Designed Vacations is a boutique travel agency where experienced travel advisors approach every trip with a thoughtful design. We guide clients with care, intention, and honesty, creating travel that reflects how you want to experience the world, not a one-size-fits-all itinerary.
A boutique travel agency led by experienced travel advisors
The people behind the planning
At Designed Vacations, we help travelers who want clear guidance and a more thoughtful approach to planning their trips. Our clients value experience, ease, and knowing the details are being handled with care, so they can focus on enjoying the journey ahead.
We begin by understanding how you want to travel, then guide you through the planning with honesty and intention. From managing logistics to anticipating needs along the way, we stay closely involved so your trip feels supported, seamless, and considered from start to finish.
Because the experience should feel effortless
What We Do & Why It’s Different
Because your version of a great trip matters most
We don’t believe there’s one right way to travel. What feels meaningful, comfortable, or special looks different for every person, and our role is to recognize and respect that. Instead of steering you toward preset trips or unnecessary upgrades, we focus on listening first and guiding you toward choices that fit your priorities.
When you work with Designed Vacations, you have a team that takes your experience personally. We handle the details, communicate clearly, and stay involved throughout the entire process, advocating for you and making thoughtful decisions with your comfort and enjoyment in mind, so your trip feels personal, supported, and intentionally designed from start to finish.
Why Work With Us
Designed Vacations began with a focus on relationship-driven planning, with much of the early work centered on romance travel, honeymoons, and milestone celebrations. From the start, the goal was to guide clients thoughtfully and build trips around meaningful moments, not trends or templates.
2019
Our Story
Designed Vacations is founded
Over time, something special happened. The honeymooners Designed Vacations once planned trips for began starting families of their own. Longtime anniversary clients started dreaming of travel that included adult children and grandchildren. As clients’ lives evolved, so did the type of travel they wanted to experience together.
Evolving Client Journeys
Growing with our travelers
As the agency continued to grow, Sarah Loshaw joined as Client Experience Manager. Working closely with Nichole Pierce, Sarah helps ensure every client is thoughtfully paired with the right advisor and supported with consistent, clear communication from the first inquiry through departure and beyond.
2025
Strengthening the client experience
Meet the Team
- Europe FIT travel, with a strong focus on Italy
- Custom international itineraries
- River cruises and luxury ocean cruises
- Women’s group travel, including trips hosted through Designed to Getaway
Specialties:
Travel planning became personal for me long before it became my business. Years ago, I worked with a travel advisor for a Disney trip with my family, and it completely changed how I saw travel. Every detail was handled, nothing felt stressful, and I was able to simply show up and enjoy the time together. I remember thinking, this is how travel should feel.
That experience is what led me to start Designed Vacations. I wanted to create that same sense of ease for other travelers, whether they’re planning something simple or something far more complex. Over time, my work has grown from romance and milestone trips into Europe FIT travel, cruises, women-led group trips, and multi-generation vacations, often with the same clients returning at different stages of life.
When I plan travel, I don’t sell trips. I guide people through decisions, help them sort through options, and make sure the details are handled so nothing feels overwhelming. I stay closely involved throughout the process and communicate clearly, so clients always feel supported and informed.
I’m also someone who believes good planning happens behind the scenes. I’m a Certified Travel Associate (CTA) and Certified Cruise Counselor (CCC), and I continue to invest in training so I can provide thoughtful, informed guidance in a constantly changing industry.
Working with me feels collaborative and supportive. You’ll always know what’s happening, why decisions are being made, and that someone is paying close attention to your experience. My goal is simple: for your trip to feel well designed and taken care of, so you can focus on enjoying it.
Agency Owner & Lead Travel Designer
Nichole Pierce
- Client onboarding & documentation
- Timeline & deadline management
- Payment tracking & coordination
- CRM systems & client communication
Specialties:
Camille approaches every trip from the same place: nothing should be left to chance. Long before working at Designed Vacations, she was the one organizing itineraries for her own family's travels, and that instinct for tracking details and staying ahead of what's needed carried directly into the role she has today.
She works closely alongside Nichole, managing the timeline behind every trip. That means confirming details with hotels and properties, tracking deadlines and payments, and making sure information moves between clients and our team without anything slipping through the cracks. Her focus isn't on designing the trip itself. It's on making sure everything supporting it happens exactly when it should.
Camille is naturally organized and detail oriented, with a comfort around technology that has made her instrumental in building out our systems as we've grown. She communicates clearly and promptly, so clients always know what's needed from them and when.
Working with Camille feels steady and dependable. She's the quiet consistency behind every trip, making sure the process stays smooth so you can focus on getting excited for your travels.
Administrative assistant
Camille
- Luxury honeymoons and romantic travel
- Milestone anniversaries and celebration trips
- African travel and safari experiences
- Custom international itineraries with cultural focus
specialties:
Ash approaches travel planning through a global lens. Having been raised and lived much of her life in Africa, she brings a natural understanding of culture, nuance, and place that shapes every trip she designs. Her planning style is refined, intentional, and grounded in how a destination is meant to be experienced, not rushed through.
She specializes in luxury honeymoons, milestone anniversaries, and elevated international travel, working with clients who value atmosphere, detail, and thoughtful pacing. Ash is especially well suited for Africa-focused travel, including safaris and culturally immersive itineraries, where her background adds both confidence and depth to the planning process.
Fluent in French, English, Maltese and Arabic, Ash navigates international travel seamlessly and communicates with ease across cultures. She listens carefully, considers the full picture, and designs trips that feel polished, well balanced, and aligned with her clients’ priorities from start to finish.
Working with Ash feels composed and reassuring. Her clients appreciate her perspective, attention to detail, and ability to bring clarity to complex trips, allowing the experience itself to feel natural and well considered.
Romance & Luxury Travel Designer
Ash Kokubo
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