Planning calls are on pause until December 2026
We’re welcoming a new baby this fall, so we’ll be taking some time off consultations to focus on family. Bookings reopen in December, in time for 2027 trip planning. Feel free to explore our free guides and destination guidebooks in the meantime – thanks for understanding!
You bring the “must-sees.” We’ll bring the “how-to.”
Planning a bucket-list trip should be exciting, not exhausting. After 7+ years of professional travel and helping millions of people navigate the globe, we’ve learned exactly how to cut through the noise.
Let’s sit down together and turn your travel inspiration into a stress-free, 5-star itinerary.
Who this is for
When To Book A Call
We designed these 1-on-1 sessions because we know how it feels when…
- It’s your first time visiting a place and you want to do it right.
- You’re too busy to plan and don’t have time to research everything.
- You’re planning a complex multi-city itinerary and feel overwhelmed.
- You don’t know what to see, what to skip or where to stay.
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The ultimate stress-relief for a fellow planner.
“Being a planner myself and trying to book Italy was becoming a very stressful experience until I found “Those Morgans”! From our first email to our online call and extra questions beyond Mark has been such a fantastic help and basically planned out our whole itinerary with everything I told him I wanted to do and was honest about all the dos and don’ts. It felt very personalized and I love having the help I would definitely use them to book my next adventure!”
– Briana L. | Trip Planning Session
– Trip | 2-Week First-Time Italy Tour (Amalfi Coast, Rome, Florence, Venice & Milan)
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HUGE peace of mind… the perfect balance!
“Cannot recommend this highly enough! We made a last minute pivot and decided to take a family trip to Zion and Bryce. I scheduled a consult call with Mark and it resulted in HUGE peace of mind, as well as a professional itinerary. This was the perfect balance of wanting a personalized itinerary and advice without needing a travel agent. We look forward to using this service again for future trips!”
– Shana S. | Trip Planning Session (Verified Google Review)
– Trip | 8-Day American Southwest Trip (Zion, Bryce & Vegas)
travel planning
Our Packages
Quick Consult
$99
For when you have a specific question and just need a straight answer.
30-minute video call
One destination or focused topic (itinerary, transport, regions, etc.)
Honest advice – including what to skip
This one’s for you if you’re already fairly sorted with your plans but want to run them past someone who’s actually been there. Deciding between two itineraries, unsure about one leg of the trip, or just want a gut-check before you start booking – this is exactly that.
Think of it as calling a well-traveled friend, one who will give you a real answer instead of “it depends”.
Book Quick ConsultNote: The Quick Consult doesn’t include a follow-up document. For that, see Trip Planning Session below.
Trip Planning Session
$399
Everything you need to book your trip with total confidence – nothing left to figure out.
60-minute video planning call
Where to go, where to stay, what to see, what to skip
Logistics, pacing, and routing worked out together
Custom itinerary document, delivered within 3 days – hotels, restaurants, routing, day-by-day structure, and direct booking links for everything
Priority email support until your trip – so if something comes up while you’re booking, you’re not on your own
This is where the real value is. After our call, we build a complete, ready-to-use plan around everything we discussed – your travel style, your pace, what matters to you. Not a generic list of tourist highlights or AI-generated nonsense: hotels we’d actually stay in, restaurants worth the line, how to from A to B, and every recommendation linked so booking is just a click.
And because trip prep doesn’t stop when the call ends, you’ve got direct email access to us all the way up to your departure date – for the follow-up questions that come up once you’re actually booking things.
Whether it’s a long weekend or a multi-country trip, this is the closest thing to having a well-connected local friend plan it alongside you.
Book Trip Planning SessionThe itinerary document is a core part of this package, not an add-on. It typically takes us 3-4 hours to put together and is built entirely your trip.
HOW IT WORKS
Follow These Easy Steps
1. Share Your Vision: Book your package and fill out a quick intake form. The more we know about how you travel – your pace, your priorities, your must-haves – the more we can hit the ground running the moment we meet.
2. Your Personal Strategy Call: We meet via video call for a proper dive-deep: where to go, where to stay, how to get around, what’s worth it and what to skip. No question is too small, and nothing is off the table.
3. Your Custom Itinerary, Ready to Book (for Trip Planning Session): We follow up with a detailed, personalized itinerary document built around everything we discussed – complete with direct booking links for hotels, attractions, tours and transport. When you’re ready to confirm your trip, it’s all there. Just click and book.
