Every trip on this page is real. Some I planned for clients — an anniversary timed to the day, a graduation present, the Paris trip a family had talked about for years. Some are my own, the trips that taught me what good planning feels like from the traveler's side of it. Browse for ideas, find the shape of a trip you like, then make it yours.
Trips I planned for clients — the real itineraries, with names kept to first names and the private details left out.
My own trips — where I went, what I booked, and what I would do differently next time.
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The entries
Newest first. Trips already traveled and trips still on the books both live here — each one is labeled, so you always know which is which.
Completed trip · Paris · Darlene + her daughter-in-law JOni · Jul 15–21, 2026
Meghan wanted to take her 80-year-old father to Scotland and Ireland — the heritage trip, done properly, while the walking is still good. The design brief was one line: comfort first, zero-stress transitions. …
Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas, Sep 3–10, 2027, balcony midship — then a Denali cruisetour through Talkeetna to Anchorage. Twenty-five years deserved more than a sailing; it deserved a calendar. …
Virgin Voyages' Scarlet Lady, Adriatic, Jun 20–27, 2027, Central Sea Terrace — Athens on either side. Maria wanted to give her nephew a graduation present he'd actually remember. …
Dublin → Kinsale → Killarney → Galway, automatic rental car, every hotel quoted three ways. A retirement-year trip, self-driving the southwest, running on one rule set on day one: one bed — king preferred. …
A family of four means the math matters — two balconies vs. one suite, priced per person, per ship, with the kids' exact ages (they price as adults on some lines, children on others). …
In September 2026, Michael and I boarded the Disney Treasure at Port Canaveral — not as a break from the work, but as part of it. The Treasure is a Wish-class ship, and it's a ship I put clients on constantly. …
This one is mine. In May 2027, Michael turns 40, and the celebration is the trip I point clients toward more than any other: Alaska by ship, then the Canadian Rockies. Delta flights are booked. On May 20. …
