Carol Born
Carol Born
Specializing Alaska, Ocean & River Cruises
Agency Owner, Carol Born, is passionate about guiding her clients in designing trips that help them reconnect with family, friends, romance, adventure, or nature. As a frequent traveler herself, she knows the struggles current travelers face with overwhelm, confusion, too many choices, and how to stay on budget. Sharing her knowledge with her clients gives them an edge when they travel, reducing stress and saving them hours and hours of time. Not being fond of unpacking multiple times during a trip, Carol has a deep love of all types of cruising. She is constantly expanding her travel knowledge by exploring the world with different types of cruise lines and tours. Simplify. Design. Reconnect.
My Travel Specialties
My Areas of Expertise
CERTIFICATES & AWARDS
My Travel Stories
Southern Caribbean Cruise
Recently I took a Royal Caribbean Cruise with my Mum. It has been a hard couple of years for her and she needed a break. With all the love and care she has given to me over the years, I decided to pamper her with a cruise.
Neither one of us has ... Read more from my Southern Caribbean Cruise story.
8 People, 6 parks, 1 week. Lifetime Memories!
Fondly, Sue and Jim K
Sue, It was such a pleasure helping your family plan their Disney vacation. There is nothing I love more than to hear families making memories that will last forever! I can hardly wait to help with your next trip! ~Carol
Multigenerational RCCL Cruise
Princess Alaskan CruiseTour
Family of 6 - Great Vacation
No Worries!
Enjoyed our vacation to its fullest extent!
We had a wonderful 40th Wedding Anniversary!
Make your next trip enjoyable and stress-free.
Carol helped us figure out hotels and how to divide the trip up so we had plenty of time to stop along the way. We are approaching 80 years old and needed to stop every couple of hours to stretch our legs.
We highly recommend going through Born For Travel to make your next trip enjoyable and stress-free.
Everything was simple and easy
Amazing cruise
Family Trip achieved rating "Once in a Lifetime"
Thank you for such kind words. It was a such pleasure to help your family! I am delighted to hear you made some lifetime memories. To me that is what travel is all about!
Repeat clients! Can't wait to travel again!
When I can start traveling again, I will be very excited to rely on Carol again.
We had an absolutely perfect time!
Lifelong Disney Dream
Family Cruise with Disney
I want to thank you on behalf of my sister, nephew, niece and daughter for the wonderful job that you have done in planning our first Disney Cruise. We were all very impressed with the cruise and had an excellent time. I will definitely recommend you to my family and friends. I look forward to staying in contact with you.
First time at Disney!
The Harry Potter trip was AMAZING!!
I had so much fun helping you plan for your visit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Whenever you are ready to go again I am ready to help!
Amazing Disney Trip
I appreciated the attention to detail, guidance/advice, and overall dedication to making sure our trip was magical. This team knows all the tips and tricks to make your vacation easier and a little more special!
We’d definitely use their services again, and would recommend them to anyone looking to optimize their Disney vacation.
We had a great time!
Our experience was magical!
Given the cost to spend a day at the park and enjoy the food options, we highly recommend Carol to help you get the best bang for your Buck to say the least. She navigated our day for us & as a result we were able to see EVERYTHING we had hoped & then some. Our experience was magical with our longest wait time at 45 minutes only one time by following her recommendations. We even communicated several times with her while we were at the park. It was truly great fun. Many thanks, Carol!!
Our cruise planning was perfect
Over the Top Special
Carol was very helpful
Had an amazing trip
Easy Bachelor Party Cruise
Great trip on short notice
3 Generations and a Magical Trip
Family Vacation to Walt Disney World
3 Birthdays and 1 special 51st Anniversary
Sisters Tea Cup Adventure
Spectacular Cruise with Grandkids
Due to her planning and guidance, we had a spectacular time and I would highly recommend Born For Travel to other travelers.
Very low stress trip!
Got back from Disney World — it was great!!
One of our highlights was the incredible multi-cultural experience throughout both parks. Olivia made friends from France, Australia, etc. Thanks for everything, Carol — it was a wonderful vacation.
Able to Eat on Vacation!
Amazing Universal Studios & Disney Long Weekend
Both VIP’s were super friendly and made for a great experience.
Universal- never had to wait and went on every ride we wanted
Disney- we hit all 4 parks in 7 hours. Never had to wait more than 5-6 minutes.
Graduation Celebration at Universal & Disney
Thank you Carol! We had a great time and appreciated all of the extras Born for Travel provided including: valuable insider information, paperwork/app assistance, sincere customer caring and genuine enthusiasm. WE WILL REFER AND, OF COURSE, WORK WITH YOU AGAIN.
Able to eat on vacation!
Carol helped put together a wonderful weekend at Disneyland/California Adventure. She shared great tips and was able to enjoy some dinning options with having some complicated food restrictions. Thank you Carol!
Sisters Tea Cup Vacation
Carol, We had a very nice time. Weather was not the best our first 2 days and it didn’t even matter! We still enjoyed ourselves! For me, the most wonderful part was having someone else make the plans. I’m not normally the type that trusts someone else to do that! But everything you did for us was perfect. We were very happy with our hotel, the service, and the ease of everything! I also loved the literature that arrived every few days that addresses us personally. It made the excitement grow daily! Thanks for your hard work. It was a real gift.
