ABOUT US

Your Travel Partner for Life’s Milestones

One goal in mind: to help people celebrate life’s milestones with joy, intention, and unforgettable travel experiences.

Transparency

Clear communication and honesty in every recommendation.

Authenticity

Curating meaningful experiences that reflect your story.

Celebration

Helping you honor every milestone with intention and joy.

About Our Process

We plan seamless, personalized journeys that transform life’s chapters into cherished memories.

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Get Ready

We can’t wait to hear about your travel dreams – whether you’re craving sun-drenched beaches in Hawaii or city lights in Europe. To get started, complete our inquiry form. Once received, we’ll reach out to schedule your complimentary consultation call. The call will take no longer than 30 minutes, and we’ll get to know you, your travel style, and what you envision for your trip. We’ll review our services, answer any questions, and determine the best planning option for your needs.

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Get Set

Once your client agreement is signed and planning fee is paid (if applicable), the fun begins! We’ll take everything we learned from your consultation and use our expertise and global connections to design your custom itinerary. Expect a thoughtfully curated proposal filled with unique hotels, experiences, and insider recommendations tailored just for you. We’ll share your personalized proposal for review, and you’ll have the chance to provide feedback – collaboration is key! Three complimentary revisions are included to make sure every detail fits your vision perfectly..

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Get Booked!

Once your proposal is approved, we’ll confirm all reservations and process any required deposits. Deposit amounts and due dates depend on timing and our travel partners’ policies. Before departure, you’ll receive your final travel documents – including a complete digital itinerary with all the important details. Then it’s time to relax, explore, and create memories that will last a lifetime.

About Your Experience

Seamless Planning

Your celebration shouldn’t come with planning stress. We can handle every detail from flights to activities, so you can focus on the joy of the occasion. Reach out to learn about our different travel packages.

Expert Curation

We obsess over the details that make celebrations magical: selecting the perfect accommodation, arranging special excursions, securing business-class flights for longer journeys, and creating those surprise moments that turn good trips into unforgettable memories.

Tailored to Your Style

Detailed day-by-day itineraries with restaurant maps and insider recommendations, or flexible guides that give you freedom to explore. We’re hands-on where it matters most – finding your perfect accommodations – while giving you choice about how structured you want your trip. 

VIP Treatment

Through our affiliation with Fora Travel, you’ll enjoy exclusive upgrades, amenities, and insider access at luxury properties worldwide (if applicable). Your special moment deserves the best treatment. 

A Letter From Our Owner

Kara, the founder of Ready, Set, Booked!, smiling and welcoming, representing personalized luxury travel planning expertise.

Allow me to introduce myself – I’m Kara! I grew up in Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley and now live just outside of Washington, D.C. After spending my college years in New York City, I’ve built a life that blends creativity, curiosity, and connection – whether I’m coaching a local girls’ high school soccer team, teaching economics as an adjunct professor, or planning your next adventure.

My love for travel started early. I grew up hearing incredible stories from my family – one grandmother lived in Mongolia and shared keepsakes and tales from her time there, while my other grandmother reminisced about her vibrant days in Panama. My dad often traveled to places all over the world and some of the amazing people he met even came to visit our home when I was young.

Since then, travel has been a defining part of my life: spending a month exploring Indonesia, visiting my partner’s family and seeing the Cathedral his family married in Ireland, reuniting with friends in Costa Rica and Guatemala, hopping on a spontaneous flight to Bermuda, jetting off to Paris and London with college friends, and much more. Up next – a romantic getaway to Greece!

As someone who values connection, culture, and creativity, I believe travel has a unique way of opening hearts and shaping stories. I can’t wait to help you create lasting memories and mark new chapters of your life through meaningful journeys.

Let’s get you Ready, Set, and Booked! today,

Kara

Our Partners

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Our Travel Partners

Through our affiliation with Fora Travel

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Virtuoso

As a Virtuoso travel agency, Fora grants Ready, Set, Booked! travelers access to perks at more than 2,000 hotels around the world, with 60+ brands like Aman, Ritz-Carlton and Mandarin Oriental.

