Working with Alp
Two ways to work with us. A hotel booking — perks attached, no fee. Or a trip designed from scratch — every component handled, one clear retainer at the start.
The quick route
You have a hotel in mind — or a shortlist. Send us the details. We check availability, attach whatever Virtuoso, Marriott STARS, Hyatt Privé or Fora Reserve benefits apply, and send a quote with every perk listed. Confirm and we book it. No fee. We earn commission from the property; your rate matches or beats what you would find direct.
Request a hotel →The full service
For trips built from scratch — multi-city itineraries, family travel, milestone journeys — we work through six steps. Most trips move from first conversation to confirmed bookings within a week.
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Fill in our planning form — six short questions, about four minutes. Or WhatsApp us directly. Dates, who is coming, what a great trip looks like to you, a rough budget. The more specific you are, the sharper the first draft.
Start the form →02
Before any itinerary work begins, we ask for a design retainer. This confirms your slot, covers research and planning time, and applies as a full credit when hotel bookings clear the threshold below.
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Within two to four days: a complete itinerary. Hotels we would stay in ourselves, pacing that makes sense, a route that uses your time well. Not a template — built around your specific trip. Flights, transfers and experiences included where relevant.
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One or two rounds of feedback. Swap a hotel, adjust the pace, add a private dinner or an early excursion. When the itinerary is right, we move to confirmations.
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Hotels booked with preferred-programme perks applied. Flights on your preferred carriers. Transfers arranged, experiences reserved, visa documentation handled. You receive a single trip brief — every confirmation, arrival note and contact in one document.
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Our number stays on your WhatsApp for the duration. A hotel issue, a missed connection, a restaurant recommendation — we are reachable. When you are back, we would like to hear how it went.
What the retainer covers
The retainer is not a booking fee. It is payment for planning work that happens before any supplier is contacted. When your hotels clear the threshold, it becomes a credit — effectively free for most full-length trips.
Common questions
Not always — and we will not pretend otherwise. On preferred-partner properties we offer rate parity plus benefits you cannot book direct: breakfast, a hotel credit, an upgrade when available. On properties outside our programmes, the rate may be comparable or slightly higher. The difference is what wraps around the booking: the service, the support, the perks structure.
The retainer applies to full trip design — itineraries with multiple components. A single hotel booking or a two-night stay is the quick route: complimentary, commission-based. The retainer is for trips where the planning work is real and substantive.
The retainer covers design work, which is delivered regardless of whether you proceed. It is non-refundable. You keep the itinerary. If you come back months later and want to book from the same document, the credit still applies at that point.
The same way — we handle everything, including connecting rooms, accessible transfers and child configurations. The retainer is higher for larger groups because the work is proportionally more: more visas, more flights, more logistics to coordinate. We have planned trips for families of twelve. The process is the same; we need more lead time.
Tell us about your trip. A few short questions — then we take it from there.
