Founder & Travel Designer
Lynn Ciccarelli
Pittsburgh, PA
Lynn founded Bella Vacations in nineteen ninety nine. Twenty five years on, she is one of fewer than a hundred Virtuoso All Star advisors in the world, and one of the most relied upon names in luxury travel for clients who treat the work as serious.
The recognitions on this page she would not have collected herself. We have collected them on her behalf. The letters below are what she actually keeps in a drawer.
A Letter Received
Dear Lynn,
As I also told Olympia, your counterpart in Italy, the trip exceeded my expectations. The hotels were stunning, their locations were perfect and the itinerary was also perfect. We loved all the tour guides. They were young, energetic and extremely knowledgeable. Each activity was great and we didn’t have to think of one thing and felt so taken care of every step of the way.
Thank you so much and hopefully we will be in touch soon about our next trip. Please feel free to call should you have any specific questions about the trip.
Thanks again!
Amy
A journey through Italy
The work is the point. Awards are not. But twenty five years on, certain names recur with enough consistency that they are worth recording. We have done so here.
Virtuoso
Top 25 All Star Advisor
One of fewer than a hundred Virtuoso All Star advisors globally. The credential opens doors that money alone cannot.
Travel Agent Magazine
Top 25 All Star Advisor
Industry recognition awarded to advisors with sustained excellence over decades. Held across consecutive years.
Travel + Leisure
A List Advisor
Recognised on the Travel + Leisure A List, the magazine’s annual selection of the advisors they trust most across the industry.
Conde Nast Traveler
Top Travel Specialist
Named in the publication’s annual Top Travel Specialists guide, a curated list of advisors with deep regional and category expertise.
NBC Today Show
Honeymoon Expert
Selected for NBC’s Today Throws a Wedding segment as one of five honeymoon experts featured. A national platform, quietly held.
Founded
Bella Vacations · 1999
A small Pittsburgh studio that grew, slowly, into three offices across two continents. The same principal still answers the phone.
In Their Own Words
The letters we are most proud of.
We have used other Virtuoso advisors before. Bella Vacations is in a different league entirely. The personal attention is extraordinary, from the first conversation to the welcome note waiting at every property.
The Robertson Family
Singita Grumeti, Tanzania · 2024
Nobody in my sixty years of travel experience does it better than Lynn Ciccarelli. She has handled every itinerary I have asked of her with a precision and grace I have not seen elsewhere in the industry.
A Sixty Year Traveller
Italy, repeat client · 2023
Seventeen days, seven locations, a transit strike in the middle of it. Lynn rebuilt the entire second half of our trip in ninety minutes. We had a life changing journey because of her expertise.
M. & J. Caldwell
Romantic Italy · 2024
Featured In
Quietly written about, for over two decades.
Travel + Leisure
A List Advisor
Conde Nast Traveler
Top Travel Specialist
Travel Agent Magazine
Top 25 All Star
NBC Today
Honeymoon Expert
Begin Your Own Letter
Most of our clients come to us by referral. The rest come through a single quiet conversation, beginning here.
Plan My Journey