Frequently Asked Questions
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I have two ways of helping you plan a rad European adventure: custom itineraries and advisory services that I’ve labeled Travel Therapy.
The custom itineraries factor in your exact budget, are planned around your responses to questions and our conversations to get you a custom trip laid out with curated short lists of hotels, flights, activities through local service providers, as well as restaurants and transit options, so all you have to do is pick and reserve lodging and main flight on your own terms. It’s the ultimate balance between flexibility, time-savings, autonomy. If you want the trip booked for you after seeing your final itinerary, I can help US-based clients with that (unfortunately I can only serve them in this capacity right now, but everyone else can still get an itinerary or travel therapy.)
Travel Therapy is ad hoc time for getting sanity checks, advice and confirmations for trips you may already have sort of planned (or not!) but where you’re not looking to have an entire itinerary planned for you. It’s tailored advice for the more intrepid DIYers or those who like to plan their own trips.
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Sensorie offers more than a traditional travel advisor. All my trips are completely custom and I give the option to customers to take the itinerary and mini-guide I provide them and book at their own leisure using that. This means they can easily change their minds, edit where they’d like, or change up dates with ease.
As this is all custom, these trips are made for private groups or solo travelers (no tour buses full of strangers that overwhelm everything within striking distance).
This model also means that my primary income comes from you through planning fees and very little through commissions when booking for customers. This opens up a lot more customization, smaller, more boutique lodging options, and experiences and stays that are harder to get, like mountain huts.
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Adventure means the classic active and/or more thrill-seeking things to do, like cycling, paragliding, climbing, hiking, kayaking…stuff like that and more.
Experiences are things like touring wineries by foot or bike (or car, no judgement here), camping as a lodging option, cooking classes and tastings, an entire itinerary built around fly fishing (because why not?) And many other things that qualify as “a great experience”.
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The pricing is listed on each service’s page. For one on one time, there is a discounted rate for each increasing time tier. You can find that booking page here.
For custom itineraries, there are 2 pricing tiers you can find here.
The pricing is based on the time it takes to thoroughly research and confirm that the itineraries will best suit you since I consider everything from the activities you’d like to do, logistics, weather, and mobility considerations. Plus curating hotel lists and flight options.
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I live in France, close to Italy and Switzerland. So these places are a speciality, and I also plan trips to Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Germany, the entire Alps region, Belgium, and the Netherlands since I’ve had extensive travels there, love them, and keep up with the happenings, new events and other cool things, and return regularly.
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Here’s an online form, or reach out via email here.
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I want this to be a pleasant experience where you can participate as much or as little as you like. I like to keep things fun and light (it’s a vacation, after all) while giving you my candid thoughts and opinions along with the occasional reality check, because that’s how we avoid ending up in places or activities that don’t really suit you.
We communicate via your preferred method (email, chat, phone) and I make sure you’re happy before plans are finalized.
As described elsewhere, the heaviest lift you do is booking your flight and lodging, all of which has been narrowed down to a short-list on your itinerary.