Your travel team for Australia and New Zealand
Time To Backpack is your travel agency for Australia and New Zealand, offering personal advice in English and German. We arrange campervans in Australia and New Zealand, book tours, accommodation and transportation, and plan your route to suit your wishes, your time and your budget.
Julia Jenkins founded Time To Backpack in July 2016 and has been working in the backpacker travel business since 2011. Today, you’ll be advised by a team that knows Australia and New Zealand from their own travels.
2016
founded by Julia Jenkins
€0
is what our advice costs you
1,400+
positive reviews on Google
6
people on the team
From backpacking trip to our own agency
Julia comes from near Heilbronn in Germany. Her big goal was always Australia, and she saved up for it with a part-time job. The trip turned into a career and, eventually, her own agency.
Off to Australia
In October 2010, Julia fulfills her dream and travels to Australia with her cousin and her best friend. That same year, Ed, originally from England, also comes to Australia.
Getting into the travel business
Julia starts out in the backpacker travel business, advising travelers who want to make their travel dreams come true – just like she did.
Manager in Melbourne
Julia is promoted to manager in Melbourne.
Time To Backpack launches
Ed convinces Julia to go self-employed. The idea: travel the world and keep helping travelers at the same time. Julia plans trips from places including South Africa, Brazil and Colombia.
A team that works online
Time To Backpack has grown quickly and works exclusively online. Today, the team has six members.
No standard packages – your trip
Personally planned
Before we book anything, we want to know who you are and what matters to you. That way, as a solo backpacker you won’t end up on a tour full of couples and families – and if you’d rather sit by the campfire in the evening than party, you’ll get the right tour.
Better prices instead of fees
Our advice costs you nothing. Because we book lots of tours, accommodation and transportation, we get better prices than individual travelers. How much you save depends on the size of your package. For campervans, you pay no more than when booking directly with the rental company – and no booking fees.
From our own experience
We know the hotspots you shouldn’t miss and places hardly anyone has heard of. Many of us have traveled through Australia or New Zealand by campervan ourselves.
Support around the clock
You have a local contact 24 hours a day: for questions, for planning and for problems on the road – even if a car gets stuck.
Get to know us
Our team knows Australia and New Zealand from their own travels. Here’s a quick introduction to everyone.
Julia Jenkins
Julia has professional experience in travel across Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Southeast Asia. She loves planning a route that suits your wishes, your time and your budget.
Edmund “Ed” Jenkins
Ed is originally from England, came to Australia in 2010 and takes care of everything to do with marketing. He learned German for Julia’s sake, and in his spare time a lot revolves around soccer and golf.
Anna Kerner
Anna comes from the Southern Palatinate in Germany and has driven all the way around Australia in a campervan, followed by New Zealand. In Perth, she worked in customer service for a campervan rental company, which is why she knows campervans particularly well.
Laura Rübner
Laura comes from a small town between Leipzig and Dresden and discovered her passion for travel as an au pair in the USA. She has explored New Zealand’s North and South Islands by campervan and traveled Australia’s East Coast from Melbourne to Cairns.
Alina Vierk
Alina comes from northern Germany and spent ten months backpacking alone in Southeast Asia after finishing school. In Australia, she spent her first few months in Sydney, traveled parts of the East Coast and lived and worked in Cairns and Perth.
Anna Berkmüller
In 2019, Anna set off on a ten-month trip, including three months in a campervan on New Zealand’s North and South Islands and a road trip from Melbourne to Exmouth. She looks after our social media channels and creates content, posts and reels for our community.
What the media say about us
SBS · Radio interview (in German)
“The woman backpackers trust”
In the SBS interview, Julia talks about how she turned her hobby into her job, organizes tours for vacationers and backpackers, and even helps out when cars get stuck.
Video · Interview
Time To Backpack Interview
Julia in a video interview about Time To Backpack.
Heilbronner Stimme · Newspaper article (in German)
“Planner, problem solver, child of fortune”
The Heilbronner Stimme profiles Julia and her own backpacker agency – and how she made a lifelong dream come true in Australia.
What travelers say about us
Over 1,400 positive reviews on Google: read for yourself how travelers experienced planning their trip with us.
Let’s talk about your trip
Send us a WhatsApp message or book a short consultation. We’re also happy to answer general questions and share tips. Or start right away with our free travel planner.
Contact
Time To Backpack
2a Hill St, Wallsend, NSW 2287, Australia
Phone and WhatsApp: +61 404 693 172
Email: hi@timetobackpack.com
You can write to us any time on WhatsApp.
