Tour operator Last Frontiers (01296 653000; lastfrontiers.com) can put together a custom itinerary lasting around nine days from £1,415, excluding flights.
Depending on the destination, a family of five or six would spend tens of thousands of dollars on a custom itinerary from LittleSwans that links travelers to regional tour operators and is based on one of the dozens of trips that Ms. Garnett, an avid traveler, has taken with her own three children over the years.
Real And Vaporware: Today, Inspirock is the only trip planner that can build a custom itinerary spanning entire regions or even multiple countries.
But how much travelers pay should generally correspond to the services provided — say, $100 or so to plan a basic weeklong vacation to $500 or more for a major multiweek group trip with detailed custom itineraries, not including the actual cost of the trip.
"We're working with the Peninsula, and you have to spend a week there," said Donna Foersom, marketing manager for Abercrombie & Kent (800-554-7016; www.abercrombiekent.com), a luxury tour operator that will not be offering Olympic-themed packages, but which can arrange custom itineraries.
At this moment, YourTour only supports custom itineraries and plans for travels to France, but more countries are underway.
The company faces competition from NileGuide, which allows you to create custom itineraries and get local advice for free.
Their passion for their country shows in their smartly planned, precisely executed custom itineraries for destinations all over Turkey the trip they organized for me was among the most fruitful, and enjoyable, I've ever taken.
This was the region Will Jones and his Journeys by Design zeroed in on when charged with developing an itinerary for overlooked Kenya. Jones moved to Africa as an infant, founded Ethiopias first community-managed nature preserve, and calls upon old friends and business colleagues to craft custom itineraries for his clients.
The NYC-based business was started by Mike LaGrotta and Sarah Belaidi, who build custom itineraries, book flights, and arrange accommodations for their raver clientele (which also includes DJs and members of the music industry), even offering services like private chefs and DJ equipment rentals.
The package includes airfare, a midsize rent-a-car, seven nights lodging (Ho-Jo's, Ramada, Day's Inn), a custom-itinerary map and a 10-minute phone card.
