Leveraging Luxury Travel as a Family Engagement Tool With Teresa Chope & Connor Gribbon

Today, I have the pleasure of speaking with Teresa Chope and Connor Gribbon of Gallivant, a luxury travel and lifestyle advisory firm serving ultra-high-net-worth families. Teresa is the Founder and CEO of Gallivant. After a successful career as an executive in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, she recognized that family travel was often missing the depth of engagement and personalization needed to create meaningful shared experiences. More than twelve years ago, she founded Gallivant on the belief that travel is one of the most powerful tools families can use to build human capital, strengthen relationships, and foster a shared sense of purpose across generations.

Connor leads strategy and partnerships at Gallivant. He began his career in luxury real estate before earning his MBA from Columbia Business School and pursuing his passion for bespoke travel. At Gallivant, he works closely with client families, supports rising-generation engagement, and helps cultivate partnerships across the wealth advisory, multifamily office, and family office communities.

Teresa and Connor discuss the evolving landscape of luxury family travel and the trends reshaping how enterprising families approach travel experiences today. They explain how families are increasingly seeking purposeful, highly personalized travel that goes beyond recreation and serves broader family objectives.

A central theme of our conversation is the role of travel as a tool for family engagement and development. Teresa and Connor explain how thoughtfully designed travel experiences can strengthen family bonds, foster communication, expose rising-generation family members to new perspectives, and help families create lasting memories and shared values.

One practical tool they highlight is the Gallivant Mosaic, a visioning and planning framework designed to help families align travel experiences with their goals, interests, and aspirations. They also share practical recommendations for family principals, family office executives, and trusted advisors on how to plan and leverage travel as a catalyst for purpose, connection, and togetherness.

Enjoy this insightful conversation with two leaders in luxury family travel on how families can use shared experiences to strengthen relationships, engage the rising generation, and build family capital across generations.