HOWARD COUNTY, MD — Residents looking for help planning their next vacation can check out Transformative Travel, which is located on Main Street in Old Ellicott City.
The two owners have different paths that led them to start the travel business together. Aikta Suri left her career as a public school teacher in 2005 and journeyed to India to explore alternative forms of education. During her travels, she met her husband, Dhillon, who already owned and operated an outdoor adventure company in India. She moved from the USA to a remote village located along the buffer zone of India’s oldest tiger reserve – Jim Corbett National Park. For five years, the couple operated an ecolodge and built their mud home bordering critical tiger habitat.
Misty Dhillon happens to be an FFI certified casting instructor who is the world authority on Golden Mahseer fly fishing in the Himalayas. For more than two decades, Dhillon has worked alongside the world’s pioneers in expedition documentaries, fly fishing adventure travel and sport travel journalists to bring to the world’s attention the elusive Golden Mahseer fishery. He initiated river conservation in the home waters of the Golden Mahseer in India’s Himalayas and by living with and training India’s first generation of local fly fishing guides, Dhillon encouraged ecotourism as a regenerative resource for sustainable income in local river communities.
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Together they offer full-service travel packages that provide “meaningful travel experiences.” They also offer fly fishing lessons and adventures locally on an hourly, half day and full day basis, as well as on international adventures.
“We also offer retreat and group packages as well as family trips to international destinations. Costa Rica, India, Ireland and Bhutan have been popular over the past year,” Suri told Patch. “We love our location in Old Ellicott City. OEC is a magical place. The people in our community love to support local businesses and value meaningful experiences and connecting with the natural world.”
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The business partners also hope to make a difference in the community by supporting the people that support them.
“We support various charity fundraiser including a fight against child cancers DIPG, Patapsco’s Trails and a cocktails annual event, Trinity School fundraiser and Rods and Reels in the Park,” Suri told Patch.
For more information, visit TransformativeTravel.ltd or pop by the office weekdays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. or email them at [email protected].
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