Meet Our Team

The Team

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Critics Choice Vacations’ Virtuoso advisors design intimate, bespoke, 1st class travel experiences specifically to fit YOUR style of travel! Our mission is to ensure your entire travel experience from beginning to end is simple, seamless, savvy and bursting with memories that will last YOU a lifetime! We have the experience, over 40 years combined, the contacts and the relationships worldwide to create an adventure that will defy even YOUR own imagination.

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Susan Boehnstedt

Susan@CriticsChoiceVacations.com
I am passionate about travel!! I have THE incurable "travel bug!" 

I have been in the travel business for over 33 years and have been fortunate to work in and with many facets of the travel business including airlines, wholesale, retail, sales, air consoidation, groups of many kinds, call center management, customer relations and claims,  cruise and destination sales,  international  sales and marketing,  emergency aircraft grounded procedures for airlines, meetings, incentives and affinity groups, hotel sales and contracting, consulting to various companies for travel distribution,  as well as owning and operating my own full-service global agency for the past  17+ years. I enjoyed working for the following: USAirways, British Midland and America West Airlines. My last position at America West Airlines as the Director of International Sales and Marketing, directly overseeing 72 offices around the world help start and create a great network of global professionals. Those unique companies along with our incredible network at Virtuoso literally  have put us on the map allowing us to create and craft incredible trips for our clients around the world with extensions of our USA based company, now having "hands and fee" in country.  I lived in Europe and attended a German language school in Basel, Switzerland. I have traveled extensively throughout Europe and I consider it my 2nd home, having traveled there more than 40 times.

We strive to provide above and beyond customer service and each trip is YOUR style of vacation! I look forward to making your travel dreams come true. There is nothing more satisfying for me than a customer who comes home elated with their trip knowing we have designed it just to his/her wishes, dreams and  hopes!

To learn more about Susan visit: Meet Susan
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Stephanie Cox

Steph@CriticsChoiceVacations.com
Stephanie joined Critics Choice Vacations in March 2011.

Travel has been in my blood since an early age! My appreciation for travel was ignited as a child and grew as I entered my teen and college years...participating in the Tempe Sister Cities student exchange program in Regensburg, Germany, climbing pyramids in Mexico during winter break, studying abroad and living with a host family in San Jose, Costa Rica and teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) for two summers in Eger, Hungary after college graduation. Although my career path did not initially take me down the path of travel, I sought as many opportunities as possible to see the world, checking off New Zealand, Germany, Italy, British Columbia, Alaska and Hawaii as destinations visited and adding many more to my ever-growing "bucket list!"

In the past few years, I've been fortunate to join Critics Choice Vacations as an Independent Travel Consultant, creating the ultimate travel experience for my clients through detailed, personalized and sophisticated travel planning.

To learn more about Stephanie please visit: Meet Stephanie

Also please visit here: Stephanie's Bike Shop in AZ
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Isabelle Toulouse

Isa@CriticsChoiceVacations.com
Isabelle joined Critics Choice Vacations in April 2014.

I am a French Native. I worked in tourism business in France for 12 years before moving to Arizona to follow my husband who had been relocated by his company in 2003. After raising my 3 children, I decided to go back to my passion which is helping people fulfil their travel dreams. I love to travel and explore new destinations and meet new cultures. I lived in 3 different continents throughout my life and I love to share my experience .I was born in Madagascar, lived in Morocco and in France. My future goal is to return to Africa and spend more time in Asia as well. My teenager dream was to visit Australia...still on my bucket list.

I go back to France every summer to visit friends and family and I always take that opportunity to visit new places in Europe. My next trip will be Istanbul, Turkey.

I look forward to advising you for your next travel plan!

To learn more about Isabelle, please visit: Meet Isabelle

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Donna Higinbotham

Donna@CriticsChoiceVacations.com
Donna joined Critics Choice Vacations in August 2017.

My love for new adventures and learning about other cultures, has influenced my personal travel for more than 25 years. I have been fortunate to have embraced the variety of cultures during the Olympic Games in London, celebrated ancient ancestors at the Obon Celebration in Kyoto, Japan and honored the fallen heroes in Normandy, France, during the 73rd Anniversary celebration of D-Day.

I enjoy planning special interest trips and uniquely, personalized itineraries. I take pride in listening to my clients and fulfilling their wishes. I believe it is the attention to detail that ensures special memories.

I look forward to learning about your desired travel experiences and helping you create lifelong memories with YOUR style of vacation.

 To learn more about Donna, please visit: Meet Donna

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