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Your Bucket List Travel Specialist I am a travel agent specializing in European destinations and River Cruising for time starved couples and professionals.

I am passionate about creating custom, unforgettable and well planned getaways at the best possible rates. Let me help you celebrate your next relationship milestone, help you reconnect, or help you rediscover yourself through travel. I will save you precious time and make sure every detail is handled with care.

11/01/2026

“Book it” is the easy part. Behind every effortless trip is a list like this one.

Rooms, flights, and anything with limited inventory confirmed first, then the rest in an order that keeps nothing stranded if something moves.

Transfers timed to real arrival, not scheduled arrival.

Restaurant tables for the nights worth planning.

Guides matched to your interests, not just your dates.

I place upgrade and amenity requests with the hotels through my partnerships and follow up more than once.

A full itinerary with every confirmation, contact, and timing, plus the notes that matter, like which entrance to use and who to ask for at the front desk.

I monitor flights and weather while you’re away, and I keep a phone on. You hear about problems only if I couldn’t solve them first.

The booking is the start of my work, not the end of it. Send me the trip, and I’ll handle the list.

10/31/2026

How does being one of the very first guests on the Riviera's newest private island sound?

Zannier Île de Bendor opened just this May, so hardly anyone has experienced it yet. The whole island is yours to roam, seven minutes by boat from Bandol, reimagined as a completely car-free village with 93 rooms spread across three houses, each with its own personality.

Fill the days however you like. Swim off the beach cove, take a lesson at the on-site diving center, wander between eight restaurants and bars, or disappear into one of the largest spas in the region for an afternoon.

Openings like this have a short window before the word gets out. Get in touch and be early.

10/30/2026

The biggest shift in how my 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 my favorite requests. Tell me the why, and I'll handle everything after it.

10/28/2026

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.

10/28/2026

My favorite under-the-radar Mediterranean capital? Valletta. And I know exactly where you should stay.

Iniala Valletta is the only Forbes Five-Star hotel in Malta, four years running, and it just received the country's first two Michelin Keys. The hotel occupies a row of centuries-old townhouses on St. Barbara Bastion, looking straight across the Grand Harbour. Just 23 rooms, each one different, with a spa carved into the old stone vaults below.

The rooftop is the showstopper: ION Harbour by Simon Rogan, the most celebrated dining room in the country, with the harbor and the Three Cities glowing across the water at sunset. Book that table before you book your flights.

Malta squeezes 7,000 years of history into a few square miles, and this is the place to sleep in the middle of it. Let's plan it.

10/26/2026

Fun fact about planning Peru: the smartest thing you can do at 11,000 feet is pick a hotel that breathes for you.

Here's the order I recommend to clients. Land in Cusco, head straight down to the lower Sacred Valley, and save Cusco for the end of the trip once you've acclimatized. Then check into Palacio Nazarenas, where every suite is enriched with extra oxygen, and those final nights feel easy instead of breathless.

The hotel itself is a 16th-century palace-turned-convent on a peaceful plaza just above Cusco's main square. All suites, original Inca stonework running through the walls, and a heated outdoor pool that was the first of its kind in the city. Not bad for a building older than most countries.

Peru tops almost every wish list I see. Let's get yours on the calendar.

10/26/2026

Travel + Leisure readers just voted this the best resort in Europe, and I could not agree more.

Castiglion del Bosco, a Rosewood hotel on a 5,000-acre estate in Montalcino, took the top resort spot in Europe in this year's World's Best Awards with a near-perfect score. Add two Michelin stars at Ristorante Campo del Drago, three Michelin Keys, and an estate w**ery producing its own Brunello di Montalcino, and the case pretty much makes itself.

Golfers, save this part. The estate is home to the only private golf club in Italy, a Tom Weiskopf-designed 18-hole course that hotel guests can actually play. Expect Val d'Orcia views on every hole and almost no one else on the course.

Ready to experience Europe's best resort for yourself? Reach out, and I'll handle every detail.

10/24/2026

A 90-minute spa treatment, included with every single night of your stay. That's the headline at Hoi An's newest resort.

Namia River Retreat opened on its own islet in the Thu Bon River, a short boat ride or bicycle pedal from Hoi An's lantern-lit Ancient Town. All 60 villas come with private pools, a first for Hoi An, and every stay is wellness-inclusive, built around Thuốc Nam, southern Vietnam's herbal medicine tradition. There's even an apothecary where you select your own herbs before treatments.

Vietnam has become one of my most requested countries, and this is a beautiful reason why. Reach out to learn more!

10/23/2026

Marrakesh gets all the attention, and it earns it. But the Morocco my clients rave about most starts once you leave the city.

Fes holds the world's largest car-free urban area, a medieval medina where coppersmiths, weavers, and tanneries still work the way they have for centuries. It's the country's cultural heart, and most visitors never make it there.

The High Atlas delivers Berber villages, mule trails, and mountain lodges with valley views, less than two hours from Marrakesh but a world apart.

Skoura's palm oasis and the kasbah route lead toward Sahara camps where dinner happens by firelight and the stars do the entertaining.

And Essaouira gives you the Atlantic: fortified ramparts, blue fishing boats, grilled seafood straight off the boat, and that famous ocean breeze.

One country, five completely different trips. Reach out to start planning!

10/22/2026

Most Portugal trips head straight for the Algarve. My favorite itineraries go almost everywhere else.

Lisbon: the natural first stop, with hilltop viewpoints, a world-class food scene, and the fairytale palaces of Sintra a short drive away.

The Alentejo: cork forests, sprawling w**e estates, whitewashed villages, and some of the darkest night skies in Europe. This is Portugal at its slowest and most soulful.

Comporta: rice paddies running into pine-backed Atlantic beaches, barely an hour from Lisbon. The understated coast Europeans have kept to themselves for years.

The Douro Valley: terraced vineyards stacked above the river, tastings at historic quintas, and lodges with valley views that stop conversation.

Madeira: dramatic cliff walks along centuries-old levada trails, a surprisingly serious dining scene in Funchal, and spring-like weather nearly every month of the year.

Wherever Portugal takes you, I'll make sure it goes past the obvious. Let's start planning.

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