What is a Travel Stylist?
As a travel stylist, we offer personalized travel planning and concierge services. This saves you time and offers convenience leaving you to enjoy your adventures or relaxing vacation. We will seek the best hotels, excursions, sites, and experiences your destination has to offer, with the utmost consideration for your specific needs and desires for traveling.
Our travel services will include dinner reservations at great local restaurants to enrich your cultural experience. It’s always helpful to have vital information just in case when traveling out of the country such as embassy contact info, local pharmacy and hospital, cultural etiquette, and weather conditions. At Travel Queen, we do all of the research to ensure that you have everything you need when vacationing to a new and exciting place!
MEET THE QUEEN
Maranatha, a proud Texan now calling Lisbon, Portugal home, is the founder of Travel Queen and a passionate globetrotter. She lives with her husband, Marvin and their two Rottweilers, Savvy and Storm.
Her love for travel began at the age of 3, when a TV commercial sparked her first flight adventure from Dallas to Houston—and she’s been hooked ever since!
Growing up with a pastor father, Maranatha traveled across the U.S. for church conferences, visiting nearly half the states. Her passion for exploration expanded into 40 countries and counting, from Caribbean cruises to breathtaking European journeys and exotic adventures in Asia.
Before starting Travel Queen, Maranatha honed her skills in fashion merchandising, buying, and retail marketing. Her eye for detail and creative flair now fuel her ability to design personalized, full-service itineraries that turn dream vacations into reality. Whether you’re seeking a romantic getaway, family adventure, or fun trip with friends, Maranatha ensures every journey is as seamless as it is unforgettable.
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With her expertise and passion, Travel Queen is here to create your ultimate travel experience.
Maranatha Lee - Owner & Travel Stylist
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Elizabeth McDonald
Elizabeth is a DMV-based luxury travel stylist who creates bespoke, accessible travel experiences for clients who value both ease and elevated detail. As a wheelchair user herself, she brings a deeply personal understanding to every itinerary ensuring accessibility and luxury are seamlessly woven together, not traded off.
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With strong ties to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, Elizabeth brings a deeper, more personal perspective to Caribbean travel. Whether it’s a private villa, a resort stay, or coordinating all the moving pieces in between, she focuses on making every trip feel smooth, intentional, and easy to enjoy.
Before travel, Elizabeth built her career as an executive assistant supporting high-level teams, this experience shows in how she works today: organized, detail-oriented, and always thinking a few steps ahead. She handles the logistics so her clients don’t have to.
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Based in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia (DMV) area, she works with clients locally and beyond, offering a high-touch, personalized approach to travel planning.
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For those who want travel to feel effortless, intentional, and beautifully executed, Elizabeth delivers more than a trip, she creates an experience.
Elizabeth McDonald - Travel Stylist
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