Meet Jea, the one
behind Journeys with JB.

I'm a Fora and Virtuoso-affiliated luxury travel advisor specializing in custom journeys for couples, families, and discerning travelers who want exceptional travel without the hours of research and planning. Having traveled to 40 countries across five continents, I pair firsthand destination knowledge with detailed planning and deeply personalized service. Through my elite network of preferred hotel and travel partners, I secure exclusive VIP perks, room upgrades, complimentary breakfasts, and resort credits that simply aren't available to the general public online.

Care, Advocacy & Travel as Therapy

My approach to travel is shaped by my background in healthcare. Before transitioning into luxury travel, I spent my career as a surgical nurse, a role that taught me the absolute necessity of unwavering client advocacy, flawless attention to detail, and predicting logistical hurdles before they arise. Today, I'm also a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner student at Yale University, graduating May 2027.

I believe travel is an essential part of wellness: stepping away from the daily grind and immersing yourself in a new environment is what makes mental rejuvenation possible. Because of that, I don't just plan logistics; I design spaces for you to reset, disconnect, and gather meaningful experiences.

What Fora and Virtuoso Actually Mean

Those two names appear on every advisor bio in this business and almost nobody explains them. Virtuoso is a by-invitation network of travel agencies and the hotels that partner with them. Fora is the agency my practice is hosted by, and Fora is a Virtuoso member. My Virtuoso advisor profile is number 18340028 if you want to check it.

What that buys you is specific. On a partner property I can add amenities to a booking that you cannot add yourself: breakfast each morning, a credit to spend at the hotel, a room upgrade when one is sitting empty, an early check-in or a late checkout. And when something goes wrong at eleven at night in a city where you don't speak the language, I have a name and a number rather than a contact form.

What It Costs to Work With Me

Four ways in, depending on how much you want handed off. My VIP Desk is complimentary: if you already know the hotel, I book it at the same rate you would pay going direct, with the partner amenities added on top. My Shortlist is $99, three properties vetted against your taste and your budget and laid out side by side.

A Signature Journey starts at $350 per week of travel and covers hotels, flights, transfers, dining, and the experiences that have to be booked ahead. Past that I book premium and business class fares, private aviation, yacht charter, cruise and all-inclusive stays, group trips, weddings, and travel built around a sporting event.

You are not paying a markup for any of it. Hotels pay advisors a commission out of their own margin, which is where my fee comes from on those bookings, and it is the thing people misunderstand most often about how this works.

The Trips I Take On

Honeymoons and milestone trips are most of my work. The dates are fixed, the stakes feel high, and nobody wants to spend the six months beforehand with forty browser tabs open. Safari and expedition travel is the other half of it, Tanzania and Patagonia especially, both of which I have done on my own feet before I ever sold them.

I also plan small-group celebrations, where the destination is rarely the hard part. Getting twelve people on four different flight paths to land in the same place on the same afternoon is the hard part.

And I work in points and miles. Most people carrying a large balance have never been told what those points are actually worth or which transfer partner returns the most for them. There is a calculator on this site that gives you the raw numbers, and then we work out what to do with them.