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Specializing in Europe/Caribbean/Mexico/Hawaii, Curating trips for busy professionals. We curate a unique trip that fits your needs at no cost to you.

A modern full service travel agency that specializes in vacations/trips to the Caribbean and Mexico. Once booked, we will continue to keep you up-to-date on resort/airline/excursion tips, tricks, and updates. We will be there for you every step of the way insuring each supplier is up to the highest standards while saving you valuable time. We often have access to specials and add-ons not found when booking direct. We help with honeymoons, babymoons, destination weddings, family trips, friend and solo getaways, and all romance leisure vacations. Visit our website to tell us about your dream vacation and we can send you a quote.

10/23/2026

Where do you want to go this winter for a true winter vacation spot in Europe?❄️

If you’re still trying to figure out “where” I have a few ideas for you.

As your travel specialist, there’s a balance I’m always trying to strike between knowing where interest is actually building for travelers right now, not just where everyone has already gone in years past. And just as important, I’m watching for the places that are gaining traction but haven’t gotten overcrowded yet.

Three spots caught my attention this winter, and each one gives you a completely different kind of trip:

🏔️ The Dolomites, Italy: snow covered peaks and views that stop you in your tracks

🌌 Alta, Norway: the Northern Lights and a romance you won’t forget

⛷️ Poiana Brasov, Romania: real mountain skiing, without the real Alps price tag

Swipe through and tell me which one is speaking to you!

 

10/18/2026

Ever checked out of a European hotel and seen a charge you didn’t expect? 🧾 That’s usually the city or tourist tax, and many travelers do not realize it exists until it shows up on their bill.

Some cities collect it at the front desk 🛎️ Others build it right into your prepaid rate, so it’s quietly included in your hotel price. Either way, it’s good to know before you go!

Swipe through to see how it works in:
Barcelona 🇪🇸
Amsterdam 🇳🇱
Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Paris 🇫🇷
Brussels 🇧🇪

I’ve also including how you’ll pay it and where the money goes. 👉

None of this should keep you from these incredible cities. 💙 It’s simply one of those details I make sure my clients know about ahead of time, so checkout is easy and there are no surprises.

If you have a 2026 or 2027 trip to Europe in the works, this is exactly the kind of thing I want to make sure doesn’t surprise you.

If details like this are overwhelming and it is helpful to know these ahead of time, that is what I am here for when each of my clients are traveling to a new city. DM me if you want to ensure you are in the know for your travels! 📩

10/14/2026

If you are dreaming of experiencing the Christmas markets in Europe this year, it’s not too late, but now is the time to let me curate this magical trip for you, but we need to get on it now!✨

Picture this:

❄️ Snow falling softly under strings of golden lights
🍷The smell of roasted chestnuts and warm glühwein drifting through the air.
🎻A violinist playing Christmas music somewhere just out of sight.
🎄Wooden stalls stacked with hand carved ornaments and gingerbread, glowing like something out of a storybook.

This is not a stop on a tour. It’s the kind of magic that becomes the thing everyone remembers about the whole trip, the one where the happiness is captured in a candid photo that gets printed and framed to remember the moment forever. 📸

For couples, it’s hand in hand under the lights with a mug of mulled w**e, feeling like you stepped into your own holiday movie. 💑

For families, it’s wide eyed kids watching a carousel spin against a cathedral backdrop, making a memory that becomes a tradition. 🎠

I can let you in on a personal secret: I’m currently in the middle of planning my own son’s Christmas Market trip for this December with an AMA Waterways River Cruise 🚢 through the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany to catch the markets from the water, and he is going to get to experience Neuschwanstein Castle with all the snow and Christmas lights, just pure magic! 💫

I have several clients excited about their own trips to see the Christmas Markets this December as well and I’ll share a little more about each of these trips this week for a bit of inspiration.

If you are dreaming of Christmas Markets for this December, send me a message and let’s build your magical winter trip together so it will be perfect! 📩
 

10/11/2026

I just got back from my Annual Travel Conference in Cancun ✈️

One of the most important things I learn to bring back with me are what trends we are seeing in the Travel Industry for 2027 travel.

This is the one time a year I get to sit with the people shaping where travel is actually headed (think CEOs of travel companies and the people watching the actual statistics). These are topics, as a traveler, that you will want to pay attention to as we start to plan out your trips for 2027.