Family of 6 WDW Vacation
Hi, Carol! I just wanted to tell you what a great time we had at Disney World! Thank you so much for all of your help. The hotel was perfect and we all enjoyed the parks!
3 Generation WDW Vacation
Hi Carol, Got back from Disney World — it was great!! Olivia loved the attractions and events that you scheduled. We all loved the Japanese restaurant — superb. We also liked Tusker House; my daughter Sharon loved it the most. It’s cafeteria style, with very good food. It was pretty warm in Orlando, but 90 was the hottest it got, so not too bad. One of our highlights was the incredible multi-cultural experience throughout both parks. Olivia made friends from France, Australia, etc. Thanks for everything, Carol — it was a wonderful vacation.
Disney Family Cruise
Hello Carol, I want to thank you on behalf of my sister, nephew, niece and daughter for the wonderful job that you have done in planning our first Disney Cruise. We were all very impressed with the cruise and had an excellent time. I will definitely recommend you to my family and friends. I look forward to staying in contact with you.
3 Birthdays and 1 special 51st Anniversary
Thank you, Carol, so very much for being our Disney consultant. We cannot thank you enough for the marvelous job you did setting up our family celebration. We followed your suggestions and schedule and we were able to see and do everything we had hoped to do. You helped us make our Disney trip full of Magic. We are blessed to know you!
Family Vacation to Walt Disney World
I approached Carol because we didn’t have time to research how to find characters, what character dinners are good, where to have nice dinner with Animal Kingdom theme, how to make the most of our day. She knows just which things to go on first in order to avoid long lines, and which things need a fast pass. We went to 4 parks, and never had a significant wait. Carol was so helpful. We just told her what we wanted to see and she figured out how to make it happen. Her plans are easy to follow. And she gives enough info so if a ride goes down or the lines are unexpectedly busy, you know what to do. As a result, we interacted with 34 characters and saw maybe a half a dozen more. We feel like for the cost of our Disney ticket, we got way more out of it because of Carol’s help. Definitely got the biggest bang for our buck! I found the experience so much nicer. It took a load off of me, I didn’t have to become a Disney expert.
Amazing Universal Studios & Disney World Trip
Hi Carol, We had an amazing time! Thank you so much for everything you did! Both VIP’s were super friendly and made for a great experience. Universal- never had to wait and went on every ride we wanted Disney- we hit all 4 parks in 7 hours. Never had to wait more than 5-6 minutes.
3 Generation Universal Studios Family Vacation
Dear Carol, It was amazing, to use Olivia’s word!! It was extremely hot of course and very busy, but we didn’t let that stop us. She LOVED the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!! The magic wand worked wonderfully. She and Sharon were in the Parks for at least 13 hours both days; I joined them for about 8 hours each day; it was a job to get her to leave the Park. The vans, the pickups, the meal plan, the fast passes –everything worked great, thanks to you. Much appreciation for your planning and organization. We all felt kind of sad to be back in the non-magical world. All the best,
Princess Alaskan CruiseTour
Dear Carol, Thanks to you this was our best vacation ever! Thank you for all the special care you gave us. We think you are “Awesome!”
Lifelong Disney Dream
I’ve never been to Disney and it was a lifelong dream of mine to go. When the plans were official that my husband and I were going, my excitement level skyrocketed and I wanted to plan the best trip possible. Carol started helping me and I was so incredibly thankful. I was busy with finals week at school and there was so much that I didn’t know about Disney. Carol not only added to my level of excitement but helped me with every detail I asked her help with. She’s an expert at Disney so not only did I feel extremely confident in her advice but when I was at Disney I kept thinking how grateful I was for her tips and tricks. My husband and I had so much fun…it was hard to leave. I can’t wait to go back to Disney again. Thank you, Carol!
The Wizarding World for Mom and Daughter
Dear Carol, Thank you so much for helping me plan the BEST mother/daughter trip EVER!! Anna and I had such a memorable time at Universal Studios Orlando. The AVENTURA HOTEL was amazing. You made everything so simple. Thank you again for walking me through everything. It really was the trip of a lifetime. We will be going back in 3 years for Anna’s senior trip. Believe me we will be asking for your help once again.
Multigenerational RCCL Cruise
Hello Carol, I just want to thank you for booking this cruise it was our first one and we had a wonderful time! The staff was awesome!! So courteous, polite, and warm.
We had an absolutely perfect time!
Carol was an excellent resource for us. Planning for Disney for the first time can be a daunting task, but Carol provided excellent guidance through every part of the process, including which rides to obtain fast passes for, and which restaurants to eat at! She made the purchase of our tickets, and hotel seamless. She even assisted us with our one day journey to Universal Studios, which she made extra special by sending an official “Hogwart’s Letter” to my boys. A week before our trip we got a detailed folder with everything we needed to get us started on our adventure. I would highly recommend that you rely upon Carol’s assistance. Thanks!