--- title: "Savanti Travel Case Study – 15,697 Considered, 1 Hired" lang: en canonical_url: "https://www.lemonly.ai/case-studies/savanti-travel" last_updated: "2026-07-10" last_updated_source: jsonld summary: "After weeks of recruiting on their own got nowhere, Savanti Travel came to lemonly. lemonly considered 15,697 travel industry operators to find their next Luxury Travel Advisor." --- # The travel advisor who actually gets luxury. > **Summary:** Savanti Travel, a boutique luxury travel agency, needed to hire a Luxury Travel Advisor – someone who could serve ultra-high-net-worth clients spending $500K+ a year on travel. Weeks of self-recruiting on LinkedIn and Indeed surfaced no one who could actually do luxury travel, and the COO was handling all hiring herself. lemonly considered 15,697 travel industry operators, personally interviewed 26, and introduced 8 candidates. Seven of the eight made Savanti’s shortlist, and both finalists came from lemonly’s search. The hire started in May 2026. Savanti now runs all their hiring through lemonly – three roles and counting. Natalie Bosler, COO of Savanti Travel: “I’d recommend lemonly to anyone hiring in North America. Hiring is time-consuming, analytical, and tiring – lemonly makes it objective and easy.” Case Study Savanti Travel · Boutique luxury travel agency × 15,697 operators considered 7 of 8 candidates shortlisted Scroll ## lemonly helps companies like Savanti Travel find the talent they’re looking for. The full market lemonly’s AI assesses 20,000+ candidates per role – about 100x the 213 a recruiting firm works per placement (Recruiterflow, 2026). Humans in the loop lemonly’s recruiters interview the best candidates before you meet anyone. One flat fee Never a percentage of salary. The Problem ## Plenty of people love travel. Almost none can do luxury travel. Savanti sells the world’s most luxurious properties to clients spending half a million dollars a year on travel. That takes someone who can book Sabre without thinking, anticipate a client’s needs before they ask, and stay calm when a trip unravels at 2am. After weeks of DM’ing on LinkedIn and reading every resume cover-to-cover, Savanti **still hadn’t found one person** who actually got luxury travel. That’s when they came to lemonly. 0 in-house recruiters 1 COO doing all the hiring > “We get people who are just like, ‘I love traveling, I Instagram.’ And it’s like – I need to know that you can book Sabre.” > > Natalie Bosler · COO, Savanti Travel The Approach ## lemonly didn’t start with the job spec. It started with a Role Kick-Off – understanding what actually mattered beyond the spec. From there, lemonly’s AI searched **15,697 travel industry operators** across the open web, a lemonly recruiter personally spoke with every promising candidate, and AI screening confirmed each one objectively against Savanti’s brief. No spray-and-pray, no inbox full of travel-lovers – every introduction had earned its place. 15,697 operators considered 8 introduced > “lemonly really understood what we needed – we didn’t have to tell them twice. They worked as an extension of our team.” > > Natalie Bosler · COO, Savanti Travel The Screen ## lemonly found the needle in the haystack. ### Sofia D. Luxury Travel Advisor Matches the brief - 6 years in luxury travel - Has served HNW and UHNW clients - Books complex multi-leg itineraries - Canada-based, works Pacific hours Sofia's bonuses - Built her own book as an independent advisor - Five-star hotel background SV-001 lemonly ### Marcus P. Luxury Travel Advisor Matches the brief - 8 years in luxury travel - Has served HNW and UHNW clients - Books complex multi-leg itineraries - Canada-based, works Pacific hours Marcus's bonuses - Books Sabre without thinking - Plans travel for touring executives SV-002 lemonly lemonlyTalent, sourced ### Elise N. Luxury Travel Advisor Matches the brief - 4 years in luxury travel - Has served HNW and UHNW clients - Books complex multi-leg itineraries - Canada-based, works Pacific hours Elise's bonuses - Came up through a private family office - Rebooked a full trip mid-blizzard SV-003 lemonly lemonlyTalent, sourced ### Sofia D. Luxury Travel Advisor Matches the brief - 6 years in luxury travel - Has served HNW and UHNW clients - Books complex multi-leg itineraries - Canada-based, works Pacific hours Sofia's bonuses - Built her own book as an independent advisor - Five-star hotel background SV-001 lemonly ### Theo G. Luxury Travel Advisor Matches the brief - 7 years in luxury travel - Has served HNW and UHNW clients - Books complex multi-leg itineraries - Canada-based, works Pacific hours Theo's bonuses - Villa and private aviation specialist - Negotiates rates directly with suppliers SV-004 lemonly lemonlyTalent, sourced ### Anika F. Luxury Travel Advisor Matches the brief - 5 years in luxury travel - Has served HNW and UHNW clients - Books complex multi-leg itineraries - Canada-based, works Pacific hours Anika's bonuses - Elite events background - Keeps obsessively clean CRM records SV-005 lemonly lemonlyTalent, sourced The Search ## How lemonly found the hidden gems. 15,697 Discovered & Evaluated 1,055 Pre-qualified 94 Engaged 26 Interviewed by lemonly 8 Introduced to Savanti 1 Hired 15,697 Operators considered 7 of 8 Candidates shortlisted 2 of 2 Finalists from lemonly The Result ## 8 introduced. 7 made the shortlist. Both of Natalie’s finalists came from lemonly’s search – and lemonly interviewed the eventual hire just 8 days after the role opened. Savanti now runs all their hiring through lemonly: three roles and counting. > “I don’t want to go back to what we were doing before – acting as our own recruiter, posting jobs, reading resumes. After this experience, I just can’t.” > > Natalie Bosler · COO, Savanti Travel --- _Markdown version of [this page](https://www.lemonly.ai/case-studies/savanti-travel) for AI agents and LLMs. More lemonly content: [llms.txt](https://www.lemonly.ai/llms.txt) · [full index](https://www.lemonly.ai/llms-full.txt)._