Explore the Packages

Founding client rate: 25% off through September 30.

Twelve Tine Travel opened this spring. Founding clients booking Vanguard or Voyager before September 30 receive 25% off, in exchange for a testimonial and permission to publish the finished itinerary as a sample.

Scout

$150

You've already planned the trip. I pressure-test the itinerary you've built, flag sub-optimal logistics or what's going to cost you time, and brief you on the ground truth for one city on your route.

Vanguard

$650 Up to 12 days. Longer trips quoted individually.

A day-by-day itinerary built around how you actually travel, the practical essentials sorted before you leave, and a clear read on the risks worth knowing about the country you're headed to.

Voyager

$1,250 Up to 12 days. Longer trips quoted individually.

Everything in Vanguard, plus the intelligence workup: every city on your route and every block you'll sleep on, researched and sourced.

Sample itinerary: Oman

Swipe through these screenshots of a sample itinerary, with one day in Muscat, the capital.

Itineraries can include various levels of intelligence and risk assessment at the country, city, and neighborhood levels, depending on the package. Plus the parts that make a trip work: timed days, real driving times, where to eat, what to wear, how to be a guest rather than a tourist.

Shown here: elements from the Voyager package
Cover page of the Oman sample itinerary
Cover
Health and weather risk assessment page
Health and weather risks
Safety and security risk assessment
Safety and security risks
Neighborhood intelligence briefing for a Muscat lodging location
Neighborhood briefing
Packing guidance page
Packing guidance

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Read the full sample itinerary (PDF)

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Let me build the trip

You've got the destination, maybe even the dates. What you need is someone to take the endless options, the conflicting reviews, and the best-of lists that all say the same thing, and turn them into a clear plan that fits how you actually travel. Vanguard is that plan. Voyager is that plan plus a full intelligence workup on every city you visit and every neighborhood you stay in.

Vanguard includes

$650  ·  up to 12 days, longer trips quoted individually

  • Personalized PDF itinerary
  • Entry requirements
  • Packing guidance
  • Curated activities, lodging, and dining suggestions
  • Routing and transportation guidance
  • Currency guidance
  • Cell service and connectivity guidance
  • Country risk snapshot: the top risks you're likeliest to encounter
  • Follow-up call to review your itinerary and answer any questions

Voyager also includes

$1,250  ·  everything in Vanguard, plus the intelligence layer  ·  up to 12 days, longer trips quoted individually

  • Neighborhood intelligence briefing for every lodging location*
  • City-level risk assessment for each city on your itinerary: safety and security, plus the scams that actually run there
  • Full country risk assessment: safety and security, health, and weather
  • Local customs and cultural etiquette briefing
  • Crowd and timing optimization on activities, so you're there when it's least crowded

*Scope of briefings dependent on available information

Already planned your trip?

You know where you're going. Maybe you've already booked. What you don't have is someone who can tell you what the ground actually looks like: which neighborhoods to avoid, the risks you're likeliest to encounter, what locals expect, the scams worth knowing about, and the practical logistics nobody puts in a brochure. Send me the itinerary you've built and I'll pressure-test it, then research and compile an intelligence briefing for your destination.

Scout includes

$150  ·  for trips you've already planned

  • Feedback on your existing itinerary: pacing, routing, red flags
  • An intelligence briefing covering:
    • Top risk encounters for your destination country
    • Risk assessment for one city of your choice: safety and security, plus the scams that actually run there
    • A follow-up call to answer any questions

Rather buy one off the shelf?

Fully researched itineraries, ready to download and travel with. No call, no waiting, no back and forth. The same research that goes into a custom trip, already done for a route worth taking.