Featured Guide: Travel Expert (Taylor)

Taylor’s clients pay top dollar to have her identify destinations, plan travel and accommodations, and book excursions and activities. She’s also pretty well traveled herself. She’s traveled on the Orient Express, cruised the Yangtze River, sped down the Nile at 100mph on a cigarette boat, braved the rapids white water rafting in Turkey, eaten duck blood with Communist officials at a private dinner in a Shanghai museum, and photographed lions hunting their prey on safari in South Africa. She knows how to get a private tour of underground Roman ruins, how to meet the world’s #1 rated sommelier at the George V in Paris, and which rooms at the Splendido in Portofino have the best views. She also knows the best excursions in and around NYC for couples and families, yoga fanatics, spa junkies, outdoor nuts, etc. Her expertise isn’t just for bazillionaires. She also knows how to cut corners. Her favorite weekend getaway is a chic, intimate, little known spot in the 6th arrondissement in Paris. Given a bit more time, she heads to the Maldives, where she stays at an exclusive resort with bungalows on stilts over the water. No need for scuba gear – the water is so clear you can just look down from your veranda and watch the fish swim by, while getting a heavenly massage. Mmmmmmmm.