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Kingfisher Luxury Travel

The journeys you will still be talking about in ten years

Milestone and celebration travel, crafted for connection. Custom journeys and curated cruises, with our deepest expertise in Europe.

Who we serve

Travelers marking something

An anniversary that deserves more than a dinner. A retirement finally arriving. A family scattered across time zones who want one week in the same place. A first crossing, taken properly.

Our clients travel well and have limited patience for the research it now takes to travel well. They want judgement rather than options, and someone who answers the phone when a flight fails on a Sunday evening.

We plan worldwide, and we are at our sharpest in Europe and at sea.

Two ways we serve you

Custom journeys, and cruises chosen for the traveler

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Milestone journeys

Anniversaries, significant birthdays, retirements and multi-generational weeks. Designed around the occasion rather than around a destination template.

Explore milestone journeys
The teak deck rail of a small ship at dawn

Curated cruises

River, ocean, small-ship and expedition. We match the ship, the season and the cabin to the traveler — not the other way around.

Explore cruises

How it works

Four steps, and very little from you

01

Tell us the occasion

A short intake, or a discovery call. We listen for the trip underneath the request.

02

We design it

Routing, timing, properties and the pace of the days — proposed as a plan, not a menu.

03

We book and confirm

Everything held, confirmed and documented, with partner benefits applied where available.

04

We stay with you

A direct line while you travel, and someone who can act if something moves.

Trusted partnerships

Networks that reach your trip

Fora & Virtuoso

Networks that deliver benefits directly to you: preferred rates where they exist, hotel breakfast, property credits and upgrades subject to availability, plus on-the-ground contacts in the places you are going.

ASTA & CLIA

Professional associations governing standards, ethics and continuing education for travel advisors. They benefit you indirectly — through the standard of the advice you receive.

Meet your advisors

Kari and Schelli

Two advisors, one standard of care. You work with both of us.

Schelli Bettega, co-founder of Kingfisher Luxury Travel

Schelli Bettega

Co-Founder · Client Experience Manager · Travel Advisor

Schelli holds the details — the arrival that lands late, the room that faces the wrong way, the reservation that needs moving twice.

Kari Bradbury, co-founder of Kingfisher Luxury Travel

Kari Bradbury

Co-Founder · Sales & Marketing Director · Travel Advisor

Kari listens for the trip underneath the request — the occasion, the pace, the reason this particular year matters.

An invitation

Tell us what you are marking

Send us the occasion and the rough dates. We will tell you plainly whether we are the right advisors for it.