About

I grew up moving. My father was a United States Naval Officer, so a new posting meant a new town, a new school and a new set of streets to learn. Australia was the last of those postings, and it is the one that turned a childhood of packing boxes into a lifelong appetite for going somewhere.

Since then I have travelled across four continents and through numerous countries, and I have spent more than twenty years learning how good travel actually works. Not the version in a brochure. The version where the hotel is the right hotel, the pacing gives you room to breathe, and someone has already thought about the connection you would have missed.

I founded Exemplary Travel Advisors in 2019, and what began as a solo practice is now a team of specialist advisors. We plan and book extraordinary experiences worldwide, on land and at sea, for people who have the taste and the means but not the time. Our job is to take the planning off your plate and hand back something better than you would have built alone.

One more thing that explains a lot about how we work. I spent seasons at Walt Disney World Resort, including a stint as a Jungle Cruise Skipper. It taught me that the details behind the scenes are what make the experience feel effortless out front, and it is why Adventures by Disney remains one of our specialties.