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Luxury Travel
Private itineraries built end to end: flights, transfers, villas and suites, guides, tables, and the small reservations that are impossible to get from a laptop.
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Travel that is written around you
Luxury Experience Co. designs private travel and one-of-a-kind experiences for people who would rather arrive than arrange. One planner, one plan, every detail already handled.
You describe the feeling.
We handle everything else.
Services & Experience
What we plan
Every itinerary starts as a conversation and ends as a document you never have to think about again. Below is the range — the specifics are always yours.
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Bespoke Experiences
The reason for the trip. A private chef on a terrace, a closed gallery, a first-light balloon, a proposal that lands exactly as you pictured it.
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Curated Events
Milestones, celebrations, and small private gatherings — designed, sourced, staffed, and run so you can actually attend your own event.
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Corporate & Incentive
Retreats, client trips, and incentive programs that reflect well on the person who booked them. Discreet logistics, one point of contact.
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A sense of the work
A few of the shapes a trip can take. None of them are packages — they’re starting points.
Coastal cliffside — 3:4
Amalfi Coast
Private Villa & Boat Days
Three towns, one boat, and nobody driving the coast road but your driver.
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Kyoto
Ryokan & Private Access
Gardens before opening hours, and dinner where the counter seats eight.
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Safari — East Africa
Camp & Guided Game Drives
Small camps, senior guides, and the migration timed properly.
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French Polynesia
Overwater & Private Charter
Two islands, one crewed boat between them, no scheduled flights.
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Aspen
Slopeside Home & Chef
Skis fitted before you land, dinner handled every night you’re in.
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Browse upcoming eventsI do not send you a brochure. I send you a plan.
Melissa McAvoy — Founder, Luxury Experience Co.
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About
One planner.
Not a call center.
Luxury Experience Co. is a boutique travel and experience firm founded and run by Melissa McAvoy. You work with her directly — from the first conversation about what you actually want out of the trip, to the confirmations, to the message you send from the airport when something changes.
That structure is deliberate. It means nothing gets handed off, nothing gets repeated back to you wrong, and the person who designed your itinerary is the person who answers the phone.
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The Process
How a trip comes together
Four stages, one person. Nothing is handed off and nothing is templated.
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Conversation
A call. What you want, who’s coming, what the budget really is, and what would make it memorable.
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Proposal
A designed itinerary with real options, real properties, and real numbers — not a list of links.
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Refinement
We adjust until it’s right. Then everything is booked, confirmed, and documented in one place.
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Travel
You go. I stay reachable the whole time, in every time zone.
Clients
In their words
“We told her the feeling we wanted and she built the trip around it. We didn’t make a single phone call for ten days.”
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“Two restaurants I’d been told were impossible. Both confirmed before I’d finished unpacking.”
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“Our event ran without me having to run it. That was the whole point.”
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Journal
Notes from the road
Questions
Before you reach out
Anything not covered here, ask on the first call.
Planning is quoted up front as a flat design fee based on the scope of the trip, so you know the cost before any work begins. There are no surprise add-ons and no pressure toward a particular property.
There’s no fixed floor, but the work is built for trips where the details genuinely matter. Bring your real number to the first call and I’ll tell you honestly what it will and won’t reach.
Three to six months is comfortable for most international travel; peak season, safari, and holiday weeks want closer to nine. Short-notice requests are welcome — I’ll tell you straight away what’s still possible.
No. Curated events, milestone celebrations, and standalone bespoke experiences are all part of the work, whether or not there’s a flight involved.
You message me. Not a portal, not a queue. Re-routing, replacements, and late-night problems are part of what the fee covers.
Let’s talk about
where you’re going
Tell me the occasion, the window, and the people. I’ll take it from there.
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