As company falls victim to Covid-19, travellers reflect on joy of experienced people helping to book holidays'We knew they were experts': STA Travel clients and staff look backNews that STA Travel has become the latest to fall victim to the Covid-19 pandemic has sparked an outpouring of sadness and nostalgia from former customers and staff. STA Travel, founded by two Australian backpackers in Melbourne in 1979, originally stood for Student Travel Australia, but it branched out to a wider customer base and rebranded itself to become Start the Adventure. “I was at Birmingham University from 1994 to 1997 and we had an STA travel on campus. I remember going and just gazing at the options as a sort of escapism from student life. “I don’t remember actually thinking there was any other way to travel as a student other than with STA.

Source: The Guardian August 22, 2020 12:22 UTC