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FROM ASK TO GATE

Nothing is charged until the route is signed off by you.

Start with a request
  1. 01Check-in · 15 min
    A call at a desk

    YOU TELL US

    Dates, budget, who travels, what you cannot stand. One call or one short form — never a 40-field questionnaire.

    You getA named designer SEQ 01/04
  2. 02Boarding · 48 h
    Draft itinerary pages 48h

    DRAFT ROUTE

    Day-by-day plan with named hotels, real flight times, guides and one final price — a number, not a range.

    You getPDF itinerary + costs SEQ 02/04
  3. 03Taxi · 2—5 days
    Marked-up map

    WE REWORK IT

    Swap a hotel, add a city, drop the early flight, slow the middle. Unlimited edits, no change fees.

    You getFinal route, fixed price SEQ 03/04
  4. 04Departure
    Guide meeting travellers

    YOU FLY

    Documents a week ahead, guides on the ground, and a local number that answers at 3 a.m.

    You getDocs + 24/7 support SEQ 04/04

What lands in 48 hours Peru · Andes & Sacred Valley · 9 days · 2 guests Sent 09:12, two days after four lines Free, yours to keep

YOUR DRAFT,
DAY BY DAY

Named hotels, real flight times and one price. Four of the nine days are below — the rest arrive the same way.

  1. Day 03 — a courtyard in Cusco

    DAY 0303/09

    CUSCO, SLOWLY

    3 400 m — a day to acclimatise. Mateo joins at 16:00.

    Night Casa Cartagena B only

  2. Day 04 — the salt pans of the Sacred Valley

    DAY 0404/09

    SACRED VALLEY

    Pisac, Maras and the salt pans. Private car, 90 km.

    Night Sol y Luna, Urubamba B · D

  3. Day 05 — the Vistadome train to Aguas Calientes

    DAY 0505/09

    TRAIN AT 15:37

    Vistadome from Ollantaytambo. Permits held for tomorrow.

    Night Sumaq, Aguas Calientes B · D

  4. Day 06 — Machu Picchu at first light

    DAY 06 · THE ONE06/09

    MACHU PICCHU

    Circuit 2, first entry 06:00, permits issued in your names. Mateo guides.

    Night Sol y Luna, Urubamba B · L · guided

Every photograph above is from the route itself — the hotels, the train and the morning you would actually get.

Two people, one trip A planner in the office · a guide on the ground Both named before you pay

WHO YOU WRITE TO,

AND WHEN

Two names, two numbers, one handover. You always know which of them is holding your trip today.

Before you flyOffice · your planner

Sofia Marchetti, planner for your trip

SOFIA MARCHETTI

Planner · Europe & Americas

With us since 2017

RepliesSame working day

9years here 61routes this year 4hmedian reply

She owns

  • The route, the hotels, the flights
  • The price and every rewrite of it
  • Permits, the visa list, insurance advice
  • Payments, invoices and refunds

Write to her when Anything before departure — and anything involving money at any point in the trip.

sofia@travelnest.com · +7 495 123 45 67

While you are thereOn the ground · your guide

Mateo Quispe, your guide on the ground

MATEO QUISPE

Guide · Cusco

With us since 2013

RepliesMinutes, any hour

13years here 48trips run 3 a.m.still answers

He owns

  • Every day on the ground, start to finish
  • Drivers, entries, timings, plan B
  • Where to eat, what to skip, what to add
  • Doctors, pharmacies, the awkward stuff

Write to him when You are in the country — anything about today, tomorrow or the road in front of you.

mateo@travelnest.com · +51 984 ... (on your pass)

The handoverDAY −3

Three days before you fly, Sofia introduces Mateo in one email with both numbers and the plan B for every day that could move. Neither disappears — she stays reachable, he takes the days.

24/7 office line behind both of them, for the hours when neither is the right answer. Meet the team

A day at our pace Day 06 of 9 · Machu Picchu · 14 Nov Times as printed in your draft One early start, all trip

ONE EARLY START,
THEN THE DAY IS YOURS

We move one thing early so nothing else has to be rushed. Four hours in the middle belong to you.

Guided · 2 h 30 Yours · 4 h Travel & evening · 6 h

  1. 05:4001

    05:40 — headlights on the way out

    The car is there

    Driver at the door, coffee in a flask.

    20 min drive

  2. 06:0002

    06:00 — first entry at Machu Picchu FIRST ENTRY

    Gates open

    Circuit 2, permits in your names, Mateo guiding. Ninety minutes before the crowd.

    Guided · 2 h 30

  3. 09:3003

    09:30 — breakfast at a table

    Breakfast, sitting down

    At a table. Not a box eaten on a bus.

    Included

  4. 11:0004

    11:00 — an empty bench above the valley FREE

    Four hours, nothing planned

    The bridge, a swim or a sleep. Mateo suggests, you choose.

    Your call

  5. 16:2205

    16:22 — the train back at dusk

    Train back

    Seats booked, car waiting at Ollantaytambo.

    Dinner 20:40

15 hdoor to door

4 hdeliberately empty

0optional extras to buy

See a full route

Money and dates Sample: $4 400 per person · 2 guests No fees of ours, ever

WHEN YOU PAY,

AND HOW MUCH

Nothing leaves your account until you approve the route, and the number never moves after that.

  1. 01DAY 0

    REQUEST & DRAFT

    $0you pay

    The route, the price and two rewrites are free. No card, no hold, no “reserve now”.

    Balance owed · $0

  2. 02YOU SAY GO

    DEPOSIT 20%

    $1 760two guests

    Holds flights, hotels, permits and the guide at the quoted price. Refundable in full for 14 days.

    Balance owed · $7 040

  3. 0345 DAYS BEFORE

    BALANCE

    $7 040one invoice

    One reminder two weeks earlier. Card or transfer, your choice, no surcharge either way.

    Balance owed · $0

  4. 04ON THE TRIP

    NOTHING MORE

    $0to us

    No local payment on arrival, no envelope for the guide. Only your own lunches and tips.

    Budget $70—120 a day

IF YOU CANCELof the total

  • Within 14 days of the deposit100% back
  • More than 45 days before80% back
  • 45 to 21 days before50% back
  • Under 21 dayswhat suppliers release

We chase every supplier for the last case and pass back whatever comes — we keep none of it.

IF WE CANCELrare, but written down

  • Any reason at all100% back
  • Or the same trip, movedat the old price
  • A day lost to us mid-triprefunded per day
  • Strikes, weather, closureswe rebook, no fee

In fifteen years we have cancelled four departures. All four were refunded in full within a week.

Also true Card or bank transfer, no surcharge either way · client money held bonded · the full terms travel with your first quote, not after the deposit. Read the terms

Plan my trip · anywhere

FOUR ANSWERS

ONE ITINERARY
Marta Ferreira Marta Ferreira Your planner, whichever region

She reads every request herself and answers from her own address.

01

11 countries, or “surprise me”

02

± a week is fine

03

9 days

5 — 21 days

04Budget pp

flights excluded, always

Your request so far Portugal · Sep 2026 · 9 days · $3—4.5k pp · 2 guests

  • 48hFirst draft itinerary, named hotels
  • 2 roundsOf changes, free
  • $0Until you approve the plan
  • 1 humanNo call centre, no bots

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