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.
Now We Design Journeys That Transform Yours.
Travel Transformed Our Lives.
It's also the reason most of our clients come to us through someone who already knows.
This is the way we've always worked.
Real conversations before real planning.
The patience to understand what extraordinary means to each traveler we serve.
Relationships with our clients, with the world's finest properties, and with the trusted local guides.
And with the local guides and partners who transform a destination into a revelation.
Advisors, business partners, and two people who believe that extraordinary travel should feel deeply personal. Never templated, never rushed, and never anything less than unforgettable.
Julie's love of travel was ignited during a semester abroad in Madrid, where she spent five months exploring a new city every weekend by train and met the man she would marry.
Lisa's began with childhood family adventures that evolved into a lifelong pursuit of the world's most fascinating destinations, from India to Egypt to Japan.
Those experiences didn't just shape our taste. They shaped our entire philosophy.
We've never been drawn to the way most of this industry operates. The crowded rosters. The cookie-cutter itineraries. The advisors who know your dates but never truly know you.
We were drawn to something quieter. More intentional. More human.
We're Julie & Lisa
We invest deeply in every client relationship, beginning each journey with real conversation to understand not just where you want to go, but how you want to feel when you arrive. It's why our clients return to us year after year, and why so many become our most passionate advocates.
Your advisor should know you. Not just your itinerary.
Relationships, Not Transactions
Sacred Valley, Peru
The Inspired Difference
What does that philosophy look like in practice?
Koh Samui, Thailand
Our preferred partnerships with the world's finest hotel brands ensure our clients are consistently recognized, welcomed, and cared for at the very highest level. It's why arrivals feel different: personal attention, exclusive access, and hospitality no booking engine can replicate.
The connections that elevate every experience.
Preferred Access, Tangible Privileges
Each week, we dedicate hours to meeting with luxury hotels, cruise lines, and tour operators worldwide, vetting properties and experiences firsthand. Nothing is suggested from a brochure. Everything is suggested from experience.
Every detail considered. Every recommendation earned.
Meticulous by Nature
La Mamounia · Marrakech
Saturnia thermal pools
Decades of personal relationships with the world's finest hotels and partners give us the ability to negotiate the exception, arrange the unexpected, and turn a beautiful itinerary into something truly extraordinary. That's not a promise we make lightly. It's the standard we hold ourselves to.
Where others follow the rules, we find a way.
The Extra Mile, Every Time
Australia and New Zealand
Italy
Next destination on your list
Massage on the beach
A nice hotel bar
Guilty travel pleasure?
India (do you see a theme?)
Azores
Most underrated destination?
Indian food
Mexican food!
Cuisine you could eat forever?
Room with a story.
The story. Every time.
Room with a view or room with a story?
Beach!
Beach. But make it remote.
Beach or mountains?
Jaipur
Madrid. That one will never change.
Favorite city in the world?
LISA
JULIE
Quick-fire Q&A with the women behind your itinerary.
How We Travel
Personally Speaking
