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Thomas Carlsen

Thomas J Carlsen

Tom Carlsen has been working in the travel industry for over 35 years. In 1985 he opened a storefront travel agency in New York City. That agency would eventually evolve via merges and acquisitions into Envision Travel Holdings, Inc., with 11 branches located across the country. One of those acquisitions was Bokoff Kaplan Travel in 2006. Our agency is affiliated with Tzell Travel Group and the Travel Leaders Franchise Network which provides access to an array of airline contracts. Tom has an Accounting/Business Management background. He is a veteran after serving in the US Army for three years.

Sabrina Burgett: Youth Exchange Travel Expert

Sabrina graduated from the International Air Academy in 1993, where her main focus of study was international travel. She continued her career in Travel as a reservations agent with America West Airlines, in 1994 and then continued onto a travel agency in Oregon until 1999. She then enlisted into the Navy where she was relocated and stationed to Groton, CT’s US Naval Base. In 2004 she was honorably discharged but decided to stay in Connecticut which led her to Bokoff Kaplan Travel. In 2005 she began her career as one of our top agents in our Youth Exchange department. With her experience in travel and great organizational skills she has continued to be a major asset to our team providing new ideas and ways to making the student exchange process as successful as possible.