Your Journey Of A Lifetime Is Waiting…
Experience The Pinnacle Of Bespoke Travel
Every Moment Designed To Perfection
Your Ticket To Deeper Desires…
Introducing: The Itinerary Review Service — a tailored solution for discerning travellers who crave more than just another trip.
If you've ever felt underwhelmed by a journey that promised much but delivered little, then this is for you.
For over 17 years, my team and I have specialised in crafting truly bespoke travel that isn't just about ticking off destinations.
We’ve spent thousands of hours designing and perfecting strategies that go beyond the ordinary…
Strategies that create deeply personal journeys, resonating with our client’s passions and desires for an adventure like no other.
The Itinerary Review Service gives you direct access to these strategies.
Without paying the premium that our bespoke travel experience design services typically command.
It starts with a researcher-backed interview designed to dive deep into your pain points, desires, and preferences that, once uncovered, will help deliver your journey of a lifetime.
Using Socratic questioning techniques, we’re able to go further than ever thought possible into the “traveller’s psyche,” uncovering aspects of yourself that you may have struggled to put into words before.
From there, our seasoned travel experts will meticulously review every detail of your proposed trip, ensuring that it aligns perfectly with your unique tastes and aspirations.
We dive into every detail, from logistics and timing to unique local experiences that could make all the difference.
This is rarely about making sweeping changes — it's about elevating your trip to ensure it fulfils your specific needs and passions.
Are you hoping to avoid tourist traps and discover hidden gems that resonate with your interests? Or perhaps you want to ensure your travel plans are sustainable and responsible?
These are the kinds of questions that impact your trip and make it truly special.
"Our family has used the services of Brown + Hudson for a number of years now and they have always crafted amazing holidays and experiences, both around our input as well as their suggestions.
Each journey has created many happy and lasting memories. Who could ask for more?"
- The Allen Family, USA
"I thought I had my family’s trip all figured out. The service showed me possibilities that I hadn’t even considered. The difference was night and day.”
- John C. | Director, Investment Banking
Your Dream Adventure is Within Reach
Picture this: embarking on a journey where every detail has been meticulously crafted just for you.
Imagine arriving at a secluded destination, hand-picked for its unique charm, where every moment is designed to cater to your passions and preferences.
Whether it's a private tour of an ancient city, an intimate culinary experience with a Michelin 3-star chef, or a quiet evening under the stars in a luxury-tented camp, your trip is filled with moments that resonate deeply with you and your loved ones.
This is not just a vacation; it's an experience that brings your family closer, enriches your life, and leaves you with memories that will be cherished for years to come.
But opportunities like this are rare.
Due to the personalised nature of our Itinerary Review Service, we can only extend this offer to a limited number of clients. With the demand for bespoke travel on the rise, we usually reserve our services exclusively for our members. Only once or twice a year do we have the capacity to welcome new clients into this bespoke experience.
Now is your opportunity to join the waitlist and be among the first to elevate your next getaway into something truly extraordinary.
The Birth of a Bespoke Travel Revolution
The Itinerary Review Service began with a couple who were planning their honeymoon, an experience that was supposed to be nothing short of magical. Despite working with a well-known travel agency, they were left feeling underwhelmed and disappointed by the options presented to them.
Their initial destination of Vietnam was scrapped due to various concerns, and the replacement itinerary for Sri Lanka, while promising, still lacked the personal touch and attention to detail they were hoping for.
They found themselves in a situation familiar to many: their travel plans felt more like a checklist of places to visit rather than a thoughtfully curated journey.
They wanted something more—something that resonated with their personalities, their shared interests, and the unique experience of their honeymoon.
This was to be the start of new traditions together, shared values, a blueprint for life together...
They desired a trip that wouldn’t just be about seeing sights but about creating memories that would last a lifetime.
On a recommendation, they reached out to me (Brown + Hudson).
