Welcome To Wind & Tales

Who we are……..

Wind & Tales is a highly personalized travel service company. We create itineraries for discerning travellers by customizing vacations to Chile and Argentina. We offer professional, personal, and responsive start to finish services to give you an unparalleled travel experience.

You will be dealing with successful professionals and people with high expectations.

The founder partners of Wind & Tales were both born in Chile, although they have both subsequently moved to Europe, they kept their family and friend's connections very alive and needless to say, they speak the local language.

Maureen and Philip Hamilton

Maureen and Philip Hamilton are cousins and live with their respective families in Amsterdam and London.

Between them, they have visited many countries, checked in at hundreds of hotels and speak several languages and what they share, is a passion for travel and Latin America.

Maureen was born in Chile but moved to Europe at very young age. She was brought up in Sweden and studied hotel management at the famous Ecole Hotelière de Lausanne in Switzerland.

Maureen also lived in Monaco, where she worked at the well-known hotels of the Société des Bains de Mer, belonging to the prince of Monaco. Since then she has lived in Barcelona and has finally settled in Amsterdam. She has been going back to Chile and Argentina regularly and more recently spent 6 months working with a local agency doing research within the tourist sector. She explains to us how things started : " Talking about Chile in Europe I've noticed how little most people seem to know about the country. Lately I've come across people that would love to go but they don't know where and how to get there. I feel they are worried about not finding the right standards. So I thought; I'll go and figure it out and I'll tell them! "

Philip has studied at the 'Universidad Catolica' de Chile and Geneva University and in the early 90's he entered the investment-banking world. He has been a managing director for large banks for years, and has been asked to do extensive travel and even settle abroad. Philip has lived in Chile, Geneva, Hong Kong, Paris and after being in and out of London several times he has finally decided to settle there with his family. He is passionate about nature and adventures, has done African Rally raids in motorbikes, he holds a private pilot license, he does lots of underwater photography, is a sailor, a passionate skier and a fine fly fisherman. In short he enjoys anything that relates to outdoors and nature. Philip is still managing director of one of the world's leading banks.

What do we do?

We will bring you most carefully curated and lovingly collection of Chilean and Argentinian hotels and trip ideas . We vet all our hotels, personally.

Together we have an amazing resource, unique travel intelligence. Our main local operator is not only a business relationship, it is family. Local Offices are among the largest travel agencies in the country and will secure any logistics.

A few people in Europe have our knowledge and local network, combined with extensive travel experience. When we plan a trip for you , we do it as if it was for ourselves ! We would like to think that our services have to pass the "present" theory , we are referring to the fact that you never really offer a person a present that you don't like….. the same way we wouldn't send you on a trip that we wouldn't enjoy ourselves.

Imagine living a dream vacation where every facet of your journey to Chile and Argentina is meticulously designed to suit your desires, personality and lifestyle... a complete travel package - a distinct creation for you