Experiential hospitality for modern connection.

Co-founder of Single Seed Stays, Jonas is an outdoor and adventure enthusiast passionate about designing, building, and managing unique and desirable stays for travelers.  Originally from the swamps of Louisiana (a DIE HARD Saints and LSU fan), he spent his youth helping manage his father’s small family farm. Today, he continues to support the farm's oversight, operations, and management. 

Prior to entering the hospitality industry, Jonas served as a Contracts Director for the Department of Defense in charge of developing, deploying, and overseeing policies, plans, programs, and procedures relating to all aspects of contract management by Federal, Department, and Organizational Regulations/Policies. He led four contract administration teams of 35+ employees spanning three states administering approximately 2,500 contracts valued at more than $21 billion.

Jonas holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL. He is a proven leader and United States Marine Corps veteran with more than 15 years of leadership and management experience in the public and private sectors.

Before pivoting to hospitality leadership, Josh served as COO of Prince of Travel, a digital media startup delivering content and services to aspirational luxury travellers. Joining as the first full-time hire and growing the team to 35+, he launched several high-ticket recurring revenue streams, built the website’s most popular features, and implemented systems and culture throughout the organization.

He has worked with titans across the travel industry, from established institutions to challengers, hosting events and forging partnerships with top airline and hotel executives.

He is passionate about disrupting broken systems with innovation, nurturing strong teams, building scalable processes, and breathing life into vision.

Josh is an avid globetrotter, part-time digital nomad, and outdoor adventurer with a wide range of tastes – you may find him trekking the Himalayas, road-tripping Central Asia, or doing a deep dive in Mexico City. A retired bartender and one-time philosophy student, he draws deep meaning from authentic connection, always reflecting on the alignment of his choices and drivers in travel, work, and life.

Trav and his wife Heather co-founded The Haven Hospitality Group, which specializes in experiential hospitality and boutique stays and has earned recognition from Condé Nast and Airbnb for having some of the top beach properties in the US.

He also hosts the Extra Pack of Peanuts podcast, one of the world’s largest travel podcasts with over 6 million downloads, and is the co-founder of Location Indie, an online community (with an adult summer camp!) which helps people leave the grind of the 9-5 behind and create a lifestyle of freedom.

An avid traveler, he’s successfully run his businesses from over 40 countries, including a beachfront bungalow in Thailand, an inn in Prague, the rice fields of Bali, and a farmhouse in Florence.

When not diving into real estate projects or chatting up the world’s foremost entrepreneurs and travelers on his podcast, you can find Trav playing with his two kids and (unsuccessfully) trying to surf.