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Our Mission
At The Bespoke Destination, our mission is to deliver a vacation that takes you out of the familiar and into the extraordinary. Our clients are caught up in the long list of demands that come with daily life. They barely have time for themselves, let alone their loved ones.
A travel experience designed by The Bespoke Destination gives them time imbued with deep meaning and connection. We understand that when you only have the opportunity to travel one or two times per year, you have to make each trip truly count. And we will. Our custom curation and client-first approach—alongside a touch of pampering luxury—ensures it.
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Founder and Lead Travel Designer
I founded The Bespoke Destination to give effortless vacation experiences to those who need them the most: busy professionals and families seeking quality time together, at a time in their lives when it feels impossible to be fully present.
My Story
Growing up, I quickly learned to equate “travel” with “quality time.” My father was a sales rep who was gone most of the week—so to keep our connection strong, my mother would plan vacations that aligned with his work schedule, wherever his work took him. Those “tag along” trips soon evolved into more intentional vacations, from road trips across the U.S. to flights overseas to Europe.
Our family connection to travel grew even stronger when my parents started a vacation business in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. After a career in retail management, I joined them; for seven years, I served in a client-facing role, helping our travelers make the most of their trips down south. I learned that I loved stitching together the complicated travel logistics—and I loved how infectious our clients’ vacation excitement was!
I knew that I had found my place, in travel.
I founded my own agency, Bespoke Destinations, so that I could broaden my impact and share my travel expertise beyond Mexico—and serve the travelers I knew needed expert assistance the most.
As a parent myself (to my toddler, Archer!), I know that a vacation is so much more than a vacation. When you’re raising a family, you want to hold onto every moment—because they all go by so fast—but our packed-to-the-gills schedules make that impossible. Except, when we travel. Only when we travel do we trade in our too-busy lives for distraction-free days spent exploring, indulging, and making lifetime memories, together.
That’s the gift I want to give our clients today. Through our personal experience and vetted professional relationships that span the globe, the Bespoke Destinations team makes it possible. So I invite you to get in touch, so we can start planning a bespoke journey of your own.
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Meet Michelle Janssen
A Few of My Favorite ADVENTURES
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Peru
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Croatia
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Italy
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Paris
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St. Lucia
A visit in the late summer, after the tourist rush, had us exploring the city’s museums, the catacombs, and the Palace of Versailles.
We spent our “babymoon” at the five-star resort Sugar Beach, and it was the perfect way to relax and be pampered.
This immersive experience took me from Cusco, through the Amazon Rainforest, and ended at one of the world’s wonders, Machu Picchu.
My husband and I honeymooned here and loved all of our curated excursions along the gorgeous coast.
Our family vacation started in Rome where we ate our way through the Eternal City, and then we traveled through Tuscany’s wine country and on to Florence.
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brilliant execution
Just because you’re too busy to plan a vacation doesn’t mean you don’t deserve one. In fact, we believe the more hurried and harried you are, the more you need an escape. And not just any escape: a carefully curated journey that finally marries quality time with family time.