From the outset, the difference was clear. Instead of simply suggesting popular destinations and standard hotel options, my team and I focused on understanding the couple on a deeper level.
We asked questions about what truly mattered to them—what experiences they valued, what memories they wanted to create, and what emotions they wished to feel on their journey.
Through an iterative process of brainstorming and refining ideas, we developed a bespoke itinerary that was perfectly aligned with the couple’s desires.
It incorporated extraordinary experiences, from delving into the cultural depths of Sri Lanka to savouring intimate, luxurious moments curated exclusively for the couple.
They met a newspaper seller who revealed more about Galle—and themselves—than anyone else ever could. They spent an afternoon with one of the leading voices in the Sri Lankan tea industry, gaining insights that few are privileged to hear.
It was no longer just a trip; it was a narrative, a story that reflected who they were and what they cherished most.
This experience highlighted a significant gap in the luxury travel market—one that Brown + Hudson was uniquely positioned to fill.
From this realisation, the Itinerary Review Service was born.
Designed to offer personalised travel planning that goes beyond the ordinary, it empowers any traveller to experience the pinnacle of bespoke travel—what we call "0.1% travel."
The couple’s journey became the foundation for a new approach to travel design—one that prioritises deep personal connection, profound understanding, and bespoke experiences that resonate on an intimate level.
Their story is more than just a travel success; it's a testament to the transformative power of truly personalised journeys.
Today, the Itinerary Review Service offers travellers a second opinion and an opportunity to transform their trips into meaningful, unforgettable experiences, just as it did for that couple. Whether you're seeking a deeply enriching family vacation, an adventurous exploration, or a serene escape, this unique offer ensures that every moment of your journey is crafted deliberately with care, reflecting your individuality and turning your travel dreams into reality.
Travel Without Limits (Even If You've Faced Some Before)
Our bespoke approach to planning takes what you already love about travel and enhances it in ways you never thought possible.
Whether it's discovering hidden cultural gems, indulging in culinary delights, or engaging in activities that form deeper relationships with your family, every detail is designed deliberately with you in mind.
It goes beyond the traditional limits of travel, putting personalisation at the forefront rather than frivolous spending or time-intensive planning.
At the core is our innovative AAA (Anticipating, Absorbing, and Anchoring) approach to travel.
We blend storytelling and deep cultural understanding to create immersive experiences that resonate on a personal level. By anticipating your desires, crafting moments that absorb your attention, and anchoring these experiences in memories that last a lifetime, we ensure your journey is truly transformative.
These principles can be applied to all your future travels, allowing you to continually create extraordinary experiences that transcend generations.
But Why Join Now? The Itinerary Review Service waitlist is open for a limited time with only a few spots available. If you have an itinerary that you believe could be enhanced, refined, or elevated, this is a unique opportunity to transform your plans into a truly bespoke travel experience. Don’t miss your chance to be among the first to access this exclusive service.
The most valuable asset that you have is time. Don’t waste it on experiences that don’t really align with your dreams, desires, and passions. On travel that lacks higher level thinking, a big idea, a story or that hasn't been deliberately designed with you in mind
What You’ll Have An Opportunity To Receive – A Path To The Perfect Trip
Once you purchase your review, you’ll have a full year to redeem it. Just submit your existing itinerary online, answer a few key questions, and within a few days, you’ll receive your custom report filled with personalised recommendations and exclusive insights to help turn your existing itinerary into an experience beyond expectations and even dreams.
When you join the waitlist, you’ll be the first to receive notification when our limited spots open!
Here's what you can expect:
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Personalised 20+ Page Bespoke Report: A comprehensive, tailored itinerary review that is crafted to reflect your unique preferences and desires.
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300-Point Checklist: A meticulous review that covers every detail of your trip, from story to experiential design tricks to memorability.
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Day-by-Day Detailed Itinerary: Practical, concrete advice on how to elevate each day of your trip to make every moment memorable.
