One Day in San Francisco

I’m a young travel professional with a passion to share my experiences & make travel more accessible! My passion started as a young child – one of my favorite TV shows was “Great Hotels” starring Samantha Brown. My sister and I pretended to be Samantha Brown and filmed our version of Great Hotels at the Fairmont Kea Lani during a family vacation in Hawaii. We were only able to stay at such awesome hotels like Fairmont and Four Seasons because my mom was always on the lookout for a good deal. Growing up, she would book opaque (Hotwire/Priceline) and try to figure out which hotel it was. I ended up making my career about travel. I attended the Hotel School at Cornell where I took classes on the basics of hotel management, accounting, distribution strategy, revenue management, and even web design. After college, I worked for Expedia for 5 years where I managed relationships with hotels in SF and vacation destinations throughout California. I then shifted to join the Hotels team at Airbnb to help hotels find a place on the primary vacation rental platform. Once COVID hit and the hotels’ program was deprioritized, I shifted to sales operations to support the team in managing relationships with professional hosts. After 3 years at Airbnb (which felt like a decade during the pandemic), I decided to take some time off and travel personally. I’ll be sharing my adventure and experiences with you through Tawney Travels!