Colleen Shields
A people-person. Teacher and mentor. Custom-curation travel expert. Serious swimmer!
Senior Travel Designer
Colleen has worked in the travel industry for 45 years. She started with Tour Operators, taught Travel & Tourism programs for 15 years, then joined the Tully team 20 years ago. Safe to say, she has been to most of the destinations she sells, having first-hand knowledge of each one. She finds it incredibly rewarding to create a client’s dream trip, and very often receives feedback about the destination that helps her with future sales.
The opportunities Colleen has had to travel the world have fine-tuned her expertise, and she never tires of learning about the never-ending luxury product that’s available from Tully’s valued partners. Her favorite travel adventures have included South Africa, Tanzania, South America, Australia and New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and Israel and Jordan.
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Named Condé Nast “Top Travel Specialist” consecutively since 1999
Wendy Perrin “The WOW list” consecutively since 2014
Bespoke adventure is the way to go
"I like to get to know the client, which allows me to create the perfect tailor-made experience, and I feel I work better with clients who want a fully customized trip. I once arranged a rhino-darting experience in South Africa that the client still talks about to this day."
Travel like the experts do
These itineraries showcase our cream of the crop – the top recommended luxury vacation destinations from our award-winning Travel Designers. At Tully Luxury Travel, our industry specialists practice what they preach, continually traveling to all four corners of the globe to discover the very best the luxury world has to offer. Their personal journeys are guaranteed to become your new favorites, too – setting you up for the most unique and spirited travel experiences possible, at sea and on land.
What Colleen's customers are saying
"I've used Tully to plan several cruises (with Cheri) and land-based trips (with Colleen) and found them to be very thorough and subject matter experts on the destinations that we've booked through them. I particularly love the new app Umapped that they've started using that puts all of a traveler's trip info - flights, transfers, tours, cruise info - in one place regardless of whether or not they booked it for you. I also appreciate how responsive they are to all of my inquiries!" - Harry Albert
"I just wanted to take a moment to compliment Colleen Shields. I have been a Tully client for several years, but always as a cruise client. However, this particular time I desired to add a land component on the end of a Uniworld Danube river cruise and I was referred to Colleen. I wanted to see the Passion Play in Oberammergau since I was going to already be in Germany and was seeking assistance on this. Because I was arranging the trip for myself and another couple, there ended up being several twists and turns regarding timetables, etc. Through all of this Colleen was attentive and a pleasure to work with.
I spoke with Colleen for a final time yesterday making sure of all the details once again for the post river cruise part of my trip since I will be flying to Budapest at the end of the week. When expressing my appreciation regarding her service, I wanted to write someone to ensure that she was recognized for her high performance.
Tully is an excellent company and that, of course, starts and ends with the quality of your agents. Colleen has certainly fulfilled my expectations, and I look forward to many future travels booked with Tully." - John Capps
Average customer rating:
5/5