Carlingford Accommodation - Editor of Verge Magazine coming Up: Jeff Minthorn,

The magazine's motto is "study - work - volunteer - travel" and it focuses on traveling with a purpose. One of the magazines I picked up recently is called Verge and I felt it really stood out from the crowd of travel magazines. But I am also a voracious reader, not only am I a travel nut.

Work and volunteer abroad, once I explored their website I discovered that their primary target audience is young people who might want to take a year off university and focus on opportunities to study. The magazine is unique in that it talks a lot about learning vacations and volunteer vacations.

He has traveled extensively throughout Europe and also worked in Antarctica. He completed a degree in environmental studies and architecture and during university he took a year off and lived in Rome. He has quite an interesting background and is no stranger to travel; jeff Minthorn is one of the two founders of the magazine.

He also worked as an outdoor wilderness guide and instructor. Later he took time off work and worked as a volunteer with special needs adults. Specializing in residential renovations, he ran his own design/build company. Throughout his working life he has become involved in quite different endeavours.

About 6 months passed between that fateful conversation over coffee and the day when the first issue of Verge hit the newsstands in September of 2002. Jeff is one of those people who has successfully turned his dream into reality. And so the idea for Verge Magazine was born. Jeff and his friend Tannis sat down around 3 years ago over a cup of coffee and decided that they wanted to do something different.

And I look forward to introduce him to you, two and half years later Jeff has become an experienced publisher and editor of a unique publication.