I enjoy helping people create incredible travel experiences. Travel has always been a passion of mine! I have visited 4 continents, 22 countries, 48 US states and have been on 131+ cruises. My travels include the Mediterranean, Caribbean, Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, Malta, Greece, Holy Lands, Mexico, Europe, Asia, Africa and North America. I’ve been in the travel industry for 16+ years. With 9+ years planning travel, 5 years living and working in Hawaii on a cruise ship and 1 year in the corporate office crewing the vessels.
Cruising is my happy place! I love group cruises and planning trips for special occasions. I travel often and it brings me joy experiencing new places. Some of my favorites include: Jerusalem, privately guided Safaris in Zambia/Zimbabwe Africa, including Victoria Falls. Trekking in the hill tribes above Chiang Mia, Thailand, which included trekking, riding elephants and rafting waterways on handmade bamboo rafts. Deep sea fishing in Alaska & Kona, Hawaii and golf and snorkeling trips in Grand Cayman & Koh Samui, Thailand. My latest travels included a beautiful cruise to Jamaica & Grand Cayman for a milestone Anniversary with family & friends. Plus, a memorable American Hawaii Cruises Reunion cruise in 2024.
I’m proud to be an Allianz Insurance Specialist. Travel insurance is a high priority when planning travel to give my clients peace of mind while traveling. I’ve received numerous designations and awards including:
Virgin Voyages - First Mate/Gold Level, Celebrity Cruises - 1st Commodore, Norwegian Cruise Lines - NCLU Master's Degree, Princess Cruise Lines - 1st Commander, Amawaterways River Cruise Specialist, Super Star Navigator Award - Expedia, Sales Production Award - Expedia, Bronze Navigator Award - Expedia, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority - Awarded “Ambassador of Courtesy”, (SIU) Seafarers International Union, Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship - Life Boat Certification, Cook & Baker/ Chief Cook Certification.
I specialize in all types of travel and enjoy helping plan dream vacations! Due to a high volume of travel in 2025 - 2026 I am booking clients by appointment only.
Testimonials
This was our first cruise and Julie was not only easy to work with, she offered great advice, booked us in the perfect room and had water and chocolate covered strawberries delivered to us. We will recommend her to our family and friends who want to cruise!- Sherri T.
My recent cruise was wonderful! Our cruise planner, Julie Kriethe did a fantastic job putting our cruise together! Our room,meals, and excursions were the best! She needs an extra thank you for everything!!- Nancy L.
My husband and I have had the pleasure of booking our cruise vacations with Julie over the years and she is amazing! Vacation planning is seamless from cruise choices, perks, dining times to insurance! She makes things easy for you and is so friendly and helpful. Thank you making our Christmas 2023 cruise so special!- Aubrey B.
We had the most wonderful vacation. Julie ran thru the entire process, and we told her what we would like to see and she was able to plan if all for us.
We stayed a few days in Barcelona at Hotel Espana, before our Celebrity Cruise and hotel was great, and in a great area. Our 7 day cruise aboard Celebrity was top notch!! Then we stayed another 4 days in Rome where Julie arranged tours for us. The Hotel Fuime and the staff was great, it was located outside the wall on Via Brescia we just had to walk across the street and there was Valli Il Fornaio a wonderful place for lunch, pastries and coffee. Then to the right was a fantastic Bistro - Mabru we ate there 2 times, we sat outside across the street of our hotel and enjoyed the food. If you go to the corner, via Bergamo there are 3 other bistros and we ate at Ristorante A Padovano it was fantastic, again sitting on the sidewalk with lights and the best food ever.
I would recommend the Colloseum Tour, the Hop of Hop on bus, the Catacombs and the high light of our trip was the "EVENING GOLF CART TOUR" we had the best driver Jacimo we were able to visit every place we went in 4 days, in the moonlight... IT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR TRIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH JULIE !!!! IT WA A DREAM VACATION but I have the photo to prove it!!!
~ Brett and Janet- Janet E.
Everything went very well. No complaints
Amy's commitment to high quality service is second to none. Every detail was accounted for, including staying within our budget. Having personal experience herself at our destination, she shared the precise expectations with us and eased any anxiety we may have had. The experience was fantastic overall and we are grateful for Amy's expertise!
I recently booked a Caribbean cruise through Joanie Martin and her service was outstanding. Attention was given to every detail of our trip, from air travel, hotel, restaurants and cruise. She is my go to travel agent from now on.- Robert G.
Joanie did amazing planning our group trip to Mexico. We had about 40 people on the trip and she went above and beyond to coordinate everything and make our trip go smoothly. From airfare to hotel transportation everything was perfect. I would highly recommend using Joanie to plan your next vacation. Thank you!- Alina C.
5 STAR experience from start to finish! I’ve never used a travel agent before but my high school bestie and I had some special travel circumstances so I called up my friend Julie. The ease of the booking, insurance, transportation and the resort being all inclusive was perfect! The food/service/people/atmosphere at Live Aqua in Cancun was EXACTLY what we needed to relax and recharge our lives! Thank you for all the help Julie!- Amy M.
What a wonderful cruise in Europe.
Fun from the very start. From booking too receiving all the information needed for international travel.
Information was given on all the documents needed plus how to arrive at the cruise ship terminal without any issues. There was no waiting time once arrived at the terminal.
Having traveled international ports of call. All additional tours we took were exceptional.
Service to Insurance cost were in line with additional fees. Costs were very competitive plus all done in-house.
No additional information was needed. Pleased to say, the services provided have been exceptional.- Eric B.
Julie took care of all our cruise planning, she choose a prime location for our balcony it was just amazing. She was attentive and gave us all the information we needed before our cruise which made our cruise such a smooth and enjoyable trip. Thank you Julie for everything. We can’t wait to book again real soon!- Leticia R.
Julie was very PATIENT with us, very thorough with her services, very HELPFUL & VERY SERVICEABLE. She gave us the SECURITY we needed traveling out of the Country with the appropriate services as well as offering us her services if we needed any assist while we were on our trip out of the Country. That gave us additional SECURITY. She provided over & above services. We are GRATEFUL for all she did for us.
