Escape the
Ordinary
Extraordinary journeys begin with someone who understands how you want to travel.
The Caribbean
Advisor-led travel
We start with the traveler, not the inventory.
The Travel Escapes is a team of experienced travel advisors who plan around how you actually want to experience a place — the pace, the people you're traveling with, the parts you don't want to think about.
You get personal attention, a short list of thoughtful recommendations instead of endless options, and someone who stays with the details from the first conversation through your return home.
Destinations
Where will you escape next?
A short flight to warm water, a European city at dusk, glaciers in Alaska, or something that has been on your list for years.
Travel, your way
However you like to travel, there's a version of it built for you
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All-Inclusive Escapes
Resorts differ far more than their brochures suggest. We match you to the property, room category and location that fit how you actually want to spend the week.
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Honeymoons & Romance
Honeymoons, anniversaries and quiet time away, planned so the two of you are not managing logistics on your own celebration.
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Family Travel
Trips that work for the youngest and oldest traveler in the group — pacing, room configurations, dining and downtime included.
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Disney & Universal
Theme-park travel has more moving parts than almost any other trip: park days, resort choices, dining windows, ticket types and travel days that all depend on each other. Several of our advisors specialize here — Ashley King, Emily Chappell and Justin & Jennifer Thomas — and plan it as one connected itinerary, including Disney Cruise Line sailings.
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Ocean & River Cruising
Ships, itineraries, cabin locations and shore time vary widely. We help you choose the sailing that suits your travel style.
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Custom Journeys
Multi-city, multi-country or entirely one-of-a-kind — built from a conversation about what you want the trip to feel like.
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Cultural & Culinary Travel
Markets, kitchens, neighborhoods and history. Travel planned around the parts of a place that stay with you.
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Adventure & Bucket List
The northern lights, a milestone birthday somewhere remarkable, or the journey you have been putting off. Let's put a date on it.
Why The Travel Escapes
What an experienced advisor actually changes
Personalized Planning
Planning starts with a conversation about your preferences, priorities and budget — not with a search results page.
Real Travel Expertise
Our advisors travel, study destinations and specialize. Ann Jay brings more than ten years of travel-agent experience.
Thoughtful Recommendations
You receive a short list chosen for you, with the reasoning behind each option, instead of endless choices.
Industry Relationships
We work through established supplier and partner programs on behalf of our clients.
Support Along the Way
We stay with the details through planning, and remain a point of contact around your travel.
How it works
Your escape, made simple
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Dream It
Tell us what you're imagining.
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We Design It
Your travel advisor develops and refines a journey around your preferences, priorities and budget.
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Experience It
Finalize your plans, pack your bags and enjoy your escape.
Featured Escapes
Journeys worth knowing about
Reserved cruise space, hosted departures and seasonal opportunities appear here as they're confirmed.
St. Lucia · Golf getaway · All-inclusive resort · Group opportunity · 2027
Tee Off in Paradise
Stay at One. Play at Three. Golf in Paradise.
A St. Lucia golf getaway for 2027 with championship golf, all-inclusive resort access and a limited block of 25 rooms secured at 10% off the regular rate.
2027 rates are published per couple — not per person
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Alaska · Cruise · 2027 Featured Escape · June 6, 2027 – June 13, 2027
Escape to Alaska on the Star Princess
Eight days of Alaska, roundtrip from Seattle.
An eight-day Alaska sailing aboard Princess Cruises' Star Princess, departing Seattle, Washington on June 6, 2027 and returning to Seattle on June 13, 2027.
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Our team
Meet your travel advisors
Real specialists, each with destinations and travel styles they know well — Disney and family travel, Caribbean all-inclusives, Alaska, cruising, Greece and the Mediterranean, national parks and more.
Ann Jay & Mike Harrison
Caribbean, Europe, cruises, parks and history
Ashley King
Disney and family travel
Christy Benton
All-inclusive, honeymoon and Caribbean travel
Meleia Chappell
United States, Alaska, Europe, UK, Ireland and Caribbean
Shannon & Coleman White
Cruises, beaches, cities, culture and adventure
Kathy Scoggins
Jamaica, cruises and all-inclusive travel
The experience
Travel is more than a destination
It's the dinner that ran long on a street opening onto the sea. The market you wandered into. The people you went with, and the things you now only have to say half of.
- Food
- Culture
- Connection
- Celebration
- Discovery
- Shared experiences
Traveler Stories
Travelers we've planned for
Verified traveler stories from our own clients. Full quotes are added as each traveler's wording is confirmed.
Traveler story pending verification.
Rebecca Hogue Harshman
Amtrak journey — Tuscaloosa, Charlotte, the Biltmore and Asheville
Traveler story pending verification.
Sherry Dart
Walt Disney World family travel
Traveler story pending verification.
Bethany Harrison
Jamaica honeymoon
What our travelers say
5.0 on Yelp
Based on 12 traveler reviews
Personal planning. Thoughtful recommendations. Support from the first conversation through the journey home.
Local recognition
Voted Best Travel Agency
The Travel Escapes — Ann Jay Harrison is honored to be recognized as Shelby Living’s 2026 Best Travel Agency.
About the agency
Credential
Ann Jay Harrison has completed the ASTA Verified Travel Advisor (VTA) certification — part of a decade-plus in travel advising.
Ready to plan your escape?
Tell us where you're thinking of going — or that you have no idea yet. Either one is a fine place to start a conversation.