Rachael Plans Travel

The four main reasons for wellness travel are:
😴😎 Rest and relaxation
💪Enhancing quality of life
🌿Being in nature
📵Desire to disconnect

Basically, it’s type of travel that allows you to maintain, enhance, or kick off a healthy lifestyle and supports or increases your sense of well-being. Whether that means taking a camping trip ⛺️ in the woods or going on a meditation retreat 🧘‍♀️, it all counts! 

I’d love to help you create YOUR version of an ideal wellness vacation! Message me with any questions you have!


Where did you go on the favorite vacation you’ve ever taken?🤔

We are headed to a tulip party in Oregon on day 5 of our tor 6 Tulip Festivals in the US! Have any of my west coast friends ever been??

We’ve reached the East Coast on day 4 of our tour of the 6 best tulip festival’s in the US!

It’s hard to believe we are already halfway through our journey visiting the 6 best tulip festivals in the US! As we head to the East Coast, we are making a stop in Iowa.

Dat 2 of our tulip festival tour is here and we are going to Washington!

It’s day one of our exploration of the six best tulip festivals in the US! It makes sense that we should start in Holland… Michigan.😉

It’s time for another series!!! Since Spring is here and tulip season 🌷is coming up fast, let’s explore six of the best tulip festivals in the US! We are leaving tomorrow and going coast to coast! So pack for nice days and cool nights! 🧳

Avoiding unnecessary stress is a BIG reason to use me as your travel designer!

When we travel with purpose ~ even if that purpose is as simple as traveling with an open mind and a kind heart ~ we fill ourselves, and ideally, consider our impact on a destination.

That is why I love working with travel partners and destinations who have sustainability as a keystone of their brand and make a tangible difference in the lives of the people living and working in the destinations we visit.

Our presents changes a place, so we might as well try our hardest to leave it better than we found it. I’d love to work with you on your next vacation so we can all travel better!

Living a balanced life doesn’t mean living life perfectly. ⚖️(Perfection is a dangerous myth that shouldn’t be strived for.)
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Balance is a dance of opposites. Work and rest. Family time and me time. Sticking with routine and trying something new.
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A few years ago, I did something very familiar in an unusual place. I took a yoga class on a helipad in downtown Hollywood.
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For someone who is scared of heights, it wasn’t an easy decision. 😳But the experience and the panoramic view was worth the discomfort.
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Would you have done it?

It’s National Plan For Vacation Day! ✈️(No joke!) Which seat should I book for you?

Happy New Year’s Eve everyone! Which New Year’s bash would you like to go to one day? 1, 2, or 3....

Edinburgh, Scotland really shines in the winter months ❄️as Christmas markets and Hogmanay celebrations come together to create a winter wonderland offering one of the world’s best festive calendars. Along with Santa’s Grotto 🎅; an oval ice rink; fairground rides, an elves’ workshop hidden within the Christmas Tree Maze; and stalls selling wooden toys, Harry Potter themed gifts 🎁 , and mulled Irn Bru; you’ll find special performances, and art works showcasing local talent.

Basel’s Christmas market is the biggest and most beautiful 😍in Switzerland, assembling 160 decorated stalls 🎄selling a wide array of culinary wonders from gob-stopping sausages, and authentic Basel Läckerli (a local twist on gingerbread), to hot punch, festive fondue, and rib-sticking raclette to beat the winter chill.

Nothing will get you more in the spirit of the festive season 🎄more than the incredible illuminations of the Metz Christmas market in France. Keep warm with traditional features such as the open-air ice-rink ❄️and the merry-go-round. Wander through the enchanting Sentiers des Lanternes and follow the path of elves and dolls illuminated during the stunning fair.

You have to trust a city so dedicated to Yuletide that it rolls out real live camels 🐫 . But Poland’s old capital, Kraków, has plenty more in store. You can get your skates on in a snowy square❄️, fill up on mulled wine and gingerbread, and experience sublime moments in serene galleries and candlelit churches.

Christmas in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava is a time of childlike wonder. ❄️ Fairy lights are draped around Christmas trees 🎄 , while market stalls sell traditional wooden toys and handsome Christmas decorations. Foodie treats include pancakes, sausages and luscious cakes.

France’s ‘Capital of Christmas’ is Strasbourg🎄. You’ll find 300 traditional market stalls crowding the city’s central squares, doing a strong line in hand-painted wooden Christmas decorations. Seek out the Market of the Invincible Small Producers of Alsace for sausages and almondy, fruity, brioche-like kugelhopf.🤤

Prague, Czech Republic is a glittering pool of seasonal cheer. There are presents aplenty on offer including frosted, hand-blown glass baubles. But it’s the food 🤤that will keep you hanging around: warm, fatty sausages just off the grill; fresh pancakes 🥞; garlic and-cheese flatbread; all topped off by a glug of svarák, the local, citrussy take on mulled wine. Its cinnamon scent is misted over the whole square.

Britain’s prettiest market, which spills along Bath’s cobbled streets, is big, but quaint and crafty; you’ll find 80 percent of its 200-plus stalls selling local products from snug wooden chalets strung with twinkling lights. Warm up over a glass of mulled cider 🍺 in the Lodge on Stall Street, a cosy cabin with plenty of Christmas cheer and a bar selling more than just hot chocolate and mulled wine.

Igniting the Christmas atmosphere in mid-November😳, Budapest brings two Christmas market 🎄contenders to the table: Vorosmarty Square and Basilica. Vorosmarty Square is tucked right into the heart of the city and is Budapest’s oldest Christmas market. Here, you’ll find plenty of food stalls, handicraft shops and free concerts.

For a more modern take on tradition, arty Berlin has it covered. The city centre is festooned with around 80 Christmas markets 🎄(there’s even one specifically for dogs 🐶 ), so don’t try to cover them all. If you’re after scale, Spandau is the biggest. For looks, Weihnachtszauber, in magnificent Gendarmenmarkt Square, is the prettiest with plenty of arts and crafts on offer.

The pretty Salzburg, Austria comes into its own at Christmas, with snow-sprinkled ❄️ renditions of ‘Silent Night’ (the carol was written and first performed nearby) and market stalls that look much as they did when they were first set up way back in the 15th century. The focus here is on quality over quantity, so expect hand-knitted socks 🧦 rather than novelty candles for stocking fillers at this winter wonderland.

Long-favored as a festive destination, Cologne boasts several Christmas markets 🎄 , the largest of which is in the city centre, beneath the appropriately stunning backdrop of Cologne’s iconic cathedral. Recently added to Cologne’s festivities is Christmas Avenue, an LGBTQ+ market featuring live shows and variety performances, located between the Sparkasse bank and Westgate on Rudolfplatz Square. 🏳️‍🌈

Starting tomorrow is a special series! 🎄 🎅 🎁

During Small Business Saturday and all year round!

NEWS FLASH!