About me

If you like to travel (who doesn’t?) here’s a great New Years Resolution – find a good travel agent (and as my clients say)….”stick with them”.  This is a resolution you will find easy to keep, because once you try it you will enjoy better – more personalised advice and recommendations , access to exclusive offers, which will save you time and money and enjoy a travel experience this is both that are seamless and time efficient. 

It’s important to find a travel expert that your trust and who has your best interests in mind.  Building a relationship with you is  so important to me it allows me to better plan, allowing me to align with your travel preferences and goals.

With so many years of experience in the travel industry assisting clients – here’s what they say  with seamless holidays,  bucket-list and milestone celebration travel and having been to many many places of our wonderful world, I am the “WHY”  for your travel needs and love to assist my clients and their friends in any travel arrangements.  I am really so blessed in life to be able to have ventured to so many wonderful places of our planet.

Who am I

Hi, I’m Natalie Miller.  I am your local travel agent in Newcastle and the Lake Macquarie area but known as “The Travel Guru” for clients in various parts of Australia. To start planning your next trip,  contact me you can email me at [email protected] or call me on 0402 370 371.

Travel is my world and your travel is my business. I have been a travel advisor since 1985 (and that is showing my years !) operating my own travel business for over the past 30 years.  Prior I had traveled the globe for 5 years before deciding on this career path. It was this love of getting out and seeing our truly remarkable world that I knew I had to share it with others.  In the mid 1990’s I met my to be husband on a plane bound to Sri Lanka with my mum in tow.  Love, marriage and moving to Sydney followed as well as working for a well known agency in the big smoke, before returning back to Newcastle where we have been ever since.   I am continually learning, investing in travel to destinations to update my skills and knowledge so as to discover new opportunities that I hope will inspire others to experience the world of travel.

How I travel

When travelling I am constantly on the move, even on my own holidays I enjoy a variety of experiences so that I can adapt a personalised feel for my clients personal tastes and desires.  If  travelling to a destination previously visited , I contact my suppliers to arrange inspecting differing types of accommodation and activities,  this allowing me to design and tailor the perfect trip for you.  No two trips are the same and I love personalising those experiences and my first-hand product knowledge, with you…It’s your travel experience!

What my Clients are saying 

It’s meant the world to me what that I have been helping my clients with their travel needs for a long time and that they have positive things to say about their travel experiences.  Providing a seamless and memorable travel experience for my clients is a key aspect of being a successful travel advisor.

“I have booked a number of holidays through Natalie for which she has provided a personalised experience for myself, family and friends travelling with me. Each and every time, I have been blown away with the experiences, the flow of the itinerary, the accommodation and the services. Natalie listens carefully to your ‘wish list’ and works hard to provide that along with some other highlights that you had not even imagined.  Natalie is organised, experienced, honest, thoughtful, fun loving, caring and genuine. Since meeting and experiencing her service, she is my number one go to person for all my holiday needs. Thank you for everything, Nat. You are an absolute gem!” Karen Chant

Specialising in New Zealand, Asia, India, South America and Africa & Europe for singles, couples, friends and family travel – I’ve made some great contacts in all these places to give you that extra touch.  Celebrating that milestone moment, 50th, 60th, wedding anniversary?  Being a partner to the Signature Travel Network, certainly allows for the ultimate travel experience incorporating upgrades, and additional benefits  which cannot be found elsewhere. I’m familiar with most places of our beautiful world and love to create authentic, effortless, magic and memorable travel for all.

Loving the small group tailored experience

 Personally watching our travelers eyes,  engaging with them each day with their highlights and their lowlights and the funny stories in between of perhaps being taken for a ride and being “ripped off” for $5 on their purchase, the experience had in an Indian barber shop, or paying far too much for that long missed bottle of white at a restaurant by mixing up the 000’s with the local currency –  all is a story in travel and these are the trips, moments, and memories which really light and engage my heart & what makes me have the true passion to design tailor and craft a small group tour.  I want to share that real travel experience, engaging with locals and creating these once-in-a-lifetime adventures.  The top-notch level of personal attention can go a long way in ensuring a smooth and successful trip.  Being in a new place and experiencing new things together, traveling as part of a group is a great way to meet new people and forming new friendships and I always take this in as a highlight in my travel career and life.

It’s a testament to the quality of my escorted tours and the level of care and attention provided to our travelers. Repeat people and word-of-mouth recommendations are strong indicators of a successful and well-regarded tour.  Our tours have created lasting relationships and people are eager to travel with with us again, more often than not, our small group departures book out quickly. See our upcoming trips here.

These have been personally tailored from start to finish and I can guarantee you will not find a tour with as many exclusive and rare experiences and properties to live in while on tour.  We’ve had many a fantastic journey’s abroad travelling to various destinations throughout Asia, Sri Lanka, many tours to India, visiting the “must sees” but also incorporating the paths less travelled. When re-visiting the locals call me “Chachi” – Aunty of India. This warms my heart so much that I have now crafted another tour – this time to Southern India

We all have one thing in common  – we want to get away from it all, not have to worry and experience something you have not done in the past.  So now is your chance to LIVE A LARGER LIFE !…Everything is taken care of from the moment you leave home until you arrive back –  Picture yourself being pampered, embracing in volunteer projects, laughing with new friends…DO THIS FOR YOU….You do deserve it don’t you?  See some of the wonderful comments on my facebook page and web page, see the videos and join us on the next adventure.

My passion for travel, a wealth of industry experience and years and years of first-hand destination knowledge within the course of my career .  Let’s talk travel about your individual needs and then leave it to me to prepare your journey.   Now tell me would you spend your hard earned dollars and risk booking your dream holiday with someone who has not been there?

  Let’s connect and create a unique journey for you.

Where I've Travelled

Extensively….throughout the world for 5 years. I have been and experienced so many countries and regions most people can only dream about. From Israel to Jordan in the Middle East to returning to Africa to have my wedding vows renewed by the Masai Mara warriors.  On through South America and the Rio carnival and later Cuzco with a trek to Machu Picchu.

On to London where I was based and worked to save for my next adventure.  Having worked in the ski fields in Austria to the running of the bulls in Pamplona and everywhere else in between. South East Asia, India and Sri Lanka are my specialty where I escort small boutique and unique tours each year to different regions. So be it Europe and the America’s from cruise ships to African safaris, to hiking tracks in New Zealand your unique tour and experience is my pleasure.

Destinations I'm Passionate About

NEW ZEALAND, INDIA, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, NEPAL, SRI LANKA, AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA !! FROM FLOP AND DROP TO ADVENTURE TRAVEL – I am your travel expert.

Services I Provide

• Personalised expert advice and dedicated experience and knowledge
• Access to exclusive airfares and hotels
• Ability to hold flights
• Create custom deals and packages from the widest range of products
• Helping you make travel decisions with less pressure and more savings
• I take the stress out of last minute itinerary changes and rebooking flights
• I am here for you where ever you are in the world and available 24/7 in emergencies
• An expert in milestone celebration travel -Do you have a birthday, anniversary or festivity ?  Let me create that special experience.
• I want to get to know all your travel needs inside and out and would love you to sssshare the secret with your friends, family and colleagues

Keep in mind, your wonderful plans will take some hours of research, so in order to start any work on your holiday, we require a non refundable itinerary planning deposit starting from $200. This fee will be deducted from your final travel arrangements, so you aren’t paying anymore for the extraordinary holiday I’m planning for you.