+27 (0)21 430 4047 support@vnltrade.com

Meet the Team

Jaco de Villiers

Head of Trade
Tel +27 (0)71 617 1619

trm@vnltrade.com

Jaco grew up in Pretoria where he schooled and studied whilst working for a large ground handler & tour operator. After completing his Bcom degree, he was transferred to Cape Town and tasked to open and run the Cape Town branch, which he did for 15 years.

Being in the trade for 23 years, Jaco was a “shoo in” for the trade relationship manager role and joined Village and Life in June 2022.

Jaco enjoys spending time with his family (especially on the beach), cooking, braaing and watching rugby.

Tarryn Wasmuth

Trade Reservations Manager
Tel +27 (0)21 430 4048

res1@vnltrade.com

Tarryn grew up in Bothasig where she attended Bosmansdam Primary and matriculated in 2005. After school she worked in the Wholesale and Retail industry 8 years. In 2013 she decided broaden her horizons and accepted a position at the WTAT as Front Desk and Reservations consultant.

On the 1st of April 2015 she joined Village n Life team in the Travel Support Centre. Tarryn is friendly, loyal, family orientated and absolutely adores animals!

She dedicates her spare time to her nieces and nephews, helping them with homework and attending school events and activities.

Juraish Ahmed

Senior Travel Consultant
Tel +27 (0) 21 437 9700

res4@vnltrade.com

Born and raised in the Southern Suburbs, from a placed called Ottery. Juraish is a football fanatic who matriculated from Fairmount Secondary School in 2012 where he spent most of his youth as a semi-professional footballer until a serious injury ruled him out to continue pursuing his dreams. He stopped playing football in 2016, and by 2017 started in the travel industry where he worked at Aquila Private Game Reserve for almost 6 years. He started as a junior consultant and gained enough experience to be promoted to a reservation’s supervisor after just 1 year. He decided to accept a position with Village n Life as a Trade Reservations Co-Ordinator in November 2022 and has since been promoted to Senior Travel Consultant.

Juraish loves spending time with his family exploring the beautiful Mother City, and has a 2 year old daughter and newborn son, who he absolutely adores and invests all his free time.

Kelsey Jeptha

Travel Consultant
Tel +27 (0) 21 437 9700

res3@vnltrade.com

Kelsey grew up in Retreat where she attended Zwaanswyk High School and matriculated in 2014. Thereafter, she decided to pursue her dreams of studying hotel management. This led to her kicking off her new career at Grand Hotel where she thrived in the industry for 5 years. With the experience gained she decided to apply for a more senior role as service manager at the Radisson group where she worked for the next year building herself to pursue her dreams. In 2023 she joined the Village N Life family where she aspires to grow and flourish amongst the beautiful scenery surrounding her.

The rest of her time she dedicates to her tiny family; her husband and beautiful daughter.