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Welcome to Culinary Travels by The Sophisticated Life! Culinary Travels are luxury group trips curated for food & wine enthusiasts by award-winning blogger & entrepreneur-Dr.Nadeen White. Launched in 2023, Culinary Travels has journeyed to Morocco, Northern Italy & Southern France.
Imagine wine tasting in France & South Africa, doing a tagine cooking class in Morocco, truffle hunting in Northern Italy, dining at Michelin Star restaurants in Spain & also experiencing amazing street food in Thailand. Nothing is off limits when it comes to full immersion into the food & beverage culture of our destination.
Our trips
Meet Nadeen!
I am Nadeen of The Sophisticated Life Blog. After 10 years of travel blogging and content creation, I have decided to take this show on the road! I have visited 6 continents-who is coming with me to Antarctica? :-)-all while indulging in great food & wine. It is a wonderful way to communicate with and get to know other people.
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Frequently asked questions
Both. The trips will focus on food & wine destinations around the world. There be land and sea-based itineraries.
Most trips will be for adults over the age 18, all genders. But some trips will be women only. Some will allow for children. The trips will be small from 12-15 people except for cruises.
The lengths will range from weekend trips of 3-4 days, trips from 5-7 days and longer trips of 8-10 days. It will depend on the destination and itinerary. Pricing will depend on the length and location.
Expect affordable luxury tours with 4–5-star hotel accommodations. For most itineraries, some meals and tours will be included. Airfare will not be included but may be quoted as an add-on. Pricing will depend on the tour and length. Deposits and cancellation policies will vary per trip.
This service will not be provided. You will need to book with your own travel companion or pay for a single room. There may be an additional charge for a single room i.e., a single supplement.
Vaccine requirements will depend on the destination. Some countries will require COVID-19 vaccines and/or testing for entry. Other vaccines may also be required for entry. Please read these requirements before making any deposits. voluptatibus commodi numquam, error, est. Ea, consequatur.
Yes. Travel insurance is required. It is highly recommended that you include medical coverage and evacuation.
I can’t believe this group trip to Barcelona and Costa Brava Spain 🇪🇸 for @culinarytravels_thesophislife was over 2 months ago!!
The summer is my favorite season and it always flies by.
This summer I haven’t done a lot of traveling since I moved to Detroit Michigan and I have been searching for a new home and a new job!
But I have a bunch of trips coming up!!
1) Napa Valley over LaborDay Weekend for the @bluenotejazzfestival w @robertglasper and @johnlegend and @andre3000 I can’t wait! 🍷🎺
2) @culinarytravels_thesophislife is heading back to Morocco 🇲🇦 in September for a “city, sea and desert escape” to Marrakech, Essaouira & Agafay desert 🌵
3) Jamaica 🇯🇲 in October for a family wedding in Ocho Rios!! I will be stuffing my face with patties & jerk chicken & ackee!
4) Southern Africa in November for 2 weeks again with another @culinarytravels_thesophislife for a luxury adventure to Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, a day trip to Chobe National Park in Botswana 🇧🇼, Cape Town & Stellenbosch in South Africa 🇿🇦!! We are staying at all 5 star ⭐️ properties!!
So what do you have planned to close out the summer and for the fall?
Don’t miss out on future lux experiences with @culinarytravels_thesophislife !! Sign up for the newsletter! Next year we are heading to Mexico City 🇲🇽 and Portugal 🇵🇹!
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I’m so tired of this question or statement. I feel like snapping back with “what have you done for our country?” “What were his credentials when he ran in 2016?”!!! Put the @vp credentials up against any other President’s and I am sure she would be more than fine.
And duh the mere fact that she is VP makes her qualified! That’s the definition of the job!
Let’s drown out the racists and misogynists and get @kamalaharris and @timwalz elected in November!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽💙💙💙
#harriswalz2024 #harriswalz2024🇺🇸 #kamalaharris2024 #kamalaharrisforpresident #whenwefightwewin #wearenotgoingback
I’m not saying you have to be good at math but you have to be good at math to run group trips!!
This is my second year of doing this and I’m constantly rechecking my numbers! If you are treating this as a business and you want to earn money from all your hard work, you need to be good at math!
