“When you travel, always leave room in your luggage.”
 

Samantha founded the Ultimate Secondhand Shopping Experience in 2018 thanks to the release of Airbnb experiences (@vintagebossbabes). Her first client was a solo traveler from Chile, and the rest is history! She spent the next few years expanding her market, working with Viator/Trip Advisor, Meetup, and privately booked parties. The pandemic put a wrench in her plans – there were no tours allowed for over one year. Since the world opened again in 2022, Samantha has grown her team to three passionate members and continues to help thousands of annual visitors experience the sustainable joys of secondhand shopping in NYC. Today, the Ultimate NYC secondhand shopping tour is the #1 ranked and reviewed of its kind in all of the Big Apple. When not building the tour, Samantha is a full-time reseller and owner of vintagejewelryaddicts.com, a live sale marketplace for jewelry and accessories. She lives and breathes all things secondhand and wouldn't have it any other way! 

You can learn more about Samantha's tours by going to vintagebossbabes.com.
 

SHOW NOTES & TAKEAWAYS

• Believing in the “thrifting gods.”
• Vintage tourism.
• How she got into the reselling biz early on and how it’s evolved over the years.
• Creating thrifting experiences for a global audience through tours of New York City.
• Tales from her thrifting travels around the world.
• Exploring and touring the over 300 secondhand stores in the five boroughs.
• How her “personal shopper” guides help people on the tours find treasures.
• How she customizes her thrifting tours.
• Why Brooklyn is her favorite secondhand shopping spot in the city.