Mark Faldmo grew up in Bountiful, Utah, and graduated from Bountiful High in 1969. He graduated from Utah State University in business administration in 1975. While at USU Mark met and married Beverly Thompson from Idaho. Beverly graduated from USU in 1973 with a degree in political science.

Mark’s entire professional career has been in the travel business. He jokes that his travel career started on his 6th birthday when his parents and family sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu, Hawaii, after his father had been asked to relocate to construct what is now Brigham Young University Hawaii. While in Hawaii, his mother fell in love with the tropical paradise and after returning home, she started a travel agency. Her agency, Faldmo Tours and Travel, specialized in escorting groups to Hawaii and other destinations worldwide. Upon graduation from Utah State, Mark and Beverly joined his parents in the travel business. Since that time, they have been involved as owners and executive officers of several different travel companies including Columbus Travel which they merged into Morris Travel, creating Morris Columbus Travel.