What I do
Every trip below gets the same treatment: properties with perks I can actually get, a day-by-day built around who's going, transfers that show up, and one person to call when reality edits the plan. Planning is complimentary.
Field Guides
Destination guides written from research and obsession, not press releases. The neighborhood to sleep in, the room to book, the one to skip.
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The Almanac
Where the trips come from, what's actually worth booking, and the occasional strong opinion. Free, written by me, delivered by Substack.
Plan and book luxury trips end to end: hotels, weddings and honeymoons, cruises, group and corporate travel, plus everything on the ground. Planning is complimentary.
People who'd rather spend their time on the trip than on the forty browser tabs it takes to build one. Couples, families, wedding parties, teams.
Steph. Bay Area, advisor with Fora, and the person who reads the fine print so you never have to. More →
Tell me the trip you keep putting off.
The first conversation is free and there is no obligation. Send the trip in whatever shape it is in, or grab twenty minutes on the calendar.
Field Guides
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The Almanac
Long-form letters on where to go and how to do it properly. The full essays live on Substack, the openers live here.
In the works Shells, essays to follow
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About
Steph · Bay Area
When you're ready, you know where I am.
The fine print
Effective July 8, 2026. These terms govern travel planning services provided by Steph Irwin, Atlas by Steph.
The fine print
Effective July 31, 2026. What I collect, why I have it, and who else sees it.
I ask people for real information. Where you want to go, who is coming, and eventually a passport number and the fact that your mother-in-law cannot do stairs. That deserves a straight answer about what happens to it. The short version: I collect what I need to plan your travel, I share it with the people who have to have it to make your trip happen, and I do not sell it to anyone. The long version follows.