Kristin Winkaffe
Email: kristin@winkaffeglobal.com
Agency & Location
Winkaffe Global Travel
Columbus, OH
Some trips you forget. Kristin Winkaffe designs the ones you don’t. The ones your kids will talk about when they’re grown. The ones that make you feel alive in a way your regular life doesn’t quite manage. With 60+ countries, 3 Virtuoso Sustainable Leadership Awards, and a spot on the Travel + Leisure A-List, she knows exactly how to find what most travelers never do. The real places. The right moments. The experiences that stay with you long after you’re home.
Most Memorable Travel Experience
Swimming in the Okavango Delta - no words really do it justice!If Your Personality Was Depicted in a Property, Which Would You Be?
Bisate Lodge, Rwanda. No small talk. No performance. Just real warmth, genuine welcome, and standards that don't budge. A little wild around the edges. The kind of presence that prioritizes the gorillas and the community long before worrying about impressing anyone. Unexpected. Deeply intentional. Impossible to forget.Travel Tip
Never leave a destination without asking someone local what they'd do if they could only do one th. A shop owner, your driver, the person at the front desk who's actually from there. The answer will always beat whatever's on page one of the search results, and it'll be the story you tell for years.How Do You Define Luxury Travel?
Luxury travel isn't about thread count or Michelin stars, though those are nice. It's about access — to the real place, the right people, experiences that don't exist on any booking site. It's the after-hours museum tour, the chef's table that isn't on the menu, the community elder who agrees to sit with you because your guide actually knows her. That's luxury. The kind money can buy, but only if you know exactly who to call.