Uniquely distinct yet reassuringly connected.


Our deep network of relationships spans the globe. As an affiliate of Brownell Travel, a Virtuoso member, RH Travel Design is part of the world’s foremost network of specialists in the art of luxury and experiential travel. We collaborate with over 1,800 of the finest hotels, villas, cruise lines, tour operators, and transportation providers in the world to design unique travel experiences, offering rare access for our clients and white glove care across the miles.

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RACHEL HOPPES

Founder | luxury travel planner

Rachel Hoppes is the founder of RH Travel Design. For Rachel, RHTD represents an extraordinary opportunity to merge her skills, professional experience, and a life-long love of travel into a melting pot of magic. Professionally fluent in French, Rachel has spent extensive time living and traveling internationally as a curious culture seeker and experience collector. Her career as a trusted advisor has ranged the professional gamut of academia, to wealth management, to executive strategy consultant, both in the States and in France. Mom, wife, lover of good food, even better wine, classic jazz, and quiet mornings with a cup of coffee, Rachel delights in the splendid adventures of the imagination. Rachel is a regular contributor for JustLuxe Magazine.

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Brian HOPPES

Managing Director | client engagement, Luxury Travel services

With 20 + years of entrepreneurial leadership experience, Brian is a serial entrepreneur who has been the architect in taking businesses from small to mid-stage, and mid-stage to large. His unique talents, passion for experience-based travel, business acumen, and ability to build strong relationships with his clients and partners make him a natural fit for RH Travel Design. He is an inspiring trip planner with a high service motivation…off the charts on all personality testing, and aligns perfectly with the mission, vision, values, AND standards of RH Travel. Collegiate golfer, ex-rocker (Weatherspoon tracks currently available on Spotify), an avid runner with a small jazz obsession, Brian enjoys the constant adventure of being a dad of 3, husband, founder, and global gadabout.

                                                                                

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