About

The Person Behind
the Journey

A lifetime of traveling the world, and the conviction that the difference between a good trip and an exceptional one is almost always the person who planned it.

Mark Sole, founder of Hit Your Mark Travel, hands clasped at a café table in a European town square
Mark Sole — Founder & Travel Director

Mark Sole

Founder & Travel Director — Hit Your Mark Travel

I started Hit Your Mark Travel to do one thing properly: pair the intensity of world-class sport with the standard of a genuinely luxurious trip. More than twenty years of planning bespoke journeys sits behind it, and it runs as a consultancy, not a booking desk — every itinerary is built from scratch, and I put my name on all of it.

I don't just book trips; I plan them detail by detail. Whether you're after the noise and precision of a Formula 1 paddock or a quiet peak reached only by helicopter, the same care goes into every arrangement. The work tends to fall into four areas:

  • Elite motorsport — circuit access at Formula 1 weekends, with paddock and pit-lane experiences and hospitality.
  • Championship golf — tee times at private clubs and bucket-list courses around the world.
  • Bespoke sport — seats at the finals that matter, and access to the people behind the game.
  • Global luxury — fully planned international trips, from private-guide safaris to multi-country cultural tours.

Hit Your Mark Travel is a single-advisor practice and part of the Travel Leaders Network. One person answers the phone, knows your file, and stands behind every recommendation — no hand-offs, no intake queue, no call center.

Based in Bend, Oregon  ·  Available by phone, email, and in person

6
Continents covered
by the practice
60+
Destinations across
nine regions
100%
Of itineraries built
from scratch, for you
The Approach

How I think about travel — and why it matters

Four things I believe about luxury travel that most agencies won't tell you.

01 — Warm
Travel is personal. It should feel that way.

The best trips don't come from an algorithm or a template. They come from a real conversation about what you actually want — the feeling you're after, not just the destination. I ask questions most agents don't think to ask, and I listen to the answers.

02 — Confident
You don't need to be sold to. You need to be guided.

Luxury travelers are intelligent people making considered decisions. I don't pitch, I don't oversell, and I don't manufacture urgency. I tell you what I know, what I'd recommend, and why — and I let you decide.

03 — Editorial
The details are the trip.

Which side of the caldera. Which villa on which cliff. Which guide has been here thirty years versus which one just got certified. These are not small details — they are the difference between a trip you remember and one you merely completed.

04 — Never Salesy
The invitation stands. There's no deadline.

There is no "limited availability." There is no "book before Friday." When you're ready to plan something exceptional, I'm here. The right trip is worth taking the time to get right. That's not a sales tactic — it's just the truth.

A Note from Mark
Mark Sole
Founder & Travel Director
Hit Your Mark Travel

"If your first question to me is 'what do you charge?' — I'm probably not the right fit for you. And that's fine. But if your question is 'can you get me somewhere truly exceptional?' — then we should talk."

What you should know before you reach out: I don't use an intake system, I don't hand you to an assistant, and I don't manufacture urgency. You talk to me. I ask more questions than you expect. And I tell you honestly what I can make exceptional — and what I can't.

When you're ready to plan something worth the trip, you know where to find me.

With regards,
Mark Sole — mark@hymtravel.com
"

Mark listened to us, and our goals — then planned a wonderful 2 week trip, with no issues, and we loved his communications and follow-up. Would highly recommend Mark for your travel planning.

Sarah M.
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Ready to start planning something worth the trip?

The first conversation costs nothing and takes fifteen minutes. Tell me where you want to go — or tell me what you want to feel — and I'll tell you honestly whether I can make it exceptional.

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