Land + See Tours

06/01/2026

We’re officially in the waiting chapter of our Australian adventure.

Jordan’s visa is currently in process, so we’re in that in-between space where so much is already set in motion, but nothing is quite “go time” yet.

Our animals will also need to stay in quarantine in the U.S. until late October, which means we won’t all be reunited in Australia until after that. It’s one of the harder parts of this whole transition, but we know it’s temporary and part of getting everyone there safely.

In the meantime, we’ve been tying up life here in the States. We’ve sold our cars, most of our furniture, and slowly started letting go of the version of life that’s been home for so long.

We’ve lined up a short-term rental in Perth that somehow feels like the perfect soft landing point for all of this. It has a pool, it’s a mile from the beach, and even though it’ll be winter there when we arrive, we’re really looking forward to being close to the ocean again.

So now we wait.

Not in a still way, exactly, but in that strange, full kind of waiting where everything is already changing, just not visible yet.

More soon from this in-between place.

05/29/2026

Brittany was my dearest and best friend.

We were in such similar seasons of life
Young working moms to little boys, always talking about the future. “One day when…”
When they’re older,
When things are easier,
When there’s more money,
When life finally slows down enough to do all the things we dreamed about.

Those conversations were everywhere for us. Sitting on that scratchy floral couch in the Walker Valley teacher planning room, trading ideas about the trips we’d take, the memories we’d make, the adventures waiting just a little further down the road.

Brittany was an incredible mom. She did make beautiful memories with her boys, and she loved them with everything she had. But so many of those “one day” plans never got the chance to happen.

She passed away suddenly on Christmas Day in a car accident, and it changed everything.

It’s a grief I still carry, and one that never really settles into something tidy or far away. But it’s also shifted something in me that I can’t ignore anymore.

We don’t actually get to the “one day” we keep talking about. Or at least, we can’t assume we do.

All we ever really have is right now.

That’s what I carry with me in everything I do now
The messy decisions,
The inconvenient ones,
The expensive ones,
The uncertain ones.
Saying yes when it would be easier to wait.
Choosing the experience instead of postponing it.
Taking the trip,
Making the memory,
Doing the thing even when it doesn’t feel perfectly timed.

For me, that looks like travel experiences with my family. But whatever that looks like for you, chase it.

Because waiting for life to feel ready isn’t a guarantee. But right now is here.

And Brittany is part of why I’ll never forget that.

05/28/2026

Good golly, Miss Denali 😍

05/27/2026

Eeeeek! I can’t stand how excited this makes me! So pumped our friends are coming to Japan with us 🇯🇵

05/27/2026

This is what “custom” actually means to us — not just choosing a destination, but shaping the experience around how you want to feel.

The Mitchell family had been to Italy before. They knew the highlights, the rhythm, the usual stops. But this time was different. With their new daughter-in-law, Jaycee, they wanted something more intentional. Less ticking boxes, more time that actually meant something.

So we based them in Siena. Not as a stop between places, but as a home base. A place to return to each evening, where the days could stretch out a little instead of rushing by.

From there, they explored the Tuscan countryside with private local guides who weren’t just showing sights, but sharing their hometowns. Small roads, family-run spots, quiet corners of villages that don’t really appear on itineraries. The kind of experience that feels less like touring and more like being shown around by someone who lives there.

One of the highlights was a visit to the Elysian Fields in Val D'Orcia. Not on a map, not in a guidebook, not something you can just search. Just something you get to because someone local takes you there. The grass was the greenest any of them had ever seen, no filter needed, stretching out into open countryside that felt completely untouched.

By the end of the trip, it wasn’t about how many places they saw. It was about how different it felt to experience it this way together.

That’s what custom travel is. Not more destinations, but a different way of being in them.

05/26/2026

Maybe that’s why Christopher McCandless’ journey into the wild still resonates so deeply with so many of us. Beneath the recklessness and the romance was something profoundly human: the desire to step outside the noise, to see the world with unfiltered eyes, to learn who we are when comfort and routine fall away. Travel calls to the part of us that aches for freedom, wonder, and meaning — the part that still believes life is meant to be felt, not just managed.

05/25/2026

Birthday shoutout to Jordan, the first mate of Land + See, and the reason this whole thing exists in the first place.

The one who pushed when things felt impossible, kept raising the ceiling on what we thought we could do, and never really accepted “that’s just how it is” as an answer.

Land + See wouldn’t be Land + See without you. You’ve had a way of turning big ideas into something real, and somehow convincing the rest of us to dream a little bigger every time.

Grateful for the drive, the pressure, the perspective, and everything in between.
Happy birthday Jordan.

05/22/2026

Overplanning is the fastest way to miss the point of a trip.

We’ve done it both ways — the tightly scheduled version where every day had a checklist, and the looser trips where we left space for things to go wrong, change, or just… appear.

The truth is, most of the moments people remember don’t happen on schedule.

So here’s what we’d do differently for summer travel:

Don’t try to “solve” the trip before you leave.
Leave space in the middle of it.
Pick fewer places, stay longer, and let the rhythm settle in.
Assume your best day won’t be the one you planned.

The goal isn’t to do more — it’s to actually be there while it’s happening.

Summer 2026 is already starting to take shape, and this is the part we’re trying to hold onto most: less control, more room for the unexpected.

Where would you go if you didn’t plan every day?

05/20/2026

Top 10 travel photos, part4.

A mix of places I still think about, moments I almost missed, and a few photos that somehow turned out better than I remembered the trip itself. Grateful for every mile, delayed flight, early morning, and wrong turn that led to these.

Walking down travel memory lane the other day with our Top 10 Travel Photos Part 3 reminded me just how many incredible moments we’ve shared. I couldn’t help but keep going—revisiting more of those amazing memories and feeling so grateful all over again. We are truly blessed to have visited so...

05/18/2026

One of my favorite parts of this job? Watching a trip come to life.

Some of my travelers are heading to France + Belgium soon and their itinerary is the perfect mix of beauty, culture, and those “you can’t plan this on your own” moments.

Think:
Walking through lavender fields
Visiting a Trappist brewery where monks still brew the beer
Wandering storybook villages at your own pace

This is what happens when you plan early—you get access to the experiences most people miss.

If you’ve been thinking about a trip like this… now is the time to start.