4. Travel With Total Confidence: You’re not just better informed – you’re fully prepared. Every decision made, every detail considered, nothing left to second-guess.
OUR REVIEWS
What Other Travelers Are Saying
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From travel stress to ‘WOW’ – the easy way to plan a trip to Japan.
“WOW – what a great service! Your helpful tips and advice made our trip so much easier. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.”
– Nancy R. | Trip Planning Session
– Trip | 12-Day Japan Adventure (Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka & Hiroshima)
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The perfect plan for a first-timer’s tour of Central Italy.
“This is amazing! Thank you so much for putting this together! You make it very easy to give a 5-star review.”
– Andrew R. | Quick Consult
– Trip | 2-Week First-Time Italy Tour (Rome, Assisi, Florence & Siena)
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Spot on knowledge… time well spent!
“Our trip to Italy went so smoothly. We took the exact trains you recommended and stayed at the hotels you recommended, which were within 200 yards of our tour locations! We were so centrally located to all the activities and events, and the restaurant recommendations were incredible. Mark’s knowledge of Italy was spot on and getting to know us helped immensely. I recommend this service wholeheartedly, and we will be using you again.”
– Tim & Anita Y. | Trip Planning Session (Verified Google Review)
– Trip | 7 Days Florence & Amalfi Coast
things to know
FAQ’s
It starts with a short intake form when you book – just enough for us to understand your trip, your style, and what you most need help with, so we can make the most of our time together. Then we meet one-on-one via video call.
The session is entirely tailored to you – whether that’s working through a full itinerary from scratch, answering a list of specific questions, sorting out logistics, or simply figuring out where to even begin. You’ll have our complete, undivided attention for the whole call.
For the Trip Planning Session, the call is just the start. Afterwards, we put together a detailed, personalized itinerary document based on everything we covered – specific hotel recommendations, restaurant picks, attraction advice, day by day structure, transport tips, and direct booking links for everything. When you’re ready to book your trip, it’s all there waiting for you.
We can help with planning your trip to:
Amalfi Coast, Rome, Florence, general Italy trips, Paris, London, York (UK), Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, general Japan trips, Seoul, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Siem Reap (Angkor Wat), Acadia, Black Hills, Grand Canyon, New England (in fall), New York City, San Francisco, Sedona, southern Utah (national parks), Washington State (hikes and national parks), Yellowstone, Yosemite and Zion.
If the place you want help with isn’t listed, search our site or head over to our travel destinations page to see if we have any travel guides published, if so, we’ve been there and we can help you.
No, we’re not travel agents, so we don’t offer services to book flights, hotels, day trips or tours on your behalf. We use the knowledge and experiences we gained in the places you want to visit to provide you with the best possible recommendations, but you still have complete control over what and how you book everything.
Life happens! Reschedule requests made 48+ hours before our call are free, no questions asked. Requests made within 48 hours, and no-shows where we don’t hear from you, forfeit the session fee – a new booking requires a new payment. If you’re running late, message us and we’ll wait up to 10 minutes before the session is considered a no-show.
We typically send the itinerary document within 2-3 days of our call. It takes us several hours to put together properly – because we do put it together properly. Every recommendation is considered, every link is checked.
Full package tours with everything booked for you are convenient but very expensive, limited to pre-defined itineraries and shared with other travelers. Using a traditional travel agent to book your trip makes life easy but again it’s very expensive and you leave your trip in their hands.
With us, you pay a fraction of the price to have travel experts (who have actually been to the place you’re visiting) help you perfect a personalized itinerary based on your preferences and budget. You keep full control over booking hotels, tours and experiences based on our recommendations – and you save a small fortune.
Finally, don’t forget to take a look through our collection of affordable premium destination guidebooks and itineraries to see if we’ve published one for the place you want to visit.
Our guidebooks and itineraries are comprehensive pdf’s that you download to your computer and phone. You can use it to plan and navigate during your trip – with helpful bonus extras like maps and links to everything you’ll need.
If you have any questions about the travel planning services we offer, please contact us at:
markandkristen@wherearethosemorgans.com
Or if you’d like to get to know us a bit better before booking a call, be sure to read our story to see how and why we changed lanes from career scientists to travel pros.
Safe travels,
Mark and Kristen