Joyce E.

TRAVEL ADVISOR

I have always loved to travel!  I fondly remember, as a young girl, my trips with my father to his family home in Audubon, New Jersey.  We went at least twice a year, and my parents made it a point to use those trips as opportunities to introduce me to all the Northeast had to offer.  New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Williamsburg, we saw them all, and on many different occasions!  By the time I finished high school, I had the travel bug, and boy did I have it bad!

So, enter college, and my first trip to Europe and the “City of Lights.”  During my study abroad program, I toured France extensively.  I also took every available chance that I had to explore as many other countries as my time and budget would allow.  It was during this period when I learned that taking the time to successfully plan a trip beforehand allowed me to maximize my enjoyment once I was there.  However, it was also at this time when I came to realize that I loved the planning for it’s own sake.  The research that went into deciding where to go, what to see, and how to get there was as exciting for me as the act of travel itself!

In the eighteen years since I took that first trip, throughout my years of college, law school, and raising a family of my own, my love of travel, and my love for planning trips, has only grown!  I have visited France, Italy, Spain, Austria, the United Kingdom, and Greece on numerous occasions.  I have also lived in Japan, during which time I was able to travel to cities such as Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Bangkok and Phuket, to name a few.

For years now, friends and family have come to me to plan their anniversary trips, honeymoons, birthday getaways and so on, and words cannot truly express the joy and satisfaction I have felt in preparing a unique experience for each one of them that, hopefully, in the end, has given them wonderful, lasting memories.  I find delight in the details, and my organizational skills are second to none!  Whether you want to taste wine in Tuscany, or if you’d prefer to sample a glass closer to home in Napa, whether you’re interested in hiking the Alps or cruising the Mediterranean Sea, or whether you’d simply enjoy basking in the sun on a beach in the Bahamas, I would love, as your travel advisor, to help you experience a vacation that stays in your heart and mind forever.