You planned everyone else’s trips. Let me help plan yours.
Hi, I’m Nicky
For more than a decade I planned our family trips and wrote about them on Little Family Adventure. Now my kids are grown, and I plan the kind of travel I write about here: solo weeks abroad, long weekends with girlfriends, cruises and trips that feel like a fresh start.
I’m a licensed travel advisor with Fora Travel, so I can do more than recommend a hotel. I can book it, add the perks that come with booking through an advisor, and be the person you call if something goes sideways.
- Licensed travel advisor, Fora Travel
- USA Today 10Best Family Travel Expert and Readers Choice Award committee member
- Member of SATW, ATTA, OWAA and NATJA
- Cohost of the Untethered & Wanderwise podcast
5
continents
20
countries
39
US states
Trips I love to plan
- Solo getaways: your first trip alone or your tenth, with stays in walkable areas and plans for dining on your own.
- Girlfriend and women’s group trips: one plan, one point of contact, and nobody stuck doing the spreadsheet.
- Cruises: choosing the right line, ship and cabin for how you like to travel.
- Adventure travel: active trips with comfortable places to land at night.
- Trips with your grown kids: a new kind of family trip, now that everyone is an adult.
How it works
- Tell me about your trip. Fill out the form below. Rough ideas are fine.
- We talk. I’ll reply within one business day to set up a call and ask a few more questions.
- I build your plan. Hotels, cruises, tours and transfers matched to your style and budget.
- I book it and stay in your corner. Everything is booked through Fora, and you have me as your contact before and during the trip.
What it costs
Plan and book with me: no planning fee. Hotels, cruise lines and tour companies pay advisors a commission when you book through us, and for most bookings that comes at no added cost to you.
Consult only: if you’d rather book yourself and just want to pick my brain, I offer a 30 minute consult for $75 or a 60 minute consult for $150.
Why book with me
- No planning fee when you book your trip through me.
- Hotel perks through Fora. At many partner hotels, booking through an advisor can add extras like a room upgrade when available or a spa or property credit.
- Access to Fora’s partner network, which includes thousands of hotels and travel providers, such as Virtuoso, Four Seasons, Rosewood and Belmond.
- A fast reply. I answer every inquiry within one business day.
- Planning with a solo traveler’s eye. I think about walkable neighborhoods, where you’ll eat on your own and how you’ll get around before I suggest a hotel.
- Someone in your corner. If a flight cancels or plans change, you contact me instead of sitting on hold.
Plan this trip with me
The more you tell me, the better my first ideas will be. Nothing here commits you to booking.
Questions About Working With a Travel Advisor
For most bookings, no. Travel companies pay me a commission, and there is no planning fee when you book through me.
Choose “Consult only” on the form. A 30 minute consult is $75, and a 60 minute consult is $150.
Yes. Planning solo trips for women is one of my favorite things to do. Start with my guide, How to Travel Alone for the First Time, then tell me where you’re dreaming of going.
Yes. Women’s group trips are one of my focuses. I can keep everyone’s bookings organized so no one person carries the planning.
Please give me at least 30 days for trips in the US and 60 days for international trips. Planning something sooner? Reach out anyway. I take short notice trips case by case.