Explore the Packages
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 One destination country up to 12 days. Longer or multi-country 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 One destination country up to 12 days. Longer or multi-country trips quoted individually.
Everything in Vanguard, plus a cultural etiquette overview, optimal times for your activities, and the intelligence workup: the country level, every city on your route and each neighborhood you'll sleep in.
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
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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 the full intelligence layer: complete country, city, and neighborhood briefings, local customs, and timing built to avoid the crowds.
Vanguard includes
$650 · One destination country up to 12 days, longer or multi-country trips quoted individually
- Personalized PDF itinerary
- Country Risk Snapshot: the safety, health, and weather risks most likely to affect your trip
- Departure Brief a few days before you leave, with updated weather, security, and travel conditions
- Curated activities, lodging, and dining suggestions
- Routing and transportation guidance
- Entry requirements
- Packing guidance
- Currency guidance
- Cell service and connectivity guidance
Voyager also includes
$1,250 · Everything in Vanguard, plus the intelligence layer · One destination country up to 12 days, longer or multi-country trips quoted individually
- Full Country Risk Assessment: safety and security, health, and weather
- City-level risk assessment for each city on your itinerary: safety and security, plus the scams that actually run there
- Neighborhood intelligence snapshot for every lodging location*
- 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
Ten percent goes out
Five percent of the fee from every package goes to Paws Animal Wildlife Sanctuary in South Carolina, which rescues and rehabilitates injured wildlife. Five percent goes to Advocacy Global, which helps vulnerable women and children in South Asia. It comes off the top, not out of your budget, and the price you see is the price either way.
Genesis 1:25 calls the animals “good” before there is anyone around to find them useful. That settles whether they are worth taking care of. James 1:27 measures real faith by care for orphans and widows in their distress.
Donations sent quarterly.