ABOUT ADAM
I Spent My Career Making Travel Better.
Now I Put That Entirely in Your Corner.
I spent 17 years with Qantas Airways and have now traveled to more than 70 countries.
Today, I bring that industry experience and first-hand travel knowledge together to help clients plan thoughtful, personal trips with the details handled from beginning to end.
WHY THIS MATTERS
Travel has never been something I think about casually.
The best trips do more than take you somewhere new.
They change your perspective, introduce you to people you would never otherwise meet and create memories that stay with you long after you return home.
I have felt that myself across more than 70 countries, and I have seen it in the trips I have planned for others.
That is why I take the details seriously. The right routing, hotel, timing or experience can completely change how a journey feels.
WHERE IT BEGAN
My first job at Qantas was booking vacations for customers. I had no idea it would become a 17-year career.
I grew up in Brisbane, Australia, and joined Qantas at nineteen.
What began on the phones eventually took me into senior leadership at one of the world’s most recognized airlines.
Along the way, I worked on the introduction of the Airbus A380, built the Qantas First and Business lounges at Los Angeles International Airport and ran them once they opened, managed customer service operations in Los Angeles and finished my Qantas career leading Inflight Entertainment.
Those 17 years gave me a deep understanding of how the travel industry works from the inside.
Airlines. Operations. Customer experience. Routing. Service recovery. The details that matter when everything goes to plan, and the ones that matter even more when it does not.
A DIFFERENT KIND OF ADVENTURE
In 2019, I left Qantas and opened a café in Sydney.
Running a small business taught me a different side of hospitality.
How to listen closely. How to understand what matters to someone quickly. How much the small details shape the overall experience.
I sold the business in 2023, spent the next stretch traveling and then moved to the United States. Starting again in a new country gave me the opportunity to think seriously about what came next.
I had always been the person friends and family came to for travel advice, flights, itineraries and trip planning.
Turning that into Adventures By Adam felt like the natural next chapter.
TRAVEL HAS ALWAYS BEEN PERSONAL
More than 70 countries later, I still travel because I am curious about what is around the next corner.
I have climbed Kilimanjaro and watched the sun rise from the crater rim.
I have traveled to every Australian state and territory. I return regularly to Australia to see family and to New Zealand to visit my partner's family.
I have traveled throughout Europe, Asia, South America, North America, Africa and the Pacific, and I continue adding new places every year.
Cruising has become a major part of that experience too. My first cruise was with Atlantis Events. Since then I have sailed Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Princess, Oceania, Virgin Voyages and Holland America, on routes from the Greek Islands and the Panama Canal to Tahiti and around New Zealand.
I spend much of the year on ships, so my knowledge is current, not last year's. Cruising has taught me how different the experience can feel from one ship, itinerary and line to another.
That first-hand knowledge matters, but so does being honest about its limits.
When I know something personally, I will tell you. When a recommendation comes through a trusted local operator or specialist partner, I will tell you that too.
WHERE I FOCUS
Deep expertise in a few places. Broad experience across the world.
Australia is the destination I know most deeply.
New Zealand is a place I return to often through my partner’s Kiwi family.
I also specialize in Africa, Southeast Asia, and ocean and river cruising around the world.
Beyond those areas, I have traveled extensively across more than 70 countries, including throughout Europe, North Asia, South America, North America and the Pacific.
So even when a destination sits outside my core specialties, there is a good chance I have experienced it personally or can connect you with the right expertise.
HOW I WORK
Personal planning. Direct support. One point of contact.
I work remotely and travel often, which means I understand what it feels like to be far from home when something does not go according to plan.
When you work with me, you deal directly with me.
I learn how you travel, build the trip around that and stay involved from the first conversation through to your return home.
If something comes up while you are away, you have someone who already knows your trip and can help work through it.
Adventures By Adam is affiliated with WorldVia Travel Network and operates through an IATA-accredited booking network, giving me access to established supplier relationships and industry support when it matters.
The best trips start with a good conversation.
Tell me what you have in mind, or simply the kind of experience you are looking for.
I’ll ask the right questions, help shape the trip and explain what happens next.
No obligation. Just a conversation about where you are thinking of going and how you like to travel.