I'm the planner. The dinner reservation was booked before you even packed. The corner table was already requested. Everything is taken care of — you never have to worry or think about a thing. Just be there on time.

I don't overbook the days. Nothing ever feels rushed. I double, triple, quadruple-check the plan. I read the menu twice to make sure there's something we'll both love. I scope the neighborhood so if we finish dinner early or have to wait for a table, there's always somewhere to wander. I have backups to my backups — because plans change, minds change, stomachs change. We get hungry at weird times.

That's how I travel. It's also what I do for a living. As a FORA travel advisor, I bring that same energy to every trip I plan — yours included. The hotels I recommend, the restaurants I book, the timing, the pacing, the details nobody thinks to ask about until they're already there. I've already thought about all of it. Your trip gets the same obsessive planning mine does — because I don't know how to do it any other way.

By the time you're there, all you're doing is enjoying what's in front of you, capturing it, living in it. The only thing left to worry about is looking good — and we take care of that too.