Inspired Journey Travel is a luxury travel advisory founded by Julie Schmidt and Lisa Blair, designing bespoke journeys, curating world-class properties, and crafting transformative travel experiences across six continents. Proud members of Virtuoso and Travel Experts, a Forbes Travel Guide-endorsed agency.
Bespoke luxury journeys where cultural depth, world-class hospitality, and an unwavering attention to detail unfold into something entirely your own.
We translate vision into destination, curiosity into moments of revelation. Travel with intention, crafted for the discerning few.
We design travel experiences that move you and stay with you.
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We hold preferred partnerships with the world's finest luxury hotel brands — relationships built over decades that translate into exclusive amenities, elevated experiences, and a level of care most travelers simply don't have access to.
Uncompromising Standards.
Personal Attention.
Preferred Access.
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Jungle canopies. Volcanic coastlines. A rawness that makes every moment feel alive.
CENTRAL AMERICA
Gold light on desert stone. The scent of saffron and cedar. A sense of time that belongs to another century.
MIDDLE EAST
The wilderness of Patagonia. Morning light over Machu Picchu. The world's finest coffee poured where it was grown.
SOUTH AMERICA
Palaces draped in marigolds. Spice markets that awaken every sense. A place that doesn't just welcome you, it transforms you.
INDIA
Turquoise water. Bare feet on white sand. The rare luxury of having nowhere to be.
CARIBBEAN
Horizons that never end. The kind of beauty that rewires something inside you.
AFRICA
Grand boulevards. Hidden trattorias. Light that painters have chased for centuries.
EUROPE
Founders, Inspired Journey Travel
Julie Schmidt & Lisa Blair
Not because we follow a formula — but because we invest the time to understand what extraordinary means to you, and then we craft every detail around it. That is the foundation of everything we do — and precisely why most of our clients come to us through someone who already knows.
We design the kind of experiences people never stop talking about.
Behind Every Journey
Ireland
Julie H.
Inspired Journey Travel arranged a girls' trip to Ireland that included a Downton Abbey experience at Ballyfin, the Belmond luxury train, and Spice Girls concert tickets in Dublin. They go beyond the ordinary to make every trip genuinely extraordinary.
They go beyond the ordinary to make every trip genuinely extraordinary.
Celebration Cruise
Dr. Paul P.
Inspired Journey Travel planned a 90th birthday celebration cruise for my multigenerational family. Every detail was perfect, from private excursions in each port to a special birthday dinner aboard the ship. It was a trip my family will always cherish.
It was a trip my family will always cherish.
Proposal, Bachelor Party & Honeymoon
Will B.
"Inspired Journey Travel planned my proposal, my bachelor party, and my honeymoon. They made it effortless for me to enjoy all of these milestone moments without the stress of planning them myself."
Inspired Journey Travel made it effortless for me to enjoy all of these milestone moments without the stress of planning them myself.
Maui
Steve B.
We were celebrating our 50th Wedding anniversary and she made it a ‘once in a life time’ event with our family. Julie planned our lodgings in Maui for 11 members of our family at the Grand Wailea Resort. We booked 2 villas and 1 hotel room at this outstanding resort. Julie paid attention to all the details that made our 7 day stay so eventful and memorable. A nice touch was receiving a welcoming basket from her at the villa! Classy touch.
She made it a ‘once in a life time’ event with our family.
Alaska
Alan
The planning (and execution) was exquisite and the trip unforgettable. Our Alaskan adventure was the absolute trip of a lifetime. From our arrival in Anchorage to departure in Vancouver the planning (and execution) was exquisite and the trip unforgettable. Boats, bears, fishing, whales, eagles, sled dogs, food, and wine. It was over much too soon. Hats off to Julie, Great job.
The planning (and execution) was exquisite and the trip unforgettable. Our Alaskan adventure was the absolute trip of a lifetime.
