The Details Are Handled.
The Adventure Is Yours.
After 17 years at Qantas Airways, I now plan bespoke trips, specializing in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Southeast Asia, and global ocean and river cruising.
An Insider in Your Corner
I plan flights, hotels, cruises, transfers and experiences, drawing on industry experience and firsthand travel knowledge.
WorldVia Travel Network Affiliate.
Based in the United States. Australian-born and raised.
Industry Experience That Counts
My experience at Qantas taught me how to assess the details that shape a trip: flight routing, connection times, cabin choices, operational risks and where an upgrade is worth considering.
Nothing
Overlooked
The details are often what make the biggest difference once you are traveling. I think through the cabin position, transfer timing, connection time and the smaller decisions that can make the journey run more smoothly.
Complex Trips
Made Simple
International cruises, multi-destination itineraries, visas, insurance and logistics can quickly become complicated. I bring the moving parts together and give you clear recommendations, so you can make decisions without having to untangle everything yourself.
There When
It Matters
Support doesn’t end when your trip begins. If something goes wrong while you are traveling, you can contact me directly and I’ll help you work through it.
How I Plan Your Journey
One trip. One point of contact.
Flights · Hotels · Cruises · Transfers · Touring · Experiences · Insurance
For many trips, there is no additional advisor fee.
For more complex itineraries or consulting-only requests, a planning fee may apply and will always be discussed with you upfront before any work begins.
STEP 1
Tell Me About Your Trip
You can tell me about your trip through the Plan My Adventure form or book a complimentary consultation. Either way, I start by learning how you like to travel. Your pace, your preferences, what matters most and what you'd rather avoid. The more I know, the better.
No obligation.
Just a conversation.
STEP 2
Shape the Itinerary
I recommend hotels, experiences, routing and timing around your priorities, then refine the plan with your feedback.
You’ll know what to expect before you commit.
STEP 3
Once you're happy with the plan, I take care of the bookings, confirmations and logistics.
Before you leave, I make sure you have what you need, and while you're away I'm available if something comes up. When you return, I'd like to hear how it went.
Bring the Details Together
What I'm handling & what I need from you.
Meet Adam
I grew up in Australia and spent 17 years with Qantas Airways, building a career that took me from frontline travel sales into senior leadership.
I plan Australia trips for American travelers →
That experience gave me a deep understanding of how the travel industry works, from airlines and routing to service, operations and the details that can make or break a journey.
Travel has always been personal to me too. I’ve now visited more than 70 countries, from places I return to again and again to destinations that completely changed how I think about travel. I’ve traveled extensively throughout Australia, explored New Zealand through a local lens, climbed Kilimanjaro, cruised across oceans, and spent years learning what makes different destinations and styles of travel worthwhile.
Today, I bring those two sides together: industry experience and firsthand travel knowledge. I help clients make better choices, avoid unnecessary complexity and create trips that feel considered from the very beginning.
The Destinations I Know Best
I specialize in places I know personally, and I make it clear when a recommendation comes through a trusted local partner rather than my own firsthand experience.
Australia
I have traveled extensively across the country, from its major cities and wine regions to remote coastlines, national parks and the outback.
Australia is a place I know deeply, and I use that firsthand experience to help you work out which regions are worth combining, how much time to allow and where the details can make the biggest difference.
Planning from the United States?
See how I plan Australia trips for American travelers →
New Zealand
My partner is a Kiwi, so New Zealand is a country I return to often and experience through a local lens.
I know the regions worth building a trip around, the lodges worth considering and how to balance the places everyone knows with the quieter corners that make a journey feel more personal.
Africa
Kilimanjaro I climbed myself. Seven days on the Rongai route, and it remains one of the most profound travel experiences of my life.
Cape Town I know from the ground. The rest of the continent, the safari camps and the gorilla treks, I plan through operators I trust and hold to the standard I would expect for myself. I make that distinction clear.
Southeast Asia
At the dawn Alms Ceremony in Luang Prabang I knelt by the roadside and placed offerings in the monks' lidded bowls. In Siem Reap I spent a full day exploring Angkor Wat and the temples around it. In Hoi An I took a traditional Vietnamese cooking class.
Thailand and Bali I have traveled too. Entry rules differ by country, and the best order is rarely the obvious one. I plan the sequence around you.
Life on the Water
Cruising has taken me across oceans and into places that are often harder to experience well from land.
The right cruise is not just about the ship. It is about the itinerary, the pace, the cabin, the timing and choosing a line that fits the way you travel.
Ocean Cruising
Coastlines, ports and open ocean. One floating home base. And, you unpack once.
I sailed Celebrity from Singapore to Hong Kong, calling at Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Hoi An and Ha Long Bay. Six lines in all have carried me: Celebrity, Virgin Voyages, Royal Caribbean, Princess, Oceania and Holland America. Silversea I work with but have not sailed. I will always tell you which is which.
Each line offers something different. I help you work out which ship, itinerary and experience fit you best.
I spend much of the year on ships, so my knowledge is current, not last year's.
River Cruising
Smaller ships. Closer to the places you came to see. A completely different pace.
River cruising puts the destination at the center of the journey. You can wake up in the heart of a historic town, alongside vineyards or within easy reach of places that would take far more planning to connect by land.
The Danube, Rhine, Douro, Mekong and Nile each offer a very different experience.
I help you choose the right river, ship and time of year, then bring the rest of the trip around it together.
What My Clients Say
Most of my work comes from repeat clients and referrals.
“We’d talked about Australia for years but kept putting it off because it felt too big and too complicated to plan ourselves.
Adam broke it down into something that made complete sense, and then he just took care of everything.
Western Australia turned out to be one of the most extraordinary places we’ve ever been. We would never have found half of it on our own.”
Rod & Sandra
Fredericton, NB
First trip to Australia
“Africa had been on our bucket list for over a decade. We wanted to do it properly and only once, so we needed to get it right.
Adam designed a trip that combined a private safari to watch the Great Migration with five days in Cape Town.
Every single detail was handled. What struck us most was that his recommendations were genuinely personal. He clearly knew these places, not just from a catalogue.”
David & Geoff
Oakland, CA
Safari + Cape Town
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