Custom. Luxurious. Effortless.
Welcome to A new way of traveling.
TRAVEL EFFORTLESSLY
When online travel arrived it promised easy travel planning: do your own research, make your own bookings, pack your bags and go. Instead, it has become cluttered and noisy, often very unreliable, with too many choices and, most of all, lacking the human touch that can turn a simple trip into the adventure of a lifetime.
Appellation Travel was founded to make your travel planning stress free. As expert travelers, we have key contacts in all the right places, the best industry resources and the necessary requirements to make your dreams a reality.
No noise, no stress, just easy and effortless.
Let’s Plan Together
A Different way To see the world.
We are a full-service travel advisory that specializes in creating custom and personalized adventures you’ll be talking about for years to come.
Your Journey
+ 1. DREAM
So you’re thinking of planning a trip.
Where do you want to go? What do you want to do? What do you want to learn? Fill out our Take A Trip Form and we’ll schedule a call to learn more about you and the journey you want to take!
+ 2. CONNECT
Tell us what you’re dreaming of!
During this call you’ll be able to tell us everything you want your journey to be. We’ll listen carefully to what’s excited you in the past and what’s exciting you now. And when you’re not exactly sure what you want this trip to be we have the knowledge and resources to start crafting your dreams into reality.
+ 3. DESIGN
Now the real fun begins!
After we’ve discussed your wants and expectations, we will get to work on a plan and present you with a preliminary itinerary and budget. This includes the big items like flights, accommodations, and transportation but also some unique ideas, inspirations, and our hidden-gem recommendations!
+ 4. FINE TUNE
Let’s go through the details.
It’s time for us to go over your journey in detail. This is a chance for you to tell us what you think. What feels perfect and what might need an adjustment? We want you to get really excited at this point, so excited you may even be tempted to start packing!
+ 5. CONFIRM
Sit back, relax and watch it all come together!
Once we’ve landed on a final itinerary, we’ll move ahead with the details by confirming bookings and placing deposits. We can also dial in to the finest of details such as dinner reservations, guided tours, biking or hiking routes, shopping tips and other activities.
+ 6. BON VOYAGE
Grab your passports, it’s time for a trip to remember!
Before you depart, we’ll be working behind the scenes, reconfirming, updating and finalizing your travel plans. We’ll schedule a call to review the itinerary and do everything we can to be certain you are prepared and excited for your trip.
+ 7. WELCOME HOME
Welcome back! Did you have an amazing time?
Post some photos and let us know how we did. Your feedback is important to us so we can learn how to make your next travel experience even better!
ABOUT CLAIRE
Appellation Travel’s founder, Claire Johnson, counts a working holiday at an Australian ski resort and toiling in a dank sheep shearing shed as perhaps her initial foray into independent travel at age 20.
Since then, she’s traveled to 50 countries and worked as a guide and regional manager for one of the world’s largest active travel companies and designed a multitude of trips for private families.
Whether she’s arranging trips to tried and true destinations or to those that are lesser-known, Claire founded Appellation Travel to share two things: her deep knowledge of travel and the joy she gets from creating and executing one-of-a-kind adventures!
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