My Travel Philosophy Is The Foundation
Of Your​ Extraordinary Adventure

​What is your "why" for travel?

I've planned many vacations for clients. These were people who previously tried to plan a trip on their own in vain or hired the wrong kind of travel agent. Speaking with them, one thing that came up over and over and over again. There's the usual way and ​there's the better way.

I define "better" by what you need and desire from a trip.​ ​What is your "why" for travel? ​I realized, by listening to those travel failures, if I could draw your "why" from you, I could design an experience that could blow you away! ​The revelation that there's the usual way and ​there's the better way is what gave rise to the Extraordinary Adventure!

​​What sort of travel professional
​do I want to be?

​When I started out in travel, that was the question I needed to answer. ​I knew I didn't want to be another retailer of the same old, tired vacations - selling whatever required the least amount of effort to people who had a low bar for what constitutes "travel."

I choose instead to work with...
"The more discerning traveler who doesn't have the time, desire, or know-how to plan their trip, but still wants an Extraordinary Adventure through History, Cultures, ​& Natural Wonders."

What is the meaning of "travel"
​as I see it?

​​"Travel" means something bigger, more meaningful, more... well... extraordinary than mere hedonistic vacations.​ "Travel" means "content-driven." "Travel" means meaningful, thoughtful, and thought-provoking adventures - journeys that stimulate the mind as much as the emotions. "Travel" means the unique, the jaw-dropping, and the eye-opening - subjective experiences that make your spirit soar.

Which is why I cannot define "better" for you - "better" is something that only you know. But, I can help you find it! ​I can help you get there, live there for a brief moment in time, and return with cherished memories.

​After years of learning about travel, planning travel, and experiencing travel, I've developed a travel philosophy - what travel means and how I can share my passion for travel.

I have come to realize that, with research, key connections, and due diligence, an ordinary trip to anywhere in our world can become an
​Extraordinary Adventure!

The Extraordinary Adventure was borne out of my passion for travel but also my passion to share that wanderlust with others. Just having passion isn't enough, though, is it? No, so I set out to learn the science and art of trip planning. I began to fill my head with all sorts of wonderful ideas, as I scoured over everything I could find. I learned things like "backdoor travel," "slow travel," "living like locals," and so much more.

I learned that there is a difference between a hedonistic vacation and an immersive, authentic travel experience. Neither is wrong and they're not mutually exclusive, but they are different.

I learned about Patagonia, the Norwegian Fjords, the Maldives, Peru, Tanzania, Edinburgh, Bangkok, and so many other wonderful, faraway places. I learned that you could stay in 5-star hotels, agritourismos, "proper" English B&Bs with a "Full English" breakfast, surf someone's couch, or live in hostels for long periods of time for dirt cheap! (Yes, even the cliché "poor, college student" can travel in an extraordinary way!)

I learned that you didn't have to just fly everywhere, but could take river boats, ocean liners, trains, coach busses and even try to not get killed driving on the "wrong" side of the road!

​You don't always have to fly,
but if you're going to,
​how about a private,
luxury helicopter instead!?
​
I'd say that's pretty dang extraordinary!!

Or, perhaps a private, luxury yacht?

​Talk about arriving in extraordinary style!!
​

Since 2015, I have spent countless
hours learning about ​the
​"whats, wheres, whens, and hows"
of travel.

It's one thing to read about a place, listen to a podcast, or watch a YouTube video. Those are all very inspirational. It's an entirely different thing to know how to get around there, where one should stay, what the customs are, where the best restaurants are, which attractions are a must and which are a bust, who the best guides are, and more. In short, dreaming and planning are the not the same thing.

Now you know my travel philosophy. Does it fit with yours? If so...

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