A TRAVEL AGENCY FOR SPORTSMEN AND OUTDOORSMEN
TWG.TRAVEL is a travel agency for hunters and sportsmen traveling internationally with their firearms and/or ammo. Our services are available to clients nationwide from our headquarters in Dallas, Texas, and have been for more than seven years. Our owner, however, has been in this business for more than 30 years, and knows every rule and regulation associated with hunting abroad.
A Brief History
In 1969 job opportunities moved Steve’s family to the coal mines of Natal, South Africa. Here Steve was sent to a small school called Uelzen Primary School where he learned to speak, read, and write Afrikaans and German. He completed his schooling at Wartburg-Kirchdorf High School in the Natal Midlands, just outside Pietermaritzburg. By this time, the family had moved to Swakopmund, Namibia.
After completing his schooling, all Steve wanted to do was travel. He worked for a year at Rossing Uranium Mine outside of Swakopmund, and saved up enough for a two month vacation in Europe. It was here that his love for travel flourished. Prior to leaving for this trip to Europe, he applied to work as a travel agent at the local travel agency, Woker Freight Services. His manager and mentor, Elke Gruttemeyer, taught him all the basics. It was apparent that Steve had a natural flair for the industry. He worked at Worker Freight Services on the travel agency side learning as much as he could for the next three years.
After a stint studing marketing at at college in Cape Town he went back into the travel industry working for American Express Travel in both corporate and leisure travel. He left the travel agency indusrty for 2 years to work on a new South African cruise liner operated by Safleisure.