Couples and honeymoons
Honeymoons, anniversaries,
and the trip you keep postponing.
The one you take without the kids. A room picked for the view rather than the price per night, the getting-around handled in advance, and nothing on the schedule you did not choose yourself.
On a trip like this the hotel room is not where you sleep between activities. It is most of the trip. So that is where I spend your money, and it is where having an advisor actually pays for itself.
What that looks like
The room, the route, and the quiet.
The room is the trip
I book the category worth having, then use my Fora rates to push for the upgrade, the terrace, the late checkout, and the breakfast that would have been ninety dollars a morning.
Getting between the pretty parts
The ferry between islands, the train from Venice to Florence, the car that meets your flight at eleven at night. The parts of a European trip that quietly eat a day when nobody booked them in advance.
Quiet, if you want it
Adults-only resorts, small hotels instead of towers, and shoulder season dates where the same place costs less and feels half as full.
Actually planned
A few of these I have done
Cabo, MexicoBeach Style All-Inclusives
Toes in the sand, swim-up pools, and a beachfront all-inclusive where every meal and margarita is already handled.
MediterraneanMediterranean Couples Cruise
Sun-washed coastlines, late dinners under the stars, and a romantic sail through the Mediterranean's prettiest ports.
St. Petersburg, FloridaLong-Weekend Staycations
A Labor Day escape at the Vinoy Resort & Golf Club, Autograph Collection: tee times, pool afternoons, and a grand waterfront hotel a short drive from home.
How it works
Four steps, and three of them are mine.
You tell me about the trip
Rough where, rough when, and how many of you. That is enough to start. No obligation, no charge, and you hear back within two business days.
I come back with real options
Two or three that genuinely fit, with what each one costs, rather than a brochure of everything that exists. If something is a bad idea for your group, I will tell you.
I book all of it in one place
Hotels, flights, transfers, tickets, and reservations booked together and sent as one itinerary, so nothing lands in the gap between two websites.
I stay on it
Deposit deadlines and reminders before they hit, documents before you go, and one number to text when a flight cancels at 6 a.m.
What this costs
Most of the time, working with me is free.
People assume using an advisor costs more than booking it themselves. It almost never does, and on most trips it costs nothing at all.
No planning fee
- Hotels, resorts, and cruises booked through me
- Theme park hotel and ticket packages
- Travel insurance added to any of it
- Tips, best practices, and what to skip where you are going
Where a fee starts
- Flights. Most airlines stopped paying commission, so booking air carries a small service fee, usually $15 to $75. Some fares still pay commission, and then there is no fee at all
- A full day by day itinerary with activities and restaurants reserved for you, rather than guidance on what is worth doing
- Theme park dining and ride reservations, which open months out on their own booking windows and are their own job
- Trips I did not book from the start
How I actually get paid
Nobody works for free, and you should be a little suspicious of anyone who says they do. Hotels, resorts, and cruise lines pay me a commission when I book them. It costs you nothing extra, and the rate is the same or better than what you would find yourself, because the property pays me rather than you.
Already booked something?
Send it to me anyway. Some hotels and most cruise lines let me take a booking over, and when I can, the rest of your trip gets looked after at no charge. It costs nothing to ask.
Let's get the two of you out of town.
Tell me roughly where and roughly when. I will come back with two or three real options and what each one actually costs.
Plan your trip