Job title: Vice President of Program Development
Worked at Holbrook Travel since: April 1998
Born: Ankara, Turkey
Pelin has a bachelor's degree in city & regional planning from Middle East Technical University in Turkey and a masters degree in recreation, parks & tourism from the University of Florida. She says she would like to go to Churchill, Canada to see the polar bears, but she doesn't have a favorite place to go because she thinks every place is beautiful and she can never choose. Her hobbies include photography and any Gators sporting event. If she were an animal, she would be a condor, because she'd love to fly that high and soar the skies.
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Holbrook's 2026 Calendar
Each year, we ask our travelers to submit their favorite photos from their journeys with us for a chance to be featured in our annual calendar. This year, as always, we had many great submissions, and
Photo of the Month: January 2026
This adventure to Torres del Paine had been a bucket list item for many, many years! Now was my time for my “latitude adjustment.” There was beauty at every turn we made!
Photo of the Month: December 2025
Above: The critically endangered Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus) is a magnificent species native to the rainforests of Central and South America. These macaws heavily rely on the mountain almond tree
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