About Us – Getaway Girls

Nancy K

Shopping should be a highly personal, productive, full service experience (not to mention fun). Nancy K lives by the mantra that if something doesn’t make you feel fabulous, it doesn’t warrant space in your closet. According to the personal shopper and stylist, quality and versatility far outweigh quantity when it comes to building the ideal wardrobe. Since launching her Buy Request business in 2004, hundreds of clients (from CEOs to stay-at-home moms) have benefited from her impeccable taste, energy and innate sense of style.

The Getaway Girls is a natural extension of Nancy’s business; the culmination of a lifelong dream to share her love of fashion, shopping and traveling with like-minded women. Following a successful inaugural trip to Florence in 2018, she has continued to build on the concept, with more European retail opportunities on the calendar: Paris in 2020; and The Italian Riviera, Marrakesh and Florence in 2021.

A true fashion veteran, Nancy’s CV includes stints at the crème de la crème of retailers — Neiman Marcus, Barneys and Saks Fifth Avenue, where she headed up the personal shopping division. A natural people person, she soon recognized her true passion: helping others elevate their style and enhance their confidence by dressing well.

A familiar face in the retail community, Nancy is a sought after speaker for Fortune 100 corporations, women’s networking groups and styling/shopping events. She’s also a believer in paying it forward: Nancy volunteers with Attitudes and Attire (an organization dedicated to outfitting economically disadvantaged women for the workplace), while her Buy Request internship program helps foster the next generation of style setters.

With more than 30 years of fashion and styling experience, Nancy knows what it takes to pull together a stylish, wearable wardrobe. Even better, she’s an expert at customizing selections to meet the individual needs of every client.

Pat Davitt

It’s a well-known adage that travel feeds the soul. Expert tour guide Pat Davitt agrees, but with one small edit: Travel must feed the “heart and soul.”

Voliamo Travel Group, specializing in small-group global excursions, is the culmination of Pat’s life-long passion for faraway places and experiences. In 1994, she purchased a Villa in the small city of Barga, Italy, tucked in the mountains of northwest Tuscany.

“As we were restoring the property, several newspaper articles reported our journey,” says Pat. “There was amazing interest to see this hidden area that wasn’t on any traditional tourist path.”

It was the impetus she needed to launch her travel-centric business. The following year she organized several trips to Italy, each offering a limited number of travelers, primarily women, a behind-the-scenes look at the area she’d come to know so well.

Over the past 25 years, Voliamo has expanded to include trips to some of the world’s most exciting and vibrant destinations. These female-only trips not only feature a city’s icons, but Pat’s personal finds and hidden gems—an immersion into the country’s culture, food and art.

“To really know and understand a country and its history, you must meet the local people and hear their story.”

A 25+ year industry veteran, Pat is a pro at organizing trips to some of the world’s most exciting destinations. She specializes in taking groups off the beaten path to experience each country’s local culture, food and art.

where do you want to go?