The island nobody is writing about yet
Why the smaller of the Balearics rewards a slower hand, and the three properties worth the ferry from Ibiza.
A Private Travel Advisory · An Affiliate of Fora Travel
Travel, as it was
Travel, as it was
meant to be. Witnessed,
not consumed.
Not every trip changes you. The right one does.
The Approach
A trip is not a checklist. It is an encounter.
Palmé Travel exists for the traveler who has already done it the easy way. The obvious hotels, the obvious views, arrived home knowing they missed something.
We design trips that balance adventure with ease, culture with comfort. The result isn't compromise. It's both.
Our Access
The doors that quietly open when you arrive.
Palmé clients sit inside a hospitality circle most travelers never see, built through Fora's preferred-partner access and Virtuoso membership. Recognition on arrival, upgrades when they're there to give, daily breakfast, property credit, early check-in. Same price as booking direct, just with everything else included.
Four Seasons
Rosewood
Mandarin Oriental
Belmond
Relais & Châteaux
Virtuoso
The Peninsula
Dorchester Collection
Rocco Forte
Shangri-La
Leading Hotels
Small Luxury Hotels
Hilton
Hyatt
IHG
Marriott
With 5,000+ relationships across hotels, cruises, destinations, and experiences. Palmé Travel delivers the right fit for every traveler.
Our Services
Two ways to work with us.
Some clients already know exactly where they're staying. Others want help from the first idea. Most land somewhere in between. Each service meets you there.
i.
Palmé Hotel Coordination
No booking charges. Our direct relationships mean your reservations get real perks, the things that matter.
ii.
Palmé Trip Editing
You have the vision. We refine it. Sourcing properties, restaurants, transfers, and guides that actually work together.
How We Work
Three movements. One trip that feels inevitable.
The architecture is the same for every client. The result, never. Here is what working with us actually looks like.
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The Conversation
Reach out and tell us about the trip. A short call or a few details on our form is enough. It's free, unobligated, and we won't suggest something that isn't right for you.
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The Drafting
We handle it. Bookings, confirmations, special requests, all of it. Every detail coordinated and confirmed before you depart. Nothing is included just because it was easy to include.
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The Trip, and What Follows
You travel with everything in one place, and us on call if anything comes up. We stay attentive to what comes next, often before you've thought to ask.
Field Notes
Dispatches from the road, and elsewhere.
What I Actually Tell My Clients About Japan
An honest guide to the country's best hotels, hidden regions, and the decisions that actually make or break the trip.
Here's Why Angama Mara is the Luxury Safari Lodge of My Dreams
On safari, the camp is the trip. A short field guide to why this property is the one I send clients to first.
A Swiss week, planned slowly
Where alpine adventure meets quiet luxury: the properties, the village, and the moments worth the journey.
Brazil Is Bigger Than You Think
From the Amazon to the Atlantic coast: an honest guide to where to stay and what to experience.
Italy's Wine Regions Reward the Traveler Who Slows Down
An insider's guide to the estates, cellars, and hilltop tables worth building a trip around.
The kind of note a well-travelled friend sends when they want you to know about somewhere before everyone else does.
Every Friday, one destination. The hotels insiders stay at and why. The hidden gems where travel insiders actually eat, not where 90% of travel blogs will steer you. The neighborhoods worth your time. What gets skipped, what gets prioritized. The destination intelligence most travel advisors gatekeep. Everything worth knowing about one place.
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The Advisor
The operational view, made personal.
A decade as a flight attendant gives you a particular education in travel, not the brochure version, but the operational one. The delays, the workarounds, the hotels that look the part and the ones that actually deliver. Thousands of arrivals witnessed from a vantage point most travelers never see.
That background is the foundation. Fora certification and preferred-partner status at over forty hotel groups, including Four Seasons, Rosewood, Mandarin Oriental, Rocco Forte, Belmond, Aman, and Leading Hotels of the World, is the infrastructure. What clients return for is the combination of both.
Richard
In Their Words
What clients say after they return.
Every detail arrived before I thought to ask for it.
We had been to Ibiza twice before. This was the first time we felt we'd actually been.
Using Richie this time was night and day.
Book with PALMÉ
Tell us where you're going, or where you've been thinking about.
We work with a small number of clients each year. The conversation is unhurried, the form below short. If a trip is taking shape in the back of your mind, even quietly, write to us.