Steven Callas

Gilded Travels

Northbrook, Illinois

Selling Travel Since 2023

I design custom trips to the Mediterranean, Japan, and Patagonia. I’m Greek-American with native fluency and more than thirty trips back to the homeland, I’ve stood on a glacier in Patagonia, and I’ve watched the sun come up over Kyoto. I know these places because I’ve been there, not because I Googled them. Private villas on quiet Greek islands, hidden temples, long lunches in Tuscan hill towns. Your trip should reflect how you actually want to travel, not what some algorithm recommended. I came to this work from Hollywood film production, which is essentially logistics under pressure. I handle the research, the vetting, the transfers. If something goes sideways on the ground, I’m the one picking up the phone. Tell me about your next trip and I’ll take it from there.

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