Private Client Team
NEW YORK OFFICE
Based in our Manhattan office, our Private Client team works collaboratively. They specialize in complex, high-touch itineraries, where having the depth offered by a dedicated team makes a meaningful difference.
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Owner
Brooke grew up in Michigan, where bucolic family vacations at the lake gave way to a teenage sojourn to Spain, and she was never quite the same. She graduated from Michigan State University and began a career for a Fortune 500 company in Chicago. Successful but not content she bought a round-the-world ticket, and spent a year seeking her next path on a slow journey from Europe to India and Nepal, Southeast Asia to Japan, and Australia to New Zealand. Manhattan was the end of the road, and her dual loves for travel and business culminated in a new career. Brooke spent five years at a high-end membership-based travel company based in New York prior to becoming a partner at the Local Foreigner in 2015. She now lives in Darien with her husband and three young boys.
Top Destinations Southeast Asia, Italy, East Africa, South Africa, Anguilla
Favorite Hotels Borgo Santo Pietro, Singita Sasakwa, Amankora Punakha, Deplar Farm
Bucket List Chartering a Turkish Gulet, Egypt, Ol Jogi
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Travel Consultant & Sales Team Manager
Tatiana grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she was raised by a Peruvian mother who taught her from a young age to appreciate different cultures and languages. A love of the ocean propelled her to study biology at Wake Forest University – she planned on becoming a marine biologist, hoping her career would bring her to remote and tropical locations across the world. But after a semester in Madrid, spending weekends exploring different European cities, she decided the research life wasn’t for her. Still motivated by a sense of wanderlust, Tatiana moved to New York and joined the Local Foreigner as a Travel Coordinator.
Top Destinations
Italy, New Zealand, JapanFavorite Hotels
Singita Kwitonda, Eleven Experience's Chalet Hibou, and Minaret StationBucket List
Scuba Diving in Raja Ampat, South Africa, Japan, Scotland, solo trip to Sheldon Chalet
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Travel Consultant
Alex grew up in Houston where her family always encouraged her to explore the world and see past her sweet state of Texas. In high school, she finally caught the travel bug on an educational trip to Greece, Italy, and France, which was the catalyst for her passion for travel. She has a BA in International Studies and English Literature from Washington University in St. Louis, and even interned for Jimmy Carter’s health center, hoping the health programs she developed would grow her mind and passport. She continued to focus on international health while studying in Switzerland for a semester but spent a lot of her time traversing through Europe on school holidays. Wanting to have a true-life experience abroad, Alex moved to Japan after college to teach English. After two years and a pandemic in the middle of rural Japan, Alex was ready for a new adventure, one focused on her love for travel. Through some acts of serendipity, she found her way to Local Foreigner. Now, this Texas gal is experiencing her next big journey, moving to Brooklyn.
Top Destinations
Japan, Italy, CroatiaFavorite Hotels
Forestis, Aman Kyoto, Le SirenuseBucket List
Vietnam, Antarctica, Argentina, Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda
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Travel Consultant & Team Lead
Born and raised in Northern Virginia and Easton, Maryland, Larkin split her time between city life and on the Eastern shore. Larkin and her family spent time on the Eastern shore sailing along Chesapeake Bay exploring towns along the water. At an early age, Larkin was introduced to sailing and how convenient it was to explore new destinations while on a sailboat. As Larkin grew older, her and her family started to expand their sailing destinations and explored all over the Caribbean experiencing new cultures and destinations such as St. John, St. Barths, St. Martin and more. Larkin was fortunate enough to explore new destinations through her parents who passed onto her their love for travel, experiencing new cultures and local cuisines. Larkin moved to Denver, Colorado to pursue her passion in Hospitality Management at the University of Denver. Larkin's desire to travel followed her to Denver where she spent time studying abroad in Prague, Czech Republic. While abroad, Larkin spent her spare time traveling across Europe immersing herself in the local cuisine, and fashion. She started her travel career working as a travel advisor at a high-end membership-based travel company. She became addicted to creating memorable and unique experiences for clients all around the world.
Top Destinations Italy, St. Barths, Mexico, India
Favorite Hotels Cheval Blanc St. Barths, El Fenn, Chileno Bay, Le Sirenuse
Bucket List Gorilla trekking in Rwanda, Vietnam, Japan, Maldives, Amanzoe, Sweet Bocas, Copenhagen
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Travel Associate
Marie was born and raised in Michigan to a family of travelers who spent time exploring on school breaks. Loving all things cultural immersion, food, and travel, Marie majored in International Studies and Sociology at the University of Michigan. Post graduation, she indulged in another passion - as a florist and event planner - while the world recuperated from Covid. After a year of staying still, she moved to Italy to exercise her Italian and dive into small town Italian culture. She studied at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bra, Piedmont, where she ate her way through Italy and beyond. Her schooling culminated in an internship, where she moved to the Ligurian coast and worked in an Italian-speaking seaside restaurant as a chef and waitress. After completing her degree, she once again packed only what fit in her trusty suitcase, and moved to NYC to join the Local Foreigner team.