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Involvement of Experts and Specialists: Insights from a network of in-country experts and notable figures who will add depth and personal value to your itinerary.
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Risk Mitigation, Regenerative, and Sustainable Travel Focus: Travel with confidence, knowing your itinerary is designed with safety, sustainability, and long-term impact in mind.
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Executive Summary and Key Observations: For a quick yet comprehensive overview, you’ll receive an executive summary that highlights the most important aspects of your itinerary.
An Investment in a Lifetime of Memories
Today, you have the chance to claim an exclusive spot in the waitlist for an Itinerary Review. This isn’t just about planning a trip—it’s about crafting a journey that transcends the ordinary and becomes an unforgettable experience your family will cherish forever.
Think about the value of having a seasoned travel designer elevate your itinerary, expertly managing every detail so you can fully immerse yourself in the joy of exploration. Imagine the priceless memories you’ll create, the unique experiences you’ll enjoy, and the deep connections you’ll forge with your loved ones.
Your next adventure is waiting to be written. Join the waitlist now to be among the first to bring your travel story to life in a truly bespoke way.
This Was Made For You.
You have discerning tastes, and you've likely experienced some exciting travels before. But you're here because you want more—because you desire an experience that exceeds expectations, leaving you breathless with wonder and joy.
The Itinerary Review Service was crafted with travellers like you in mind.
It bridges the gap between an ordinary journey and a life-changing one. We focus on more than just logistics; we aim to transform how you travel, turning each trip into a deeply personal narrative that reflects your passions, your dreams, and your unique story.
We understand what it takes to create an adventure that is not just memorable but transformative.
Why You Need a Second Opinion on Your Travel Plans
Planning a trip, especially a luxurious, bespoke journey, can be overwhelming. The devil is in the details, and even the best-laid plans can fall short of delivering the experience you truly desire. This is where a second opinion becomes invaluable. With our Itinerary Review Service, we offer a fresh perspective on your travel plans, identifying opportunities to elevate your itinerary in ways you might not have considered. Our expert team will scrutinise every aspect of your trip, providing insights and suggestions that can transform a good trip into an extraordinary one.
Just as you seek second opinions from doctors, dentists, mechanics, or financial advisors to ensure you're making the best possible decisions, your travel plans deserve the same level of care and expertise. Why settle for anything less when it comes to creating unforgettable travel experiences?
The Itinerary Review Service Is For You If:
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You’ve already planned a trip but want to ensure it’s the best it can be.
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You expect to plan a trip within the next year.
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You value unique, tailored experiences over generic tourist activities.
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You’re tired of the stress and headaches that come with planning a perfect vacation.
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You want to avoid the common pitfalls of travel planning, like overcrowded destinations, subpar accommodations, or missing out on special experiences.
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You desire peace of mind, knowing that every aspect of your journey has been reviewed by experts with years of experience in creating unforgettable travel experiences.
Our Mission: Sharing Our Expertise with Every Traveller
For years, we’ve been dedicated to serving an exclusive clientele, offering bespoke travel planning and insights to those who seek the extraordinary. Now, with our Itinerary Review Service, we’re opening the door to a broader audience. Our mission is to share our deep knowledge and expertise so that more travelers can experience journeys that are personalized, meaningful, and unforgettable.
By joining the waitlist for the Itinerary Review Service, you’ll gain access to a new era of travel planning—one that is accessible, guided by experts, and crafted to elevate your adventures beyond what you ever imagined possible. Don’t miss this chance to be a part of it.
How Do I Join the Waitlist?
Click the button below to be among the first notified when new spots for our Itinerary Review Service become available. Joining the waitlist today ensures you're informed as soon as we release more review opportunities—no commitment, just first dibs on the chance to enhance your travel plans. Whether you're ready to submit your itinerary in days, weeks, or even up to a full year later, we've got you covered. Once you're on the waitlist, watch for a welcome email that will outline your next steps and how to proceed when you're ready to transform your travel experience.
