Field notes, mostly.

Ireland · Scout trip

Why we keep sending people to Kinsale.

Liz · March 2026 · 8 min read

We just got back from our annual Ireland week. There's a small town on the south coast we've now sent sixteen couples to — not because it's got a big attraction, but because it has the right feeling for the kind of trip we try to build.

Good walking. Four honest restaurants. A harbor you can sit at with a pint and watch fishing boats come in. The kind of place where you'd miss the last day if you had to leave early. Here's why it keeps working...

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Cruises · Recommendation

Our short list for people who said they'd never cruise.

Mark · February 2026 · 6 min read

The cruise skeptics usually have one of three objections — and all three have a better answer than the industry gives them. Here's the list I pull up when someone says "I'd never." (Spoiler: they usually cruise with us twice.)

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Japan · Client letter

The Ortegas' 14-day southern Japan rail loop.

Jess · January 2026 · 11 min read

With the Ortegas' permission, we're sharing their itinerary and their notes from three weeks in southern Japan — Kyoto, Naoshima, Matsuyama, Kagoshima. The rail routing is the magic trick.

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