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Travel Design Co.

Name: Travel Design Co.
Address: New Orleans, LA, US
Telephone: +15049208279
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Travel Design Co. is an award-winning travel agency focusing on luxury independent and group travel. This is not your average travel agency... Travel Design Co.

My goal as your vacation designer is to craft an unforgettable itinerary from start to finish that will create the trip of a lifetime. Custom itinerary planning, attention to detail, open and honest communication, and a quality vacation experience (not to mention a complimentary room upgrade, resort credits, exclusive Signature amenities- where available) are all things that I promise to give you in designing your hassle-free vacation! belongs to the Signature Travel Network which is made up of the top travel agencies in the nation; our affiliation with this prestigious organization truly puts us in the category of being the best among the very best. Through membership in Signature, I have personal relationships all over the world which translates into privileges, access, perks and services for my clients. Ongoing training and certifications include:
The Travel Institute, Certified Travel Advisor
Disney's College of Knowledge
Norwegian Cruise Line
Oceania Cruises
AMA Waterways
Crystal Cruises
Royal Caribbean International University of WOW

Contact me today to get started designing your ultimate vacation experience!

* Travel Design Co. has been designated by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as an "Authorized Disney Vacation Planner", based on its strong support in selling Disney vacations. Lauren Cardinale, CTA has received extensive training on Disney Destinations theme parks, resorts, cruises, vacation packages and more, and can provide the utmost in professional assistance in planning customized Disney vacations.

10/31/2026

Croatia keeps landing on client wish lists, and honestly, this footage explains it better than we can.

More than a thousand islands along the Adriatic. Medieval walled towns like Dubrovnik and Korčula. Waterfalls stacked through the national parks, and an entire peninsula, Istria, devoted to truffles and w**e. Our favorite way to do it all is by sea, on a crewed yacht for the week, dropping anchor wherever looks best at lunchtime.

Advisor tip: June and September are the smart months, with warm swimming, open tables, and a fraction of the August crowds.

Ready for the Adriatic? Get in touch to learn more!

10/29/2026

The biggest shift in how our clients book right now: the why comes before the where.

Purpose-first travel, some are calling them whycations, starts with the reason instead of the destination. Celebrating a milestone. Learning something real, like cooking in Oaxaca or sailing in Croatia. Getting three generations around one table. Marking a recovery, a retirement, a new chapter. The place gets chosen because it serves the purpose, not the other way around.

Honestly, these are our favorite requests. Tell us the why, and we'll handle everything after it.

10/28/2026

Which cruise line do we recommend to people who plan entire trips around meals? Easy answer.

Oceania built its identity on food. On its newest ships, there is one chef for every ten guests, specialty restaurants come at no extra charge, and a hands-on Culinary Center lets you cook your way across the itinerary with classes at sea. The newest ship, Allura, joined the fleet last summer, complete with a made-to-order crêperie and a glass-walled library we'd happily move into.

Mediterranean, Caribbean, or somewhere farther? Tell us the region, and we'll match you to the right sailing.

10/27/2026

Unpopular opinion from people who plan travel for a living: your itinerary is probably too full.

The trips clients rave about years later are rarely the ones with the most stops. They're the ones with margin. One hotel for five nights instead of three hotels in six. An afternoon with nothing scheduled. Going back to the café you loved instead of hunting down a new one.

So when we build itineraries, we protect white space on purpose. Fewer transfers, longer stays, and room for the trip to surprise you. It takes discipline to leave things out. That's part of what you hire us for.

If your last vacation needed a vacation, let's do the next one differently.

10/26/2026

Three signs it's time to work with a travel advisor:

1. You have 27 tabs open and less clarity than when you started. Endless reviews contradict each other. We've been to these places and can tell you in one call what actually fits.

2. The trip matters. Honeymoon, big anniversary, a once-in-a-lifetime destination. When the stakes are high, guesswork gets expensive, and a wrong hotel choice can't be refunded in memories.

3. You're the one who plans everything for everyone, and you'd like to actually be on this vacation instead of running it.

Sound familiar? Send us a message and see the difference on the very first trip.

10/25/2026

Our shortlist of the world's most iconic wildlife experiences. All bookable, all better in person.

The Great Migration in Tanzania and Kenya, timed to the Mara River crossings. Mountain gorillas in Rwanda, an hour face-to-face that clients call life-changing. Bengal tigers in India's national parks. Elephants crossing the water in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Polar bears on the tundra in Churchill, Canada. Penguin colonies by the hundred thousand in Antarctica.

Every one of these is seasonal, and the best camps, permits, and guides go a year or more out. The earlier you raise your hand, the better your odds of the sighting you came for.

Which one is on your list? Tell us in the comments or send us a message.

10/24/2026

Here's a fun seasonal flip. While we rake leaves, New Zealand is heading into spring, and its lodge season is just beginning.

Blanket Bay tops our list every time. The lodge looks across Lake Wakatipu to the Humboldt Mountains, scenery so cinematic the valleys nearby stood in for Middle-earth on screen, and Queenstown's restaurants and w**eries are only 45 minutes away.

The itinerary here runs on helicopters and rivers. Heli-fishing on water no road reaches, flyovers of Milford Sound, w**e tasting in Central Otago, or nothing at all in the great stone-and-timber lodge room with a fire going.

New Zealand takes long lead times, and planning now means the trip of a lifetime next year. Reach out!

10/23/2026

Big news for train lovers. England and Wales finally have their first luxury sleeper train, and it was worth the wait.

The Britannic Explorer, Belmond's newest train, departs London on three-night journeys through Cornwall, Wales, or the Lake District, with just 18 suites on board.

On board you'll find a botanical bar in the observation car and, the part nobody expects, a wellness suite offering treatments while the countryside rolls past. Step off the train for coastal hikes, wild swims in the Lakes, and private gallery dinners.

The dining is reason enough to book. Menus come from Simon Rogan, the chef behind three-Michelin-star L'Enclume.

Advisor tip: the routes are scheduled back-to-back, so you can chain Cornwall into Wales for one week covering two very different Britains. Cabins are limited, so let's talk timing.

10/22/2026

This is what October is supposed to look like.

Golden fields, a ridgeline in full color, wood smoke drifting between the cabins. Wildflower Farms, Auberge's retreat in New York's Hudson Valley, delivers all of it about 90 minutes from the city.

The 140-acre working farm spreads out below the Shawangunk Ridge, with 65 freestanding cabins and cottages designed to frame the view, and Travel + Leisure readers just voted it the #1 hotel in New York State, with a Michelin Key to go with it.

In fall, the whole property leans into the season with harvest dinners, hikes through the Gunks in full color, bonfires, c***r, and mornings cold enough to justify the fireplace.

Fall weekends here disappear quickly. Message us before they do.

10/22/2026

Want a noticeably better trip? Tell your advisor these five things up front.

Your pace: packed days or slow starts. There's no wrong answer, but there's definitely a wrong itinerary for each.

How much food matters: is dinner the main event of the day or just fuel between sights?

What went wrong on a past trip. This one is gold. One story about a hotel that missed tells us more than any wish list.

Your room priorities: the view, the bathtub, the quiet, the space. Ranked honestly.

And the one moment you're hoping for. A sunrise, a table, a reunion, a first. We build backward from that.

Honest answers in, better trip out. It really is that direct. Save this for your next planning call with us.

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New Orleans, LA

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+15049208279

Website

http://TravelDesignCo.com/

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