Tracee Ellis Ross Talks Travel at T+L WBA Summit

Tracee Ellis Ross describes herself as a “baby of the world”—and the outline suits. She’s held a passport since delivery, accompanied her mom on world work journeys, and as soon as known as glamorous locales like Rome dwelling. Now, she’s generously sharing a couple of of her hard-earned journey insights.

“Journey’s only a common a part of my life,” Ross shared on the Journey + Leisure 2025 World’s Finest Summit in New York Metropolis. “Being on an airplane is common for me.” 

As Ross shared, on her world journeys with household, residing in Paris and later in Switzerland for varsity, she “actually realized learn how to discover dwelling inside myself,” including that journey “allowed me to see the similarities between human beings irrespective of the place we’re.”

All these journeys across the globe have served her nicely, particularly now as she kicks off her new Roku authentic collection, “Solo, Touring with Tracee Ellis Ross.” In line with Ross, who stars and govt produces the present, that is the end result of a long time of solo journey, which started together with her first solo journey at age 25, which she says, utterly reshaped her world view. 

“One thing clicked. I’m liable for my very own happiness,” Ross shared in an unique clip from the present. “A lot of what solo touring is, is about not ready for one thing with the intention to expertise my life.”

Although Ross can be trustworthy that the best way she travels is not in some willy-nilly vogue. For her, it is all concerning the tight schedule.

“I’m not the adventurer, solo traveler. That’s not what I am going touring to do,” she stated, including that she prefers calm, magnificence, and many construction. “On daily basis is full of army precision to ensure that me to do the various issues that I’ve on my plate … so the luxurious of being is de facto what journey is about for me.”

Ross additionally stated she is aware of herself nicely sufficient by no means to pack gentle and at all times be ready for no matter occurs on the street. “I pack for magnificence and catastrophe,” Ross admitted. “I’ve the medical equipment, after which I’ve all the alternatives of garments relying on whom I’d encounter.”

And whereas she might dream of romantic run-ins and has the impeccable clothes to match, she doesn’t go away logistics to likelihood, guaranteeing her bag can be full of sensible gadgets, too. “Convey your wipes, guys … convey your individual pillow, convey your medical equipment,” she stated. “Wipe that rest room sink down, wipe off that distant.”

When you’re extra more likely to run into Ross on a aircraft than you’re terra firma, simply know you may by no means catch her chowing down on no matter they’re serving for lunch at 35,000 ft. “I don’t eat on the aircraft,” she stated flatly. “You flush the bathroom, it goes, every part comes in every single place. I seen throughout the pandemic, I’m like, they put together your meals subsequent to the bathroom. Get outta right here.” As a substitute, she’s beginning to pack her meals, or, “I will simply starve on the aircraft.” 

The one factor she’s going to do, nevertheless, is chug as a lot water as doable. “I play a recreation with myself on the aircraft: how a lot water can I drink?” she joked, including, “You don’t want to sit down subsequent to me.”

As for jet lag? She’s by no means heard of it. “I don’t imagine in jet lag,” Ross stated. “My physique is the place it’s. Once I arrive at a location, I really like a shower, it settles my physique … after which I like to sit down outdoors and permit this a part of my physique to face the solar.”

Past the routines and journey hacks, Ross’s message about journey is evident: it is all about selecting your self. “The present for me is de facto about not ready to reside your life,” Ross stated. Now, the one factor we have to look forward to is the primary episode to drop on July 25.