Nikki Ledbetter

“We goin’ ridin’ on the freeway of love. In my pink Cadillac…” Airplane. Cadillac. Doesn’t matter. I get CIRE clients where they’re going in style, while singing Aretha Franklin songs in my head. Recently, I rebooked a client on a new flight out of the Midwest, plus got the connection sorted out, and she arrived home earlier than her originally scheduled flight—weather, schmeather. Scheduled commercial air for a famous model… then booked a private charter for her wigs and wardrobe. I’d say VIP travel management is my jam thanks to two decades of travel planning for celebrity makeup artists, models and influencers, senior executives, and presidents of some of the world’s coveted fashion houses. I’m a corporate girl at heart… The smell of success and demanding fashion clients, I love it. Louis Vuitton, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Guerlain, Fresh. I managed travel for all the perfume accounts for LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE) and that’s how I landed in NYC with Condé Nast. I also landed a lead singer gig for the Love Train Band from a Craig’s List ad. We groove around the NYC and Jersey areas, and maybe someday, someone will arrange travel for my makeup artist and costumes. The little girl who sang into a “hairbrush microphone” can dream… Speaking of dreaming, I wish I could find pizza as good as the one I stumbled on in Milan… And explore Greece. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. What does it mean to me? Earning clients’ trust because every appearance and event comes down to details and style.