Skiing the Matterhorn with my kids

Travelling and skiing are my 2 passions. I have skied for over 45 years learning in leather boots and Sears Roebuck skis on the slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My 3 children (after who my company is named) were all downhill ski racers and my daughter was a Race Team coach for several years before heading off to Business School. I have skied the US, Canada and Europe. Let me help match you with the perfect ski getaway whether it is Chamonix or Deer Valley. 

Ohh Mom! Travel is based in Great Falls, VA just outside of Washington, DC. While many of my clients are local to the Northern Virginia/Suburban Washington DC area, I have clients from across the US and even outside of the USA. My focus is on providing unique experiences, personalized service and inspiring luxury vacations for my clients. I am available 24 hours a day when my clients are travelling to help with missed connections, lost luggage, changed dinner reservations and any of the issues that might arise when you travel. I help my clients plan fun and adventurous trips that they might not experience if planning on their own. I work to craft luxury vacations that are filled with one of a kind experiences that will give lasting memories. When our family gathers, we always recount our many memories of skiing whether of stories in Deer Valley skiing during a blizzard or holding onto a rope being pulled by a snowmobile to get to our restaurant in Chamonix for lunch. Let me help bring these amazing memories to you. 

I am an outdoor enthusiast and avid skier. I have skied the European Alps including resorts in Switzerland, Italy, Austria and France. I have skied the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc -- staying in the charming village of Zermatt and the bustling town of Chamonix.  I have skied extensively in the US from the resorts of the West to the Northeast to the Southeast. This past winter, I returned to the Fairmont Banff Springs in the Canadian Rockies to ski Banff for a third time – Sunshine, Norquay and Lake Louise.  

There are always fun things to do if you want a day away from the slopes or have a non-skier in the group. I can help plan activities from food tours or wine tastings to outdoor activities such as snow mobiling, cross country skiing, dog sledding, snow shoeing, ice hiking or ice skating. The choices are endless – you just need to know where to look!! 

Are you wondering where the name Ohh Mom! Travel originated? I named my travel company after my three kids whose initials I used to name the company: Olivia, Harrison and Hunter. We started to travel with our kids when they were very young – first to Mexico, then venturing across the pond to England, then Italy (where all kids will eat the food) and then to the rest of Europe and beyond. We have great memories from my family travels – the visit to the cloistered nuns in Madrid on our Segway tour (and the nun who wouldn’t stop speaking to us through the wall because she didn’t want us to leave), staying in a true castle in Florence in which the door to the bathroom was in a wardrobe (think Chronicles of Narnia), kayaking in an old sugar cane irrigation ditch in Hawaii (and plucking my youngest out of the water when he fell in) and screaming in fear as my husband accidentally drove through the pedestrian area in Rouen so we could see where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. They are all in their 20s now and when we are together, we laugh about many of our travel escapades. I still have memories to make with them and am planning our 2021 holiday excursion. I promised my oldest son we would ski the great mountains of Europe together and we have a few more to go.        

My travel certifications include:   

ACC (Accredited Cruise Counselor) from CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association)

Switzerland Travel and Ski Expert   

Ireland Specialist

Brit Agent Certified                            

Club Med Ski Expert               

Travel Leaders Active and Adventure certification

Travel Leaders Luxury Travel certification (pending approval)