Tri-State Travel Advisor
You've got two weeks off and one shot at getting it right.
Based in Fairfield County, CT, planning trips for families across Connecticut, New York & New Jersey.
Planning a trip should feel like the beginning of the trip. Instead it's forty browser tabs, contradictory reviews, and a nagging sense that you're about to overpay for the wrong room.
That's the part I take.
Here's the nice part
Same trip. Often a better price.
My commission is paid by the resorts, cruise lines and tour operators I book with — not by you. And when I book a trip, I often have access to savings and promotions that aren't advertised publicly. When I do, I pass them on.
In many cases I can book the very same trip, still earn my commission from the supplier, and get you in for less than you'd pay booking it yourself. When I can't beat the price, I'll tell you that too.
What I plan
Seven ways to spend the time you've got.
Disney
Park strategy, dining timing, and the Orlando logistics nobody tells you about.
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Universal
Universal Orlando and Epic Universe, as a trip of their own or a few days of a longer Orlando stay.
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Cruises
Caribbean, Mediterranean, Alaska and the luxury lines — sailing from New York, Bayonne or Boston.
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All-Inclusive & Caribbean
Sandals, Beaches, Palace, Excellence, Playa. Matching the resort to the actual people going.
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Europe & Italy
Independent itineraries, guided tours, rail and villas — and the Italy trip you keep postponing.
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Luxury Travel
Four Seasons, Rosewood, Silversea, Regent, private aviation and yacht charters.
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Honeymoons & Celebrations
Destination weddings, anniversaries, and the trips that mark something.
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Why use an advisor at all?
You can absolutely book a trip yourself. Plenty of people do, and for a straightforward long weekend you probably should. Here's where I earn my place.
When something goes wrong
A cancelled flight at 11pm is a two-hour hold queue for you and a phone call for me. This is the real reason people come back.
When the details compound
A Disney trip has park reservations, dining windows and stroller logistics all interacting. A cruise has cabin categories that look identical and aren't. Complexity is where expertise pays.
When you don't know what you don't know
The resort with the spectacular photos and the construction site next door. The cabin under the nightclub. The itinerary that looks efficient and involves four train changes with luggage.
And it costs you nothing
My commission comes from the supplier. You pay the same rate you'd pay booking direct — often less, because I have access to promotions that aren't published publicly.
Serving Fairfield County
Local enough to know the school calendar.
I work with families across Stamford, Norwalk, Greenwich, Fairfield, Westport, Darien, New Canaan, Wilton, Ridgefield, Trumbull, Shelton, Danbury and the surrounding towns — and with families across New York and New Jersey.
Most planning happens by phone, email or video — wherever you actually are. If you'd rather sit down with coffee and talk it through, that works too.
Current specials
Promotions I'd actually recommend.
Not everything that crosses my desk — only the offers worth acting on. Each expires on its own date, so nothing on that page is ever stale.
Journal
Written for people leaving from here.
Our school calendars, our airports, our ports. Practical things worth knowing before you book — starting with February break and the honest airport comparison.
Tell me where you want to go.
No fee, no obligation. Most first conversations take twenty minutes and end with a couple of ideas worth thinking about.
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