About Maravaya
Maravaya was founded in 2026 with a simple idea: travel should feel personal.
We created Maravaya as a co-owned travel agency focused on curated group travel and custom experiences designed around the people taking the trip—not a one-size-fits-all itinerary. From the first conversation to the final details, our goal is to make travel feel intentional, memorable, and genuinely worth looking forward to.
Two Backgrounds. One Shared Approach to Travel.
Maravaya brings together experience across travel, hospitality, outdoor recreation, marketing, and customer experience.
Justin Bahr
Justin brings more than a decade of experience in marketing, customer experience, research, and hospitality-related industries.
Throughout his career, he has worked across multiple disciplines, helping organizations better understand their customers, communicate value, and create experiences built around what people actually want.
At Maravaya, Justin brings that same customer-first mindset to travel. His focus is on understanding the details that make each traveler and group different, identifying the experiences that will resonate most, and helping turn those insights into a trip that feels distinctive and thoughtfully designed.
His background in marketing, hospitality, research, and experience strategy also helps Maravaya look beyond the basic itinerary—considering everything from the destinations and accommodations to the atmosphere, activities, pacing, and small details that shape how a trip ultimately feels.
Aram
Aram brings more than seven years of experience across the outdoor, travel, and hosting industries, along with a much longer history in travel planning.
From 2009 to 2016, he owned and operated his own travel agency, gaining firsthand experience building itineraries, coordinating travel, and helping clients turn an idea for a trip into a real experience.
After relocating to the United States, Aram returned to the travel industry with a new vision: creating highly personalized group travel and custom LGBTQ+ experiences from a U.S.-based agency.
His experience gives Maravaya a strong foundation in the practical side of travel—understanding destinations, coordinating the moving pieces of a trip, anticipating traveler needs, and creating experiences that feel seamless from beginning to end.
Why We Created Maravaya
We believe some of the best travel experiences happen when the right people, places, and moments come together.
That is why Maravaya focuses on curated experiences rather than simply booking transportation and accommodations.
We take the time to understand who you are traveling with, what kind of experience you want, what matters most to your group, and what would make the trip truly memorable.
For some travelers, that might mean discovering a new destination with a close group of friends. For others, it might mean attending an LGBTQ+ event, exploring nightlife and culture, celebrating a milestone, or simply experiencing somewhere new with people they enjoy being around.
Whatever the reason for traveling, our goal is the same: create an experience that feels like it was built for you.
Travel With Intention
Maravaya combines real travel experience with a modern, highly personalized approach to planning.
We are not interested in pushing predetermined packages simply because they are easy to sell. We would rather understand what you want first and then build the right experience around it.
That means thoughtful destinations, carefully considered accommodations, meaningful activities, and enough flexibility for the trip to still feel like an adventure.
Because great travel should never feel generic.
It should feel like your trip.