Independent luxury travel advisor · Fora

Anyone can book a hotel. That was never the hard part.

Your trip, built entirely around you, with nothing left to chance.

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the hard part is everything after

somewhere worth the flight

What I actually do

One advisor. The whole trip.

The booking is the easy part. The work is the transfer that's actually waiting, the room on the quiet side, the table you couldn't get yourself, and someone to call when the plan meets reality.

Hotels & Trips

The Trip

Hotels through Fora Reserve, with the upgrades and perks that come from knowing people. Placeholder

Weddings

The Wedding Trip

Room blocks, guest travel, the bachelorette, the honeymoon. The whole arc, not just the venue.

Honeymoons

The Honeymoon

Built around who you two actually are, not a brochure's idea of romance. Placeholder

Groups

The Group Trip

Villas, private chefs, and logistics for the crowd, so nobody has to be the trip parent. Placeholder

Cruises

The Cruise

River, expedition, luxury. Plus the excursions and transfers the cruise line won't handle well. Placeholder

Corporate

The Offsite

Retreats and incentive trips, handled, so planning it stops being your second job. Placeholder

Field Guides

A drawer of souvenirs

Destination guides written from research and obsession, not press releases. The neighborhood to sleep in, the room to book, the one to skip.

Rome

The neighborhood you sleep in decides the trip.

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Field Guide No. 01

Rome

strike anywhere

The Greek Islands

Slow mornings, a villa with a library, ferries done right.

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Field Guide No. 02

The Greek Islands

strike anywhere

Japan

Stop waiting for spring. June and October are the smarter trip.

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Field Guide No. 03

Japan

strike anywhere

soon

Lake Como

Two grande dames. Which one is yours. Next up

Field Guide No. 04

Lake Como

strike anywhere

go ahead, open one ↑

How it feels to have an advisor

The concierge desk

The paperwork of a good trip: the check someone else settled, the matchbook you pocketed, the postcard you meant to send. This is the part of travel I handle so you can keep the good parts.

wish you were here

go ahead, move things around

The Almanac

One good letter, no noise

Where the trips come from, what's actually worth booking, and the occasional strong opinion. Free, written by me, worth your inbox.

The AlmanacNo. 001

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What I do

Plan and book luxury trips end to end: hotels, weddings and honeymoons, cruises, group and corporate travel, plus everything on the ground. Planning is complimentary.

Who it's for

People who'd rather spend their time on the trip than on the forty browser tabs it takes to build one. Couples, families, wedding parties, teams.

Who I am

Steph. Bay Area, parent of three, advisor with Fora, and the person who reads the fine print so you never have to. More →

Plan a Trip

Tell me the trip you keep putting off.

You bring the occasion, the people, and roughly when. I bring the properties, the access, and a plan with nothing left to chance. Placeholder lede

How it works

1

We talk

A free 20-minute call. You tell me who's going and what a great trip looks like to you. I'll tell you honestly what's possible.

2

I build

A real proposal: the hotel, the rooms, the transfers, the experiences, and why each choice. Planning is complimentary.

3

You go

I book it, confirm every piece, and stay reachable while you're gone. When something changes, I fix it before you notice.

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Bellhop with suitcase at a hotel entrance

the part you never see

What's on the menu

Hotels Fora Reserve and partner properties, with perks like upgrades, credits, and late checkout.
On the ground Private transfers, drivers, day tours, cooking classes, tables, tee times, tickets.
Villas & homes Full-house stays, private chefs, staffed properties for groups.
Cruises River, expedition, luxury lines, with excursions booked the smart way.
Luxury rail The great train journeys, via the Belmond partnership.
Insurance The unglamorous thing you'll be glad exists.

Weddings

Your planner has the venue. I have everything else.

The experience architect for the whole wedding trip: the bachelorette, the room block, a hundred guests landing in a foreign country, and the honeymoon after. Not the florals, not the timeline. The travel.

Room blocks Negotiated, managed, and reconciled so the rooming list never becomes your job.
Guest travel Arrivals, transfers, and a plan for the aunt who booked the wrong airport.
The bachelorette A trip worth the group chat. Villas, tables, boats, recovery brunch.
The honeymoon Planned in phases if you want it: the escape now, the big one later.
On-site coordination Guest movement handled while you get married. Placeholder

Talk through your wedding

the whole arc, handled

Field Guides

The destination library

Each guide is a matchbook: small, specific, and it starts a fire. Where to sleep, when to go, what to skip. First three below; the drawer fills monthly.

The Almanac

Notes from the desk

Long-form essays on where to go and how to do it properly. Publishing on Substack; the archive lives here. Substack URL pending

The AlmanacNo. 001

Roughly weekly. Written by a person.

About

The person reading the fine print

Steph · Bay Area

I'm Steph. I plan trips for a living the way I plan them for my own family: obsessively, honestly, and with a backup for the backup. Placeholder bio, final About copy exists in the copy doc

I'm an independent advisor with Fora, which means I book through the same partner network as the best-connected advisors in the business: preferred rates, perks, and people who pick up the phone. You pay the same or less than booking it yourself. The difference is everything that comes with it.

parent of three, planner of everything

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