Two travelers walking along a sunlit station platform with a suitcase
Bella-Ruta · Multi-country route planning

You've got two weeks and a list of nine places.

I'll tell you which four fit, what order to see them in, how you get between them, and where to stay in each one.

I've lost days to bad routing myself. That's why I do this.

City order · Night splits · Transport between · Where to stay · Your miles stay yours

No commission from anyone — so the hotel I recommend is the one that's right for your route, not the one that pays me. And because you book it yourself, every mile, point and night of status stays yours.

Hands holding a warm cup at a train window as the countryside passes
Nobody remembers the day they spent changing trains. They remember the morning they woke up somewhere new with nothing they had to catch.

The work

What you'll have before you book

The order of your cities, the nights in each one, the transport for every leg, and the neighborhood to sleep in — with the reasoning written beside each decision, so you can disagree with any of it. Then you book it yourself, on your own card.

  • City order and nights in each stop, with the reasoning beside every call

  • Written in English or Spanish

  • Transport for every leg and where to stay in each city

  • You book it, so the miles, points and status stay yours

Who this is for

Who this is for

If your list has more places on it than your calendar has days, that's the problem I solve.
Couples, families, friends traveling together, people fitting it into annual leave, and people who finally have all the time in the world. The routing question is the same for everyone: what order, how long, and what has to go.
Available in English and Spanish.

Route shapes

Example route shapes

Every route is planned for your dates and your departure airport. These are the shapes people ask for most:

Asia

Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, or a multi-stop loop. Order set by the flight map and the seasons.

Europe

Enter one city, exit another. Rail between, where rail wins.

Africa

One country deep, or a southern Africa loop. The order is set by the flight map.

Florida winter route

One base, day trips out, one unpack instead of four.

Mexico + Caribbean

Two countries, one open-jaw flight, no backtracking.

U.S. cities

Three cities in 10 days, each one worth the move.

Latin America

Order set by the flight map, not by distance on paper.

The process

Four steps, all in writing

Here's how it goes from your list to a route you can book.

  1. 01

    Tell me about the trip

    Your dates or how many days, the airport you're flying from, everywhere you're considering including the maybes, and anything that can't move.

  2. 02

    I'll tell you what actually fits

    In writing, before you pay anything. Sometimes the answer is "that's a 16-day trip and you have 10." Better to hear it now.

  3. 03

    I build the route

    50% to start. Order, nights, transport for every leg, where to stay in each city, and the reasoning beside each decision.

  4. 04

    You push back

    Two rounds of revisions included. Final 50% on delivery. You book it yourself, wherever you like.

No calls required. You'll never be asked to book a consultation to get an answer.

What you get

What you get

Four things, written for your trip and nobody else's.

The route

Which cities, in what order, how many nights in each, where you land and where you fly home from. With the reasoning written next to every decision, so you can disagree.

How you get between them

The transport for every leg, which mode and why, and roughly how long door to door. Researched for your route, not copied from a guide.

Where to stay

The right neighborhood in each city and why it's right for your route — walkable to the station you leave from, the correct side of town for an early start. Plus two or three places to stay at different price points.

What I'd cut

The honest part. What doesn't fit in your days, why, and what to do with it instead.

You book it. You keep the miles.

I don't book anything on your behalf, and that's deliberate. Every flight and every night goes on your own card, in your own loyalty account — so the miles, the points and the elite credit stay yours. Book through a third party and you can lose all three. You get the route. You keep the rewards.

Friends sharing breakfast at a sunny cafe table on a morning street

Why order matters

The order decides how the trip feels

Get it right and the days connect: you arrive when the city is awake, you leave from the station you can walk to, and the long leg lands where you wanted a slow morning anyway.

  • 30+ years of travel behind every route
  • Planning and documents in English and Spanish
  • Order and night splits first, sightseeing lists second
  • You book everything on your own card, so the rewards stay yours

Pricing

One price list

The same prices as the Private Planning page. Nothing different here.

Route Check

$95

Any trip · any number of countries

Any trip, any number of countries. You send your list and your dates. I send back the order, the night split, and an honest note on what doesn't fit. One page, no call.

Credited in full against any full itinerary within 90 days.

Single-Country

$350

1 country · up to 7 days · up to 4 travelers

One country. City order, nights in each stop, transport for every leg, and the neighborhood to sleep in.

Most popular

Signature Route

$550

2–3 countries · 8–14 days · up to 4 travelers

Two or three countries. Order, night split, transport, where to stay, and the reasoning written beside each decision.

Optional 30-minute call: +$125

Grand Journey

From $950

4+ countries · 15+ days · or 5+ travelers

Four or more countries, 15+ days, or 5+ travelers. The full route, leg by leg, city by city.

Includes one 30-minute planning call.

Add-ons: +$75 per extra traveler · +$125 per extra country · +25% rush (within 30 days) · $85/hr for revisions beyond the 2 included.

I'm paid by you and nobody else. No commission from any airline, hotel, rail operator or tour company — which is why I can tell you when the answer is the cheap train. You book everything on your own card, so the miles and the status stay yours.

Your next route

Send me your list and I'll tell you what fits.

Your dates, the airport you're flying from, and every place you're considering — maybes included. You get an honest read in writing.