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Trisha Rathke

Welcome Home to Colorado

June 24, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Welcome Home Choose a Colorado destination that will have you soaking in the Great Outdoors Aspen is famous for its endless array of outdoor activities – from skiing, snowshoeing and sleigh rides in the snowy winter to golf, hiking, fly fishing, biking and hot-air ballooning in the summer. The town also offers music, dance, fabulous …

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Category: Newsletter Post, Travel TalesTag: adventure travel, aspen, auberge, colorado, gateway canyons resort, hotel jerome, luxury travel, virtuoso

Welcome Home – Florida Edition

June 16, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Welcome Home to Florida Florida is opening for the summer and wants you to feel at home. Would your perfect summer get-away place you by water with access to kayaking? Would you like to overlook the 18th hole of a world-renowned golf course, or would you prefer a view of Cinderella’s castle illuminated at night? …

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Category: Newsletter Post, Travel TalesTag: airbnb, disney house, disney vacation, disney world, family reunion, family vacation, florida, florida vacation, house rentals, luxury homes, luxury rentals, orlando, villa rental, vrbo

Little Palm Island Resort & Spa

June 16, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Little Palm Island Resort & Spa Little Torch Key, FL I am completely itching to go somewhere beautiful, and far from home! This July my husband and I will be celebrating our 20th Wedding Anniversary. With now 4 of our own trips cancelled thus far due to the pandemic, we decided that we wanted to …

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Category: Newsletter PostTag: adult only, florida, florida keys, key west, little palm island, luxury, luxury travel, private island, vip, vip travel designs

Not a Hero. Just doing our job.

June 2, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

We love our job! Helping people is what we do. Helping YOU is what we LOVE! One of our own VIP stories is featured in this short 5 minute video launched nation wide by American Society of Travel Advisors. Our story is of how we safely and swiftly brought home a family stuck in Italy …

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Category: Travel TalesTag: asta, global travel ban, travel, travel advisor, travel agent, travelhero, travelsense

Frontier Glamping

May 29, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Our limited edition Perfect Pairings Program Week 4!  This week’s pairing is Luxury Frontier Glamping Glamping bridges the divide between the authentic experience of communing with nature and adult desires for amenities and comfort. For 2020 we recommend the incomparable luxury and unspoiled wilderness of The Resort at Paws Up in Montana. In 2021 we …

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Category: Newsletter Post, Travel TalesTag: adventure travel, africa, african safari, camping, dude ranch, family vacation, glamping, luxury, luxury vacation, montana, paws up, safari, singita

Disney World to Re-Open

May 28, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Protecting the Magic Walt Disney World’s Re-Opening  On this rainy morning of gloom in my home-office in North Carolina, I found myself wishing someone would wave a magic wand and lift my spirits. Wish granted!  Today your friends at VIP Travel Designs received word that Walt Disney World has a plan to responsibly reopen its …

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Category: Travel TalesTag: disney, disney world, domestic travel, family travel, luxury disney, luxury travel, pandemic, post-pandemic, vip disney

Ahhhsome Wellness

May 18, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Our limited edition Perfect Pairings Program Week 3!  This week’s pairing is Ahhhsome Wellness The intimacy and energy of these two special wellness retreats will leave you feeling tranquil, rested and centered. For 2020 we recommend the canyonlands of Arizona.  In 2021 we invite you to an exotic Central American paradise. Can’t choose between the …

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Category: Travel Tales

Gazpacho

May 18, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Welcome wellness right now with Mii Amo, Sedona’sTomato Gazpacho Recipe Think of this refreshing soup as liquid salsa — plenty of garden-fresh flavors in a bowl. Depending upon the acid content of the tomatoes, you may need to add an extra teaspoon or two of vinegar at the end to perk up the taste.  7 …

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Category: Travel TalesTag: gazpacho, luxury travel, mii amo, recipe, sedona, travel blog, travel foodie, virtuoso, virtuoso travel, wellness travel

Wine Country Escape

May 12, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Our limited edition Perfect Pairings Program Week 2!  This week’s pairing is a WINE COUNTRY ESCAPE! Treat yourself to not one, but two vineyard wonderlands. Take a journey through timeless, medieval Italian villages next year; but first, relax and unwind in St. Helena, California at a multi-award-winning, hill-top retreat. Can’t choose between the two? No …

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Category: Newsletter Post, Travel TalesTag: cortona, italy travel, luxury travel, napa, sonoma, tuscany, virtuoso travel, wine country, wine travel

Welcome Ava

April 29, 2020 //  by Trisha Rathke

Travel Designer Ava Hayes actually joined the VIP Travel Design’s Team in January.  But, with all going on in the world right now, we wanted to ensure she was introduced properly and in a more timely fashion where we could celebrate her properly.  I met Ava 8 years ago when I planned her family vacation …

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