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Plan your Japan or Mexico trip with Sequoia

Plan your Japan or Mexico trip with Sequoia

Sequoia is a conscious travel consultant and lifelong traveler who grew up between the U.S. and Japan, knows Mexico intimately, and blends culinary curiosity with slow, soulful travel everywhere she goes.

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Plan your Tanzania safari or customized journey with Amanda

Plan your Tanzania safari or customized journey with Amanda

Amanda grew up at the foot of Kilimanjaro, where the Marangu trail passes her grandfather's house and the national park gate was a 15-minute drive from home. Together with her sister, she co-found Tanzania's locally owned, women-led safari company, and loves sharing Tanzania’s culture, food, wildlife, and warmth.

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Plan your New England or Wildlife trip with Jess

Plan your New England or Wildlife trip with Jess

Jess is a New York–based travel journalist and wildlife specialist who has explored nearly 70 countries across all seven continents, covering everything from New England road trips to dolphins in the Amazon.

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Plan your Lisbon & Azores trip with Sandra

Plan your Lisbon & Azores trip with Sandra

Sandra is a Portuguese travel and fiction writer. Originally from the Azores, and based in Lisbon since 1997, she's the author of several Portugal guidebooks and loves helping others uncover the best local music, independent art, and cinema.

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Plan your Spain trip with Kristin

Plan your Spain trip with Kristin

Kristin is a language and social-studies teacher at international schools. She eventually settled down in Madrid, after having lived in 6 different countries. She spends her free time exploring all of Spain’s various regions—often with a bubble tea in hand.

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Plan your Greece trip with Joanna

Plan your Greece trip with Joanna

Plan your dream Greece trip with Joanna, a travel writer and actress who splits her time between Athens and Brooklyn. Raised in Greece, she returns frequently for work, including writing 2023’s “Best of Greece” for Moon Travel Guides, and knows all the secret spots locals go.

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Plan your trip with Arabella

Plan your trip with Arabella

Arabella is a former travel editor who’s traveled to over 100 countries, 22 of them solo. She’s always tracking the latest openings in global art hubs from New York to Venice and can also get help you maximize a weekend in Charleston, Santa Fe, and much more.

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Plan your Middle East trip with Ashley

Plan your Middle East trip with Ashley

Ashley has lived around the Middle East for years and traveled to 10 countries in the region, all of them solo. She specializes in seeking out the best local food, coffee, and nature, and is currently writing a cookbook alongside Iraqi women while advising tech startups in the region.

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