Ann Bass

I have been in the travel business for over 40 years and handle mostly worldwide luxury leisure. I value my longtime loyal clientele and also welcome new referrals. I have a vast network of personal relationships with the best hoteliers, knowledgeable guides and top tour operators across the globe.

I try to travel myself monthly to visit luxurious and new hotels so I have the firsthand experience on what to recommend (or not) to my clients. At the beginning of my travel career, I also handled mostly corporate accounts, so I am well-versed in all aspects of travel.

Started at Argosy Travel in West Orange and did mostly leisure for about a year and then went to Spectrum Travel in South Orange where I met the Vice President of the Typewriter division at Panasonic at a friend's party. He was looking for a travel agent and hired me to do all their trips back and forth to Japan. I took the account with me to Travel Time in West Orange. I then moved to Stevens Travel in New York City where I was trained in sales and handled many corporations.

I specialize in European vacations to Italy and Spain as well as African Safaris.

I worked at Stevens for 10 years before deciding to switch my focus to upscale vacation planning. So I went to Travel 15 and eventually to Protravel so I could leverage our global reputation and exclusive contracts and memberships to provide my clients with the best of the best rates, amenities, protections and VIP perks. I always let hotel and resort General Managers know I have clients coming so they are well taken care of.