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Haute Holidays Travel

  • About
  • How It Works
    • Process
    • Fees
    • Client Benefits
  • Travel Stories
  • Mentions
  • Resources
  • Set Sail

Meet Laura

Laura Bassett started Haute Holidays in 2013 as a way to pursue her passion for helping plan and execute travel dreams.  After working in Corporate America as a CPA for a decade while helping plan friends’ trips and dishing out travel advice on the side, Laura decided to turn her travel obsession into a career.  She believes that travel is all about self-discovery and finding new ways to inspire and to be inspired.

Laura meticulously crafts each individual itinerary with YOU in mind because just as no two people are alike, neither are two vacations.  With great organizational skills and an eye for detail, Laura will ensure that no detail is overlooked when planning your trip.

Interests and Specialities:

– Customized luxury travel planning worldwide, including hotels/resorts, villas/apartments, luxury cruises

– Honeymoons, anniversaries, special occasion travel, family travel, experiential and adventure travel, babymoons, mini-moons, weekend getaways, food & wine

– I have personally visited or planned client trips to: Hawaii, Tahiti, Mexico & the Caribbean, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Botswana, Costa Rica, Belize, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Indonesia, Thailand, Canada, Alaska, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ireland, United Kingdom, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Greece.


Some of Laura’s personal favorite journeys have included:

* Relaxing in an overwater bungalow in Bora Bora
* Riding elephants in Chiang Mai and Phuket, Thailand
* Participating in a cooking class on the Amalfi Coast, Italy
* Celebrating Oktoberfest in Munich (prost!)
* Enjoying a sunrise camel ride in the Sahara Desert in Morocco
* Exploring the ancient city walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia
* Touring and tasting at the famous port houses in Porto, Portugal
* Strolling the cobblestone streets of Cartagena, Colombia
* Swimming in Hawaiian waterfalls with her family
* Wine tasting in Tuscany
* Enjoying apres-ski in Aspen
* Island-hopping in Greece
* Helicoptering over the Emerald Isle, Ireland
* Completing the 15 mile Base of the Towers hike in Patagonia, Chile
* Whitewater rafting in Costa Rica with her family
* Dancing with the local Samburu tribe in Kenya around a campfire
* Gliding through the Okavango Delta of Botswana in a dugout mokoro canoe

Click here for Laura’s recent and future travels!  And here for her Virtuoso profile.

Meet Jennie

Jennie Weizel is Haute Holidays’ Travel Coordinator who helps pull all the details together so that your trip is seamless!

A native Texan, Jennie grew up in Houston, went to college at Baylor University in Waco, and now lives in Dallas with her husband and three children. Her background is in marketing, and she loves everything about the travel planning process! Her dream vacation can range from a rigorous outdoor adventure all the way to lazing by the pool or beach with a good book and cocktail.

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Paradero Todos Santos is for adults seeking an adv Paradero Todos Santos is for adults seeking an adventure and connection to nature and self in an authentic setting on Mexico’s Baja peninsula☀️🌵

Todos Santos is not Cabo, nor does it want to be. So, leave your fancy shoes at home (seriously, I didn’t wear my espadrille wedges once🤷🏼‍♀️); here you’ll soak up the Baja landscape by day and stargaze from your room’s rooftop star net at night💫

If you’re looking for something new & experiential in a friendly place not yet filled with big hotels & tourists, @paraderohotels is for you! Who’s ready to book a stay??🙋🏼‍♀️ #hauteholidaystravel #paraderohotel #bajacalifornia #todossantos #thejajoftravel 

📧: laura@hauteholidaystravel.com
Golden hour at @paraderohotels in Todos Santos, Me Golden hour at @paraderohotels in Todos Santos, Mexico✨

Less than one month old, this 39 room eco-chic hotel is set right in the middle of a farm- between the Sierra de la Laguna mountains and the oasis- and just a few minutes by car to the beach🏖 An adults-only adventure playground, rates include breakfast + activities like surfing, hiking, mountain biking & a taco tour🧡

The heartbeat of the hotel is the living room, an open-air space with low cushions & a cozy fire by which to regale tales from the day.. the open air kitchen beckons with barstools scattered around.. the long pool is accentuated with cozy beanbags and overlooks the 200 year-old local cardon cacti☀️🌵

In a word, I am already in love with this place, in a quieter part of Baja, just an hour north from bustling Cabo. Questions about @paraderohotels, please let me know!! So excited to begin booking this hideaway for our clients🥰 #hauteholidaystravel #paraderohotel #todossantos #bajacaliforniasur #mexico #thejajoftravel
Happy national margarita day.. one day late but wo Happy national margarita day.. one day late but worth the wait😎👏🏼🍹 @zadunreserve #hauteholidaystravel #rcreserve #zadunreserve #loscabos
WHAT A WEEK❄️❄️❄️ I’m grateful to ha WHAT A WEEK❄️❄️❄️ I’m grateful to have power back after several days mostly without. We are now, though, boiling water due to multiple water main breaks and thousands of residential pipe breaks, but at least we have water. This weekend temps rise above freezing and more damage may be revealed😕🙏🏼

So many are still suffering- no power, no water, broken pipes, etc. It’s been a trying week for Texans but we strong & resilient.. thank you all for the outpouring of love & well wishes!❤️ 

A strange thing happened in my house this week. Tuesday evening in our dark & cold home, we huddled around the fireplace to play Apples to Apples (a funny card game)➡️ Without distractions, we laughed until our sides hurt before going to bed.

The next night, we thankfully had power back, but were scattered across the house, once again sucked back into normalcy- TVs on, WiFi in use, running around in our own worlds. Exasperated, my 10 yo daughter exclaimed “can we just turn all the lights off and play cards in front of the fire again?!”

In that moment, I felt so grateful for what being mostly powerless for a few days gave us. A chance to slow down, reset.. sleep four across in a king bed for warmth🤣 I love to find silver linings, and while I know we aren’t completely out of the woods yet, this was ours.

It brought me back to some of my favorite off-the-grid travel memories like our beautiful US National Parks, remote lodges in Costa Rica, life-changing African safaris. A good reminder to slow down and disconnect to reconnect in this busy world😌 

Sorry not my usual post but have a lot on my heart this week, if you’ve read this far! Thankfully Haute Holidays is back in biz- happily continuing work on upcoming client getaways☀️ Sending a huge hug & prayer for everyone still in need that we get through this as quickly & safely as possible❤️ #hauteholidaystravel
Gratuitous beach pic today because COLD!!😬 Roll Gratuitous beach pic today because COLD!!😬 Rolling blackouts in Dallas this week have me longing for some sun & sea!☀️🏖 After this crazy cold snap🥶, what I wouldn’t give to be in this hammock again at the lovely @stregispuntamita 🙌🏼 

Judging from recent client inquiries.. I think we allll want this right now!!😄 Book this one thru us for free breakfast, resort credit & more! (Seriously- I have a whole new respect for my northern friends.. stay safe & warm everyone!!🙏🏼) #hauteholidaystravel #stregispuntamita #puntamita #mexico #givemesun
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