For over 20 years, Josh has worked for many travel industry leaders including the Yachts of Seabourn, Travcoa, Royal Viking Line, Charles Schwab Travel and Thomas Cook. Positions have ranged from vacation travel consultant to marketing management.
Before coming back to his roots in 2004, he also worked as a senior analyst with IDC and as a consultant with PhoCusWright, covering trends in travel industry distribution. Josh has been a speaker at several major travel conferences including Travel Weekly, eTravelWorld and Eye for Travel. He has been quoted in Travel Weekly, Business Travel News, Travel Agent Magazine, Forbes and other publications.
Just prior to returning to luxury travel, Josh worked in customer marketing for The Clorox Company.
Now, he is focused on bringing the traveler a luxurious, unusual and modern experience, personalized service and expert trustworthy advice at a fair price. Even though he sits in San Francisco, Josh's clients live all over - from Los Angeles to New York to Scottsdale to Shanghai.
With Josh's global contacts in cruise and land based travel will ensure that your travel experience is decidedly interesting, meets your comfort requirements and is handled smoothly.
Casto Travel & Virtuoso
Josh is affiliated with and all bookings are made through Casto, a member of the prestigious Virtuoso Travel network and one the largest and most successful agencies in the USA. One of the top 50 agencies in the USA, Casto is a top producer for many ultra luxury cruise lines and tour operators, such as Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Seabourn and Abercrombie and Kent.
Virtuoso is the industry's leading luxury travel network. This by-invitation-only organization comprises over 300 agencies with more than 6,000 elite travel specialists in 22 countries, as well as over 1,000 of the world's best travel providers and premier destinations.
For travelers who depend on experts to reduce complexity and ensure smart choices, Virtuoso travel advisors design customized travel experiences using the resources and relationships available exclusively through their network membership.
Please peruse this site to get an idea of some of the vacations we've designed. For your own personalized and expert travel planning, please contact Josh directly.