Meet Your Travel Concierge

Islandspree was born from a career change, a leap of faith, and a shared love of travel.

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I originally earned a degree in architecture and worked in the field for about a year before realizing it simply wasn’t the right fit for me. I called my sister, Yanique, who at the time was a manager at the GOGO Worldwide Vacations branch in Los Angeles, and told her, “I don’t want to do this anymore. What can I do?”

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Her answer was simple: “All I know is travel.”

 

I said, “Okay, let’s do it.”

 

And that was the beginning of Islandspree.

We registered the business, and I was also hired to work at the GOGO branch where Yanique was based. Not long after, September 11, 2001 changed the travel industry almost overnight. Travel came to a standstill, and as one of the newer employees, I was laid off.

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But Islandspree did not stop.

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We continued building the business, learning the industry, serving clients, and growing through every change and challenge that followed. More than two decades later, we are still here.

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Over the years, Islandspree evolved into a business focused on the kind of travel we understand best: destination weddings, family reunions, milestone celebrations, group getaways, cruises, and all-inclusive vacations.

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Planning our own destination weddings in Jamaica, while already working in the travel industry, gave us a very personal understanding of how complicated group travel and destination celebrations can become. Between the two weddings, we experienced firsthand the coordination involved in weddings, honeymoons, bachelor and bachelorette celebrations, and guest travel, with Yanique’s wedding bringing together more than 200 guests from the United States and Canada.

Experiencing the process from both sides as travel professionals and as the people personally responsible for bringing the celebrations together deepened our understanding of the many details, pressures, and moving parts involved. That experience continues to shape the way we serve our clients today.

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We understand that a group trip is more than booking rooms. It is managing people, expectations, deadlines, travel details, and special moments, all while trying to make sure the person organizing the celebration actually gets to enjoy it too.

 

That is what Islandspree is here to do.

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Today, we help couples, families, friends, and groups create meaningful travel experiences across the Caribbean, Mexico, and beyond. Whether it is a destination wedding, family reunion, milestone birthday, cruise, or simply a much-needed escape, our goal is to make the planning feel more organized, personal, and manageable.

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Because after all these years, one thing has remained the same:

Travel is about more than where you go. It is about the people you share it with, the memories you create, and the moments you will still be talking about long after you return home.

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You bring the people and the reason to celebrate. Islandspree manages the travel.