Meet your itinerary designer
I'm Jon, founder of Twelve Tine Travel, and I build travel experiences for people who want more than a checklist. They want a story.
I know what the alternative looks like. I've taken the trips where I followed the top-ten results, moved between the same landmarks everyone photographs, and came home thinking it was fine. And I've taken the ones where I controlled every variable — where we went, when, why, and how — and came home knowing I'd just experienced something I'll carry for years.
The difference isn't luck. It's research.
That's what my background in defense and foreign policy analysis actually gives you: someone who's spent years studying countries, cultures, and risk, now pointed entirely at your trip.
Twelve Tine Travel exists because great travel planning is hard and time-consuming. I do it so you don't have to, so that when you arrive, you feel less like a tourist figuring it out and more like someone who belongs there.
I look forward to planning yours.
Book a free discovery callJon and Amanda — Isle of Skye, 2025
The Twelve Tine Standard
In the wild glens of Scotland, a Royal stag is defined by its crown: antlers bearing twelve distinct tines, each one marking maturity, strength, and a life navigated through unforgiving terrain. Twelve tines is the gold standard of the Highlands. To encounter a Royal in the wild is not something you plan for. It's something you earn through patience, preparation, and knowing where to look.
Most travelers follow the well-worn path and come home with the same stories everyone else tells. But when the research is deep and the plan is truly tailored, a traveler stumbles into something that can't be manufactured or found on any list. A moment that belongs entirely to them.
That's what I'm building toward. Every itinerary. Every trip. Every tine.