Group travel, actually planned

Group travel lives or dies on the logistics underneath it. Rooms that actually sleep the cousins. A restaurant that can seat thirty without losing the evening. A ship that holds the whole party without feeling cavernous. I plan the group from the guest list up — who's coming, what they can handle, what they'll remember — and then choose the destination, property, or vessel that serves it.

What I plan

Five group formats, one method — start with the people, end with the itinerary.

Destination Weddings

Rehearsal dinner to send-off brunch, handled. See also the destination-wedding planning guide.

Multigenerational Family Trips

One itinerary that works for a 4-year-old, a 14-year-old, and an 84-year-old. See also the multigenerational planning guide.

Milestone Reunions

40ths, 50ths, college reunions, sibling trips — everyone under one roof. See also reunion travel for college friends and celebration trips for adults.

Curated Group Cruises

Small-ship and river-cruise charters for 20–50 travelers — heritage itineraries, wine weeks, interest-led voyages. See also Rivers & Small Ships.

Chosen-Family Getaways

Queer-affirming destinations and friend-group weeks, booked through partners who'll celebrate the whole table.

Trip shapes I'm planning right now

Five group formats in motion this season — pick the one that sounds like yours, take the quiz if it doesn't.

Group · 4–7 nights · Flexible

A Girls' Trip Eight People Agree On

The shapes that hold when you've got eight opinions and one calendar. No sashes required.

Read the dispatch →︎ Multi-gen · 7–10 nights · Year-round

A Multi-Gen Reunion That Doesn't Crater

Three generations, one property that handles all of it. The planning model that keeps everyone in their corners.

Read the dispatch →︎ Hosted · 7 nights · Mar 2027

A Hosted Small Group in Alaska

Erik onboard, a vetted small ship, and the week that turns a wishlist into a booking. The March 2027 sailing is filling now.

See the hosted trip →︎ Reunion · 4–7 nights · Flexible

A Reunion of College Friends

Twenty years later, the same six people, a destination that earns the airfare.

Read the dispatch →︎ Hosted group · 7 nights · 2027–28

A Colombia Group Trip

Cartagena, the coffee region, and a curated group of travelers who'll feel like friends by Day 3.

See the interest page →︎

What I do for groups

I plan like a logistician; I write like a host.

Room blocks, dietary needs, rehearsal dinners, shore excursions, airport transfers — managed in the background so the experience reads effortlessly to the guests.

One point of contact, not a clipboard.

Whether it's 8 travelers or 80, you get me directly. No call center, no intake form between you and the decision.

Group leverage where it actually matters.

The relationships behind these trips — direct hotel and cruise-line partners, plus the trade contacts I keep current through conferences and supplier meetings — give me real room to work on group pricing, private-event holds, and property buyouts. I apply them where they meaningfully improve the trip, not as a line item to justify the booking.

For group cruise charters — AmaWaterways for the rivers, UnCruise for small-ship wilderness →︎

Trips like these are planned on a fee that scales with their complexity — here's what it actually buys →︎

Why the logistics ARE the craft — the manifesto →︎

Who this is for

Couples planning a wedding away from home. Families trying to get everyone in the same country for one week a year. Friend groups marking a 40th or a 60th. Alumni circles, book clubs, wine clubs, congregations. Chosen families carving out a week that's theirs. Anyone who wants group travel to feel less like a project and more like the point.

Bringing the group together yourself? Here's how I make you the host →︎

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