About
Hi, I’m Melissa.
I started Bigler Travel Co. because I genuinely love the part of travel planning that can make other people want to close the laptop: researching the options, finding the places that feel special, sorting through the logistics, and turning a long list of possibilities into a trip that actually works.
What I love most about travel is that no two trips — or travelers — are the same. I plan everything from family vacations, Disney trips, cruises, and all-inclusive escapes to customized luxury journeys through Europe, Costa Rica, and beyond. One day I might be helping a family choose the right Disney resort for their kids, and the next I’m building a custom European vacation with beautiful hotels, private transportation, special experiences, and all the little logistics carefully worked out.
My job isn’t to tell you how you should travel. It’s to understand how you want to travel and make the planning easier, smarter, and far less overwhelming.
A Little More About Me
I’ve always loved travel planning almost as much as the trip itself. My husband’s nickname for me is “Frommers”! I’m the person who wants to know which room is best, how long it actually takes to get somewhere, which experiences are worth reserving, and what small details can make a trip noticeably better.
Travel has also always been tied to learning in my family. My parents are constantly traveling the world, learning about history, culture, food, and the places they visit, and that curiosity has absolutely shaped the way I travel too. They have actually taken me to every single Caribbean Island as a kid!
But my biggest inspiration in travel is my own children. We have homeschooled our children for 8+ years now, so travel has become a huge part of both our family life and their education. When we studied ancient history, we explored the ancient sites in Rome. When we fell in love with Monet during art study, we visited Giverny and later saw his Water Lilies at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. Other trips have let us connect what we’ve studied about the Middle Ages, World War II, fairy tales, and European history to the places where those stories actually happened. That’s one of my favorite things about travel: a name in a book becomes a real person, a painting becomes a garden you can walk through, and history becomes a place you can actually stand. And that love of learning through travel doesn’t stop with kids. Some of the most meaningful trips are about continuing to learn as adults — about history, culture, food, art, and the world beyond our own little corner of it.
Not every vacation has to be educational — sometimes you just need a beach and a great pool — but travel has an incredible way of making the world feel bigger, more interesting, and more real. And we enjoy those too!
Eventually, my love of researching, planning, and experiencing the world became Bigler Travel Co. I want my clients to feel like they have someone in their corner — someone who understands their trip, knows what matters to them, and is just as invested in getting the details right as they are.
You bring the idea. I’ll make it happen.
Have a trip in mind?
Contact me with our Plan your Trip Inquiry form.