Our Story
Before Voyages Renaissance
Long before the company, the team, the departures to Mérida, and all the people we support today, there were Yoan and me. We have now been moving forward together for 17 years. We have travelled, built projects, changed plans, faced risks, learned from our mistakes, and lived experiences that have profoundly shaped the way we see things.
We have also both undergone several surgeries abroad. We experienced the research, the questions, the uncertainty before leaving, the vulnerability that can be felt when finding yourself far from home for a procedure, but also some truly meaningful human experiences. These experiences are part of the reason Voyages Renaissance exists today. Because behind the company we created, there are first and foremost our values as people.
We have always loved helping, listening, finding solutions, and being there when someone is going through an important stage in life. We strongly believe that it is possible to be professional without becoming impersonal, that serious topics can be discussed with simplicity, and that every person deserves to feel heard and respected, especially when it comes to their health and their body.
That is also what inspired us to humanize the experience surrounding healthcare abroad. To make a sometimes complex reality easier to understand. To make information more accessible. To allow people to ask questions, understand the possibilities, limitations, and risks, and obtain the information they need to make their own decisions freely and with confidence.
A human-centred company matters. One where time is taken to listen. One where things are explained clearly, even when they are not always easy to hear. One where support does not mean deciding for someone else, but rather helping them move forward with a better understanding of what lies ahead while respecting their choices.
Voyages Renaissance was born from all of that. From our story, certainly, but above all from the desire to make a difference in the way a person can be informed, prepared, and supported when considering a project as important as this one.
— Andrée-Anne Lebeau, Founder of Voyages Renaissance

Expertise Built Through Experience
Our personal story was only the beginning. The years that followed allowed us to turn it into genuine expertise.
Travel was already part of our world and, throughout our journey, we have supported thousands of people, both in leisure travel and in the field of medical tourism. Added to this is our own experience with multiple surgeries performed abroad.
All of this taught us one essential lesson: a medical journey is not a leisure trip with a surgery added to it.
It requires a different way of planning the experience. The pace, transportation, accommodations, logistics, and organization must take recovery and the recommendations of healthcare professionals into account.
The journey must adapt to recovery, not the other way around.
That is why we chose to make it a true specialty by creating Voyages Renaissance, our own Quebec travel agency, fully licensed and regulated by the Office de la protection du consommateur (OPC), dedicated exclusively to medical tourism.
We did not simply add medical tourism to our travel expertise. We built Voyages Renaissance around it.
Over the years and through hundreds of completed journeys, we have focused our expertise, resources, and methods on the unique realities of medical travel. We have built upon our existing strengths in management, organization, coordination, and financial planning while refining and specializing them through our experience in medical tourism. Today, this expertise is supported by a strong network of collaborators, professionals, and resources in Quebec and Mexico, as well as extensive experience coordinating international travel.
This specialization has enabled us to develop a particularly in-depth expertise in organizing and supporting medical travel for Canadian clients. When someone chooses Voyages Renaissance, they are not simply entrusting us with the organization of a trip. They are entrusting us with their time, their investment, and a project that has often been considered for months or even years. They have the right to expect an experienced, structured, responsible, and highly specialized organization behind that project.
It is this expertise, this structure, and this experience that we have built over the years and that we now place at the service of every project entrusted to us.
Our Approach
Much More Than Organizing a Trip
At Voyages Renaissance, we believe that a medical tourism project deserves time, information, preparation, and genuine human support.
Our approach is built around a structured journey: understanding your project, facilitating risk assessment by independent healthcare professionals, helping you prepare properly, coordinating your trip, and being present before, during, and after your stay.
Our personal experience with surgery abroad, our knowledge of medical travel, and the many people we have supported over the years have shaped the way we work: staying human, proactive, organized, and accessible, while respecting the limits of our role.
We are not here to make decisions on your behalf or convince you to undergo a procedure. Our role is to provide you with the tools, support, and information needed so that you can make your own decisions with confidence and move forward at your own pace.
You remain at the centre of your project. We are here to help you navigate it more effectively.
Vous restez au centre de votre projet. Nous sommes là pour vous aider à mieux le traverser.
Inform
Prepare
Coordinate
Support

Our Values
What Guides the Way We Support You
Because every medical tourism project is built on trust, our values are reflected in every decision we make and in every stage of your journey.
RESPECT
Respecting your story, your choices, your pace, and your decisions, without judgment or pressure.
EMPATHY
Listening, understanding, and being genuinely present. Several members of our team have personally experienced surgery themselves, and we understand the difference the human aspect can make.
EXCELLENCE
Paying attention to details, maintaining high standards, and continuously improving the way we organize, coordinate, and support each journey.
SAFETY
Giving a central place to preparation, prevention, and the assessment of risk factors by the independent healthcare professionals involved.
INTEGRITY
Acting with honesty and transparency, recognizing the limits of our role, and providing you with the information necessary to make informed decisions.
Respect Your Choices – Prioritize Your Safety – Understand Your Reality – Strive for Excellence – Act with Integrity
Our Team
Different Experiences, One Shared Way of Supporting You
Behind Voyages Renaissance is, above all, a human, complementary, and dedicated team.
Each person brings their own experience, background, and strengths at different stages of your journey to ensure that every step is well prepared, organized, and coordinated.
All members of our team have personally experienced surgery themselves, which adds a very personal understanding to the professional expertise developed over the years. This experience allows us to understand your reality from a perspective that goes beyond logistics alone.
Different roles, but shared values: listening, informing, organizing, and supporting with respect and humanity.

Andrée-Anne Lebeau
Founder, Co-Owner & Client Support Specialist
Entrepreneur and someone who has personally experienced a major transformation journey—including bariatric surgery, a 165-pound weight loss, and reconstructive surgeries abroad—Andrée-Anne understands medical tourism through both personal and professional experience.
Today, as part of the leadership team at Voyages Renaissance, she brings her expertise in management, organization, and business development to a deeply human approach built on listening, transparency, and respect for each person’s choices.

Yoan Fournier
Co-Founder, Director of Operations & Client Support Specialist
After personally undergoing several surgeries abroad that significantly improved his quality of life following health challenges, Yoan also understands medical tourism from a very personal perspective.
As Co-Founder of Voyages Renaissance, he now puts his expertise in management, organization, and operations at the service of the company and its clients. For several years, he has supported clients with his calm approach, resourcefulness, and deeply human way of helping others.

Julie Bélanger
Client Experience Manager
Present at Voyages Renaissance since its beginnings, Julie also knows this journey from a very personal perspective: bariatric surgery, major body transformation, and reconstructive surgeries performed abroad over several stages.
A long-time friend of Andrée-Anne and deeply involved in the company, she has become an important part of the story of Voyages Renaissance and of the journeys experienced by its clients.

Carole-Anne Lebeau
Assistant Director & Administration
A former competitive athlete, Carole-Anne saw her relationship with her body and health change following an injury. Her journey eventually led her, too, to pursue bariatric surgery.
As Andrée-Anne’s sister and someone who has been part of the story of Voyages Renaissance since its beginnings, she now brings her experience, empathy, and sensitivity to support both the team and the people she works with.

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