Milestone trips
Big birthdays, reunions,
and the wedding in Bangalore.
The trips with a reason attached, where a dozen or more people need to arrive in the same place on the same weekend and still enjoy themselves once they get there.
A group trip goes wrong in the same places every time: the block that was never held, the cousin who booked the wrong night, the bus nobody arranged. I take those parts, so nobody spends the weekend running logistics.
What that looks like
Twenty people, one weekend, nobody chasing a group text.
Room blocks and rooming lists
I hold the block before the hotel fills up, track who has actually booked, chase the ones who have not, and hand you a list you can read at a glance.
Everyone landing at once
Flights out of six different cities, transfers that are waiting when each one lands, and an arrival schedule you can give to whoever is running the day.
The parts that are not travel
The welcome dinner, the buses between the hotel and the venue, the group excursion on the free afternoon. Somebody has to book those too, and it should not be the bride.
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.
Bangalore, IndiaGroup Wedding Block Trip
A multi-day Indian wedding celebration with a reserved room block, airport transfers, and every guest looked after.
MediterraneanMediterranean Couples Cruise
Sun-washed coastlines, late dinners under the stars, and a romantic sail through the Mediterranean's prettiest ports.
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.
On a group booking
A negotiated room block is commissionable, so holding the block and running the rooming list costs you nothing. Flights still carry a service fee, and a very large group can move the planning fee, which I will tell you before you commit to anything.
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.
Tell me who we are celebrating.
Rough headcount, rough dates, and the city if you have picked one. I will tell you what it takes to hold a block there.
Plan your trip