For Jilly Blavet, travel isn't just leisure — it's a lifestyle. With five years in sustainable travel, she believes true luxury means living immersively, not just visiting. Having lived in Colombia, Mexico, Canada, the UK and the US, she has explored 46+ key destinations across five continents.
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In short
Who is Jilly?
Jilly Blavet is a luxury travel advisor at Forest Travel, the luxury travel advisory founded in Miami in 1986, and works from Miami, Florida. Jilly designs journeys focused on sustainable travel and immersive journeys for clients across the United States and Latin America, in English and Spanish.
Role
Luxury Travel Advisor
Based in
Miami, Florida
Experience
5 years in sustainable travel
Languages
English, Spanish
Specialties
Sustainable travel, immersive journeys
Specialties
What Jilly designs.
Sustainable & immersive travel
Journeys with properties, guides and operators chosen for how they treat the places they visit.
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Cultural immersion
Immersive journeys through culture, gastronomy and architecture, designed around your curiosity.
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Common Questions
Questions about working with Jilly.
Jilly Blavet specializes in sustainable travel and immersive journeys. Clients come to Jilly for journeys with properties, guides and operators chosen for how they treat the places they visit; immersive journeys through culture, gastronomy and architecture. Each trip is designed from scratch with the hotels, guides and operators Forest Travel has worked with since 1986.
A luxury travel advisor designs the trip, books it and stays your contact until you are home. At Forest Travel, Jilly Blavet designs the itinerary from scratch, books hotels, flights, guides and transfers through the relationships the firm has built since 1986, handles changes while you travel, and answers by phone or WhatsApp.
Yes. Forest Travel has been a Virtuoso member since 2004, so clients who book through Jilly receive Virtuoso amenities at partner hotels: typically daily breakfast for two, a credit of about US$100 per stay, an upgrade on arrival when available, and early check-in or late check-out on request. Exact amenities vary by property and are confirmed at booking.
Ask for Jilly by name on Forest Travel's inquiry form, by phone at +1 (786) 751 8771 or on WhatsApp at +1 (786) 969 3045. The first conversation is free and covers where you want to go, your dates, who is traveling and how you like to travel. Before design work starts, Jilly confirms the US$250 planning fee per itinerary in writing, then sends a proposal built from scratch, books each element you approve and remains your contact until you are home.
Forest Travel charges a planning fee of US$250 per itinerary, confirmed in writing before any work begins, and the first conversation with Jilly is free. Commission is not added to what you pay: the hotels, cruise lines and operators Jilly books pay Forest Travel out of the same rate you would be quoted booking direct.
Jilly Blavet is based in Miami, Florida and works with Forest Travel clients across the United States and Latin America by phone, WhatsApp and the inquiry form, in English and Spanish. Forest Travel works in English and Spanish.
It means choosing properties, guides and operators that benefit the places visited, through local employment, conservation and low-impact design, without lowering the level of service. An advisor checks those claims against what a property actually does, so you do not have to. Jilly plans this kind of trip for Forest Travel clients.
The access that makes a cultural journey (the guide, the hour, the door that is not open to the public) comes from relationships, not from a booking site. An advisor with those relationships designs the days around what you want to understand. Jilly plans this kind of trip for Forest Travel clients.
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