Top Destinations Piedmont, Ljubljana, Amsterdam, Galway
Favorite Hotels St Pancras London, Albergo Cantine Ascheri, a Puglian Trullo home
Bucket List South Korea, Peru, Alaska, Mount Kilimanjaro
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Senior Travel Coordinator
Born in London and raised in Connecticut, Katie has always been drawn to both the excitement of somewhere new and the ease of a place that feels like home. She studied at Tulane, where she fell for the energy of New Orleans, lived abroad in Seville, and spent slow summers in the South of France - somewhere along the way developing a love for travel that feels intentional and personalized yet effortless. With a background in art, she is drawn to the little details and special touches that bring an itinerary to life for her clients.
Top Destinations London, Côte d’Azur, Amalfi, Seville, New Orleans, Nantucket, Anguilla
Favorite Hotels The Emory, 1 Place Vendome, Casa Polanco, The Peninsula Istanbul, Crosby Street Hotel
Bucket List New Zealand, Japan, South Africa, Patagonia, Iceland
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Travel Coordinator
Dotsie’s love for travel has been a constant throughout her life. Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, she spent summers along the coasts of North Carolina and Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay, and winters visiting family in Palm Beach, Florida. Her spring breaks were often spent exploring the Caribbean islands. Inspired by her travel-loving grandmother, Dotsie’s passion for adventure led her to start her own jewelry business to fund teen service trips to Maui, South Africa, and Peru, where she hiked Machu Picchu. While attending Texas Christian University, she studied abroad on South Africa's Eastern Cape, further fueling her wanderlust. Her summers were spent living in new destinations, including Jackson, Wyoming; Bozeman, Montana; and New York City, a place she fell in love with. Joining The Local Foreigner allows her to combine her love of travel with her passion for crafting meaningful and immersive experiences for clients, all while living in a city she adores.
Top Destinations: Tanzania, South Africa, Costa Rica, Peru, Cycladic Islands, Hawaii (Kona and Maui)
Favorite Hotels: The Dolli at Acropolis, Four Seasons Peninsula Papagayo, Number Sixteen, The Chancery Rosewood, Warren Street Hotel
Bucket List: Chilean Patagonia, Botswana, Turkey, Madagascar, Seychelles, Norway
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Travel Coordinator
Growing up, Julia’s parents made it a priority to expose her to the world beyond her small hometown of Lexington, Virginia. From road trips across the U.S. to far-flung corners of the globe, their travels instilled in her a deep appreciation for cultural immersion, natural beauty, and off-the-beaten-path experiences. Julia didn’t stray far for college—being the proud Virginia enthusiast that she is—and attended the University of Virginia, where she earned her B.A. in Economics. A summer internship in Lisbon Portugal and as many trips with friends as a college student budget would allow followed. After graduating, she moved to Washington, DC, where she spent three years at a boutique marketing and communications agency. Craving a change of pace (and scenery), she relocated to Denver for a year and a half, where she split her time between ski slopes in the winter and hiking mountains in the summer. Ultimately, though, she felt a pull toward something more fulfilling—and landed in New York City to pursue a career that blends her love for travel with her passion for client service.
Top Destinations Italy, Vietnam, Costa Rica
Favorite Hotels Raffles Singapore, Borgo Santandrea, Grand Hotel Son Net
Bucket List Japan, Mexico City, Turkey
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Travel Coordinator
Born and raised in London to American parents, Annabel’s childhood was marked by extensive travel around Europe and frequent trips to visit family in the US. After her family’s relocation to Pennsylvania, Annabel’s love of international culture led her to Washington DC, where she studied Government and Economics at Georgetown University. During this time, Annabel studied abroad in Sydney, Australia, which brought new opportunities to explore the Asia Pacific region, a part of the world she had not yet seen. With a renewed adoration of travel and adventure, Annabel ventured up the East Coast, joining the Local Foreigner team in New York City with a desire to build a career in helping others do what she loves the most.
Top Destinations Italy, New Zealand, Morocco, Greece
Favorite Hotels Palacio Nazarenas, Estancia & Bahia Vik, Hotel Lou Pinet, the Langham Sydney
Bucket List Japan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan
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Travel Coordinator
Elsie grew up in Bedford, New York, spending summers on Fishers Island where a love of the outdoors took root early. A service trip to Nicaragua at 14 sparked a lasting curiosity about how people live around the world — one that shaped her path at the University of Denver, where she studied Cultural Geography and Sustainability and returned to Nicaragua so many times it's practically a second home. After college, she spent time in land and wildlife conservation before her travel itch took over: a month surfing out of a van across New Zealand, four months living in Costa Rica, and regular visits to family spread across London, Paris, and Austria. She joined Local Foreigner to turn a degree spent studying people and places into a career helping clients bring their travel dreams to life. When she's not planning trips, you'll find her surfing, skiing, skateboarding, or birding — and on quieter days, crocheting or lost in a good book.
Top Destinations: New Zealand, Costa Rica, the American West, Kenya, Tanzania
Favorite Hotels: Six Senses Douro Valley, Sendero Nosara, Mustique Island, Round Hill
Bucket List: Iceland, heli-skiing in Patagonia, El Camino de Santiago, Japan, Nepal