Here’s what I learned are at the top of minds of travelers for 2027:

Trend 1: Shoulder season is the new high season 🍂

Trend 2: River cruising is having a record year 🚢

Trend 3: Solo and multigenerational travel are both surging 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Trend 4: The quiet countries are having their moment 🇳🇴

Knowing where travel is headed is only half the job. Turning it into the right trip, at the right time, for you, that’s what I do best. I keep up-to-date on all the trends, the “why’s”, and what to do next so you don’t have to do all the research. I’ve already done it for you. ✅

Whether it’s locking in a 2027 river cruise cabin on the perfect ship for what you want to experience, planning your shoulder season getaway to a place without crowds, or exploring somewhere like Romania or Norway for the first time before everyone else figures it out: I’ll build it around exactly what you want.

Ready to make it happen? Let’s get started! 💫
 

09/28/2026

🏆✨ Questy Awards Gala WORLD26: What a night for Epic Sands Travel! ✨🏆

Within my amazing network of 6,000 travel advisors, Epic Sands Travel is coming home from WORLD26 with TWO awards, and I am still pinching myself!

🏆 Monarch Agency of Excellence 🏆 Groups Immersion Award

💜 Monarch Agency of Excellence Given to top agencies for dedication to the industry, business growth, support of our network, and a love of travel we share with our clients every day.

🌍 Groups Immersion Award This honor recognizes our growth in helping families and friends travel together, and our commitment to exceptional group travel experiences.

💙 To my clients, this is really about YOU. You trusted me with your family vacations, honeymoons, anniversaries, celebrations, and the bucket-list journeys you’ve dreamed about for years. You come back trip after trip and send your friends and family our way. You trust us with something I never take lightly: your time and your memories, we are so grateful.

Neither of these awards exists without you. Every trip we’ve planned together is part of this story. Thank you for letting us be a part of some of the best days of your life. ❤️

To the WorldVia team, thank you. 🙏 Your support, guidance, and the environment you’ve created give agencies like mine room to grow.

To my team Ansley Lazzaro ✈️ Travel Advisor and Cecelia Leyba Junk and my fellow advisor friends, you are rockstars! Celebrating with you was a dream come true. You have shaped the business owner I am today, and I am so grateful for you.

To my supplier partners, thank you for the care you show my travelers every single day. 🤝

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners! 👏 Being recognized by the people who know this industry best is something I will treasure forever.

Here’s to many more adventures ahead! ✈️

09/20/2026

Up next: Cancun for WORLD26! ✈️

I will be out of the office this week heading to my favorite travel conference, held this year in Cancun, Mexico!🇲🇽

This is where I get time to meet face to face with all of the partners and suppliers, build strong relationships that can later help my clients, and get the inside scoop on what is coming up next in the industry. 🤝

I get to also strengthen my relationships with other advisors, as we all work together to make exceptional travel more stress-free and easy for those that want to travel, but don’t have the time or capacity to plan the trip they dream about. 💙

Something else very exciting is that I get to enter this conference as a Brand Ambassador (there are 7 of us elected into our role by the 6,000 within my network), where I get to speak on several panels, welcome new advisors to our industry, and help shape both travel and the role of advisors within our network for years to come. ⭐

Hopefully some other fun news to come from this week, stay tuned! 👀

Let me know if you are interested in learning about the all-inclusive resort we will be staying in. What questions do you have about travel to Cancun?

09/10/2026

💫Client Highlight💫Two weeks, two countries, and one seriously amazing honeymoon. ✈️

Dani and Jon spent 14 days across Italy and Greece 🇮🇹🇬🇷, starting in Florence, then Venice, then Ravenna to admire the Byzantine mosaics, before boarding an 8 night cruise that took them island hopping through Santorini, Athens, Mykonos, and Kefalonia. 🚢

Absolutely stunning. ✨

Their favorite parts of their honeymoon:
🌅 the Caldera views in Santorini 🍝 the food! 🧳 the ease of everything fitting seamlessly together 📍 the location of each accommodations

A honeymoon should never be stressful or hectic as you are moving around country. These are the details that are so hard to know without having been to the country before. What bride has time to plan those details? That’s where I come in! 💍

Here is what they had to say about working with us:

“Stacy made planning our honeymoon completely stress-free! She handled every detail of our trip, including our flights, amazing hotels, our cruise, and all of our transportation throughout Europe.
Every part of the itinerary was seamless. The hotels she selected were wonderful: comfortable, centrally located, and easy walking distance of the sights we wanted to see. Every transfer and connection was perfectly coordinated, so we never had to worry about logistics.
Stacy was incredibly organized, responsive, and easy to work with throughout the planning process. Thanks to her, we were able to simply enjoy our honeymoon without any stress. Everything exceeded our expectations, and we couldn’t have asked for a better experience.” 💕

Thank you D & J for allowing us the chance to curate your perfect honeymoon and for sharing your amazing memories with us 💙

09/09/2026

Your Europe travel update 📍 a few cities are changing how they welcome visitors moving into 2027.

