Carol Shoesmith

Hi, my name is Carol, I live in West Yorkshire with my husband and son and have worked as part of the Designer Travel team since 2012.

My passion for travel started at the age of five whilst touring the Cote D‘azur with it‘s beautiful beaches and wealth of culture. I have been lucky enough to have travelled extensively since, a self confessed culture vulture and lover of adventure travel. I have visited many destinations across the world including Europe, The Americas and the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Canada and Australasia.

Some of my favourite trips have included touring extensively through South America visiting Peru, Bolivia, the Galapagos Islands Argentina and Brazil plus taking in Rio Carnival with my Mum. Africa is one of my all-time personal favourites having spent several months exploring Southern Africa and Namibia including multiple Safari‘s. In recent years other bucket list travels have included a special anniversary trip to Fiji and New Zealand, also celebrating New Year in Sydney. A visit to Greenland and Iceland by cruise, plus trips to the Maldives, India, Singapore and Malaysia.

I continue to travel as much as I can in order to both experience the world and be able to provide my customers with personal knowledge of some wonderful destinations and properties.

I have a real love of cruising having sailed in excess of 40 times on my personal holidays and planned hundreds of trips for my clients I definitely consider myself a cruise expert. Cruising gives you the luxury of elegant evenings combined with sightseeing and culture, It also gives you the opportunity to go on some fantastic adventures. During my time cruising I have experienced whale watching in Alaska, a helicopter flight over Reunion Island, hiked a rainforest in Madagascar looking for Lemurs, taken a snowmobile ride on a glacier in Iceland and swam with sting rays in the Caribbean sea to name but a few.

Although I love arranging every kind of holiday, I particularly pride myself on tailormade trips which allow me to pass on my extensive knowledge to enhance your adventure. Continually keeping my knowledge up to date and expanding into new areas. In recent years I have trained as an overseas wedding specialist, having planned lots of honeymoons and a number of weddings over the years including my own renewal of vows on a cruise, I am well placed to advise on your special trip.

There are lots of new opportunities for my clients to explore the world their way, whether that's through sustainable travel, small group adventures, a wellness break, river cruise or even a solo trip. I continue to learn about these new and exciting opportunities to see our beautiful world, so I can guide you every step of the way.

As Designer Travel is an independent agency I am able to offer you a wealth of choice. So whatever your plans - from a family holiday to a second honeymoon (or even a first), a destination wedding, weekend break or a tailor-made holiday, give me a call and I will work hard to make your holiday dreams a reality.