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Dream Vacations - Lainey Melnick & Assoc.
What I do ...
I use my 35+ years of executive experience in media, technology, marketing and management to advise and curate my clients’ bespoke travel experiences. I specialize in luxury travel by jet, yacht, cruise, rail, chauffeur, self-drive, plus I assist with global vacation villa rentals. My worldwide travel supplier partners build my commission into their pricing so my service is only to your advantage.
Awarded
2025 Luminary Award • 2024 Travel Weekly Travel Agent Innovation Silver Magellan • 2024 TravelAge West Trendsetter • 2021 Game Changer • 2019 Brand Ambassador • 2018 Travel Influencer • 2018 Westlake Chamber of Commerce Member of the Quarter • 2017 OPAL Outstanding Performance & Leadership Award for Women
Lainey Melnick
We just hit $500,000… and it’s not about the money.
$500,000 in travel… built on trust, relationships, and 15 years of incredible support ✨
Grateful for every client, partner, and follower who made this possible and our amazing team who works tirelessly behind the scenes. We are just getting started. Watch my award-winning YouTube channel, shop my Amazon storefront for my favorite travel essentials,
and when you’re ready —
book your next dream vacation with our team at Dream Vacations – Lainey Melnick & Associates.
#LuxuryTravel #TravelAdvisor #DreamVacations #TravelWithLainey #MilestoneMoment
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I’ve been working hard putting up content, packings lists, special needs and essential travel needs on my @amazon Storefront. If you have a favorite product that is missing in any of the categories, please let me know!
www.amazon.com/shop/laineymelnick
#travelessentials #packinglist #packingtips #travelexpert
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Thank you Linda Mountain for including me in this special afternoon with Dori Berinstein talking about the fabulous new Broadway show coming in 2028, Happy Feet. It’s going to be amazing!
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Behind every great trip is a real team who knows travel inside and out. Book your next dream vacation with the team at Dream vacations – Lainey Melnick and Associates. lmelnick.dreamvacations.com/editorial/travelwithla…
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Grateful for an amazing 2025! A heartfelt thank you to my team at Lainey Melnick & Associates - Dream Vacations led by Alex Horne plus my incredible clients, family, friends and all my supplier partners who go above and beyond for our shared clients. This year my top ten include Regent Seven Seas Cruises, Worldia, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, Royal Caribbean International, Seabourn, Crystal Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Princess Cruises. We booked 90 cruises and 87 land adventures coming in just under 3% less than 2024. We have reached 2.4M views on my award winning YouTube channel with over 1M hours of watch time with 137 new videos in 2025.
Superior quality and exceptional service is our goal, and we value our loyal repeat clients above all else. Wishing you travel bliss in 2026. Please let us help you plan your next dream vacation. lmelnick.dreamvacations.com/editorial/travelwithla…
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Ready for a happy new year wearing my Chanukah present from Skims. We are going to Emmer & Rye for a special 6-course dinner to ring in 2026. Wishing you all travel bliss in 26! #TravelBliss26
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Today would be my parents’ 66th anniversary. I was lucky to spend 51 anniversaries with them, almost made 52, missed by only 23 days. Debbie actually got 2 more years than I did, 53 anniversaries. We were very lucky that they started their love story so young, at 18 and 19, or who knows how much time we would’ve had. They loved to be surrounded by family and friends to celebrate their pride in their accomplishment against all odds. Cheers Mom and Dad! May your memories be a blessing.
1959 Dick and Mitzi's Wedding - December 27
https://youtu.be/_5yXmemwMqg
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Wishing you a very happy holiday season from Alex Horne and Lainey Melnick and our team at Lainey Melnick & Associates - Dream Vacations. Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah and a Happy New Year! #happyholidays #merrychristmas #happyhanukkah #HappyNewYear lmelnick.dreamvacations.com/editorial/travelwithla…
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Texans, let me be the many thousandth to say that my friend James Talarico should be our next US Senator. I’ve personally known Jimmy for decades. He worked hard to support me and Barack Obama when he was only a student and leader at The University of Texas at Austin. He has always exhibited thoughtfulness, hard work and integrity. We would be so fortunate to have him as our respresentative. Please show him your support by donating today: secure.actblue.com/donate/jt-social
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Lainey Melnick & Associates - Dream Vacations is celebrating our 14 year business anniversary, August 27, 2025. Our sales have grown 5524% since our first months as a travel agency in 2011. I am filled with gratitude for my loyal clients, exceptional supplier partners, inspirational colleagues, unfaltering headquarters, devoted family and friends but especially for my steadfast team led by @travelagentalex, Jordan and Ken. I could not have survived the roller coaster turmoil and challenges of the travel industry without you all. So much has changed in those 14 years.
President @barackobama, my previous boss, was quoted in @theeconomist in August 2011 suggesting that travel agents were obsolete. At the time, I said that technology would make us innovate, not disappear and those of us who were tech savvy would benefit from the shift in our industry. History has proven me right. While I was a trailblazer using social media and online video platforms as my primary marketing channel, now over 70% of my colleagues have joined me online. Again naysayers are saying we are doomed with 42% of travelers experimenting with AI while the a few pioneering travel agents, like myself, are using the powerful tool to streamline business and improve customer service. Again, I predict that history will repeat itself and those of us mastering the new technology as innovators will rise to the top before others can catch up.
This business demands hard work, constant vigilance, and an unwavering commitment to exceptional service. It requires a listener who truly understands and delivers on client needs, and a leader who serves as a catalyst for visionary innovation. It’s extremely rewarding to know that I choose the right path for me 14 years ago and have something very special to pass on to my children.
Please let us help you plan your next dream vacation. lmelnick.dreamvacations.com/editorial/travelwithla…
#workanniversary #successmindset #BusinessInnovation #besttravelagency
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