Time Is Your Greatest Asset. Make The Most Of It Now.
Take advantage of this offer and join the waitlist while you can… your departure date is getting closer every day. Plus, our expert team, who will be hand-reviewing your itinerary, can only take on a limited number of clients at a time. Our senior management reviews each report personally so you can be assured of a perfectly-tailored-to-you result. As such, spots tend to fill up quickly.
Remember, you have a full year from the date of purchase to redeem your Itinerary Review, so even if your travel plans change, you're covered.
Looking To Plan The Perfect Trip For A Boss Or Client?
If you're a personal assistant, executive assistant, or travel professional tasked with planning the perfect journey for your boss or client, our Itinerary Review Service is also designed with you in mind. We understand the pressure of ensuring every detail is flawless and the importance of creating an experience that exceeds expectations.
The Itinerary Review Service provides you with a second opinion from the industry's leading travel designers, who specialise in designing creative, impactful, and memorable travel. Whether you're seeking validation of your current plans or looking for new ideas to elevate the experience, we're here to support you. Many PAs, EAs, and travel professionals have already benefited from our insights, making their bosses and clients' trips truly exceptional.
Let us help you ensure that every journey you plan is not just good, but extraordinary. With our expert guidance, you can confidently deliver travel experiences that exceed expectations, knowing you've consulted with the best in the industry.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The Itinerary Review Service is a bespoke service that will give you an impartial expert second opinion on a trip you're planning or are about to ask another travel agent to book for you. We offer this service for trips ranging from 1 to 20 days, ensuring that your trip is impactful and memorable. In the process we teach you the secrets of experience design and how to elevate your travel to new heights.
The Itinerary Review Service is offered for sale once or perhaps twice a year to a exclusive waitlist for a limited period only.
The Itinerary Review Service is perfect for you if you value your and your family's time and care about how you spend it. If consider and value second opinions in other important areas of life. If you're a P.A, E.A or working on your employer's personal or professional travel in a Family Office you're certain to benefit from this service.
This service will deliver most benefit to you, your party or your corporate retreat if you're planning to invest over £70,000 on your project and if you see the value of involving the world's most creative and insightful travel experience designers in your work.
Once you've bought the service you have one year to use it on the trip of your choice.
The process simple. Upload the itinerary you'd like to be reviewed and answer a few important questions.
If needed, we may call you for clarification either your answers to our questions or perhaps the itinerary you uploaded. Then, within two working days, we send you with a comprehensive report reviewing all aspects of your trip.
Your 20 + page bespoke report will be based on the itinerary you upload and your answers to our key questions.
Our travel experience design team will begin your itinerary review process with a brainstorm and ideation session to unlock new ideas, memorable stories, impactful possibilities for you. They'll run through a detailed 300-point checklist that considers your trip story, logistics, accommodation, dining, activities, guides and specific needs. They'll go into day-by-day detail and give you practical concrete advice on how to elevate your plans and make them utterly memorable. To go further on your behalf, they might involve in-country experts, friends, notable journalists, guides or academics. They'll call people who know people who know really interesting people who can add insights and value to your itinerary.
Risk mitigation, regenerative and sustainable travel are important subjects they'll cover. In the pages of the report, you'll discover the secrets of our unique experience design process, how to benefit from the AAA approach to travel design and how to plan all your travel more effectively.
And lastly, for those who like the short story they'll provide an Executive Summary and a summary of our Key Observations.
Well, they've been designing travel experiences for the world's most interesting and demanding clients for years. Our team is composed of experts, thinkers and over-thinkers. They think big, never take things at face value and never ever settle.
They're creative, playful types who've travelled a lot and who've studied the fine art and science of luxury travel design.
Experienced in dealing with logistically complex trips, they know huge amounts about the places you'll want to travel in and involve others who can take your travel to new heights. They're interesting and generous types who will probably teach you more about travel and how to get more from your precious time travelling than you ever thought possible.
