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    • Ireland: Dublin & Galway
    • Portugal: Lisbon & Porto
    • Spain: Madrid & Andalucia
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Custom Trip Planning

Three ways to work with us, built around how much help you actually want.

Build the whole itinerary with us, get a second opinion on a trip you drafted with AI, or bring us along to run it in person. Every option starts with a $50 consultation call. 

Ready to start?

Book a $50 consultation and we'll figure out which option fits your trip. 

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Three Ways to Plan

Custom Itinerary Planning

Custom Itinerary Planning

Custom Itinerary Planning

You tell us where you want to go and what you care about. We build the day-by-day plan: where to stay, how to move between cities, what to eat, what to skip. You book everything yourself and go. 

AI Itinerary Review

Custom Itinerary Planning

Custom Itinerary Planning

Build a draft with AI, then send it our way. We'll tell you what's realistic for the time you have, what to cut, what to add, and what the AI got wrong because it's never actually stood in that city. 

Hosted Custom Trip

Custom Itinerary Planning

Hosted Custom Trip

We plan it, then we come with you. The same personal attention we're bringing to a wedding trip to Norway this year: we run the logistics on the ground and you get to just be there. 

Why Travelers Trust Europe With Friends

Award-Winning Local Experience

Personally Explored Destinations

Personally Explored Destinations

Our food tours in NYC and St. Augustine have earned us 3 spots in TripAdvisor's top 25 Food & Drink experiences in the USA.

Personally Explored Destinations

Personally Explored Destinations

Personally Explored Destinations

Every recommendation comes with years of experience. We've walked the cobblestone streets of Kraków, sipped vinho verde in Porto, and discovered hidden pubs in Prague. 

Small Group Travel Specialists

Personally Explored Destinations

Small Group Travel Specialists

We run small group trips to Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, each built around food, history, and pace, not a checklist of stops. 

Focused European Expertise

Personally Explored Destinations

Small Group Travel Specialists

From Iceland's dramatic landscapes to Slovenia's hidden gems, we focus only on Europe and the destinations we know best. 

Here's Exactly How We Help (And What We Don't Handle)

✅ What We Do

❌ What We Don't

❌ What We Don't

  • Design custom itineraries tailored to your interests 
  • Recommend trusted accommodations and transportation 
  • Help optimize routes and timing 
  • Give honest, independent advice based on experience
  • Review AI-built itineraries and tell you what's realistic   

❌ What We Don't

❌ What We Don't

❌ What We Don't

  • Book flights, hotels, or tours for you 
  • Take commissions from travel providers 
  • Act as a licensed travel agent 
  • Handle booking changes, cancellations, or refunds 
  • Provide 24/7 travel emergency support 

One exception

On a hosted trip, we can book and run the logistics directly and invoice for that work separately, the same hands-on approach we're bringing to a wedding trip to Norway this year. 

A Few Ideas to Start From

Trace Your Roots

Trace Your Roots

Trace Your Roots

A trip built around where your family came from 

  • We research the actual town or region, not just the country
  • Local guides where it helps, translation support if you need it
  • Built around your family's story, not a generic heritage tour

Best for: Anyone with a place their family called home before it was just a name on a form

Chase the Season

Trace Your Roots

Trace Your Roots

Time a trip around one specific moment, like tulip season in the Netherlands 

  • We time your dates to the actual peak, not just "spring"
  • Build the rest of the trip around that one thing
  • Skip the parts of the season that draw the biggest crowds

Best for: Weekend trips, confident travelers 

Skip the Crowds

Trace Your Roots

Skip the Crowds

Three second cities instead of three capitals 

  • We pick cities with the culture, minus the lines
  • Same food, history, and architecture, fewer tour buses
  • Real neighborhoods instead of just the highlight reel

Best for: Travelers who've already done the big cities, or never wanted to

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