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Flying Limes In From Different Countries and $5K Crab: What Life Is Really Like as a Luxury Travel Agent with Olivia Ferney

Flying Limes In From Different Countries and $5K Crab: What Life Is Really Like as a Luxury Travel Agent with Olivia Ferney

June 1, 202650 min

Olivia Ferney (@travelwithlivii) is the luxury travel agent to the ultra-wealthy, booking private jets, superyachts, and six-figure vacations for some of the richest people on earth. Today, she pulls back the velvet rope on what it's actually like inside that world. If you’re trying to meet a billionaire client or investor, Liv tells you where they’re hanging out.

Liv tells Nicole the most outrageous client requests she's received, why saying "I have no budget" is the biggest red flag a client can send, and what to say to get a hotel upgrade. She also gets real about how working with billionaires has warped her own relationship with money, and the softer lessons she's taken away about what money actually can and can't fix.

Plus: the Instagram-famous destinations she'd never recommend, where billionaires are actually traveling right now, and the shoulder season hack anyone can use to save real money on their next trip.

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Here's what Nicole covers with Olivia: 

00:00 Are You Ready for Some Money Rehab? 

02:15 Selling Her First Company at 21 and Moving to Miami 

04:49 The Travel Agent Business Model 

07:23 Flying Limes From Different Countries and Other Crazy Client Requests 

09:36 What Clients Think About the Viral Videos 

14:00 Are the Stereotypes About “New Money” True? 

20:43 "Rich People F***ing Love a Refund" 

22:44 Do Billionaires Have Budgets? 

25:18 Overrated Destinations, Best Hotels, and Most Expensive Room Service 

28:30 Where Billionaires Are Traveling Right Now 

32:26 How to Get a Free Hotel Upgrade 

39:16 How Working With Billionaires Changes Your Money Mindset 

43:07 Rich and Depressed Is Still Depressed 

45:30 Prenups, Working With Your Partner, and Wedding Plans 

46:49 Liv’s Tip You Can Take Straight to the Bank