real.”
Jack and Lauren aren't the only couple out there ditching the 9-5 and travelling the world, with a travel-mad British couple who have spent the last eight years going from country to country in a campervan.