I’m Maddie, the owner and founder of Heirloom Travel Co. After ten years of experience in the hospitality industry and four as a luxury travel advisor, I decided it was time to start my own business! 

Let’s rewind to 2016: I took a summer job at Sea Island with a couple of friends I made in my dorm. I had just finished my freshman year of college and thought I was in for a few months of island life before heading back to Athens in the fall. Little did I know, this summer gig would jumpstart my love for hospitality! It didn’t take long for me to realize that, whatever career path led me somewhere like this, was the path I wanted to be on! 

The next summer, with my newfound love for hospitality in tow, I headed west to work on a guest ranch in Colorado. I had never been further west than Mississippi. (As someone who was raised in a family of exclusively beach-goers, I had no idea there was a whole world beyond 30A!) That summer I made some of my very best friends and met one particularly cute ranch hand. I spent the summer making beds, sweeping porches and washing windows; I loved every minute of it. 

With just two summers of hospitality under my belt it was clear to me - I love this industry! A life of spreadsheets and emails was not for me. Hospitality is what truly brings me joy! 

Fast forward nine years: the cute ranch hand is now my husband and we live in the same little slice of the Rockies where we first met! We spend our weekends hiking, fishing, and camping throughout the mountains we call home. Our dog, Millie, makes the sweetest companion for all of our adventures. 

Over the past ten years I’ve collected plenty of my own Heirlooms - the friends I made studying abroad in Australia, the wildlife sightings in Africa, the wine tastings in Italy. Now it’s time for you to start your own collection!