Asia
Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, or a multi-stop loop. Order set by the flight map and the seasons.
Best routes + luxury stays, fully planned. I plan the order, the hotels and the connections for multi-country trips — in English or Spanish. You book on your own card and keep every point, mile and night of status.
30+ years of travel · 40+ countries · MBA · English & Español
You pay on your own card and keep every point, mile and night of status. When I book your hotels through my luxury partner network, you also get extras like daily breakfast, hotel credits and upgrade priority, usually at the same rate as booking direct. Hotels pay me a commission on those bookings, at no extra cost to you. My planning fee is separate, so my recommendations are always about your route.
Our Travel Partnerships
Bella-Ruta is affiliated with Fora Travel, a luxury travel agency network and Virtuoso member.
Through our partnership with Fora, we can offer access to a network of preferred hotels and additional benefits that make your stay even more rewarding. Depending on the property and availability, eligible bookings may include:

Nobody remembers the day they spent changing trains. They remember the morning they woke up somewhere new with nothing they had to catch.
You've got two weeks and a list of nine places. I'll tell you which four fit, what order to see them in, how you get between them, and where to stay in each one.
The work
The order of your cities, the nights in each one, the transport for every leg, and the neighborhood to sleep in — with the reasoning written beside each decision, so you can disagree with any of it. Then you book it yourself, on your own card.
City order and nights in each stop, with the reasoning beside every call
Written in English or Spanish
Transport for every leg and where to stay in each city
You book it, so the miles, points and status stay yours
Who this is for
Route shapes
Every route is planned for your dates and your departure airport. These are the shapes people ask for most:
Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, or a multi-stop loop. Order set by the flight map and the seasons.
Enter one city, exit another. Rail between, where rail wins.
One country deep, or a southern Africa loop. The order is set by the flight map.
One base, day trips out, one unpack instead of four.
Two countries, one open-jaw flight, no backtracking.
Three cities in 10 days, each one worth the move.
Order set by the flight map, not by distance on paper.
The process
Here's how it goes from your list to a route you can book.
Your dates or how many days, the airport you're flying from, everywhere you're considering including the maybes, and anything that can't move.
In writing, before you pay anything. Sometimes the answer is "that's a 16-day trip and you have 10." Better to hear it now.
50% to start. Order, nights, transport for every leg, where to stay in each city, and the reasoning beside each decision.
Two rounds of revisions included. Final 50% on delivery. You book it yourself, wherever you like.
No calls required. You'll never be asked to book a consultation to get an answer.
What you get
Four things, written for your trip and nobody else's.
Which cities, in what order, how many nights in each, where you land and where you fly home from. With the reasoning written next to every decision, so you can disagree.
The transport for every leg, which mode and why, and roughly how long door to door. Researched for your route, not copied from a guide.
The right neighborhood in each city and why it's right for your route — walkable to the station you leave from, the correct side of town for an early start. Plus two or three places to stay at different price points.
The honest part. What doesn't fit in your days, why, and what to do with it instead.
You choose how to book. Book everything yourself, or let me book your hotels through my luxury partner network. Either way, every night goes on your own card and into your own loyalty account, so the miles, the points and the elite credit stay yours. You get the route. You keep the rewards.

Why order matters
Get it right and the days connect: you arrive when the city is awake, you leave from the station you can walk to, and the long leg lands where you wanted a slow morning anyway.
Bella-Ruta is affiliated with Fora Travel.
Pricing
Same prices on every page. No surprises.
Route Check
$175
Any trip · any number of countries
Any trip, any number of countries. You send your list and dates; I send back the order, the night split, and an honest note on what doesn't fit.
Credited in full toward full planning within 90 days.
Single-Country
$750
1 country · up to 10 days · up to 4 travelers
City order, nights, transport for every leg, and hand-picked hotels in each stop.
Signature Journey
$1,350
2–3 countries · 8–14 days · up to 4 travelers
Full route, transport, hotel recommendations at two price points, and the reasoning beside every decision.
Includes one 30-minute call.
Grand Journey
From $2,500
4+ countries · 15+ days · or 5+ travelers
Full route, leg by leg, with two planning calls and pre-departure check-in.
Add-ons: +$100 per extra traveler · +$250 per extra country · +25% rush (departure within 30 days) · $125/hr for revisions beyond the 2 included.
You pay on your own card and keep every point, mile and night of status. When I book your hotels through my luxury partner network, you also get extras like daily breakfast, hotel credits and upgrade priority, usually at the same rate as booking direct. Hotels pay me a commission on those bookings, at no extra cost to you. My planning fee is separate, so my recommendations are always about your route.
Your next route
Your dates, the airport you're flying from, and every place you're considering — maybes included. You get an honest read in writing.
Prefer email? Write to info@bella-ruta.com
The real route, the planning lessons and the mistakes to avoid on our Türkiye, Egypt and South Africa trip.