Barcelona, Milan, and Amsterdam have all adjusted their nightly tourist tax 💶. Venice introduced a small entry fee for day trippers on peak weekends (it doesn’t apply if you’re staying overnight 🛎️). Mykonos and Santorini added a cruise arrival fee running through September 🚢.

Italy is where I’m watching closest 🇮🇹. The Vatican Museums now sell tickets online only, no walk-up line exists anymore. The Colosseum still sells same-day tickets at the door, but they routinely sell out peak season, so booking ahead is really the only way to guarantee your time slot ⏳. And a fun one to know: the Spanish Steps are look, don’t sit, these days, Rome now fines anyone who parks it on the steps for a photo 🚫📸.

This is the kind of thing I track for a living, so you don’t have to. Things in Europe change so quickly, and I make sure I am in the know and updated daily with my partners on the ground in destination alongside me so your trip is built around these changes ✈️.

Have a trip to Europe on the calendar or one you’re dreaming about? Send me a message and I’ll walk you through exactly what to expect 💬

09/08/2026

There are two things I keep hearing from travelers right now: 🌎

We want to go to Europe, but..
☀️ not where it is too hot  🙅‍♀️ not somewhere crowded

So this fall, I’ve planned several couples and families’ time in Europe around exactly that.

I also have paired it with something extraordinary they’ve always wanted to experience:

Northern Lights ✨
Michelin-level food without the wait 🍝
World-renowned w**e country 🍷

The kind of moment that makes the whole trip.

Here’s where they’re going:
🇮🇹 Puglia, Italy — pasta, trulli houses, and a coastline as gorgeous as Amalfi, without the crowds 🇪🇸 San Sebastián, Spain — more Michelin stars per square mile than anywhere on earth 🇵🇹 Porto, Portugal — w**e and Douro Valley views that will have you rethinking your life back home 🇳🇴 Up the coast of Norway — a Northern Lights guarantee while you explore fjords that feel entirely your own

Want in on these secret spots? Flip through to see 👉

Are you itching to visit Europe this fall, but like these clients, want to go somewhere with perfect weather, less crowds, and experience something extraordinary? DM me, I know the perfect spot!

09/07/2026

Hi, I’m Stacy, the owner behind Epic Sands Travel, and I am so happy you are here in my little corner of the travel world.🌎

I have several new clients, so thought I would share a bit about myself.☀️

I’m a European Travel Specialist, a former musician, and mom to a very witty 7-year-old sidekick. I fully believe that the very best memories happen when we step outside of our everyday lives and experience the world.

I didn’t grow up dreaming about booking hotel rooms and flights. I fell in love with travel because of what it does to us.

Travel slows us down. It reconnects us to what we find most important. It gives us stories we tell for years. It turns ordinary moments into the ones we never forget.

I know firsthand what it feels like to stand in a place that changes you. After living in Italy, and traveling through countries with incredible landscapes and cultures throughout the world, I’ve experienced the magic that happens when you truly immerse yourself in a destination.

That’s why I do what I do. That’s why I have a team that shares the exact same vision. At Epic Sands Travel, we don’t just put together itineraries.
We get to know YOU.
We learn what makes you light up, how you like to travel, what memories you want to create, and what matters most to your family, your relationship, or your personal adventure.

Then, we curate a journey designed specifically for you.
✨ Boutique hotels that fit your style. ✨ Experiences that feel authentic, not touristy. ✨ Private guides and hidden gems. ✨ Seamless details so you can actually enjoy the trip. ✨ And yes… a little perfectly planned spontaneity.

Because we believe it isn’t all about five-star hotels or expensive experiences. It is about having someone who knows you, understands your vision, and thoughtfully designs a trip that feels effortless from beginning to end.

In a world of online booking engines and AI-generated itineraries, we still believe in something incredibly important:

Human connection.

You deserve more than a vacation package.
You deserve a trip that feels like it was created just for you… because it was.

We are so glad you’re here. ❤️

What destination is at the top of your list?💙

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