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Royal Insider We create custom luxury to super-luxe trips for you to have amazing, invitation-only experiences of New Orleans that help sustain the local culture.

Royal Insider is a "culture sustaining" travel company established in 1999 to plan and orchestrate trips that allow travelers to participate in the authentic culture of a destination, hosted by the people whose strivings sound out the heartbeat of that culture every day. By doing so, the company affords its guests otherwise inaccessible experiences, while channeling visitor resources to support th

e people who drive the culture---rather than feeding guests into a caricature-heavy tourism infrastructure detached from the soul of the place. In New Orleans, Royal Insider functions as a specialized form of destination management company, designing and implementing all of the arrangements for custom itineraries, from arrival to departure, for luxury individual travelers as well as groups. These arrangements naturally include hotel accommodations, chauffeured transport and preferential access into the best restaurants. But what sets the company apart are the truly extraordinary insider experiences that they make possible. Imagine the chef of a great restaurant meeting you at the farmer's market on a Saturday morning, collecting the freshest artisanal ingredients then taking you back to the restaurant to cook up a superb midday meal just for you. Now you can understand why the word “tour” isn't allowed in the world of Royal Insider. They call them 'outings' instead, to make the point that these are participatory experiences of the local culture hosted by prominent locals (top jazz singers, artists, chefs, landscape designers, art curators, etc.). The company literally never hires tour guides. The local insiders receiving Royal Insider guests during these outings are homeowners, oyster fishers, boutique coffee roasters, prominent artists and art collectors, private plantation owners, leading gospel choir directors, etc. Royal Insider designs New Orleans trips for groups, as well, such as multi-generational family groups, museum and other affinity groups and incentive groups with hundreds of guests. While logistically different than individual outings, their group events are built on the same philosophical groundwork and hosted by prominent local insiders. Royal Insider has received international industry awards for their creative, culture-participatory group events created for the most discerning world travelers. Internationally, Royal Insider operates set-departure trips grounded in the same culture-sustaining philosophy. The company has entered an alliance with the most important culinary organization in the US, the James Beard Foundation, to offer stunning international foodie trips led by JBF Award-winning chefs for very small groups. Guests on these exclusive foodie trips carry the banner of American culinary culture out into the world to be welcomed by fascinating residents inside a region's way of life through a shared passion for food and wine. A member of the world's most prestigious alliance of luxury travel professionals, Virtuoso (“The Best of the Best”), Royal Insider has been written about in publications ranging from American Express Departures to Neiman Marcus Entrée to Time magazine. The company is routinely rated among the top companies of its kind around the globe, and has been credited by industry leaders with "significant innovations."

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Royal Insider is a "culture sustaining" travel company established in 1999 to plan and orchestrate trips that allow travelers to participate in the authentic culture of a destination, hosted by the people whose strivings sound out the heartbeat of that culture every day. By doing so, the company affords its guests otherwise inaccessible experiences, while channeling visitor resources to support the people who drive the culture---rather than feeding guests into a caricature-heavy tourism infrastructure detached from the soul of the place. In New Orleans, Royal Insider functions as a specialized form of destination management company, designing and implementing all of the arrangements for custom itineraries, from arrival to departure, for luxury individual travelers as well as groups. These arrangements naturally include hotel accommodations, chauffeured transport and preferential access into the best restaurants. But what sets the company apart are the truly extraordinary insider experiences that they make possible. Imagine the chef of a great restaurant meeting you at the farmer's market on a Saturday morning, collecting the freshest artisanal ingredients then taking you back to the restaurant to cook up a superb midday meal just for you. Now you can understand why the word “tour” isn't allowed in the world of Royal Insider. They call them 'outings' instead, to make the point that these are participatory experiences of the local culture hosted by prominent locals (top jazz singers, artists, chefs, landscape designers, art curators, etc.). The company literally never hires tour guides. The local insiders receiving Royal Insider guests during these outings are homeowners, oyster fishers, boutique coffee roasters, prominent artists and art collectors, private plantation owners, leading gospel choir directors, etc. Royal Insider designs New Orleans trips for groups, as well, such as multi-generational family groups, museum and other affinity groups and incentive groups with hundreds of guests. While logistically different than individual outings, their group events are built on the same philosophical groundwork and hosted by prominent local insiders. Royal Insider has received international industry awards for their creative, culture-participatory group events created for the most discerning world travelers. Royal Insider has been recognized in publications ranging from American Express Departures to Time magazine. The company is routinely rated among the top companies of its kind around the globe, and has been credited by industry leaders with "significant innovations."