Advisor - Arin Grant

Arin Grant

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    Based in Chicago

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    Speaks English

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Boutique Travel
Food & Wine
Hawai'i
Spain
Italy
Mexico

My Story

Type A about travel planning so that you don't have to be! Chicago-based foodie with an insatiable curiosity to see the world. I leverage my Kellogg MBA and former roles as a strategy and operations consultant paired with industry connections to plan amazing trips.

My Travel Style

I’m a boutique and luxury hotel addict, major foodie, wellness and nature enthusiast with a knack for off-the-beaten-path adventures and vistas. I'm constantly researching the best local haunts and experiences for both cities I frequent and bucket list locales. Whether I’m scouting the hippest neighborhoods or identifying those must-try restaurants with exceptional food /service that don’t break the bank—I’ve got you covered.

I enjoy immersing myself in the heartbeat of every location to experience it like a local, including art museums, dive bars, epic DJ sets and live music, boutique shops, flea markets and even hidden lakes to float the day away in. My travel style strikes a balance between budget-savvy hacks and splurges when it counts, with most trips planned around incredible food and dreamy hotels. I pride myself in focusing on the details both big (like overall trip logistics) and small (picture: surprise birthday cake or toy to entertain the little one you’re traveling with already waiting in your room).

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My reviews (33)

a month ago

Extremely fast and thorough, especially when the request for a second room was made by us just 36 hours in advance. Really appreciated how quickly Arin got back to us, as well as her making dinner reservations and securing our Falconry experience (activity offered by resort). We enjoyed and appreciated the resort credits that came from booking with Arin, as well as her support after our sub par check-in experience. Ultimately, Arin called on our behalf and was able to get us our dinner refunded as a comp, and a guaranteed upgrade for a future stay. This was awesome and extremely appreciated!

2 months ago

Arin prepared a wonderful itinerary for our trip. We had the best time and she provided amazing recommendations. We loved the mix of planned activities + flexibility. Her food recommendations were excellent. Thank you so much for planning an amazing trip for us!

2 months ago

Booking with Arin was amazing. She handled every detail for our trip, met with us multiple times, and worked with us to ensure we got the right vibe, itinerary, and preferences for our trip. Every place we stayed she amazed us even more with a special surprise welcome and just extra touches that made the whole trip such a white glove experience. Even when there were some tiny issues with activity bookings with 3rd parties, she immediately and promptly fixed the issues for us even being multiple time zones apart.

As someone who always plans every detail of every group trip I ever go on, it was a life changing breath of relief for someone else to do it for me and do it at my same level, actually even better level (and I don't easily humbly say that). Arin has been to so many places she is planning for, which is immensely helpful when you are traveling somewhere for the first time and don't have your own insights. She has the best tips and insights.

We are telling everyone we can to use Arin, and will 1000% be using her for our next big trip.

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2 months ago

We worked with Arin for our honeymoon in Hawaii and we couldn’t have asked for anything more. Arin planned our 10-day vacation perfectly - she knew all the best spots, and absolutely catered it to what we shared were our preferences. Arin was so excited for us to enjoy Hawaii, and this was so clear from her incredible planning skills!

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4 months ago

Arin was quick to respond, always interested in feedback and genuinely leaned into curating a trip that was perfect for us and our budget. She was realistic, helped us understand the different parts of the travel (ie travel times, prices, how certain tours will feel and how certain locations might be better for our vision vs what we may have thought we wanted).

I believe Arin is so well traveled herself, so coupling that with her insanely good social grace and skill set, she was able to capture the things most important to us and bring it to life. Our trip is something we really feel is bookmarked into our memory, and with that said, we will be using Arin’s expertise going forward as it was monumental in our ability to try new things and “trust the process” as we toured southern Italy in stress-free style.

My travel photos

Boat riding on a sunny day.
Pool in Bali.
Mountains in Dolomites.
Bath in Ubud.
Snorkelling in the sea.

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