Personal travel, handled properly.

Booking, coordination, and support from start to finish. Perks&Rec’s membership based personal travel service takes care of the details so your trip comes together the way it should.

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Why You Choose Us

Advice Without Agenda

Perks&Rec is based on a membership model, and that's what allows us to work for you, not the hotel. We're not dependent on commission, so every recommendation is based on what's right for your trip.

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Better Rates + Real Perks

Access preferred travel advisor rates, often 10 to 20% less than what you’d find online, plus complimentary perks like breakfast, room upgrades, and hotel credits averaging $400 per stay.

A Real Person, Not an AI Bot

You work with someone who understands how you travel and handles the details with you, not a chatbot, not an algorithm, and not a generic recommendation engine.

Time Back + Faster Decisions

The average traveler spends 10+ hours researching a single trip. We take that off your plate and deliver clear, curated recommendations, often within 48 hours.

Wrap-around Travel Services

We handle bookings, coordination, and follow-through so everything runs through one place, before, during, and after your trip, without you managing multiple vendors or details.

Trips We Handle

Travel can mean a lot of different things, and we support a wide range, from simple stays to more complex, multi-layered trips, with the same level of coordination and attention to detail throughout.

  • Hotels, resorts, all-inclusive properties, vacation rentals, villas, and extended stays.

  • Ocean cruises, expedition cruises, river cruises, and private yacht or boat charters.

  • Multi-city itineraries, long-haul travel, and trips that require coordination across multiple destinations, including flights, rail journeys, and transfers that need to align properly.

  • Safaris, private guided trips, wellness retreats, cultural travel, scenic rail journeys, and other experience-driven itineraries 

  • Trips built around weddings, honeymoons, celebrations, major events, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

  • Trips that don’t fit into a standard format, where sourcing, coordination, and structure matter more than the destination itself, including more complex logistics or non-traditional travel like private air or yacht charters.

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What We Handle

Destination + Hotel Sourcing

We narrow destinations and hotels quickly based on your budget, preferences, and how you travel so you’re not sorting through endless options.

Transportation + Trip Routing

We map out flights, transfers, and routing so your trip actually flows and you’re not dealing with avoidable gaps or timing issues.

Activities + Trip Planning

We guide what to do, recommend tours and experiences, and help structure your time so your trip is well paced and thought through without overplanning or leaving key moments to chance.

Ongoing Support + Issue Resolution

We stay involved before, during, and after your trip, helping with confirmations, changes, and any follow-up issues like billing discrepancies or property coordination so you’re not left dealing with problems on your own.

Trip Bookings + Rebookings

We secure exclusive rates and apply perks like breakfast, upgrades, and credits when available, while continuing to monitor your booking so if a refundable rate drops or a better option becomes available, we can adjust it accordingly.

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How It Works

Join as a member.

Start by joining Perks&Rec Travel Access, which gives you access to booking support, preferred rates, perks, and ongoing coordination across your trips, along with a $200 annual credit toward planning services that renews each year with your membership.

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Tell us about your trip.

Once you’re a member, send over what you have over by email, phone, or even text. Whether that’s full details or just a destination and rough dates, and we’ll review it and guide you on the best way to move forward without overcomplicating things.

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We handle the trip.

We handle bookings, coordination, and logistics so everything is set up properly before you go, and we stay involved throughout your trip and after you return to manage confirmations, changes, and any follow-up like billing issues or coordination with the property.

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  • Most trips are straightforward, but some require more coordination and time, and when that’s the case, we step in to handle the work behind the scenes, whether that’s coordinating more involved logistics or sourcing more complex travel needs beyond standard support, with this work typically priced at $100 per planned day and your $200 annual credit applied first, so many trips are fully or mostly covered each year.

  • "We have absolutely appreciated booking through Perks&Rec for ease as well as price monitoring. Ed really helped us find this location in a perfect area to our needs along with a suitable price point."

    Justine, Travel Access Member

  • "Booking transfers and travel with Ed was the best thing we could have done. It took the stress and uncertainty out of travel and made navigating new places and experience far better."

    Colleen, Perks&Rec Client

  • "He gets me free breaky, good views, and checks actual charges against what was quoted. A+"

    Luke, Travel Access Member

  • "It was very easy to communicate with Ed and bring up questions. Responses very quick and thoughtful and provided more insights we hadn’t considered. Would highly recommend."

    Valbona, Perks&Rec Client

  • "Truly appreciate the professionalism and care. Highly recommend!"

    Karen, Travel Access Member

  • "Ed was an amazing travel advisor and I would highly recommend him for any of your trips."

    Rachel, Perks&Rec Client

Perks&Rec Travel Access Membership
$199.00 every 12 months

Travel Access is for travelers who want someone to handle the hard part. We do the work. You just make the decision. It means we work for you, not our partners. No commission pressure, no preferred vendor lists. Just the right choice for your trip. And, it’s designed to pay for itself in the first 1 to 2 trips through monitoring, perks and time savings.

Join Perks&Rec Travel Access

What’s included:

  • Unbiased recommendations based on how you travel

  • Access to preferred rates + partner perks

  • Booking support across hotels, cruises, villas, and more

  • Price monitoring with rebooking when rates drop

  • Pre-arrival coordination with hotels

  • Wrap-around services before, during, and after your trip

Plus, each year receive:

  • $200 Perks&Rec credit toward Trips&Itineraries or Groups&Events, applied automatically

  • $25 in additional credit for every $2,500 spent with Perks&Rec

The Perks&Rec Guarantee

We want you to try Perks&Rec without any hesitation, and we're confident you'll get your money's worth. That's why we back it with a money-back guarantee. Not satisfied? You have the ability to request a full refund of your membership fee at anytime.