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06/01/2026

The most meaningful trips I plan aren't always the most obvious ones. Peru's Lake Titicaca region is one of the best examples of why.

The only luxury property on Lake Titicaca and a two-Michelin-key recipient, Titilaka sits on a private peninsula on the Bolivian border. Eighteen rooms at 12,500 feet, with views across the largest high-altitude lake in the world.

The program here goes well beyond the property. Exclusive community visits with Quechua families, guided trips to the floating Uros islands before the crowds arrive, and navigation to the quieter, less visited reaches of the lake that most tourists never reach.

Advisor Tip: Titilaka pairs exceptionally well with the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu. The altitude acclimatization runs in the right direction if you sequence it properly, and a Peru itinerary that covers both tends to be one of the most memorable trips clients ever take.

If Peru is on your mind, get in touch.

05/31/2026

Two travelers can book the same hotel in the same destination and have completely different experiences. Usually, it comes down to when they went.

Shoulder season is one of the most consistently underused tools in travel planning. The weeks just before or after the peak in most destinations mean meaningfully fewer crowds, similar or better weather, and prices that reflect the difference. The destination is largely the same. The experience of being there is not.

Time of day is just as consequential. The most visited sites in the world look completely different at 7am versus noon. That's not a minor distinction.

Then there's booking timing. For the properties and experiences that actually fill up, waiting until a few weeks out rarely works. The best rooms, the best guides, and the best tables are usually gone. Knowing when to move is part of the job.

When timing is right across all three of those, the trip feels significantly different. That's something I pay close attention to with every itinerary I help plan.

05/30/2026

When clients have done Thailand, Bali, and Vietnam, the next question is always the same: where now? The answer might surprise you.

The Ritz-Carlton Langkawi consistently ranks among the most remarkable hotel settings in Southeast Asia, set within a 10-million-year-old rainforest on the island's southwest coast and just 10 minutes from the airport.

Here's what makes it worth the flight: A personal butler from check-in. The only overwater spa in Langkawi, built to resemble traditional Malay fishing traps floating above the Andaman Sea. An overwater Chinese restaurant on stilts, where dinner starts with picking your own seafood. And a rainforest that delivers hornbills, dusky leaf monkeys, and fireflies without you having to go looking for any of them.

This is a destination worth knowing. Reach out to start planning!

05/29/2026

DIY travel planning looks free. It rarely is.

Researching hotels, reading through reviews, comparing itineraries, and figuring out which experiences are actually worth booking rather than just well-marketed. A two-week trip often represents 20 to 30 hours of work before anything is confirmed. For most people, that time has a real cost.

Then there's the invisible cost: what you don't know you're missing. The hotel that looks strong online but has a known service issue. The guide who changes how a destination feels entirely. The upgrade that was available and simply never offered. The reservation that could have been made three months out and wasn't.

And the small mistakes that add up. A transfer that doesn't account for timing. A sequence of stops that requires unnecessary backtracking. A decision made without context that costs more to fix than it would have cost to get right from the beginning.

Working with a travel advisor doesn't just save time. It changes the quality of the trip, and often the cost of it.

If you're planning something and want it done correctly, that's exactly what I'm here for.

05/28/2026

Most people put Australia on the list and never quite get around to booking it. Here's your sign.

The range in one country is remarkable. World-class cities, ancient wilderness, extraordinary marine life, and a food and wine culture that consistently surprises first-time visitors.

The only thing worse than never going to Australia is waiting another year to start planning it. Message me to get started!

05/27/2026

A trip that covers seven cities in ten days has a name. It's called exhausting.

The itineraries I see most often overpacked are usually the ones built by people who've waited a long time for the trip and want to make sure they don't miss anything. That instinct is understandable. It also tends to produce the least memorable versions of the places on the list.

What I've found after planning a lot of these trips: the experiences clients talk about for years afterward almost never happened on a tight schedule. They happened when there was time to follow a recommendation, stay somewhere an extra night, or simply not be somewhere else at a specific time.

Moving every two nights rarely allows for that. A well-designed trip isn't about doing less. It's about choosing better and giving each place enough time to actually land.

That's one of the things I focus on when I help plan a trip. If you want help getting the balance right, get in touch.

05/26/2026

Europe gets all the attention. South America gets all the rewards. And right now, it's the best-kept secret in luxury travel.

While everyone is fighting for peak-season availability in Italy and France, South America offers world-class hotels, extraordinary food, and a fraction of the crowds. And the destinations have never been better.

Peru has a food culture that has surprised the world, and properties around Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley that rival anything in Europe for design and experience.

Colombia has gone from under the radar to genuinely unmissable: Cartagena's old city, the coffee region, and Medellín's food and design scene are drawing travelers.

Argentina rounds it out with Buenos Aires, one of the great city experiences anywhere, and Mendoza wine country, which competes with the best regions in the world.

Three countries. Extraordinary experiences. If South America has been on your radar, this is the year to stop waiting. Let's plan it properly.

05/24/2026

South Africa is one of the most itinerary-flexible destinations in the world. Here's how I recommend experiencing it:

Cape Town first. It's one of the most visually striking cities on earth, and the design hotel and restaurant scene here has matured significantly. Table Mountain, the Atlantic Seaboard, the Cape Peninsula. Most clients who go for a few days wish they had more.

For wildlife: the private reserves around Sabi Sands share an unfenced border with Kruger National Park. Big Five sightings are among the most consistent on the continent, and the private reserve experience means dramatically fewer vehicles per sighting than in the public park.

For wine: Stellenbosch and Franschhoek are genuinely world-class. The estate stays in Franschhoek in particular, with long lunches, cellar visits, and mountain scenery that doesn't match most people's image of Africa at all.

Most itineraries I design for South Africa cover all three. If Africa is on your travel bucket list, let's talk through what makes sense for your trip.

05/23/2026

A perfect day in Paris looks different when someone who knows the city plans it for you.

Not just the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. The neighborhood café where locals actually have breakfast. The museum that holds one of the world's great Impressionist collections. The bistro in Le Marais that doesn't need a review because everyone who goes comes back. The table at dinner that takes three months to get and is worth every day of the wait.

The iconic stops are iconic for a reason, but the moments that stay with you are usually the ones you wouldn't have found on your own. Finding those is exactly what I do best.

Ready for Paris? Let's get started.

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