Jeremiah and Lisseth Berman developed their love for hospitality through their own international travels. They got married in Lisseth’s homeland, Peru, where Jeremiah lived for three years right out of high school. 6 months after getting married Jeremiah and Lisseth moved to Portsmouth, NH, where Jeremiah grew up, where they pursued “traditional” careers of web design and engineering. After a few years they began to realize that spending their lives sitting behind desks was not for them. They were looking for more meaning from their work and lives. This desire to be more engaged in life is what inspired them to start their volunteer organization, Abroaden, with the mission to inspire other people to take an active part in the world around them. Abroaden facilitates international experiences where participants can create positive change in areas of need and learn of the similarities that unite all of the world’s people. Through their work with Abroaden they began to realize how much international travel can broaden one’s perspective. Therefore, they decided to sell all their belongings and booked one-way tickets to Europe. With nothing but their suitcase and their puppy named Paco, they wandered about Europe without an itinerary, landing wherever the wind blew them and trusting fate to guide their way. Their lodging while in Europe was only Airbnbs. Throughout this experience, they stayed in dozens of homes, met hundreds of people, and began to understand what hospitality was all about. They are both natural-born entrepreneurs who love the hospitality industry, so it didn’t take them long to decide that their dream was to own a hospitality business. For Jeremiah, the location was a slam-dunk decision. The Mt. Washington Valley was his playground from youth, as this is where his family spent their vacations. So 3 months after landing back in the US, Birch Hospitality was born. Currently managing multiple properties, they live their dream every day serving others!