Imagine stepping off a small inflatable boat onto the Antarctic Peninsula during an Antarctica cruise. The ice crunching beneath your boots. The air so clean and so cold it feels like something your lungs have never experienced before. There is no sound except the distant call of seabirds and the soft lapping of water against […]

Seeing the northern lights in Alaska has been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. I still recall the moment it happened for me. I was standing in the wilderness outside of Fairbanks, wrapped in layers so thick I could barely move, a cup of something hot cradled in my gloved […]

Picture what is possible at a patriotic family vacation destination. It is a warm summer evening, and your family is standing on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. You are watching fireworks explode in brilliant red, white, and blue over the Lincoln Memorial. Your kids are wide-eyed. And you are thinking to yourself, this is […]

If you’ve been searching for the best ancient ruins for empty nesters, I want you to stop for just a moment and ask yourself a different question. Not where do you want to go, but how do you want to feel? Because I’ve had the privilege of walking through some of the most remarkable ancient […]

Luxury guided walks in Australia have a way of doing something that very few travel experiences can. They crack open something in you that the ordinary rhythm of life keeps sealed shut. I have been planning extraordinary trips since I opened Elite Travel Journeys in 2014. I have sent families, empty nesters, couples, and groups […]

Luxury multigenerational vacations are one of the most meaningful investments you will ever make. Not in destinations. Not in departure dates. And certainly not in airline miles. They are an investment in time. Time with the people who matter most to you. Time that, if you are honest with yourself, feels shorter and more precious […]

The most extraordinary cultural experiences for solo female travelers are not found on a highlights reel or in a glossy travel brochure. They are found on a quiet morning in a Kyoto temple garden before the crowds arrive. In the warmth of a Moroccan riad where the scent of rose water fills the air. And […]

If you have been dreaming of a vacation that gathers your whole family, grown children, parents, in-laws, and everyone in between, under one unforgettable experience, then luxury family train travel in Europe may be exactly what you have been searching for. I have spent years helping families design extraordinary journeys across Europe. And I will […]

There is something that happens to you when you swim with wild dolphins. Something that no photograph, no nature documentary, and no aquarium tank encounter can ever prepare you for. I have planned hundreds of vacations in my years as a luxury travel advisor. I have sent families to private islands, couples to remote villas […]

Group travel planning is one of the most beautiful ideas in the world. And it is one of the most deceptively complicated things you will ever attempt to do. I say that not to discourage you. But in my years of coordinating trips for families, corporate groups, best friends, and multi-generational clans spanning four generations, […]