“Travel changes you. As you move through this life, and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life and travel leaves marks on you.” Anthony Bourdain
Hotel Jerome
I founded Flying Point because I believe travel can change you. Travel is not simply enjoyment for one moment in time, but it’s impact lingers – making you better long after you return home. I was 27 before I was able to get the first stamp on my passport and ever since not a day goes by when I don’t think about where to go next.
Before starting Flying Point I spent the first 20 years of my career analyzing stocks on Wall Street institutional trading desks. I understand how little time we have to truly get away, and also how necessary it is not to waste it. My goal since leaving has been simply to use what I have learned at work and away to expand what people think is possible with travel.
Mark Nowikowski - Founder
Flying Point Escapes was inspired by a road, or more specifically, the sense of change which comes for us when traveling down it.
Flying Point Road in Watermill, New York actually starts out as two separate roads that merge into one. Before coming together both look similar to many other roads in the area - lined with cedar shingled estates shrouded in privet, shaded by trees as old as the family names which are on the street signs.
However, shortly after merging the road takes a bend toward the ocean just as the expanse of Mecox Bay comes into view. As you continue the turn westward the ocean opens out to the horizon until the road finds it’s end at a beach which is aptly named “The Cut” where the bay connects with the ocean.
Even after driving down that road hundreds of times it still never fails to provide a sense of gratitude and presence surrounded by the convergence of so much natural and manmade beauty.
It is this sense of presence, gratitude and transformation brought about by not just a place, but a journey which we hope to impart on everyone who allows us to build their escape. Our mission is to deliver your own Flying Point.