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Travel with three sisters 

13 Aug 2021

Three sisters, Lakshika, Sewwandi, and Hayeshi Hitibandara are familiar faces for many, maintaining prominent roles in the fashion and entertainment industry. However, the trio as a family are avid travel enthusiasts who create travel content for their audience on their joint venture on Instagram titled @travel_with_threesisters.  Speaking to the oldest sister Lakshika, she shared that the travel-focused page came about just before the pandemic when they realised that they as a family tend to travel often, and while they documented the wonderful times they had together, they felt that it would be fantastic content for their followers and hopefully bring a sense of vicarious reprieve, particularly during these difficult times.  Lakshika, who is a presenter by profession, would often travel to attend various events, and her sisters being models, the three of them would often co-ordinate their work appointments to coincide with each work trip doubling as a road trip for the entire family. “My husband would drive us, and it will be me and my two sisters making the trip and we would take our audience along for the ride,” she said.  The dynamic and incredibly wholesome content on the @travel_with_threesisters page has grown in popularity due to the beautiful family aspect and the fact that the sisters simply have perfect synergy, interacting with their audience as they post regularly. The trio have since started a YouTube page which has soared in popularity.  Lakshika shared that despite having posted travel content due to the pandemic they were all plagued with numerous challenges. “It came to a point where we all had to make so many sacrifices. I had a salon and several other businesses in Colombo which I had to put on hold for the time being. Same with my sisters, neither of us had any stable jobs or incomes,” she said, adding that they were facing really difficult times as their father was ill and their mother did not work and so it fell upon the three sisters to provide for the family.  “We thought to ourselves that it is up to us to step up and figure it out by ourselves” she said, and so, the three set off on their own, figuring out small businesses that could draw in an income and their efforts eventually paid off. Lakshika is currently putting her skills as a beautician to great use via her page “Lucky Beauty Tips SL”, Sewwandi has started her own business where she creates costumes under “Features Collection” and last but not least, the youngest, Hayeshi has her venture “Unique Choice” where she creates decorative slippers. Lakshika shared that “Unique Choice” has garnered so much popularity that her sister is considering hiring help to keep up with the orders.  She shared that thanks to her family’s resilience they were able to overcome what would have been the most difficult time in their lives. The trio often share their story with their audience and offer advice where they can and thereby creating a strong bond between creator and audience.  Lakshika shared that they hope to grow in strength as time goes on and eventually when things calm down and it is safe to travel once again they hope to continue in creating travel content and possibly tick off more beautiful destinations all over the island.  Instagram: @travel_with_threesisters  YouTube: Travel with three sisters  


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