About Sherry
Founder of Atlas + Wild | International Flight Attendant | Award-Winning Author | Adventure Elopement Photographer
For 26 years, Sherry Martin Peters has lived between time zones, building dreams from airplane tray tables while flying across the globe as an international flight attendant. She has touched down in more than 60 countries, watched sunrises over continents few can name, and witnessed firsthand a global shift—from mass tourism to meaningful, emotionally resonant travel experiences.
She is the founder of Atlas + Wild, a cinematic travel discovery platform built for modern travelers who crave intentional adventures, one-of-a-kind stays, and story-worthy escapes that linger long after the passport stamp fades.
A Life Built in Motion, A Vision Built on Meaning
As a Gen X traveler who speaks fluidly to Millennials and Gen Z, Sherry stands at the crossroads of generations who value experience over excess, story over status, and authenticity over algorithms. Her worldview has been shaped from jumpseats, quiet layovers, remote mountain towns, glacial lagoons, and conversations with travelers searching for something real.
Throughout her years as an international flight attendant, she has watched travel shift from sightseeing to soul-seeking. People are no longer just looking for places to visit—they’re chasing moments that feel grounding, cinematic, and emotionally alive.
She sees today’s traveler not as a tourist, but as a seeker.
Seeker of wonder. Of reflection. Of emotional reconnection.
Of slowed-down adventure that feels grounded, cinematic, alive.
From Elopement Stories to Experience-Driven Escapes
In 2024, Sherry’s award-winning book, ELOPE: A Modern Elopement Guide for the Free-Spirited and Adventurous, won the International Impact Award and positioned her as a voice in the experience-first wedding movement. The book reframed eloping not as running away, but as choosing intention—whether that meant exchanging vows on a mountaintop via helicopter drop, vanlifing through Australia, celebrating under the Northern Lights, or soaking in quiet hot springs between adventure-filled days.
But she quickly realized something bigger was unfolding.
Couples weren’t just reimagining weddings—they were reimagining travel.
They wanted glass igloos in Iceland, treehouses deep in the Pacific Northwest, desert camps under a Saharan moon, glacier domes in Switzerland, and off-grid cabins where Wi-Fi gives way to wonder.
They wanted experiences that made them feel.
And so, Atlas + Wild was born—a curated platform where every stay has a story, every listing feels like a whispered discovery, and every adventure is designed to evoke emotion, curiosity, and connection to place.
A Curator of Wonder & A Voice in Travel Culture
Sherry is a sought-after expert for:
- Experience-driven travel trends
- The rise of curated “unique stays” & off-grid escapes
- How travel apps are evolving beyond listings into storytelling
- Millennial & Gen Z travel psychology
- Adventure elopements & meaningful intimate celebrations
- Flight attendant lifestyle
What She’s Writing Next
Sherry is currently writing Unpacked: The Beauty, Bliss & Borderline Contraband We Carry, a first-person memoir-meets-travel-culture book documenting what flight attendants really bring home from around the world—beauty products found in hidden alleyways, grocery treasures from local markets, jet lag survival remedies, emotional rituals, spiritual anchors, and the objects that help them feel human when living in flight schedules.
Sherry leads a multi-brand ecosystem that spans three websites and a travel app. Explore her sister platforms here: The Wild Love Collective and and her author website here: Sherry Martin Peters.
A Personal Ethos: Travel Should Feel Like a Story
Sherry lives in motion, grounded by purpose. She believes travel shouldn’t feel like checking a box on a list—it should feel like leaning deeper into a moment you don’t want to end. Whether she’s photographing couples on a windswept cliffside, writing at cruising altitude, or curating a new stay for Atlas + Wild, she is always guided by one philosophy:
Travel should be intentional.
It should feel like wonder.
It should read like a story you’ll tell for years.
