About Academy Travel
Lisa Federico | Academy Travel Incorporated | Established 1996 | Incorporated 1999
Founded in 1996 and officially incorporated in 1999 by Lisa Federico, Academy Travel began as a full service travel agency built on personalized service, exceptional value, trusted expertise, and a genuine passion for helping people experience the world.
Nearly 30 years later, those same principles remain at the heart of Academy Travel.
Founded by Travel Industry Leader Lisa Federico
Lisa Federico is an entrepreneur, travel industry leader, speaker, author, and longtime advocate for professional travel advisors. Over the course of her career, she has helped grow Academy Travel from a single travel business into a nationally recognized agency supporting thousands of independent travel advisors across the United States.
Lisa has dedicated her career to raising the standards of education, professionalism, service, and integrity within the travel advisor community. She has built an experienced leadership team and a nationwide network of travel professionals who share her commitment to creating exceptional, personalized travel experiences.
Throughout her career, Lisa and Academy Travel have received numerous industry honors and awards, and she continues to be an active voice and advocate within the travel industry.
Beyond Disney. Around the World.
While Disney remains at the heart of Academy Travel, our expertise reaches far beyond the parks.
Academy Travel advisors help clients experience Universal vacations, ocean and river cruises, luxury travel, all inclusive resorts, guided journeys, and destinations throughout the world.
Through Academy Travel Worldwide, our advisors can expand their expertise into Europe, Hawaii, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Mexico, Costa Rica, luxury cruising, and extraordinary destinations across the globe.
This allows our advisors to grow alongside their clients and become the trusted travel professional they call not simply for one vacation, but for a lifetime of travel.
Personal Service in a Digital World
Travel planning has changed dramatically since Academy Travel was founded in 1996.
Travelers now have more websites, apps, reviews, videos, and information available to them than ever before. Yet having more information does not always make planning a vacation easier.
AcademyTravel.com is designed to help travelers dream, explore, learn, and ultimately connect with a professional travel advisor who can turn all of that information into a vacation designed specifically for them.
We believe technology should enhance personal service, not replace it.
A knowledgeable Academy Travel advisor can help you compare options, understand the details, make informed decisions, manage reservations, and navigate the many moving parts involved in planning today’s vacations.
Instead of spending countless hours researching everything yourself, you have a trusted professional helping you from the first conversation through your return home.
Building the Next Generation of Travel Professionals
Academy Travel’s commitment to education extends beyond our travelers.
For nearly three decades, we have helped people turn their passion for travel into professional businesses of their own.
Our independent travel advisors are supported through education, technology, marketing resources, a strong professional community, supplier relationships, booking and payment assistance, commission support, and a dedicated full time Academy Travel team.
Our custom Academy Travel Advisor Portal brings important business resources together in one place, including professional booking tools, an itinerary builder, AI powered assistance, training, supplier information, marketing resources, agency communications, and advisor support.
Through Academy Travel University, advisors have access to structured onboarding, destination education, supplier training, business development, sales and marketing education, technology training, and ongoing professional learning.
Whether someone is beginning a career as a Disney Travel Agent or is an experienced travel advisor looking for greater opportunities, Academy Travel provides a professional environment designed to help them learn, grow, and build a business they can be proud of.
Our Mission
Our mission is simple: to provide travelers with exceptional service, value, expertise, and care while giving professional travel advisors the education, technology, community, and support they need to succeed.
Some people discover Academy Travel because they are planning a vacation they will remember for the rest of their lives.
Others discover us because they are ready to build a travel career that could change their future.
We are here for both.
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Meet Our Founder
Learn more about Lisa Federico, the entrepreneur and travel industry leader behind Academy Travel.