A spare room in Bristol
Luca plans trips for friends from a kitchen table. Word gets around.
We travel for a living.We never stopped loving it.
A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER
“I started Elsewhere because the best trips I ever took were planned by friends who knew a place. I wanted everyone to travel like that.”
For more than a decade, we have built journeys one conversation at a time. No catalogue, no call centre — just a small team of people who have spent their lives travelling and still get excited about it.
We visit every hotel we recommend, work with guides we know by name, and are always there if something goes sideways. That is the whole idea.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
We don’t sell packages.
We design journeys.
We answer our own phones.
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The first designers
Isla and Mei join. Japan and Italy become our second homes.
Into Africa
Kwame builds our safari journeys with guides he has known for years.
Ten thousand travellers
Still answering every call ourselves. Still visiting every hotel.
Further, slower
New journeys in Patagonia and Ladakh. Fewer places, longer stays.
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Curiosity
We ask one more question. The answer is usually where the trip gets good.
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Care
For you, for the people who host you, and for the places we love.
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Craft
Every itinerary drafted by hand and checked twice.
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Candour
If a hotel isn’t right for you, we will say so.
Small team. Big address book.
Isla Moreno
Travel designer, EuropeHas swum in every cove between Positano and Amalfi.
Kwame Asante
Head of Africa journeysCan identify sixty birds by their call.
Nora Lindqvist
Editor at largeOnce missed a flight to finish a croissant. No regrets.
Luca Bianchi
FounderStill plans his mother’s holidays. She is a tough client.
Mei Tanaka
Travel designer, AsiaKnows a ramen counter in every Tokyo ward.
David Hale
OperationsThe calm voice on the phone at 3am.
KIND WORDS★★★★★
“The rare travel company that actually listens.”
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SOMEWHERE NEW. SOMETHING YOU.