LISA COHEN-DUMANI

The Travel Fairy is a full service travel agency, specializing in making your travel dreams come true.  Owner, Lisa Cohen-Dumani, is an avid traveler who has spent many years living overseas, traveling abroad and exploring new places.  Affiliated as an independent contractor with McCabe World, one of the top luxury travel agencies in the United States, the Travel Fairy is able to offer access to the top suppliers in the travel industry. 

After many years in the consulting industry and raising her young family, Lisa opened The Travel Fairy in 2010.  Drawing on her experiences living in both France and Switzerland, Lisa offers her clients unique perspective when planning travel.  Her love of travel and exploring new places has taken her to points around the globe including Thailand, Peru and Botswana to name a few.

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In addition, Lisa is the mother of four, and she has loads of experience travelling with kids.  Paris with kids is not only possible, but recommended when you do it right!

​Lisa is also a top producer in the Virtuoso Adventure and Family Travel Communities ​and sits on the Technology Committee advising Virtuoso on technology initiatives across the network.

Contact Lisa - lisa@thetravelfairy.net

​RACHEL SVEC

Rachel is thrilled to join the Travel Fairy team – After relocating to the DMV from South Florida, Rachel now calls the Mid Atlantic her home. Growing up in an IBM family, she has moved many times and has lived in Austin, San Antonio; Boca Raton, Gainesville Fl; Columbia, Md and Poughkeepsie, NY. After taking a gap year and living and working on a Kibbutz near Tel Aviv, she discovered travel is in her DNA!
 
Prior to joining Travel Fairy, Rachel worked as director of sponsorship sales for a global business travel association where she did many city/hotel site visits, planned conferences and curated special events for corporate and supplier VIP members. Traveling all over Europe, her favorite memory was spending time in Istanbul where she dined in a tent, at sunset on the Bosporus.  And she counts Prague and Costa del Sol as two of her top locations to visit. 

Rachel loves traveling with friends and is an expert on booking groups for special celebrations (girls spa trips, golf trips, family milestones)!​

Some of her current bookings include Rancho La Puerta, Sonora Resort, Round Hill Resort and many Viking Cruises. She loves Caribbean resorts and adventure vacations and counts Palm Springs, Maui, Delray Beach and Jackson Hole as some of her favorite US destinations!!!
 
Rachel lives in Bethesda, Md and loves tennis, yoga, hiking and biking. She is married to Michael and has three daughters ages 16-21and a rescue pup named Joey! 

Contact Rachel - rachel@thetravelfairy.net 

​SAMANTHA COHEN

Samantha joins The Travel Fairy with a broad base of travel experience, which she is excited to share with her clients. We are delighted to welcome Samantha to our team.
 
Samantha has spent years traveling extensively and researching destinations throughout the U.S. and around the world.  She has planned a wide variety of family, couples and friend vacations to major cities, beach locations, wellness, and food & wine destinations.  To name a few, she has arranged trips to London, Paris, Rome, Milan, Berlin and Buenos Aries, multiple beach destinations in the Caribbean and Mexico, active adventures in Iceland, Southern Africa and Costa Rica and culinary experiences in Napa, Aspen and Northern Italy.
 
She is passionate about identifying accommodations that best meet the needs of her clients in each location.  She is attracted to unique boutique hotels that provide a personalized experience but also enjoys larger differentiated properties with full amenities. Given her active lifestyle, she has particular experience identifying interesting wellness destinations in a variety of wonderful natural settings.
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MARIBETH LASCALA​

Samantha grew up in Philadelphia and currently lives in Chicago with her husband, her youngest son who is in high school and her Mini Australian Shepherd, Clover.  She also has two grown children who live on the east and west coast. She loves to spend her free time with friends, dining out, reading, playing board games, hiking, playing tennis and doing Pilates.

Contact Samantha - samantha@thetravelfairy.net

Mari is a former lawyer who decided to leave  he courtroom behind to pursue her passion for travel and become a Travel Advisor. Mari has travelled extensively - among her favorite trips so far have been a Kenyan Safari with her family that included a night at Giraffe Manor in Nairobi and a trip to Morocco with hikes in the Atlas Mountains and an unforgettable dinner in the Agafay Desert.
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Specializing in crafting tailor-made itineraries, Mari particularly enjoys planning group trips catering to various interests and preferences. Whether it's a family adventure, a girls' getaway, a multi-generational trip, or a dream African Safari, she has the expertise to create unforgettable experiences for her clients.

Originally from Chicago, Mari has called Atlanta home for over two decades. Mari lives with her husband, Michael, her four kids, two of whom are already in college, and her two Bernese Mountain Dogs.

 When she is not planning amazing trips for clients or travelling, Mari spends her free time studying Italian, practicing yoga, and spending time with family and friends.

Contact Mari- mari@thetravelfairy.net

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Independent Affiliate of McCabe World Travel

The Travel Fairy is a member of Virtuoso through our affiliation with the nationally recognized McCabe World Travel based in McLean, Virginia.

​Through our membership with Virtuoso you will gain access to special perks and extra amenities whenever you travel.  As a Virtuoso travel advisor I can get you access to accommodations, locations, and amenities unavailable to the public or online, in addition to insider access to new properties, luxury ships and high end tours.