Luxury Travel Advisor · LuxRally Travel
Luxury travel.
Personal service.
I’m Carrie Hays, a luxury travel advisor with LuxRally Travel. I specialize in multigenerational trips, luxury hotels, luxury cruises, and yacht vacations, with personal attention to the details that make a trip yours.
No planning or booking fees · Based in Lexington, Kentucky · Serving clients nationwide
Four ways to travel well
What kind of trip do you have in mind?
Explore my specialties, then tell me what would make the trip meaningful for you.
Time together
Multigenerational travel
Bring children, parents, and grandparents together with thoughtful attention to rooms, budgets, arrivals, and everyone’s preferred pace.
Explore family & multigenerational travelAn exceptional stay
Luxury hotels
Find the right property and room, with attentive personal service and preferred partner benefits when available. I can help with a single hotel stay or a longer itinerary.
Explore luxury hotels & benefitsDiscover by sea
Luxury cruises
Compare cruise lines, itineraries, suites, and inclusions to find a sailing that fits your interests, travel style, and budget.
Explore luxury cruisesA more intimate voyage
Yacht vacations
Explore yacht-style voyages and smaller ships, with close attention to the atmosphere on board, destinations, and the experience you want on the water.
Explore yacht & small-ship travelStill deciding? We can start with who’s going and how you want the trip to feel.
Tell me about your tripHow it works
From an idea to the trip
you'll actually remember
Most people book travel through a portal. That works fine for a quick weekend. But when you want a trip that goes the way you imagined it, you need someone who knows the properties, reads the fine print, and is reachable when something comes up.
A real conversation first
We start with a call. I learn where you've been, what worked, what didn't, and what you actually want from this trip. The research I send you is based on your preferences, not a generic template.
Tailored options, not a list
I come back with a shortlist of properties and itineraries that fit what we talked about. Flights, hotels, cruises, tours and activities. I compare rates, preferred benefits, and booking terms to help you choose the best overall value, with no added planning or booking fee from me.
Full booking, handled
Once you decide, I book everything. I handle the confirmations, the details, and the coordination. You show up, and it's done.
My number, your backup plan
You get my personal cell number. Not a call center, not a hold queue. If something goes sideways during your trip, you have someone who can actually do something about it.
The part most people ask about first
This costs you nothing.
I never charge planning or booking fees. I am compensated by travel suppliers after you travel, so you can get advisor guidance, preferred benefits when available, and trip support without paying an added fee to work with me.
Read the no-fee advisor pageCommon travel advisor questions
Clear answers for the questions people actually ask
If you are trying to figure out whether a travel advisor is worth it, start here. These pages explain fees, preferred hotel benefits, cruise planning, family travel, and when a real person is better than a booking engine.
No-fee travel advisor
How I can help plan and book travel without charging planning or booking fees. Read the no-fee advisor page.
Luxury travel planning
What I handle before recommending a hotel, cruise, villa, or itinerary. See luxury travel planning.
Hotel perks and preferred partners
How preferred partner programs can add breakfast, hotel credits, upgrade priority, and VIP notes. Compare hotel benefits.
Travel advisor FAQs
Fees, booking portals, cruises, flights, family travel, group trips, and what happens if something changes. Read the FAQs.
What clients say
The trips speak
for themselves
“I knew when she gave me an uninterrupted hour of her time the first time we talked, to get to know me and my family and how we like to travel, that she was kind and highly skilled.”
“It was clear she took the time to understand what we wanted and created an itinerary that exceeded our expectations. We made amazing memories without having to worry about the logistics.”
"Our getaway was incredible!"
Jason T., Malliouhana
"Booking our large family cruise through Carrie was the best decision we could have made!"
Cathy K., yearly Royal Caribbean 30+ person family cruise
"AMAZING! Carrie was able to get us a 3rd night free promotion on LOTTE Towers in NYC. When we checked in, we were upgraded to a three floor penthouse."
Nessa T.
A recent example: A client wanted a specific room category at a Hyatt property. I recommended a lower-tier room with a confirmable upgrade. They got exactly the room they wanted and saved $1,000. That kind of knowledge only comes from knowing the properties and having access to preferred partner benefits.
Get in touch
Ready to plan something?
Tell me where you want to go, or just that you want to go
somewhere worth it. I'll take it from there.
I respond within one business day.