The real starting point of planning any trip is solving three big challenges: how do I get there, where do I stay, and how do I get around once I'm there? These are often the costliest and most time-consuming parts. As an independent traveler, you'll still want a good guidebook. I’ll share some of my top local suggestions, chosen with your survey answers in mind, to help pace your days and point you in a direction. I figure out the big logistics up front, so you are free to roam when you get there: to discover, to taste, to turn down a side street that catches your eye.

Every Roadmap (apart from the Check-In) includes a personalized itinerary — routing, recommendations, links to providers, and estimated costs current as of when I do the research — delivered as a single convenient document. You only have to make the bookings yourself and go.

These Roadmap tiers are meant to give you a sense of scope and pricing in advance — not to box you in. If the trip you're dreaming up doesn't fit neatly into any of these, let's talk; custom pricing is always available.