Lauren Rock, Travel Planner &
Owner of Dynamic Escapes
Lauren is an avid traveler and obsessive planner who loves to research travel! After taking courses and earning the appropriate accreditations, she left the corporate world behind and created Dynamic Escapes in 2016.
Since that time, Lauren has taken care of all the research and planning of hundreds of clients' trips. Her past clients have included couples, families, “girlfriend” groups, grandparent/grandchild trips, church groups, school groups, multi-generational family trips, and folks looking for solo time away. Her clients have traveled to places across the U.S. and around the world.
On the home front, Lauren and her husband have two children - one of whom loves cities and is bored by the great outdoors, while the other prefers to be in the middle of nature and dislikes bright lights and city streets. Needless to say, Lauren is accustomed to balancing the desires of multiple people into a single trip! She also has two dogs who will travel wherever the family can take them.
As an independent travel planner, Lauren works for you, not the travel industry. Through meticulous research and obsessive planning, she will ensure that you have a wonderful, memorable trip without having to do the work of arranging it all.
Industry Affiliations & Qualifications
- Travel Leaders Network membership (The largest travel industry network; Travel Leaders grants recognized independent agents access to industry-only connections)
- IATA + ARC + CLIA + TRUE Accreditation
- Australia certified specialist
- Catalonia certified specialist
- Costa Rica certified specialist
- Globus certified Monograms booking agent
- Hawaii certified specialist
- IbookIsrael affiliate
- Jordan certified specialist
- Kenya certified specialist
- Tauck Tours certified specialist (land tours and river cruises)
- Vancouver certified specialist
- Viking River Cruises certified specialist (Danube and Rhine River cruises)
Favorite Trip Experiences
(Click on each for a link to Inspiration Gallery)
- Experiencing the wildlife of Tanzania.
- Admiring Incan archi at Machu Picchu, Peru.
- Seeing wild Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda.
- Enjoying the architecture of Croatia.
- Landing on a glacier in Alaska.
- Seeing Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia.
- Horseback riding on the beach in Belize.
- Hiking the pristine mountains of Canada.
- Sharing time with my family on a dude ranch.
- Eating locally made chocolate in Costa Rica.
- Scuba diving with sea turtles in Hawaii.
- Reliving history in Petra, Jordan.
- Experiencing the sacred in Israel.
- Kayaking in the blue waters of the Galapagos.
- Hiking Mount Ngauruhoe, AKA "Mount Doom" on New Zealand's North Island.
- Touring Paris by bike, soaking in its culture and lifestyle.
- Marveling at the Moorish architecture in Spain.
- Looking over the French and Swiss Alps.
- Biking through the Tulip fields of the Netherlands.
- Learning to salsa dance in Cuba.
Ren Schiffer, Staff Photographer &
Admin Assistant
Ren is an award-winning wildlife and landscape photographer whose work has been featured on the cover of Crikey! Magazine and recognized multiple times by Africa Geographic.
Ren enjoys capturing the experiences of safari guests as they enjoy their travels. While specializing in wildlife, Ren has also photographed multiple lodges for use in promotional material and social media. Ren's work has been purchased by private collectors to display in their homes.
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NOTE: Except where noted, all pictures on this site were taken by Ren Schiffer, staff photographer for Dynamic Escapes LLCTM, or Lauren Rock, each of whom retains all rights to ownership. No pictures may be downloaded, copied, or used by any other entity, business, or individual.