Your Next Trip Deserves a Travel Advisor

The best hotels in the world have a secret: they treat guests differently depending on how they booked. Book direct or through a consumer site, and you're a transaction. Book through a Virtuoso-affiliated advisor, and you're a VIP — with a confirmed upgrade path, daily breakfast, a property credit, and a personal contact at the hotel before you arrive. That difference doesn't show up in the price. It shows up when you check in.

Working with a luxury travel advisor means someone with real relationships — not just a login — is designing your trip. The right advisor has stayed at the properties they recommend, knows which suite has the better view, and can call a contact at the hotel directly when something needs attention. They're also tracking your flights, anticipating problems before they become yours, and thinking about the shape of your itinerary the way a good editor thinks about a story: what belongs, what doesn't, and where the pacing needs to breathe.

Laurel Grove Travel’s affiliation with Departure Lounge and Virtuoso raises that bar further. As one of the most decorated luxury travel agencies in the industry, Departure Lounge has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Travel + Leisure's A-List and Forbes. In addition being a member of the prestigious Virtuoso international travel network, Departure Lounge arranges all air travel through a dedicated team at JP Morgan Chase and negotiates direct VIP relationships with more than 50 top travel brands, such as the Four Seasons, Rosewood, Relais & Châteaux, Aman, One & Only, Orient Express, Abercrombie & Kent and more. All this adds up to leverage that produces over-the-top perks and white glove services for all of Laurel Grove’s clients. It means every trip we plan for you carries the full weight of our gold-plated relationships in hospitality.