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TRUCKEE, Calif. – Condé Nast Traveler has acknowledged 4 of Truckee-based JourneySmith Explorations’ journey specialists as Top Travel Specialists for 2026. This is the biggest group of JourneySmith advisors which have been acknowledged, and the thirteenth consecutive 12 months firm founder Todd Smith has earned the consideration. Andrew Browning was acknowledged for the second consecutive 12 months, with Arielle Lightcap and Leslie Camacho becoming a member of the listing for the primary time, highlighting the team’s deep data and expertise as journey advisors.
Best identified for providing small-ship expedition journey experiences within the Galapagos Islands, Antarctica, and Alaska, JourneySmith Explorations’ journey specialists are valued by vacationers for his or her deep vacation spot data and experience in serving to to facilitate unparalleled, bucket-list experiences.
“Being recognized by Condé Nast Traveler as a top travel specialist is a tremendous honor, but having three of my long-standing team members also join the list is something that makes me immensely proud,” stated Smith. “Matching travelers with the perfect trip for them and delivering high-quality experiences that exceed our clients’ expectations is what we’re focused on. Receiving this type of recognition speaks to the ability of our team to consistently do that.”
Since his nomination final 12 months, Browning has additionally been named Best Individual Expedition Cruise Travel Advisor 2025 by Expedition Cruise Network, returned to the Arctic for his fourth time, and traveled the Northwest Passage. JourneySmith’s longest operating worker outdoors of the corporate founders, Browning’s expertise and experience usually translate into the flexibility to coordinate awe-inspiring itineraries for shoppers in typically distant locales.
With a level in Latin American Studies and years dwelling and dealing within the journey business throughout Ecuador, Bolivia, and Mexico, Camacho brings a worldwide perspective and business savvy to each journey she plans. She has labored as a tour translator within the Bolivian jungle and holds the JourneySmith employees file for the farthest south traveled (69° South), having reached the distant Bellingshausen Sea aboard an Antarctic icebreaker. As she informed the editors at Condé Nast Traveler, she “thrive(s) on planning trips that don’t exist online, shaped by local-only knowledge—that’s how (she) opens doors that travelers don’t even know to knock on.”
Appreciated by shoppers for her meticulously detailed planning, Lightcap, like Camacho, is a 10-year veteran of the JourneySmith team. She’s been to far-flung locations just like the Arctic twice and has crossed the Arctic Circle. When requested by Condé Nast Traveler’s editors about what it’s prefer to work along with her, Lightcap stated, “I double- and triple-check every arrangement so nothing falls through the cracks. Being part of a small, family-owned, experienced team means accountability is personal. I know my clients, I know our partners, and I take responsibility for the outcome from beginning to end. That’s where I add the most value.”
Condé Nast Traveler’s annual listing highlights the world’s main specialists and journey corporations. The publication’s editors choose specialists primarily based on their deep vacation spot data and experience, first-hand journey expertise and talent to craft customized, distinctive journey experiences.
Pick up a duplicate of the April 2026 subject of the journal, on newsstands now, to be taught what journey developments Condé Nast Traveler’s Top Travel Specialists are following. Read concerning the developments JourneySmith’s high journey specialists are following here.
Find the entire listing of 2026 Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialists at http://www.cntraveler.com/travel-specialists.