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Rosewood Elite

Rosewood Elite is an invitation-only membership program reserved for the crème de la crème of luxury travel agencies. By booking your trip with us, you’re granted Rosewood Elite benefits and status at all Rosewood hotels worldwide — whether it’s a Manhattan icon, a Tuscan super-villa or an oasis in Thailand.

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Belmond Bellini Club

Belmond’s Bellini Club is an elite membership program reserved for the top luxury travel agencies. By booking a Belmond hotel with us, you’re granted Belmond Bellini Club benefits at all of the brand’s hotels and trains worldwide — from Anguilla to Cape Town.

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Four Seasons Preferred

Four Seasons, the Fora way. Fora is part of the exclusive Four Seasons Preferred Partner program, granting VIP perks to Ready, Set, Booked! travelers at 124 Four Seasons hotels worldwide.

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Aman

Aman is renowned for its next-level luxury resorts in both urban and remote locales. Aman’s serenity can even be felt in its sleekly minimalist architecture, which takes inspiration from its natural surroundings. Living up to its name, which means “peace” in Sanskrit, Aman also has a transformative wellness program that includes hammams in New York, Buddhist meditations in Laos and yoga experiences in India.

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Rocco Forte Knights

Rocco Forte Knights is the hotel collection’s invitation-only preferred partners program. When you book one of Rocco Forte’s properties with us, you’ll unlock exclusive perks and receive the ultimate VIP treatment, making a trip to any one of their exquisite properties all the more special.

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COUTURE by Langham

Langham hotels blend European elegance with a keen eye for local art and sensory details (they even have a signature scent). As members of COUTURE by Langham and through Fora Travel, Ready, Set, Booked! Advisors grant travelers access to exclusive perks and offers at this collection of properties around the world.

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Relais & Châteaux Preferred Partner Program

Relais & Châteaux’s iconic fleur de lis means you’re in for a treat. And as a preferred partner, we can level up your stay even more. Expect world-class dining (they’ve collectively earned over 300 Michelin Stars), warm hospitality (the best), tasteful accommodations and a deep connection with the history and culture of their locations.

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Hyatt Privé

Hyatt Privé is an exclusive membership program for travel agencies, granting Ready, Set, Booked! travelers top-tier status at a selection of Hyatt brand properties worldwide. Ranging from crowd-pleasing all-inclusives to luxe five-stars, these Hyatt hotels include brands like Park Hyatt, Andaz, Grand Hyatt and Thompson Hotels.

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Dorchester Diamond Club

Fora is part of the exclusive Dorchester Diamond Club, which unlocks VIP perks for Ready, Set, Booked! travelers staying at Dorchester’s hotels.

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The Peninsula PenClub

The Peninsula’s invitation-only preferred partner program is reserved for the brand’s most valued agencies.

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Mandarin Oriental

As a Mandarin Oriental Fan Club Preferred Partner (through Fora Travel), Ready, Set, Booked! unlocks exclusive VIP perks, complimentary amenities, and unparalleled service at Mandarin Oriental Fan Club hotels worldwide.

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IHG Destined

IHG Destined is an invitation-only luxury amenity program that enhances stays at a curated selection of IHG properties.

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Accor Preferred

Thanks to Fora’s Accor Preferred membership, Ready, Set, Booked! Advisors unlock exclusive amenities and benefits at 43 hotel brands with more than 5,100 hotels worldwide.

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Jumeirah Passport to Luxury

Thanks to Fora’s partnership with Jumeirah, Ready, Set, Booked! travelers can receive Jumeirah Passport to Luxury perks at the brand’s luxury hotels across Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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Hilton for Luxury

Hilton for Luxury offers Ready, Set, Booked! travelers top-of-the-line perks at over 100 hotels and resorts around the world.

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B Signature Diamond Club

As a member of B Signature Diamond Club, Fora grants Ready, Set, Booked! travelers exclusive perks and benefits at the B Signature’s seven family-owned hotels across Paris, Brittany and St. Barth’s.

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Design Hotels

Fora is part of Design Hotels Pro, granting VIP perks for Ready, Set, Booked! travelers at Design Hotels Collective properties around the world.

