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WHAT A TRIP
ACTUALLY STARTS AT

The lowest real price we sold in each region this year — not a teaser rate with the internal flights taken out.

  1. Europe — the Portuguese coast in autumn 0124 RTS EUROPE $2 300pp, from 7—9 daysPortugal · Sep Most payIceland $3 400 Portugal in autumn is the cheapest week we sell all year.
  2. Asia — tilework on the Silk Road 0226 RTS ASIA & MIDDLE EAST $2 600pp, from 8—14 daysUzbekistan · Apr Most payJapan $4 600 Uzbekistan starts here; Japan in blossom season is nearly double.
  3. Africa — a Marrakesh doorway 0322 RTS AFRICA $2 200pp, from 7—14 daysMorocco · Mar Most paySafari $4 300+ Morocco is the entry point. A safari with park fees starts at $4 300.
  4. The Americas — a Mexican courtyard 0424 RTS AMERICAS $2 900pp, from 8—14 daysMexico · Nov Most payPatagonia $5 200 Mexico first, Peru from $4 400, Patagonia only in its summer window.
  5. Islands — the Canaries in winter 05 · CHEAPEST22 RTS ISLANDS $1 900pp, from 7—12 daysCanaries · Jan Most payMaldives $3 900 Canaries in winter. The Maldives in the same weeks is $3 900.

Solid bar = what most people actually pay. Every figure includes internal flights, all nights, transfers, guides and permits — and none of them moves after you book. See what is inside

WHAT THIS
ACTUALLY COST

Three bookings from this year, printed as the invoice read. The bar shows where each dollar went.

Portugal — the Atlantic coast at Comporta 01
BOOKED MAR 2026 · 2 GUESTS

PORTUGAL · 7 DAYS

Lisbon, Comporta and the Alentejo

$2 400 per person $4 800 total

  • Hotels, 6 nights$1 26052%
  • Car & driver, 4 days$62026%
  • Rui, 3 guided days$39016%
  • Tastings & entries$1306%
  • $960deposit, 20%
  • $3 84045 days before
  • ~$70 a daytheir own spending

“We asked twice for a cheaper hotel. It came back $180 lower, same street.” Plus $310 each, flights from Berlin

$4 400 per person $8 800 total

  • Hotels, 8 nights$2 18050%
  • 2 internal flights + train$84019%
  • Mateo, 6 guided days$78018%
  • Permits & transfers$60013%
  • $1 760deposit, 20%
  • $7 04045 days before
  • ~$90 a daytheir own spending

“The flight home moved. They re-dated everything for $212 and told us first.” Plus $980 each, flights from Madrid

Peru — Machu Picchu above the Urubamba valley MOST BOOKED ROUTE
BOOKED AUG 2026 · 2 GUESTS

PERU · 9 DAYS

Cusco, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
Tanzania — the Serengeti plains at dusk 03
BOOKED JAN 2026 · 2 GUESTS

TANZANIA · 10 DAYS

Arusha, Serengeti and the crater

$4 500 per person $9 000 total

  • Camps, 9 nights$1 95043%
  • Park fees, 6 days$1 14025%
  • Joseph, vehicle, driver$98022%
  • Bush flight & all meals$43010%
  • $1 800deposit, 20%
  • $7 20045 days before
  • ~$40 a day, meals includedtheir own spending

“A fever on day five. The clinic run cost us nothing and we lost half a morning.” Plus $740 each, flights from Amsterdam

Three invoices, no rounding. Not one of these numbers moved between the draft and the day they flew. Price my trip

FIFTEEN LINES,
NOTHING HIDDEN

Nine things inside the quoted price, six you pay for yourself — with the number we would budget for each. Counts shown are the Peru nine-day route.

INSIDE THE PRICE

9 lines · fixed at booking
  • Internal flightsseats held in your names2 sectors
  • Every transfer, privateairport to bed, every legall days
  • Hotels, all nightsnamed in the draft8 nights
  • Your guide, by namesent before you pay6 days
  • Permits and park feesevery entry listedincluded
  • Breakfast dailyplus the meals marked+3 dinners
  • 24/7 line to a personnot a rota, not a botany hour
  • Two rewrites of the routebefore you bookfree
  • Our feethere is none on top$0

Fixed the day you pay the deposit. In fifteen years no surcharge has ever followed. One number

YOU BUY YOURSELF

6 lines · typical cost
  • International flights$450—1 400You will usually beat our fare with miles or a nearby airport.
  • Travel insurance$40—90We send two policies we would buy ourselves.
  • Visas and entry fees$0—160The list for your passports goes out three days after booking.
  • Meals off the route$25—60 / dayLunches and the dinners you want to pick yourself.
  • Tips for guides and drivers$8—15 / dayNever expected, always noticed.
  • Optional add-onsquoted firstA balloon, a dive day, an extra night — priced before you say yes.

Budget on top printed on your draft route too $70—120 / day

Both lists travel with your draft route, so the honest total sits on one page before you pay anything. See a sample route

Two payments, that is all Sample: $8 800 · two guests · 9 days Card or transfer, no surcharge

Two payments, and when they fall

Deposit Balance, 45 days before you fly 0% on the trip

  1. 01TODAY

    $0Request & draft

    The route, the full price and two rewrites. No card, no hold, no account.

    Charged now$0

  2. 02YOU SAY GO

    20%$1 760 deposit

    Holds flights, hotels, permits and your guide at the quoted price.

    Still owed$7 040

  3. 0345 DAYS BEFORE

    80%$7 040 balance

    One invoice, one reminder two weeks earlier. Then nothing, ever again.

    Still owed$0

100%back for 14 days

80%up to 45 days out

$0fees if you cancel

Full cancellation 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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