You don't need a plan
to book this call.
That's what it's for.
complimentary· about 30 minutes
“Somewhere in Italy, maybe next spring” is a perfectly good place to start. So is “we want to celebrate something and we don't know where.”
No pitch, no obligation, and nothing gets booked on this call. We're finding out whether I'm the right person to design your trip.
Nothing booked on the call
Mon–Fri, 10am–4pm MST
Fee quoted in writing after
No cost, no obligation
Three steps, and you can stop after any of them
In writing, within a few days
About 30 minutes · complimentary
About three minutes
We talk about how you like to travel and what you want this trip to feel like. I'll tell you what I'd recommend and whether the timing is realistic.
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The call
Scope, what's included, and your design fee. Nothing starts until you approve it — and it's a perfectly acceptable outcome to read it and decide not to.
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The proposal
Roughly when, who's traveling, and what's drawing you there. It gives me enough to come to the call with something useful rather than a blank page.
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The form
Nothing is committed until you've seen the scope and the fee in writing and said yes to both.
01 — how it works
What it costs, in real numbers, before we hang up.
Timing, and whether your dates and the trip you're describing are compatible.
The parts of planning you'd genuinely rather not do yourself.
What you want to understand about a place, not just what you want to see.
Whether it's a celebration, and who else is coming — which changes the design more than the destination does.
How you actually like to travel — pace, how much structure you want, what a good day looks like to you.
02 — On the call
Not a sales call and not a questionnaire read aloud. I'm listening for the things that decide an itinerary — which are almost never the things people expect to be asked about.
You'll leave with a clear sense of what I'd recommend, whether the timing works, and roughly what it costs.
and you talk.
Mostly I ask,
If you've been putting off the call until you've narrowed things down, you have it backwards. Narrowing down is the work.
03 - before you book
yet.
What you don't need
Tell me what you want and I'll tell you what it costs
That's what you're hiring me for
"Spring-ish, two weeks" gives me plenty to work with
A season, an occasion, or a feeling is enough
A number in mind
A researched shortlist
Firm dates
A destination decided
If what you want is the lowest fare on a specific flight or sailing, that's a booking, and you can do it yourself in an afternoon.
probably not a fit
I take a limited number of clients at a time, so I'd rather say early on that we're not a match than take a project I can't do well.
04 - fit
and when it isn't
Worth booking,
use my booking tools instead
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You have the miles, the vacation days, and the intention, and no plan for turning them into a journey.
You'd rather spend your weekends on something other than comparing properties.
The occasion matters. An anniversary, a milestone birthday, the first time the whole family travels together, and you don't want to get it wrong.
You want to understand the places you're going, not just photograph them.
You've been researching for weeks and the options have crossed from exciting into paralyzing.
probably a fit
+1 (480) 868-6152
Monday–Friday, 10am–4pm MST
Phoenix, Arizona. Working with clients anywhere.
Complimentary. No obligation.
We talk. Nothing is booked and nothing is owed.
You'll get a link to schedule the call, Monday through Friday, 10am to 4pm MST.
Complete the short inquiry form. No account needed.
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Request a consultation by completing the inquiry form
It asks roughly when you want to travel, who's coming, and what's drawing you there. "Not sure yet" is a valid answer to all three. It just gives me somewhere to start.
about three minutes.
The form takes
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Before you
No. The first conversation is complimentary and there's no obligation attached to it. If we decide to work together, you'll receive a written proposal with the scope and the design fee before anything begins.
Custom itineraries start at $1,200, and Kickstart advisory sessions start at $450. Your exact fee depends on the length of the trip, the number of travelers, and how many moving parts are involved — quoted in writing after we talk, never a surprise.
No, and plenty of clients don't. A season, an occasion, or a feeling is enough to work with. Figuring out the where is part of what you're hiring me for.
Six to twelve months is comfortable for most trips, and further for cruises, holiday travel, and anything involving small ships. If your dates are sooner, ask anyway — sometimes it works, and I'll tell you honestly if it doesn't.
Then I'll say so, and point you somewhere better. That happens a few times a year and it's a good outcome — much better than taking a project I can't do well.
We can start there, but I'd push for the call. Thirty minutes of conversation tells me more about how you travel than a page of written answers, and it saves you the back-and-forth.