Candela has explored Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean — and learned that the hardest journey to design is the one that delights every generation at once. She makes the logistics vanish, so grandparents relax while children are quietly, expertly enchanted.
Virtuoso member · In-house advisors · 40 years of relationships
In short
Who is Candela?
Candela Gonzalez is a luxury travel advisor at Forest Travel, the luxury travel advisory founded in Miami in 1986, and works from Miami, Florida. Candela designs journeys focused on multi-generational family travel, theme journeys, Europe and the Caribbean for clients across the United States and Latin America, in English and Spanish.
Role
Luxury Travel Advisor
Based in
Miami, Florida
Languages
English, Spanish
Specialties
Multi-generational family travel, theme journeys, Europe, the Caribbean
Specialties
What Candela designs.
Family & multi-generational
Trips where every generation has something to look forward to and the logistics are handled in advance.
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Europe
European journeys from the classic capitals to the quieter regions, designed around how you like to travel.
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The Caribbean
Island stays and sea-based journeys across the Caribbean, matched to the season and the group.
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Common Questions
Questions about working with Candela.
Candela Gonzalez specializes in multi-generational family travel, theme journeys, Europe and the Caribbean. Clients come to Candela for family trips that work for every generation at once. Each trip is designed from scratch with the hotels, guides and operators Forest Travel has worked with since 1986.
A luxury travel advisor designs the trip, books it and stays your contact until you are home. At Forest Travel, Candela Gonzalez designs the itinerary from scratch, books hotels, flights, guides and transfers through the relationships the firm has built since 1986, handles changes while you travel, and answers by phone or WhatsApp.
Yes. Forest Travel has been a Virtuoso member since 2004, so clients who book through Candela receive Virtuoso amenities at partner hotels: typically daily breakfast for two, a credit of about US$100 per stay, an upgrade on arrival when available, and early check-in or late check-out on request. Exact amenities vary by property and are confirmed at booking.
Ask for Candela by name on Forest Travel's inquiry form, by phone at +1 (786) 751 8771 or on WhatsApp at +1 (786) 969 3045. The first conversation is free and covers where you want to go, your dates, who is traveling and how you like to travel. Before design work starts, Candela confirms the US$250 planning fee per itinerary in writing, then sends a proposal built from scratch, books each element you approve and remains your contact until you are home.
Forest Travel charges a planning fee of US$250 per itinerary, confirmed in writing before any work begins, and the first conversation with Candela is free. Commission is not added to what you pay: the hotels, cruise lines and operators Candela books pay Forest Travel out of the same rate you would be quoted booking direct.
Candela Gonzalez is based in Miami, Florida and works with Forest Travel clients across the United States and Latin America by phone, WhatsApp and the inquiry form, in English and Spanish. Forest Travel works in English and Spanish.
Because the hard part is making one itinerary work for every age at once: connecting rooms, a pace that suits grandparents and children, and no dead hours. An advisor sets that logistics up in advance, so nobody in the family has to run the trip. Candela plans this kind of trip for Forest Travel clients.
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