GRIOTS REPUBLIC - An Urban Black Travel Magazine - June 2016

01 DEIDRE
MATHIS
TRAVELER PROFILE
Budget traveler, author and entrepreneur, Deidre
Mathis, recently filed with the state of Texas to open
a hostel in the Houston area in Fall 2017. Her hostel,
Wanderlust Houston, will offer its guests an authentic
Houston experience, safe, clean facilities, organized
day tours, and more! In opening the hostel, Deidre is
slated to become the first African-American female
hostel owner in the United States.
Having traveled to over 31 countries spanning 6
continents and staying in over 50 hostels, she says
hostelling has played a big part in her saving money
during her travels. She also notes that not only is staying
in hostels a great option to save money, but it is also
a great way to meet people from all over the world.
Deidre was inspired to open a hostel in the Houston
area because she believes Houston is a great hub for
international travelers and a popular destination for
domestic travelers.
Deidre’s love of travel, her hostel ambitions and her
travel budget book, Wanderlust: For the Young, Broke
Professional has lead her to have been featured twice
in Black Enterprise Magazine and highlighted as a USA
TODAY’s Modern Woman. She has spoken at events
such as the Women’s Travel Fest Conference and
Women in Travel Summit. She has also been a keynote
speaker at many different colleges/universities and
has appeared as a budget travel expert guest on Great
Day Houston, First Coast Living, and WBTV CBS where
she has discussed budget travel tips and shared her
very inspirational story with the viewers of the morning
shows.
From Press release ““Wanderlust Houston: A Houston Hostel, LLC”
Edited for length and brevity.