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Welcome to VLX Travel

The world, arranged around you.

VLX is a boutique luxury travel service. Every itinerary is tailored completely to your preferences, built by advisors who know the destination firsthand and backed by a network of the world’s finest hotels, guides and local partners. Whether it’s a weekend away or the adventure of a lifetime, anywhere in the world, it’s arranged around you.

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Great travel doesn’t happen by accident. It takes firsthand knowledge, the right connections, and a team that knows how to make the complicated feel effortless. We bring together exceptional places, extraordinary people, and thoughtful planning to create travel that’s entirely your own.

Our software

Your whole trip,
in your pocket.

We plan on modern travel software that travels with you, on your iPhone, from the first draft to the flight home.

  1. Your journey, counting down

    A welcome screen made just for you, with a live countdown to departure and everything saved for offline.

  2. Your travel dashboard

    Itinerary, vouchers, weather, visas and packing lists in one place, always up to date.

  3. Day by day

    Each morning opens with what is ahead, when it happens and who is meeting you.

  4. Your specialist, one tap away

    Message your VLX advisor mid-trip. We check in with you and our partners along the way.

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Kenya & Zanzibar16–27 October · Confirmed
Itinerary12 days · 4 stays
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WeatherMaasai Mara 26°
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Thursday 19 Oct · Day 4 Maasai Mara

Balloon morning. Coffee is on at 5:45.

  • Wake-up call & coffeeDelivered to your tent
  • Hot-air balloon over the MaraMeet Captain Joseph at the lodge entrance
  • Champagne bush breakfastWhere the balloon lands
  • Afternoon game drivePrivate vehicle · guide Daniel
  • Dinner on the deckView tonight's menu

Where we go

Five ways to travel with us.
And a sixth that is entirely yours.

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Bucket list adventures

Safari in private conservancies, Antarctica by expedition ship, Patagonia on foot. The trips you have been talking about for years, finally booked.

Explore adventures
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Tailored travels

Honeymoons, anniversaries and family trips that bring every generation along. Paced and planned around the people on them.

Plan yours
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Sea journeys

Yachts from Four Seasons, Orient Express and Aman, Explora's ocean journeys, and Lindblad–National Geographic expeditions to the ice. Whatever the water, we know the ship.

Explore the water
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Group trips

Corporate incentives, wine tours with friends, reunions and retreats. We handle every detail so the whole group simply shows up.

Plan a group trip
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VLX Direct

Our private booking portal for VLX clients. Reserve hotels instantly for quick getaways and last-minute trips, with your VLX perks included.

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Something entirely your own

A wedding in Tuscany, a fortieth in Tokyo, three generations in one villa. Tell us the idea and we will design the rest.

Customized travel

Our team

The people who
plan it.

Between us, we have travelled and lived all over the world, and every trip we plan draws on all of it: a founder with a soft spot for Africa, a vice president who has lived between Paris, Lisbon and New York, and specialists with years in hospitality, wine and private aviation.

Amie O'Brien
Amie O'BrienFounder & CEOView profile →
Francesca Coyne
Francesca CoyneVice President of OperationsView profile →
Anne Studer
Anne StuderTravel SpecialistView profile →
Damon Schreiber
Damon SchreiberTravel SpecialistView profile →
Marjorie Foster
Marjorie FosterTravel SpecialistView profile →
Kate Prendes
Kate PrendesTravel SpecialistView profile →
Alli Clark
Alli ClarkTravel SpecialistAlli Clark TravelView profile →
Andrea Duvall
Andrea DuvallTravel SpecialistAndrea Duvall Travel DesignsView profile →
Amy Zainfeld
Amy ZainfeldTravel SpecialistWhere To Next TravelView profile →
Samaya Salamun
Samaya SalamunTravel SpecialistEthereal by SamayaView profile →
Diana Hickox
Diana HickoxTravel Specialist
Mallory Schroeder
Mallory SchroederOperations Coordinator & Associate AdvisorView profile →

How it works

Four steps between an idea
and the departure lounge.

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  1. 01

    Discover

    It starts with a conversation. Where you have been, what you loved, what you would rather never repeat, and who is coming along.

  2. 02

    Design

    Your advisor drafts a first itinerary, then refines it with you: accommodations, flights, restaurants and local experiences until it fits.

  3. 03

    Deliver

    Every reservation, document and confirmation arrives in one clear itinerary. Before departure we reconfirm all of it. You pack.

  4. 04

    Depart

    While you are away we check in with you and with our partners on the ground, so the trip stays smooth. Then we want to hear all about it.

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Somewhere few have been
Very satisfied. All of the bases and questions were covered very quickly. The team’s recommendations were spot on for lodging and excursions. Just wonderful.

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Upgrades, amenities and recognition on every eligible stay.

VLX Direct

Book it yourself.
Still VLX.

A private booking portal for quick getaways and last-minute business trips. Reserve hotels and travel instantly, and keep the upgrades, amenities and recognition that come with being a VLX traveler.

Reserved for VLX clients. Ask your travel specialist for your access password.

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From our Substacks

Notes from the road.

Read us on Substack: Between the Passport Pages · Ethereal by Samaya · Places I'd Send You

Amie O'Brien · Between the Passport Pages

Worth the Trip: Galápagos
Samaya Salamun · Ethereal by Samaya

Turning a Vision Board Into a Vacation
Amie O'Brien · Between the Passport Pages

Across Africa
Samaya Salamun · Ethereal by Samaya

A guide to Madeira, Portugal

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