Somewhere in the last year, the northern lights went from a bucket list item to an obsession. After experiencing them personally in Iceland, we get it!There’s nothing quite like standing in the cold at midnight, watching green light move across the sky like it’s alive. Cameras do not capture this in full! Here’s what most […]

Curiosity got the better of us. With AI trip planning tools everywhere lately, we decided to run a real test: give a popular AI assistant the exact brief a client might give us, a ten day family trip to Italy, five star service, kids in tow, no detail spared, and see what came back.  The […]

You have ten days. Maybe twelve if you’re lucky and going outside of the school year. And somewhere along the way, someone convinced you that the best way to use that time is to see as much as humanly possible: three countries, five hotels, a train, two flights, and a rental car you’ll return with […]

Clients ask us a lot of questions before a big trip: what to pack, whether they need a visa, how early to arrive at the airport. One question comes up more than you’d think: “What credit card do you use?” It’s a fair question. When you’re handing over the planning of a ten day trip […]

When people hear “private guide,” they usually picture someone standing in front of a monument with a little flag, reciting dates. That’s not what we’re talking about. That by industry definition is absolutely a large group tour. A private guide is closer to having a well-connected local friend who happens to know everything, is fluent […]

By Heather Christopher, HC Travel Firm There are moments in history that you either witness or you miss. America turning 250 is one of them. If you have been sitting on the idea of a family trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, this is your sign. Not next year, not “someday.” Right now, while the country is […]