The TravelSmith Travel Agency

I’m Rachel Smith, the The TravelSmith. I call Central Ohio home, but my clients live all over the United States. I work with my clients remotely via email, zoom, and by personal appointment.

My love of travel started at a young age. My mother used a guidebook that had index cards on a metal ring to plan that vacation to Walt Disney World. Travel was a very big part of my childhood, be it a big Disney trip or a quick overnight to a nearby city. The first time I went to Europe, I was 17. My family spent 3 weeks there traveling through London, Paris, and then settling into Interlaken, Switzerland for the rest of the time with a few overnight trips to surrounding cities. I’ve traveled to 13 countries and look forward to that number going up. There’s something to learn from everyone you meet — and if those people don’t look like you, live like you, or believe like you, the experience is even more rewarding.

I live in Central Ohio with my husband and 2 daughters, 10 and 12. My free time is spent shuttling the girls to school, sports, music, 4-H, and horse activities. I’m also a volunteer at the school and am somehow still our area treasurer for Girl Scouts, even though my girls haven’t been in scouts for a few years now.

I’m a sucker for a good podcast. During the beginning of the pandemic, I sewed and donated over 300 fabric masks for residents in local nursing homes. I listened to podcasts that entire time. My new favorite podcast genre is paranormal stories. If you have a ghost story - tell me. I’m not kidding. Literally email me and tell me. I love ‘em. Every ghost story is ultimately a story about a person, be it the assumed identity of the ghost or a story about the person who experienced it.

I love planning travel and I treat every client’s trip as if it were my own. All of the moving pieces are a fun challenge to piece together. Go click Get Started to work with me!