About Us

Design Destinations

About Us

A Premier Specialty Destination Management Company

Design Destinations, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, is a premier specialty Destination Management company that has been organizing unique group touring and spectacular meetings and events since 1997. We concentrate on the United States, Canada and Central / Eastern Europe, working with groups from 10 to12 people up to 1000 participants (for say, a convention). To create the best experiences for our clients, we combine well-developed concepts with careful preparation, on-the-ground know-how and a detail-oriented approach that emphasizes Service with a capital S. Beneficial partnerships are integral to our approach - we work closely with the best tourism and meeting professionals in our target countries, people who share our values and work ethic. The professionals at Design Destinations are with you before, during and after your event or adventure, ensuring an excellent product that appears easy and effortless to participants.

We know that value, efficiency, flexibility and reliability are paramount in our relationship with you, and these are the hallmarks of Design Destinations. Our careful preparation means that all the behind the scenes elements are taken into account, freeing you from the headaches of planning and implementation.

Design Destinations is anything but your “usual” tour company. Our highly trained team members have traveled extensively and with a discerning eye. We are not happy to have you merely “go and see.” Rather we want you to have the kind of in-depth experience that we want for ourselves when we travel. And when at last your journey is over, we want you to come away feeling enriched and deeply, deeply satisfied.

About our Founder

ILDIKO BAYER expresses her boundless enthusiasm for travel in the soft accent of her birthplace, Hungary. She grew up exploring the romantic medieval towns and castle ruins along the Danube but her free spirit and creativity were at odds with the oppressive Communist and Socialist regimes of her youth. Like many others, when the opportunity presented itself she took a one-way ticket out – except that she left on foot, crossing two borders with the help of a topographical map, until she reached the safety of Austria.

This was the start of Ildiko’s multi-cultural, multi-lingual journey that took her to Germany, France, Western Canada and ultimately the United States, where she now resides in Southern California.

Ildiko Bayer
Ildiko Bayer

Right from the start she gravitated to the travel and tourism industry, a good fit for her talents and personality – a broad curiosity, a love of history and culture, and a fluency in Hungarian, English, German and French. It didn’t hurt that she was meticulous, detail-oriented and loved to travel. Working in Europe and North America in tour operations, incentive and convention sales and tour guiding, Ildiko learned the business inside and out, taking in best practices from discerning travelers and travel sellers. Fearless and daring as ever, she eventually decided to go out on her own, putting into practice the excellent mentoring she had received.

Since 1997, Ildiko has delighted in creating one-of-a-kind themed tours to her favorite places in the United States, Canada and Central/Eastern Europe. As part of a team of highly trained colleagues, her packages contain meticulous research and full costing, a tremendous time-saver for clients and travel agents alike. Oh… and one other item too: Travel should be fun for everyone, including the travel planners, so she’s not averse to inserting a little magic and pure joy into every meeting and itinerary!

Contact Us

612 North Kings Road, Suite 202, Los Angeles CA 90048

PHONE (323) 782-0621

FAX (323) 782-0625

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