Meet Terri

I’ve been an explorer by nature for as long as I can remember. My passion for travel began at 13, on my first international trip, to Japan, and it has never left me. Since then I’ve explored 27 countries (and counting) on every continent except Antarctica.

Some of my favorite travel memories aren’t the famous sights — they’re the moments in between. Sipping egg coffee in Hanoi, the city where it was invented, before heading back to the colonial elegance of the Sofitel Legend Metropole, a hotel that has welcomed writers, diplomats and royalty since 1901. Watching Saigon come alive from the Park Hyatt. Slow days at a villa tucked away in the Tuscan countryside, and tasting wine wherever I go, from Italy, France and Portugal to Australia and New Zealand.

Those moments are why I do what I do. I believe the right hotel, the right guide and the right table can turn a beautiful trip into a story you’ll tell for the rest of your life.

I’ve stood before the Great Pyramids of Egypt, walked the rose-red canyon into Petra and wandered the ancient lanes of Jerusalem’s Old City. I’ve watched the Eiffel Tower sparkle at night, gazed up at Cologne Cathedral and drifted past castles along the Rhine. I’ve followed the cliffs of the Amalfi Coast, explored Angkor Wat and walked through the bright lights of Shinjuku. I’ve sipped port in Portugal’s Douro Valley and sailed New Zealand’s fjords — but Italy and Japan will always be closest to my heart. Each journey taught me something about how travel should feel — and what makes it truly exceptional.