We believe the best trips are a blend of adventure, learning, and relationship.

And we strive to find that balance for you.

Do you have special qualifiers? Need a strong wi-fi connection, have a serious food allergy, travel with a wheelchair or a support animal?

No problem: Bespoke trips with no barriers are our love language.

Meet our founder

Since birth, Karen has been a planner.

With a successful career in advertising and marketing agencies, both as a founder and an executive, she decided to turn her everyday passion into a business helping others. 

Karen and her family travel more than two months of every year, scouring the globe to find the best destinations for learning, adventure, and downtime.  She believes every great vacation is the sum of individual parts  and she looks forward to helping you write your own vacation recipe. 

Karen has traveled and organized trips to over 30 countries. She is an affiliate of Fora Travel, a Virtuoso affiliate, with membership in hotel, home rental, tour guide, cruise, tour and safari partnerships. 

She specializes in luxury and active vacations including honeymoons, family vacations and reunions, wheelchair accessible trips, romantic getaways, group trips in the US and beyond, and anniversary getaways. 

Contact Karen for more info.

Our Method

Every traveler's idea of perfection is different. So that is where we start. You may not know exactly what you want, but you know that you love and what’s a dealbreaker.

We are practiced in uncovering your little quirks and passions, so everyone on the trip experiences that one moment that lights their fire.

Our Process

  • Joyward Travel Co creates personalised journeys for our clients.

    The Plan

    The best trips start with the best strategies. We get to know you, your budget and your time commitments before highlighting the destinations that you’ll be talking about forever.

  • Joyward Travel Co creates bespoke travel itineraries.

    The Itineraries

    Our itineraries are designed to help travelers get to where they wish to go–with no stress–no matter what their needs are.

  • Joyward Travel Co provides 24/7 customer service

    The Services

    We’re there for every Joyward Traveler to support the trip planning process and enhance the experience, from start to finish.

Our Travel Services

We are a full service travel agency booking individuals, families, couples, groups and corporate travel.

We have special expertise in accessible travel, having vacationed across the globe with accessibility in mind. 

There aren’t many places you can’t go with a wheelchair today: We are here to make sure you can.

Trip Types We Specialize In

  • Family Safari in South Africa.

  • Group Trip to Savannah.

  • Festive 50th in Paris.

  • Multigenerational trip through France.

  • Beaches and hikes in Maine.

  • Balancing the Bay and the Vineyards of Northern California.

  • Surf and Sunsets in Hawaii.

  • The Backroads of Provence.

  • Waterfalls and Fjords of Iceland. 

  • Cruising the Galapagos.

  • The Mendoza Wine Trail.

We make travel fun again.

It all begins with an idea. Maybe you know where you want to go. Maybe you don’t. And even if you love to plan travel, having a travel advisor on your team gives you access to more ideas, better perks and someone to call because after all, it’s your vacation.

We can think of a million reasons why you should use a Fora Advisor, but here are our favorite three!