Trips I have booked for clients and trips I have taken myself, with the names and dates taken out. Each one shows where the nights went, which hotels and why, and what made the logistics work.
Already booked with me? Your own itinerary is at the private link I sent you. Where to find it.
Small hotels, the right room, and the perks in writing.
Three nights at the Hotel Cipriani, across the water from St Mark's: a private boat to the hotel's own landing, a private boat back, and open days in between for the city, the lagoon islands or the pool.
Venice · Giudecca · St Mark's
A trip I booked for clients
Nine nights in the order the altitude asks for: two low in the Sacred Valley, Belmond's Hiram Bingham to Machu Picchu, two in Cusco, then down off the mountains for three nights on an Amazon expedition ship.
Lima · Sacred Valley · Machu Picchu · Cusco · Iquitos · Peruvian Amazon
A trip I booked for clients
Five nights in and around Boston with a different neighborhood most nights: Beacon Hill, the harbor in Everett, Harvard Square and the Financial District, each stay with breakfast for two and a late check-out attached.
Beacon Hill · Everett · Harvard Square · Financial District
A trip I took myself
Nine nights from San José to Liberia without doubling back: a night by the airport, three at a hot-springs resort below Arenal Volcano, then five on the Papagayo coast, with every transfer and outing private.
San José · La Fortuna · Arenal Volcano · Papagayo Peninsula · Liberia
A trip I booked for clients
Five nights in a three-bedroom villa in Marbella, with a kitchen and no fixed hours, then three at a five-star Gran Lujo hotel in central Seville, with breakfast included and a pool.
Málaga · Marbella · Seville
A trip I booked for clients
A weekend at The Knickerbocker for a group in two rooms: breakfast and a hotel credit on a refundable partner rate, and both rooms rebooked lower when the price dropped four weeks out.
Times Square · Midtown Manhattan
A trip I booked for clients
Five nights on a car-free islet on the Oslo waterfront, in a hotel with an original artwork in every bedroom, then six at a Regency house on Hyde Park Corner, with a butler on call for every room.
Oslo · London
A trip I booked for clients
A week across France and Switzerland: three nights in a suite with a kitchen by the Louvre, the train to one night on the Rhone, then three on the river in Zurich's Old Town, with breakfast at every stop.
Paris · Geneva · Zurich
A trip I booked for clients
Seven nights at a five-star family hotel in the Tyrol: all meals included, childcare until nine at night, a ski-school place held, and the lessons, rental and lift passes planned around it.
Innsbruck · Serfaus · Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis ski area
A trip I booked for clients
A week driving the Dolomites between three hotels, Bolzano to Val Gardena to Cortina, then ten days hut to hut on the Alta Via 1 from Lago di Braies, and two quiet nights in Venice to finish.
Bolzano · Val Gardena · Cortina d'Ampezzo · Tre Cime di Lavaredo · Lago di Braies · Alta Via 1 · Belluno · Venice
A trip I took myself
Climbs, treks and safaris, with the logistics worked out.
Eight days on Kilimanjaro's Lemosho route after a rest day in Arusha, then a four-day private safari that starts with a bush flight into the Serengeti.
Arusha · Mount Kilimanjaro · Serengeti National Park · Ngorongoro Crater · Tarangire National Park
A trip I took myself
Eight nights at a Kohala Coast resort for the IRONMAN World Championship: one fixed day for the race, and the rest of the week built around farm hours, a volcano day and an evening on Mauna Kea.
Kohala Coast · Kailua-Kona · South Kona · North Kohala · Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park · Hamakua Coast · Mauna Kea · Keahole Point
A trip I took myself
Five nights downtown for a full-distance triathlon, at one of the race's host hotels booked months ahead, then two nights at a small inn in Calistoga with a concierge, a driver and breakfast.
Downtown Sacramento · Calistoga · Napa Valley
A trip I booked for clients
A six-day guided trek from the Salkantay route across to the Inca Trail and into Machu Picchu through the Sun Gate, with Huayna Picchu the next morning and an oxygen-enriched room in Cusco on either side.
Lima · Cusco · Salkantay route · Inca Trail · Sun Gate · Machu Picchu · Aguas Calientes · Huayna Picchu
A trip I booked for clients