By day, I’m an Infectious Diseases physician. By choice, I’m a travel advisor. My husband jokes that the two aren’t unrelated - I do have a habit of picking destinations where malaria prophylaxis is required. East Africa, Costa Rica, the Amazon. He’s not entirely wrong. But the real reason is simpler: I have always been captivated by the kind of travel that changes you.

The Trip Planner in the Family

I’m a mom to twin boys, and our family runs on two speeds: the school calendar and the next adventure. I squeeze in as many trips as humanly possible between the two, and somewhere along the way I realized I was spending as much time planning other people’s vacations as I was planning my own. Friends would send me their rough ideas and get back a 12-page itinerary with restaurant reservations, safari camp comparisons, and a packing list. It felt less like a favor and more like a calling.

That’s how Travel Out of Office was born.

What Drives My Itineraries

As a mom, safety and kid-friendly adventures are always top of mind. I look for the balance between high-energy mornings — think glacier hikes, game drives at dawn, kayaking through fjords — and the kind of afternoon that lets everyone decompress by a pool or on a beach.

As the wife of a serious foodie, I’m always hunting for both: the Michelin-starred tasting menu and the hole-in-the-wall street food stall that locals actually eat at. The treetop lodge and the beachfront table you need to book three months in advance. I believe the best trips are built on those details, the ones you only know about if you’ve been there, or if you know someone who has.

My Travel Style (And Why It Doesn’t Have to Be Yours)

I’ll be honest: my personal travel style is relentless. I want sunrises, full days, and stargazing after dinner. I want Patagonian glaciers and Northern Lights in Finnish Lapland and every hiking trail in between.

But I plan for all kinds of travelers, the ones who share my pace and the ones who consider a beach chair and a good book a perfect itinerary. My goal is never to impose my preferences on your vacation. It’s to understand yours — your travel style, your bucket list, the experiences you’ve always wanted to have — and turn those into something real.

Let’s Plan Something Together

If any of this sounds like you, or even if it doesn’t, reach out. My job is to build the trip around you, not the other way around.