Things to consider:
1) Net rates, gross rates, your commission!!!!
2) do you want to do big or small tours? Bigger tours are less expensive but what do you give up in terms of the experience for your clients and how many can you manage?
3) will it be budget, upscale or luxury? This determines cost
4) who is your avatar? Who is likely to purchase your tours? If it’s mostly solo or single travelers then negotiate single occupancy rates at your accommodations
5) what is most important to include in your tour package? Will it be all inclusive including flights or will it be hotels, some meals & tours?
6) how will you collect payment? What booking platform will you use
These are just some of the things to consider!!! Are you interested in doing group trips? If so was this information helpful?
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🇯🇲 Celebrating Jamaica Independence Day with irie vibes and endless pride! One love to my beautiful island and its amazing people. 🌴✨ We are loud and proud as we should be based on our accomplishments and achievements from such a small island in the sea. Jamaicans ARE EVERYWHERE!
I am so proud watching the Jamaican athletes at the Olympics!! We are still killing it in track & field!! 🇯🇲🇯🇲& I am proud of our VP & soon to be POTUS who is biracial of Jamaican heritage!!
These pics are throwbacks to our family reunion 2 years ago in Montego Bay during Independence! We had a blast!!
#jamaicaindependenceday #OneLove #IslandLife #outofmanyonepeople #jamaicanindependence #jamaicanheritage #🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲 #reggaevibes #reggaelovers #montegobayjamaica🇯🇲
Next month I will be back in Morocco 🇲🇦 with a new group of Culinary Travelers!!!
It is rare that I travel back to a country so soon but Morocco has so much to offer!
We visited 5 cities on our trip last year including our overnight stay glamping in The Sahara.
This time we will be spending more time in Marrakech, which was my favorite city.
But travelers will still get their desert fix and camel 🐪 rides with a day trip to Agafay desert & we will be spending two nights on the coast in Essaouira with horseback riding on the beach at sunset 🌅
September can’t come soon enough!!
And this was our theme song last year!
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Have you been to Morocco 🇲🇦?
How do you spend the last day in Spain 🇪🇸 on a fabulous group trip in the summer? You arrange a private sail in the Mediterranean along the coast of Costa Brava where avid swimmers can enjoy the crystal blue waters, drink Cava and other wines, enjoy local fruits and cheeses and paella made right their on the ship!
I’ll share more on that later but after a tense week of watching and posting election coverage I wanted to end with something fun 🤩 and this was so much fun!!! This was in June as part of my @culinarytravels_thesophislife trip to Barcelona!!
And this was one of my favorite songs when I was a teen so I had to use it!! Anyone else?
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Have you been to Costa Brava?
I know I’m not the only one!! Sound off below ⬇️ or on threads! @vp credentials stand up to any and all the racists throwing #deihire around. It’s a shame that in 2024 we have to deal with this. THIS and a million other reasons is why we have to turn up at the polls and keep these racists out of office!!!
Anyone feeling the same way? I’m trying to push through because I do think posting content can be a good distraction for me and for others. AND I do have a business to run but at times like today it’s tough. Like how are we back here 8 years later and 4 years later?! SMDH
Do whatever you have to in order to preserve your mental health and well being. If that means not watching or reading the news or a social media break then do it!
#mentalhealthmatters #mentalhealthmatters #wellnesstips #wellnessadvocate #mentalhealthisimportant
As soon as I saw this trend I knew what “my freak was”! Lol 😆
Because people think I am crazy for doing group trips with @culinarytravels_thesophislife !!!
The truth is I was not a big group traveler in that if I was traveling in a group it was with my own group of friends or my family.
But among my friends and family not everyone has the time, interests and finances to travel the way I do or want to. But there was a need and requests from my audience to travel with me. They wanted to explore places the way I do-through culture and food and wine 🍷and local beverages and culinary history and customs!! That is how Culinary Travels by The Sophisticated Life came about!!
This video was taken during our welcome dinner. It’s really amazing to look at this and then our farewell dinner just 6 nights later! The experiences and stories shared, the special occasions celebrated were epic! I’m growing a community that I wish I had 20 years ago. A community of like-minded travelers and friends.
Join us on a trip next year!! Head to my profile for information on my Zoom chat on Tuesday night!
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