2008 A-List | Travel + Leisure

Trying to score that next-to-impossible reservation, find that undiscovered hotel, or want the details of your once-in-a lifetime trip flawlessly choreographed? We’ve tapped 128 super-agents who can solve your travel dilemmas. To narrow the list, we spoke with hundreds of agents and surveyed our favorites. When it came to delivering on special requests for clients, some interesting stories emerged: Ever wondered what it takes to arrange a private helicopter tour to a royal palace or how you convince a duchess to give up her house for a romantic proposal? Here, our favorite trip specialists share a few tricks of their trade—where they’re sending clients, their secret sources, what’s on their radar, and the dream trips they’re longing to take themselves.

Nominations for 2009

If you know an agent (or are one yourself) who should be considered for T+L's 2009 A-List, send an e-mail with a brief description of the agent's qualifications and his or her contact information to TLalist@aexp.com.

Inside the A-List

Some A-List agents work for agencies owned by or affiliated with American Express, the parent company of this magazine. A few are members of T+L's Travel Agent Advisory Board; we have noted this in their entries.