The questions people ask first.

You get someone who’s already done the sorting. I know which hotels photograph better than they live, which experiences are worth giving up a day for, and which room at a property is the one you actually want.

The perks are real — breakfast, credits, upgrades when they’re available — but they’re not the whole answer. The answer is that you stop making thirty small decisions with no information, and you have someone to call when a flight cancels at 11pm in a country you’ve never been to.

Usually the same rate. Almost always a better stay.

I book through Fora, a Virtuoso member agency, which means your reservation carries amenities that aren’t attached to the same room booked online — daily breakfast, a property credit, an upgrade when one’s available. You’re not paying more for that. You’re just getting more for the same night.

No. There’s no planning fee, no consultation fee, and no charge for the itinerary.

I’m paid a commission by the hotels and partners we book, which is money the property sets aside for advisors whether you use one or not. If you book direct, that money stays with the booking engine. If you book with me, it pays for the planning.

Yes, and plenty of people do exactly that.

If you want to keep the fun parts and hand off the rest, that works. If you just want the hotel booked properly with the perks attached and you’ll handle the rest yourself, that works too — that’s the STAY option, and it’s a real thing people use.

Especially then.

You don’t need a plan, a date, or a destination. Tell me what sounds good, or what definitely doesn’t, and we’ll work backward from there. “I have a week in the fall and I want to be somewhere warm” is enough to start.