With the rise of the internet, and the information overload that came with it, Travel Advisors have become a trusted professional resource, similar to a Financial Advisor, Accountant or Attorney. We get to know our clients’ personalities, preferences, travel history, special needs, bucket lists and budget parameters, and we work hand-in-hand with those clients to make the very best use of their available vacation time.

Travel advisors earn commissions that are already built into the prices charged by hotels, resorts, tour companies, cruise lines, etc. When we make your travel arrangements for you, they won’t cost you any more than if you had booked them yourselves.

For all of the extra support and advice that you get on top of the travel arrangements themselves, we charge a Professional Services Fee, which varies depending on the details of the trip (the # of people, the complexity of the itinerary, etc) That service fee ranges from about $150 to $350 per trip (not per person) and is quoted and agreed-upon upfront. No surprises.

That works for us! We like to use points/miles too. This is something we should discuss right at that first consultation, so that we can figure out where it makes the most sense for you to use your points (almost always it’s for the flights; and you’ll have to book anything that’s using points or miles on your own) and where it makes the most sense for us to handle the planning (usually it’s the land arrangements like hotels, activities, and experiences, where our experience and connections really come into play.)

Of course! Most couples these days already have all the housewares they need, and a honeymoon registry is a fantastic way for guests to contribute to something much more memorable. We’ll plan the honeymoon together, and then we can point you towards several online services that will host the registry for you. They all charge a small service fee (similar to the tax/shipping you’d pay on a Crate and Barrel registry), and what you’ll receive in the end is all the money contributed by your guests.

We normally connect clients with the concierge at their hotel(s) to help with this, since they have the intimate local knowledge of the destination, but if you prefer that Shared Adventures handles these arrangements, we can do that for a $25/hr concierge fee.

Our advisors all have their own specialties, and we handle all sorts of vacations. Our “sweet spot”, where our personal experience and global connections are used to their best advantage, is complicated international travel. While we don’t handle business travel or meetings/incentive trips, we can help you with almost any other kind of adventure. That includes multi-country trips, multi-generational vacations, and bucket list travel like honeymoons, milestone birthdays and anniversaries.

We sincerely hope that you will! There’s no such thing as a one-size-fits-all vacation, and everything we do is customized. We do our best to tailor our proposal to your personality and wish list, but we love it when clients suggest ways to make an itinerary even more personalized.

No, you won’t. Most of our wholesaler partners don’t even share that information with us, because they have proprietary contracts with local hotels, tour companies, drivers, etc. The way that we look at it, you’re not buying a spreadsheet of individual items anyway. You’re investing in a complete experience, from start to finish, and if the entire customized itinerary excites you, and the overall price feels fair, you’ll be happy.

Life happens, and occasionally it gets in the way of our travels. Before you book anything with us, you’ll be informed about all the relevant change/cancellation penalties that would be imposed by the suppliers, and you’ll be aware of the $100 per person cancellation fee imposed by the agency. We always encourage travel insurance to protect your otherwise non-refundable investment. And we will, of course, handle any cancellations that need to be done and will pursue any refunds that are due.

They are our secret weapons!  As a boutique agency with just a handful of Travel Advisors, Shared Adventures has a relatively small footprint in the industry. But we have allied with a much larger “host agency” (Travel Planners International, with more than 4,000 Travel Advisors in total) to give us more clout with suppliers around the world. Through Travel Planners, we are also members of the Signature Travel Network, a consortium of luxury agencies and supplier partners. This partnership allows us to provide our clients with some unique experiences, exclusive privileges, and complimentary perks.

Send us an email, give us a call (401-270-4834) or just click here to submit an inquiry. Let the adventure begin!