Need a vacation to plan your vacation?

With so many options and information at your fingertips, vacation planning can be overwhelming and time consuming. Not to mention worrisome when it comes to the finer details that come with exotic or special interest travel. Rao Travel believes a vacation should be a breeze—starting with the planning process. Rao Travel is a boutique company managed by Usha Rao, creating custom itineraries and catering to special interest travel from biking trips to culinary vacations. This is offered through personal partnerships with unique travel companies who have been vetted for their service and performance. She prides herself in her ability to deliver exactly what her passengers need, while handling the nitty-gritty details for them.

The Difference

A step further. The first priority is planning the ultimate vacation for you. Rao Travel will discuss your wishes, needs, budget… anything you are looking for in your tour and then recommend the itinerary and travel style to suit you best.

It’s all in the details. Intricate planning is involved with exotic, special interest, or preferred style of accommodations. Let Rao Travel handle and organize the numerous details, in short run things smoothly thus ensuring a truly relaxed experience abroad. All this is included at a nominal consultion fee.

Behind Rao Travel:

The passion to travel and my motivation to create memorable and meaningful vacations got me started in this industry well before the advent of internet.

Worked at different levels with a tour operator dedicated to offering customized vacations to Hawaii and Europe.

My journey then brought me to where I am now, I continue to create custom holidays and offering unique vacation ideas to my clients traveling to Asia, Europe, South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and more.

My own travels have taken me to multiple countries in Europe, Asia, Central America and North America.  Some of them were for work to forge better patnerships and some were on personal holidays with my family. Countries I have visited are: Austria, Greece, Italy, India, Ireland, Panama, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, Singapore, Canada, to name a few.

I enhance my product and destination knowledge by being in direct contact with tourism boards of countries and various tour companies. It gives me a sense for current market trends and helps me keep abreast of new offerings within the industry. My goal is to turn your vacation dreams into realities.

Current certifications from the Travel Institute of America are:

Certified Travel Counselor (CTC) This designation is the highest educational designation awarded in the travel industry, the equivalent of a master’s degree.

Destination Specialist (DS):

  • China
  • East Asia (covers China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea)

Certifications from Tourism Boards:

  • China
  • Catalonia
  • Costa Rica
  • Egypt
  • Hawaii
  • India
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Peru
  • Singapore
  • South Africa

Product Line Certification:

  • Accor Hotel Specialist
  • Backroads Travel Company
  • Fairmont Hotels (Famous Agent)
  • Hyatt Hotels
  • Outrigger Hotels Hospitality Specialist
  • Marriott Hotels
  • Taj Hotels & Resort

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