Black Dog Luxury Travel

11/06/2026

Puerto Rico, the Caribbean’s island of enchantment, offers a world of opportunity for nature lovers. Just beyond San Juan, travelers can trek through dense jungle, swim in bioluminescent bays, and boat to remote beaches on uninhabited islets. 🌊🌿

Find your escape, then let’s connect to plan your island getaway:

📷: Getty Images

Seek out rainforests, swimming holes, and cays.

09/06/2026

Monaco’s summer energy is unlike anywhere else on the Riviera. 🏎️🛥️🇲🇨

With Formula 1 engines echoing through Monte-Carlo and champagne afternoons beside yacht-lined marinas, the principality knows how to shine.

Read more on how to experience Monaco at its most glamorous, then reach out to start planning your dream getaway ➡️ https://virtuoso.com/advisor/paulaprickett/travel/destinations/europe/Monaco

04/06/2026

Along Lake Atitlán, each village brings Maya heritage to life through language, textiles, and ancestral flavors, all set against breathtaking views of the surrounding volcanoes. 🌋 🌄

Read more, then reach out to plan a trip that pairs lakeside adventure with meaningful cultural encounters.

📷: Luis García

Luxury tours of Central America’s deepest lake visit bastions of Indigenous heritage in villages including San Pedro, San Juan, Santa Catarina Palopó, and Santiago Atitlán.

02/06/2026

In Ecuador, luxury travel is helping protect some of the world’s most extraordinary ecosystems. At Mashpi Lodge, guests can support cloud forest restoration efforts, while Galápagos voyages aboard the National Geographic Delfina contribute to projects bringing giant tortoises back to Floreana Island. 🌎✨

Read more about the journeys featured on Virtuoso’s 2026 Impact List, then let’s plan your trip.

The best trips are more than just a great time – they also do good. Virtuoso’s 2026 Impact List celebrates travel experiences that make a positive impact in the world.

01/06/2026

We all use AI almost every day.

It’s an incredible tool.
I use it in my business.

But I don’t use it to build my client's trips.

I’ve had AI tell me a hotel doesn’t exist…
while I literally had clients booked there.

I've had AI tell me that an activity wasn't possible. when I know for a fact that it is possiblle and all the details about it.

One client sent me a train schedule that they found with AI and asked me to book it for them. But those of us in the know, the humans booking trains on a regular basis, knew about the accident that happened a couple of months ago and they haven't done the repairs to start running trains on that route yet.

Travel is personal.
Which is exactly why I still believe human experience matters when planning it. Some things still deserve a human touch.

28/05/2026

Travel should feel easier than this.

If you’re spending five figures on a vacation but still managing airport transfers, chasing confirmations, and wondering who to call when something goes sideways…

That’s not a true vacation.
That’s admin work in a prettier setting.

The best vacations feel like they were built around you from the start. No guessing. No generic options. No extra work on your end.

That is the difference.

Let’s design the trip you don’t have to manage

28/05/2026

Set on a reimagined sheep farm turned luxury lodge, Eleven Deplar Farm is made for travelers who want big days and beautiful nights, featuring puffin-filled cliffs and heli-accessed adventures. 🏔️🍷

Read the five reasons this off-grid escape is worth a visit, then reach out to plan your adventure in Iceland’s north.

27/05/2026

I don’t think vacations should look copied and pasted.

Not everyone wants the same beach.
Not everyone wants the same itinerary.

And honestly?
Some of the most interesting people I know are tired of taking the same trip everyone else is taking. They want something personal. Something that is just theirs.

Your vacation should feel like it belongs to your life.
Not someone else’s Instagram feed.

26/05/2026

Puerto Rico’s cocina criolla is all about comfort, culture, and bold flavor. Rooted in Taíno, Spanish, and African influences, the island’s Creole cuisine tells its story one bold bite at a time 🌴🍽️

Read more below, then let’s plan a journey where food, culture, and beach days go hand in hand.

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24/05/2026

I’ve been thinking about him a lot lately.

And randomly, one of the memories that came back was a cocktail class we took in the Algarve years ago. Just before he passed unexpectedly. 

Not some huge milestone moment. Not a fancy dinner. Not even the hotel. (although it was great) 

Just the two of us at a bar in Portugal while someone taught us how to make cocktails we absolutely never made again once we got home.

I remember laughing.I remember the way the room felt late at night.I remember thinking life felt really full in that moment.

Funny the things that stay with you.

Sometimes it’s not the “biggest” part of the trip.

It’s the random Tuesday night in another country that quietly becomes part of your life forever.

I think that’s why I care so much about helping people take the trip now instead of “someday.”