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Standard Secret Agent

As members of Standard’s Secret Agent preferred partner program, Ready, Set, Booked! Advisors score VIP perks for their travelers at the brand’s sleek hotels worldwide — from Ibiza to Manhattan.

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Leading Hotels of the World

From urban landmarks to tropical hideaways, the Leading Hotels of the World is known for its 5-star hospitality across 400+ hotels worldwide.

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Preferred Hotels & Resorts Platinum

Ready, Set, Booked! through Fora Travel is part of Preferred Hotels & Resorts Platinum, a preferred partner program granting perks for travelers at hundreds of hotels around the world, including popular brands like The Leela and Virgin Hotels.

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SLH withIN

As part of the SLH withIN program through Fora Travel, Ready, Set, Booked! Advisors score travelers exclusive perks at over 500 Small Luxury Hotels of the World properties.

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Club 1897

As members of Kempinski’s invitation-only Club 1897, Ready, Set, Booked! Advisors unlock VIP status and exclusive benefits at Kempinski’s sophisticated properties — from urban hideaways to remote escapes.

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Luxury Travel Programme by Address

Thanks to Fora’s membership in the invitation-only Luxury Travel Programme by Address, Ready, Set, Booked! advisors unlock exclusive benefits for travelers at Address’ refined properties across the Middle East.

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Marriott STARS & Luminous

The invitation-only preferred partner programs for Marriott’s luxury and lifestyle brands, respectively.

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Omni Select

As one of the first agency members of Omni Select, Fora grants Ready, Set, Booked! travelers exclusive perks at Omni’s hyper-local hotels and resorts across the US, from Scottsdale to Amelia Island.

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CoolRooms

Thanks to our partnership with CoolRooms through Fora Travel, Ready, Set, Booked! travelers get VIP status at the collection’s uber-stylish palaces-turned-hotels.

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Grace Bay Resorts

Grace Bay Resorts’ collection of luxe boutique hotels will take your Turks & Caicos vacation to the next level.

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The Mercer

A sleek SoHo hideaway loved by savvy locals and travelers alike.

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Shangri-La Luxury Circle

The Shangri-La Luxury Circle preferred partner program offers Ready, Set, Booked! travelers elevated status and VIP perks at Shangri-La hotels and resorts worldwide.

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Bravos

As members of Meliá Hotels International’s invitation-only preferred partner program through Fora Travel, Ready, Set, Booked! Advisors unlock perks at a select group of Meliá’s stylish, Mediterranean-influenced properties.

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Noble House Hotels & Resorts

Noble House’s VIP Select Package offers exclusive amenities and value-adds at one-of-a-kind properties in destinations from Napa Valley to Miami.

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Auberge Resorts Collection

From the Big Island’s dreamy Mauna Lani to Costa Rica’s Hacienda AltaGracia, any property within the exquisite Auberge Resorts Collection curates a supremely special and luxurious stay.

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Lungarno Collection

A design-forward collection of luxury boutique hotels in Milan, Rome and Florence.

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Proper Hospitality

Creative hubs with iconic design and top-tier culinary and wellness experiences.

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Palisociety

Palisociety hotels offer one-of-a-kind, neighborhood-centric travel experiences —from bespoke bed & breakfasts in Carmel-by-the-Sea, to urban oases in Los Angeles and modern, simplified hospitality in the heart of Austin.

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One&Only Resorts

Fora unlocks special benefits and perks for Ready, Set, Booked! travelers at One&Only Resorts’ collection of exclusive beachfront hotels, stylish urban retreats and private homes around the world — from Mexico to the Maldives — all at no extra cost.

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Chablé Hotels

These dreamy Mexico getaways combine culture, wellness, five-star hospitality and a locavore ethos.

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Sublime Hotels

An eco-luxury retreat with a bio pool and beach club in Comporta, and an intimate Lisbon escape with an excellent restaurant.

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Oetker Pearl

As an Oetker Pearl Partner through Fora Travel, Ready, Set, Booked! unlocks exclusive perks and VIP status at the collection’s 12 exquisite properties worldwide, from a private-island escape in Antigua to a lakeside retreat in Geneva.

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