From Family CEO to Luxury Travel: Lucie McLaughlin's First Year in Business

<p>Lucie McLaughlin spent over two decades as what she calls the &quot;family CEO,&quot; and when her kids grew up and life took an unexpected turn, she found herself searching for a new sense of purpose. In this episode, Lucie joins host Meredith Calloway to talk about trading the family-planner role for a career as a luxury travel advisor, and how a conversation with her mother-in-law led her to research host agencies and ultimately choose Gifted Travel Network.Lucie opens up about the emotional side of building her brand, Lucie&#39;s Luxury Travel, and how the process brought her back to childhood memories of her family&#39;s wine business and cross-country road trips. She and Meredith also dig into her Travel MBA cohort&#39;s tight-knit support system, her first Collette tour experience in Portugal&#39;s Douro Valley, and the unexpected way an Instagram connection turned into a recurring women&#39;s group-travel business, taking her from Charleston to Italy to a planned trip to Greece.📖 Free Chapter: https://tinyurl.com/GTN-Chap7🎓 Travel Business University: https://tinyurl.com/Learn-More-TBU🖥️ Lucie&#39;s Luxury Travel Website: https://lluxurytravel.com/👤 Lucie&#39;s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucie-mclaughlin-1698a7340</p>