Travel Advisor
Irving Macario
Expertise
- Urban destinations,
- boutique hotels,
- Latin America,
- food-focused travel
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About
"Learn-it-all" working toward becoming a travel entrepreneur and focusing on wellness and adventure tourism.
Home airports
LAX for most trips, BUR as a backup.
My travel style
I look for wonder in the small things, whether I am walking the streets of Montreal or gazing at the graffiti-laden walls of La Comuna 13 in the hills of Medellin, Colombia. I have made it my mission to help busy, time-starved, industrious working professionals on the verge of burnout take well-planned, transformational vacations to reclaim their health, creativity and sanity. I have cultivated a keen understanding of designing escapes that have the traveler connect with themselves, feel at peace, focused and recharged. My clients return feeling healthy, invigorated, refreshed – and ready to tackle their demanding jobs with a productive and renewed spirit.
Favorite hotels
Recently returned from:
Family getaway to Maui (Lahaina).
Urban trek in Medellin.
Destination wedding in Cartagena (my own).
Summer festival time in Montreal, Canada.
Dreaming of:
Tahiti with my spouse.
Solo trip to Barcelona.
Alaska cruise with my brothers.
Reunion with my best guy friends in Madeira, Portugal.
One thing I can't travel without...
I love to listen to music as I walk, so a good pair of headphones are an absolute must.
Two truths, one lie:
I took a two-hour hike with my spouse on our honeymoon through Tayrona National Park, Colombia to get to the beach at Cabo San Juan.
On a winter holiday trip to Amsterdam, I met a chef from Cuba who turned out to be the owner of a popular tapas bar at the time. We clicked so well that he invited me to his after-hours New Year's Eve party for his friends and best clients. I got to spend my New Year's Eve with an eclectic crowd of people from across the world.
On a tour of Gibraltar, I was mugged by a family of Barbary macaques who desperately wanted my Toblerone chocolate.
Irving's guides
Travel Advisor
Irving Macario
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