Custom trip planning
Too much of that time disappears into open tabs and second-guessing. Tell me where you're going and how you actually like to travel, and I'll hand back a day-by-day plan — the routing, the bookings worth making, and the places that justify the detour. You just go.
The last trip I planned — Charlotte to the Tyrolean Alps. A family of four, nine days, skiing Austria into Switzerland, with a day in Munich on the back end. They set a $15,000 budget and I brought it in under.
How it works
A short form: where you're flying from, where you want to go, who's coming, and how you like to travel.
A quick call to hear what you actually want. I follow up with a package, a price, and a start date.
Routing, timings, where to stay, what to book ahead, and what to skip. You review a draft and we adjust.
A day-by-day PDF that works offline, with addresses, maps, and backups for the day it rains.
Recent trip
A family of four wanted to ski somewhere outstanding without breaking the bank. They gave me a $15,000 budget. I put them in a village in the mountains of Tyrol, on a pass that let them ski from Austria straight into Switzerland, and closed the trip with a day in Munich on the way home. Travel, lodging, ski equipment rental and a working estimate for food — all in, and under their number.
Two minutes to tell me about the trip. No cost, no obligation, and I read every one myself.
Trip inquiry
Six quick questions. Watch your boarding pass fill in as you go — I'll read it and come back with what I'd suggest and what it would cost.
I'll come back to you within two business days with a suggested shape for the trip and what it would cost.
Ready-made · $25 each
Short overview guides, built from trips I've planned and walked myself. A suggested route, the stops worth your time, and the practical notes that keep a trip moving. Flat $25 each.
These are deliberately brief. They're a starting point, not a full plan. The in‑depth work — your dates, your budget, your group, real bookings and timings — is what the custom service is for.
The guides are being finished now. Custom trip planning is open in the meantime — that's where the real detail lives anyway.
Where to base yourself, which lift pass covers the most terrain, and how to shape a ski week that doesn't run away with your budget.
Seville and Granada, then the crossing south. Roughly how long each stop needs and what the border day actually looks like.
Madrid and the towns within reach of it. What earns a day trip, what earns a night, and how to pace a week in the middle of the country.
San Sebastián, Bilbao and over the border into France. Built around eating well and keeping the drives short.
A first-timer's route through the three big cities. The rail basics, how long each one really needs, and the mistakes worth avoiding.
Which neighbourhoods to stay in, the museums that earn the time, and where to eat well without queueing half the afternoon.
Beach days, the old town, and the day trips worth leaving the resort for. For people who want more than a pool and a swim-up bar.
Enough to point you in the right direction and save you a weekend of research.
Where the real detail lives. Built from scratch around your trip, not adapted from a template.
Leave a review
If I planned something for you, I'd like to hear how it actually went — the parts that worked and the parts that didn't. Reviews come straight to me, and I'll only put yours on the site if you say I can.
I read every one of these, and they genuinely shape how I plan the next trip.
Travel blog
Trip write-ups, the logistics nobody warns you about, and the occasional strong opinion about airport lounges.
Trip reports from the routes I've planned, and the planning notes that don't fit in an itinerary. Follow along on Instagram in the meantime — that's where things land first.