Travel stories

Home › Travel stories Real journeys. Real people. The moments your purchases create. Every trip funded by Greater Than Anything Me is documented from start to finish. These are real people experiencing the world for the first time — made possible by everyday purchases from people like you. Ocean Florida · December 2024 She saw the ocean for the first time at 54 Maria grew up hundreds of miles from any coast. Two jobs, three kids, forty years of dreaming. Our community chose her. "I didn't know water could look like that." Snow Vermont · January 2025 A grandmother sees snow at age 70 Dorothy had lived in Louisiana her entire life. Her granddaughter filmed the moment she first touched it. "It was cold and soft and I never wanted to go inside." Flight Colorado · March 2025 His first airplane ride at 63 Robert worked in a factory for 30 years. Never took a vacation. The community chose him. He cried when the wheels left the ground. "This is what freedom feels like."