The trip you have been saving up for.
Private villas, hidden boutique hotels, and white-glove logistics. The milestone trip planned with the care it deserves, with the perks the booking engines do not show you.
Luxury is the attention, not just the price.
A great luxury trip is the one where nothing surprises you in the wrong way. The private transfer is waiting. The hotel knows your name. The dinner reservation that is officially impossible has been quietly held. The room has been upgraded.
I book luxury through preferred-partner and supplier-direct programs at the major luxury hotel groups. These are not loyalty cards. They are agency relationships that offer guests perks the public booking engines do not show.
Complimentary room upgrades. Daily breakfast for two. Hotel credit. Early check-in and guaranteed late check-out. Welcome amenities. None of these change the room rate. They show up because the booking came through me.
The perks add up.
A single preferred-partner booking at a luxury resort can include a hotel credit, breakfast for two daily, and a room upgrade. Multiply that across a multi-stop trip.
Preferred-partner perks.
Through agency preferred-partner and supplier-direct programs, booking through me means upgrade priority, hotel credit, daily breakfast, and amenities at no rate difference.
Real itinerary design.
Multi-country trips with private guides, drivers, restaurant reservations, and pacing that makes sense. I plan the trip, not just the hotels.
Concierge in your pocket.
On-trip support means the dinner reservation that suddenly needs to move, the unexpected upgrade request, the medical question, the trip insurance claim. I am reachable.
The villa is the trip.
A great private villa is a vacation rental in name only. Italy, France, Greece, Croatia, the Caribbean, Mexico. Vetted properties through preferred-partner villa programs that include on-the-ground concierge support, private chef arrangements, transfers, daily housekeeping, and pre-arrival grocery stocking.
For multi-generation families, anniversary trips, milestone birthdays, and small wedding parties, a private villa often beats a luxury hotel on every measure but the spa. Private pool. Private chef who shops at the local market. The flexibility of cooking in for some meals and dining out for others.
The hotels not on the booking engines.
Some of the most extraordinary hotels in the world are small, family-run, and absent from the major booking platforms. The thirty-room property tucked into a Tuscan village. The riad in Marrakech. The estancia in Patagonia. The clifftop cave hotel in Santorini.
These properties usually do not pay commissions to OTAs. They do work with travel advisors who they know and trust. I book them through agency programs or supplier-direct, and the property knows you are arriving before you do.
Private transfers, drivers, guides, restaurant reservations.
The logistics on a luxury trip are what separate it from a great hotel stay. Black-car arrivals. Private drivers between cities. English-speaking guides at sites. Restaurant reservations at the places that take only locals or take only friends-of-friends. Private museum openings. Private boat charters.
I plan the logistics with the same care as the hotel choice. Most clients realize after their first luxury trip planned with a real advisor that the logistics are the trip.
Wendi is the best. I would not trust anyone else with my travel experiences.Mandy B.Google review
What people ask first.
What counts as a luxury trip?
Luxury is the level of attention, not just the price. A villa with a private chef. A Four Seasons suite with a butler. A small-ship Greek isles charter. A trip where every detail is handled.
Do you have access to special perks at luxury hotels?
Yes. I book through preferred-partner and supplier-direct programs at the major luxury hotel groups. Benefits include complimentary upgrades, daily breakfast for two, hotel credit, early check-in, late check-out, and welcome amenities, and they do not change the room rate.
Can you plan a private villa vacation?
Yes. Italy, France, Greece, Croatia, the Caribbean, Mexico. Vetted villa rentals with on-the-ground concierge support, private chef options, transfers, and tour planning.
Do you book private jets and yacht charters?
I work with preferred private aviation and yacht charter partners for clients whose trips require it.
Is there a planning fee for luxury trips?
For complex multi-country itineraries with private guides and drivers there is sometimes a planning fee. For standard luxury hotel and villa bookings the supplier commission covers planning at no charge.
How far in advance should I plan?
Six to twelve months ahead is ideal. The best villas, suites, and private guides book early. For high-season weeks, plan twelve to eighteen months out.
Ready to plan the trip worth the wait?
Tell me what you are celebrating, where you have always wanted to go, and roughly when. I respond personally within one business day.