Some are a little crazy, some are misfits and, yes Steve, most see things differently. They believe that luxury travel can be way better and they are changing the world of travel one Itinerary Review Service at a time.
We recommend using this service as soon as your initial itinerary is drafted. This ensures that you have ample time to apply any recommendations we make. Getting an early start will also mean that you'll get all the benefits of the Anticipation phase of travel that we'll tell you something about in your report.
The questions help us understand your brief, goals, objectives, and requirements, allowing us to provide the most specific and bespoke advice.
For the fee of just £997 (inc vat), we'll review your itinerary for a trip lasting up to 10 full days. For a journey lasting from 11-20 days, your fee is £1997. More specialist experiences, remote exploration, sabbaticals, round the world trips etc. will benefit from bespoke pricing so please get in touch to tell us more.
If your trip is longer than 20 days great! Get in touch to tell us more and give you a bespoke quote.
Well maybe. It depends on the value you place on your family's travel time and getting the best outcomes from whatever investment you make. Most clients who have used the Itinerary Review Service have been about to invest in excess of £70,000 on their travel.
Of course. We're a reasonable bunch. Should your responses to the questions we ask be insufficiently detailed or if your itinerary is too rudimentary, it may limit our ability to deliver a comprehensive, helpful review service. If we feel we're not going to be able to add substantial value to any project submitted we will refund you in full. Also, please note that at present we do not offer this service to other travel professionals.
Not really. The Itinerary Review Service is not a comparison service. Indeed, its purpose is to give you input and insight. It elevates and adds-value to what you already have. However, if you really wanted to compare two itineraries then you could buy an Itinerary Review Service for each and we'd include an additional comparative review section to your final report.
Absolutely The service is suitable for individual travellers, couples, families, and corporate parties. Your recommendations will be specific to the dynamics of your travel party for an utterly bespoke and memorable experience.
The personalized nature of the service means that refunds are offered once the review process has commenced.
No. Your itinerary and brief are reviewed by real humans spending real time and involving other real people around the world. In addition to this, we will apply Brown + Hudson proprietary frameworks, tools and where relevant technology, including different AI tools, to give you the best outcomes.
A 300-point detailed checklist, review by country specialist, creative brainstorm, team review and involvement of in-country experts, We might contact people who know people who know people to suggest novel ideas you might not have considered. We will invest time researching, checking, double checking and drafting your bespoke report. We GUARANTEE that when you receive your report you'll get at least 5 times what you paid back in value from us.
Your report will consist of suggestions, questions to consider, and insights based on our years of experience, science and research. It covers logistics, accommodation, activities, and deliberate experience design, tailored to your unique preferences and requirements.
We can, however most clients prefer us to devote more time to areas we can add more value to. For matters relating to loyalty points and flight routing we'd suggest a travel agent focused on that sort of work.
Yes. Our expertise in handling complex arrangements of the highest standards ensures a thorough evaluation of your yacht and jet charter arrangements.
Yes. We specialize in customizing and enhancing luxury travel experiences. Please detail any special requests in the section provided for this purpose.
Whilst the focus of the service is about adding value, through our relationships with hotels and partners around the world we save our clients money every time they travel with us.
Great work takes time so after reviewing your requirements, your investment level and the time available before your trip we may be able to help you.
We are happy to provide further clarification on your report. Please send us an email we will reply post haste.
The service includes one comprehensive review based on your initial submission, your answers to our questions and occasionally a follow-up call. Any revisions once we have sent you your report may be subject to additional fees.
No. We will take the time to follow up with you if anything you submit is unclear to give us the best chance of adding value to your trip. However, our team will have committed time and expertise to your project, so all sales are final.
As you can imagine, we take your data security seriously. Your personal information and travel details are handled with the utmost confidentiality and in compliance with GDPR, the ICO guidelines and all other relevant data protection legislation.