Collaborate on Book-Inspired Travel Experiences
Turn Your Fantasy World into a Real-World Literary Tour
You built a world readers never want to leave—what if they didn’t have to?
At Lumina Travel Co., we specialize in author-led travel experiences that bring your book to life through immersive literary group travel. We partner with authors to design soulful, story-rich journeys that feel like stepping into the pages of your novel—crafted especially for women who crave meaning, magic, and connection.
Whether you're a romantasy queen, a historical fiction heroine, or a teller of witchy tales—this is where your story becomes a destination.
Book-inspired travel means exactly what it sounds like: travel experiences based on your book—your characters, your settings, your emotional arcs.
We design reader retreats and literary tours for readers who want more than a book club. They want to walk where your characters walked. Dine where lovers met. Breathe in the same landscapes that shaped your plot twists.
Fantasy & Romantasy Travel
Historical Fiction
Magical Realism
Witchy, Folkloric, or Gothic Fiction
What Is Book-Inspired Travel?
Reader Retreats, Fantasy Book Travel, and Real-Life Story Worlds
- Which locations from your book feel most “alive”?
- What kind of reader experience are you dreaming of?
- How involved do you want to be in the tour itself?
This is the first chapter of your reader-author travel collaboration.
Story Sync & Discovery Call
The Author’s Guide to Reader-Author Travel Collaboration
Kate will craft your custom fantasy book travel experience, blending real-world destinations with your fictional touchstones. You’ll review and approve each element—from itinerary flow to bonus experiences for superfans.
Literary Itinerary Design
From our first chat to your final chapter abroad, every step of the journey is intentional. Here’s how we craft a trip that feels like it was written just for you.
April is your go-to for everything logistical and lovely. She’ll:
- Coordinate timelines, approvals, and assets
- Act as your communication lead
- Make sure your readers (and you) feel held every step of the way
Author-Led Travel Launch Strategy
From our first chat to your final chapter abroad, every step of the journey is intentional. Here’s how we craft a trip that feels like it was written just for you.
Once the trip launches, we manage bookings, vendors, guest communication, and all the behind-the-scenes magic. You just show up—or drop in for a surprise Q&A or fireside chat.
This is a full-service author-led literary tour experience. All the impact, none of the overwhelm.
Launch, Book, and Bring It to Life
From our first chat to your final chapter abroad, every step of the journey is intentional. Here’s how we craft a trip that feels like it was written just for you.
How to Create a Tour Based on Your Book
Meet April — Your Author Collaboration Coordinator
Professional. Playful. Passionate about bringing book worlds to life.
April is the Author Collaboration Coordinator here at Lumina Travel Co.—which basically means she seeks out the coolest books (and their brilliant authors, of course) to help us craft the literary adventure of a lifetime.
She’s your go-to partner for everything from initial brainstorming to contract flow, timeline management, and keeping your inbox from catching fire. With a gift for communication and a heart for storytelling, April ensures your author-led travel experience is smooth, soul-aligned, and never overwhelming.
But beyond the logistics?
April is a lifelong bookworm, a first-class nerd, and a dedicated Trekkie. She’s also wife to an incredible husband and pet mama to Samwise and Zelda. When she’s not helping Kate plan the next unforgettable reader-author travel collaboration, you can find her writing short stories, pretending she’s a professional concert flutist, dreaming about life in Italy, and trying valiantly to fold laundry within seven to ten business days.
She brings warmth, wit, and wild enthusiasm to every collaboration—and she can’t wait to meet you.
From the first spark of an idea to the last sunset photo, we handle the logistics, planning, and launch strategy—so you can focus on your story. You stay in the loop, keep your voice, and watch your literary tour come to life.
Seamless & Soulful
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Our trips attract deeply thoughtful, book-loving women—readers who crave more than just fan moments. They want meaning, connection, and the chance to experience your story together. These aren’t just fans. They’re future friends.
Real Reader Connection
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You’ll be supported by a women-led team who’s as obsessed with your world as your readers are. Kate brings the vision. April brings the structure. Together, we make author-led travel experiences that feel effortless.
A Dream Team That Gets It
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We start with the heart of your book—its world, tone, and emotional arc—and build the entire reader retreat or literary tour around that. No plug-and-play itineraries here. Just immersive, book world come to life magic.
A Story-First Approach
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Thoughtful, book-inspired travel experiences rooted in story, soul, and sisterhood.
Why Authors Love Lumina Travel Co.
Beneath the northern lights and beside frozen fjords, a world from Ashley McLeo’s imagination is quietly coming to life. A Kingdom of Frost and Malice—an epic steeped in power, prophecy, and cold enchantment—has inspired an intimate literary journey to Norway, where myth meets mountain.
Though the tour has yet to unfold, the blueprint is laced with magic:
- Snow-draped villages that echo with Norse legend
- Silent boat rides through glass-still waters
- Candlelit readings beneath vaulted wooden ceilings
This is more than a setting—it’s a summoning.
❄️ In Ashley’s Words
“To see the world I imagined begin to breathe in a real place—it’s like watching a dream frost over into reality.”
A Kingdom of Frost and Malice
📍 Upcoming Tour: Norway
The Stories Taking Shape
ashley mcleo
Beneath soft Highland dawns and beside glass-still lochs, the world of Kat MacKenzie’s Work in Progress unfurls before you—an intimate Scottish sojourn steeped in banter, blossoms, and clandestine longing.
Though our journey is still on the horizon, here’s the blueprint for your own story-book adventure:
⚔️ Dappled glens where every hill conceals a secret rendezvous
🍷 Fireside chats in centuries-old castle drawing rooms
📌 Lochside whisky tastings with a wink to our swoon-worthy Scottish guide
This isn’t just a tour—it’s your main-character romance brought to life.
"WORK IN PROGRESS"
📍 Upcoming Tour: SCOTLAND
The Stories Taking Shape
KAT MACKENZIE
Beneath mist-wrapped castles and along storied stone walls, the world of Caitriona Drexler’s The White Knight begins to stir—an immersive journey into chivalry, hidden prophecies, and shadow-kissed legends.
Though our adventure awaits its first step, here’s the blueprint for your epic passage through Northern England (with an optional portal to Merlin’s Cave):
⚔️ Great Hall feasts in centuries-old manor houses where every tapestry whispers a tale
🍷 Fireside toasts in secret warrens, savoring mulled ale as author Caitriona shares behind-the-scenes lore
📌 Dawn rambles across rolling dales, tracing the footsteps of knights and legends
✨ Optional 2-night/3-day extension to Merlin’s Cave—where myth bleeds into reality
This isn’t just a tour—it’s your chapter in a saga penned by history and magic.
"Songs of Another Time"
📍 Upcoming Tour: england
The Stories Taking Shape
Caitriona Drexler
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