Clark & Co. Travel
I already asked the awkward questions
I’m Jessica Clark, an independent travel advisor in Everett, Washington, just north of Seattle. This is a queer-owned practice designing journeys worldwide for individuals, couples and families. Ships, land, and frequently both inside one route.
Complimentary, and there’s nothing to hold or sign at the end.
The practice is an independent affiliate of Amaya Travel. My Virtuoso membership is where the hotel and voyage benefits below come from, and I also belong to ASTA and to the GSBA, Washington’s LGBTQ+ and allied chamber of commerce.
The second name
Why my email says Amaya
You’ll notice a second name on this site, and it deserves two sentences instead of a footnote.
Clark & Co. Travel is an independent affiliate of Amaya Travel, which means everything I arrange is contracted through their agency while the practice itself stays mine. That’s why the address you write to ends in amaya-travel.com.
I own this. I do the design work. The person who answers is the person who did it.
The work
What I actually do
Journeys worldwide, for individuals, couples and families. Some are ships, some are entirely on land, and a good number are both inside one route, which is usually where the interesting version lives.
The practice was built for queer and allied travelers, and that mostly shows up as homework already done instead of questions anyone has to raise.
Before this I spent six years as a copywriter in technology. Not much of this job is writing. The reading transferred whole, though, and it’s the most useful thing I brought with me. I know what a brochure is doing, because writing them used to be my job. The brochure and the contract are two different documents.
Start anywhere
Three ways in
- You’re ready to talk. Reserve a fifteen-minute call. It’s complimentary and its only job is to work out whether I’m the right fit.
- You’re not ready to talk. Read the guide instead. Eight pages on which cruise lines are genuinely good with queer travelers, arranged by the kind of voyage you have in mind. About four minutes.
- You’re still deciding. Read more about how I work, what a travel advisor costs, and what Virtuoso puts on your reservation.
The process
How the work runs
- 01 The call
Fifteen minutes, nothing to prepare. It exists to answer one question, which is whether I’m the right person for what you have in mind.
- 02 The brief
Questions first, then a longer conversation, about forty-five minutes of it. The planning investment is settled before any design work begins, so it’s never a surprise.
- 03 The design
What I build comes out of that conversation, not out of the version that photographs well.
The practical part
What Virtuoso is actually worth
Here’s what my Virtuoso membership puts on your reservation.
- Hotels. Breakfast daily. A spa, dining or resort credit. A room upgrade when one is available, and early or late hours where the property can do it.
- Ships. Onboard hosts and private welcome receptions on qualifying sailings, shore excursions arranged for the group rather than the ship, and shipboard credit where the sailing carries it.
- On land. Preferred rates through a vetted operator network, which Virtuoso currently puts at more than 200 providers across more than 2,500 destinations.
- And a phone number that isn’t mine. If I’m ever unreachable, the agency behind me isn’t.
Next
If that sounds like a fit
Complimentary, nothing to hold or sign, and if I’m not the right person for what you’re planning I’d rather say so on that call than three weeks into it.
Fifteen minutes. Nothing to prepare.
If writing suits you better than a call, this reaches me directly.
Jessica Clark
jessica@amaya-travel.com / (206) 590-0399 / Everett, Washington