The Story
Think of me as your own field guide.
I’m Lo. I plan trips with room to slow down and actually be there, from a ridge walk in the Scottish Highlands to the street art in Valparaíso or a quiet week on a Greek island.
I’ve always been a planner. I love figuring out how all the pieces of a good trip fit together. Where to stay, when to go, what’s worth the detour, and where to leave room for something you couldn’t have planned.
I’ve spent my career designing experiences around people.
For 13 years I’ve worked in recruiting, People and Learning, and enablement, building programs, workshops and offsites for global teams.
Recruiting. Digging through a mountain of information to answer one question: what makes sense for this particular person?
Hiring events abroad. Hosting events and talks around the world, and learning the local customs before every stop. I still prep every trip that way.
Learning design. Building an experience around the outcome you want, then coordinating every moving piece so it works on the day.
Eventually I realized I plan travel the exact same way. I start with the people. Are you on the trail by 7am, or finding the best coffee in town and seeing where the morning goes?
The messy details handled, with room to wander.
My trips have covered a lot of ground.
Dolomites, Italy Alta Via 1, ten days hut to hut
Svaneti, Georgia Medieval villages, one guesthouse at a time
Vienna, Austria Klimt, Schiele and glühwein
Atacama, Chile Where NASA rehearsed for Mars
That’s four of 32 countries so far, along with the Isle of Skye, New Zealand’s South Island, yoga in Sri Lanka and skiing in the French Alps. On Alta Via 1 I booked every hut for myself and two friends, which is how I learned exactly how early the good ones fill up. So when I suggest a hike or a night out someone local swore by, I usually know what it’s actually like.
Planning the Pacific Northwest? Start with oysters at Hama Hama. New York? Five years in Brooklyn means I have a list.
I love a good puzzle.
On a trip, that means noticing the details you wouldn’t think to ask about and making sure the pieces connect, so it feels like one trip instead of a stack of reservations. I notice when a hotel is beautiful but has no soul, or has the right location and the wrong vibe, or is worth paying more for because it changes the whole trip.
Whether it’s dinner in a hut after a long day on the trail, a lunch that runs into the evening, or an offsite your team looks forward to, I’m planning for the parts no postcard can hold.
Your turn to send one.
Have a trip in mind? Tell me about it.