I am the first American in my French family. Born in North Carolina, raised between Paris, Montreal, and Raleigh. Each year, we embarked on a summer vacation to my grandmother’s home in Bretagne, France. The sentiment around this annual convention (or family reunion) remains monumental. I remember the exhilaration I felt leading up to our departure – that anticipation and preparation was ritualistic and discussed by everyone. For months.

During the trip, I was in paradise. And when it ended, I was already looking ahead to the following year. This feeling that accompanies travel has continued to manifest all throughout my life, regardless of where I’m headed.

And it’s precisely this feeling – the anticipation, the euphoria – that we want to capture for our travelers. As a Global Travel Advisor, it’s my job to get that conversation started – helping our travelers to pick the places that give them that same flutter of anticipation. For us, the feelings always come first.