One-yr-old travel influencer, with over 30K followers, earns Rs 75k a month

Team Udayavani, Oct 22, 2021, 5:10 PM IST

When you were one, what did you do? I’m guessing you’ve been sleeping, sobbing, and pooping. In 2021, however, times have changed, and babies are becoming influencers and even earning money. Briggs Darrington, who is only one year old, has become the world’s youngest travel influencer, earning USD 1,000 (about Rs 75,000) per month from sponsorships simply by travelling through the United States (US). He gets free diapers and wipes in addition to his sponsorships.

Briggs, who was born on October 14, 2020, took his first flight at the age of three weeks and has since flown more than 45 times. The kid has seen bears in Alaska, wolves in Yellowstone National Park, the Delicate Arch in Utah, and beaches in California while visiting 16 US states. His mother, Jess Darrington, manages his Instagram account @whereisbriggs, which she has been updating since he was born in October 2020. Briggs lives in Idaho Falls with his parents, Steve and Jess, who work as travel bloggers.

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Jess was quoted as saying by Daily Mail, “I had been running a blog called Part Time Tourists for a few years. But when I got pregnant with Briggs in 2020, I was really nervous that my career was over. My husband and I really wanted to make it work. So I started to look for social media accounts that talked about baby travel, I couldn’t find a single one. There’s a ton of kid travel, but nothing aimed at babies,”