Why Explora Journeys Redefined Luxury Cruising for Me Some birthdays call for a party. This one called for the Mediterranean, seven ports, a private cocktail celebration surrounded by the people I love, and a ship that felt more like an intimate boutique hotel than anything I’d experienced at sea before. I had the delight of […]

Why Explora Journeys Redefined Luxury Cruising for Me Some birthdays call for a party. This one called for the Mediterranean, seven ports, a private cocktail celebration surrounded by the people I love, and a ship that felt more like an intimate boutique hotel than anything I’d experienced at sea before. I had the delight of […]

A Journey Through Maui & the Big Island I just returned from an immersive research trip in Maui and the Big Island— touring 17 resorts , exploring Kaʻanapali, Kapalua, Wailea, and Hawai‘i Island itself. I went in with a clear lens: sustainability, community connection, and meaningful local immersion. What I found was not just luxury, but a deeper story […]

How we Travel for Good This past month, I had the privilege of attending the inaugural Virtuoso Sustainable Impact Summit held in Lake Louise, in the heart of Banff National Park. The turquoise waters and stunning mountains did not just provide breath-taking scenery, but also an important reminder of what’s at stake when we talk about mindful travel […]

How we Travel for Good This past month, I had the privilege of attending the inaugural Virtuoso Sustainable Impact Summit held in Lake Louise, in the heart of Banff National Park. The turquoise waters and stunning mountains did not just provide breath-taking scenery, but also an important reminder of what’s at stake when we talk about mindful travel […]

How do we support the places we love when a crisis hits? It is peak foliage peeping season and one of my favorite places in the past to peep has been in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina. In fact, I have sent clients there to visit and experience all that […]

This year I returned to Virtuoso Travel Week in Vegas for a deep dive on Luxury travel, redefined. As you may already know, Virtuoso travel week brings together more than 2,000 hotels, resorts, tour operators, and more – all in the name of helping advisors like myself to provide one-of-a-kind travel experiences are for my […]

This year I returned to Virtuoso Travel Week in Vegas for a deep dive on Luxury travel, redefined. As you may already know, Virtuoso travel week brings together more than 2,000 hotels, resorts, tour operators, and more – all in the name of helping advisors like myself to provide one-of-a-kind travel experiences are for my […]

Imagine waking up to the sounds of the jungle, with the mist rising off the water and the calls of tropical birds filling the air…. I recently had the opportunity to meander along the Marañon and Amazon Rivers in the Peruvian Amazon on a luxury river cruise with Aqua Expeditions. It had long been on […]

Imagine waking up to the sounds of the jungle, with the mist rising off the water and the calls of tropical birds filling the air…. I recently had the opportunity to meander along the Marañon and Amazon Rivers in the Peruvian Amazon on a luxury river cruise with Aqua Expeditions. It had long been on […]