Tom Baumann

Cruise and Travel Experts
114 W. Savidge
Spring Lake, MI 49456

Hours of Operation
Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. – 5:00pm

Tom Baumann has more than 30 years of strategic travel leadership. Prior to founding Cruise & Travel Experts, Tom most recently served as President of Travel Leaders Leisure Group division of Travel Leaders Group which encompassed a variety of business and leisure travel entities. Tom was responsible for overseeing the complete portfolio of unique travel brands which included up to 200 employees and had multi-million dollar annual revenues.

Tom initially got his start in the industry by opening Travel Right, Inc. in West Michigan in 1987 and grew it to become one of the largest and most successful franchises of Carlson Wagonlit Travel. After selling the company to Carlson in 2000, he continued to head the Carlson Vacation & Business Travel division within Carlson Leisure Group which later spun off to Travel Leaders Group.

Passionate about traveling, some of Tom's stand-out destinations have been trips to Namibia and South Africa and also travel to Vietnam. Tom has also been on more than 70 cruises with his favorites being the South Pacific, river cruising in Europe, and of course, the Caribbean. Having traveled many destinations around the world, one of Tom's favorite sayings is "Travel while you're young and able. Don't worry about the money, just make it work. Experience is far more valuable than money ever will be."