Lisa Berlin, Travel Advisor

In March 2023, I celebrated 10 years creating incredible experiences for my clients!   In the recent past 2 years, I have led groups to Egypt and Europe on river cruises.  This has been an absolute delight for me.  Being able to travel with clients and share first hand the wonder and excitement of their discoveries is so incredibly rewarding.  I continue to make my clients bucket list lighter.  I literally get a buzz from creating those unexpected delights in travel.   

Moving forward, I will continue to  curate exclusive travel experiences and also host groups in the most imaginative destinations. For romantic celebrations, I love creating French Polynesia dream vacations especially for those celebrating a milestone anniversary.   The relations I have formed throughout  Europe are world class and treat my clients like family.  

Travel Agent, Lisa Berlin, a life long resident of St. George started a new Travel Agency business in St. George named Great Escapes early in 2013, and loving every minuet of it.  Great Escapes is up and running in St. George, Utah with past design clients, friends and family hearing by word of mouth about my new Travel Agency.  Great Escapes is off to a thriving beginning.   Many of you may know me from my involvement in the community or from my 20 years in the  interior design business at CliffRose Interior Design.

While listening carefully to the needs, dreams and desires of clients.  I elevated my listening skills to an art as well as a science.  This is especially important in aligning Great Escapes clients in their desired direction.  In 2013, I turned my focus to Travel planning.  Designing individual travel plans with creative personalized details is an exciting rewarding  experience.  Every new travel client presents their own unique travel requests. Fulfilling those requests make memories of a life time. 

Great Escapes Travel Agency serves: St. George, Southern Utah, Mesquite and clients throughout the USA. I have worked with groups across Utah and other states for extended family get togethers and group golf vacations.  If you are considering a special trip, family vacation, golf holiday, adventure, active travel or a place on your bucket list, give Lisa a call. 

Travel has always been exciting for me.  As a 6 year old, when flying to Chicago and asked “ where are the palm trees”? As I discovered then, not all places are like sunny St. George or Disneyland.  This began the curiosity of discovering new places, absorbing local cultures, experiencing the beauty and unique characteristics that make a place special.  I traveled across the nation in younger years with family.  One special trip was to our nations capitol.  While visiting the Smithsonian, Capitol Hill, The Whitehouse, a lasting impression was viewing the guarded  Declaration of Independence.  

I worked at a local café in St. George during my Jr. and Sr. year of high school. Determined to make enough to buy a car, I came home from school one day and said “lets go to Europe”!  Spending all my savings on a 5 week travel study tour of Europe days after Dixie High graduation.

Starting in Athens, winding through Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany taking the night train to Paris (not recommended), spending time in England and Scotland was a fantastic experience that still brings fond memories. 

In my previous interior design business, traveling for countless buying trips across the USA and Europe sourcing excellent and exclusive products while establishing valuable contacts through years of buying.  I am now bringing this same philosophy to my Travel business.  By realizing clients dreams, tailoring travel plans to help them get what they are hoping for, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.  For a “Travel as Unique as You” business model. 

My slogan at Great Escapes is “Travel as Unique as You” .  Not only am I a Travel Agent selling travel from the most highly respected tour  companies, river cruise lines, luxury and adventure travel,  sporting event travel. I am a Travel Planning Specialist who also believes the planning process is key in getting the most of your precious travel time.  My inside connections for obtaining “Behind the Gates” access to unique sought after experiences really put the meaningful special moments in travel.   

Great Escapes focus is personalized attention and destination immersion.  What does this mean for Great Escapes clients?  It means having enough time at every location to absorb the local culture, witness local customs, participate in tango classes in Buenos Aires, cooking with local chef’s in Italy, expert geologist accompanying your hiking, Golf T time at the Old course in Scotland, experience exhilarating expeditions with accomplished experts.

Lisa at Great Escapes holds many travel certifications including; Luxury Travel Specialist, Active & Adventure Travel Specialist, certified River Cruise Specialist, Hawaii Specialist,  as well as other exciting destination specialist certifications.  My experience serving St. George, Mesquite and Southern Utah for the past 24 years and attention to detail is invaluable in my Great Escapes Travel business.  These specialized certifications allow me to delve deeper into the emersion experience.