The insider's field guide

The trip you thought
was impossible.
Made doable.

Expert, tested itineraries you download and book yourself. The same trip an agency charges 2–3× more for, planned by people who've actually walked it. No markup. No guesswork.

“An agency quoted our friends €6,000 each for 10 days in Japan. We did 20 days for €5,000, and the plan that got us there is €59.”

How Doable Trips started

Japan, walked twice · €5,000 for 20 days · real prices, kept current

The Japan plan €59

Japan, end to end

Tokyo → Hakone → Kyoto → Osaka · 20 days

  • Day 04Hakone ropeway, before the crowds
  • Day 09Kyoto: Gion at blue hour
  • Day 16Osaka: Kuromon market crawl
Instant access · web plan + print version

Same Japan trip · 2 travelers

Agency · 10 days
€1,200/day
This plan · 20 days
€250/day

Per day, like-for-like. Ours just runs twice as long.

€5,059 all-in vs €12,000 quoted. You keep €6,900 and travel twice as long.

More affordable than you think

Same trip.
Wildly different bill.

The agency way

10 days · 2 people
  • Commission baked into every hotel and tour
  • “Service fees” padded into the quote
  • Their preferred partners, not the best ones
  • Weeks of back-and-forth before you fly
  • A rushed greatest-hits route
Total €12,000

The Doable way

20 days · 2 people
  • You book direct, at real public prices
  • One tested route, walked start to finish
  • Fully booked in one evening
  • Twice the days, none of the rush
  • The plan costs €59. That's the whole fee.
Total €5,059
−58% · twice the trip

Our actual Japan costs (€5,000 trip + €59 plan) vs. the written agency quote our friends were given for the same trip, spring 2025 · 2 travelers · flights, stays, rail, food & experiences included.

Start with Japan.

One plan, live now. The same trip an agency sells for 2–3× more, written by people who've walked it twice. Thailand and Indonesia are next.

Preview four real days free. The €59 plan unlocks all twenty, the full itemised budget, every booking link, and free updates, one-time. The trip itself runs about €5,000 for two. Prefer it fully tailored? Bespoke from €349.

Every plan includes: day-by-day route · the real itemised budget · booking walkthrough · honest traps · food map · preview the Japan plan, free →

Japan, the plan · Day 09
07:40
Fushimi Inari, south gate

Enter from Fukakusa, empty for the first hour.

12:30
Nishiki Market lunch crawl

3 stalls, €14 total. Skip the tuna skewer queue.

17:50
Gion at blue hour

Shirakawa canal first, Hanamikoji after dark.

Day budget
€61 / €80

What €59 actually
gets you.

Day-by-day timeline

Every day mapped hour by hour, with slack built in, not crammed out.

The real budget

What every day actually costs, itemised. The number that closes half the doubters.

Booking walkthrough

What to tap, which app, when each reservation window opens. DIY made safe.

Honest traps

The mistakes we made so you won't. The page no AI itinerary can write.

Kept current

Every price and time re-checked and dated. No planning off a 2019 blog post.

Eat like a local

A food map built from obsession, not sponsorships or top-10 listicles.

More doable than you think

From “someday”
to booked.

  1. 01

    Pick your trip

    Choose your destination. Preview four real days before you pay a cent.

  2. 02

    Get the plan

    €59 unlocks the full web plan, plus a print version for the road.

  3. 03

    Book it yourself

    Follow the walkthrough. Book everything direct, at real prices, our way.

  4. 04

    Go

    Travel with the whole route already decided, and keep the markup an agency would have taken.

Average time from download to fully booked: one evening.

We've actually done it

The receipts travel well.

€0what 20 days in Japan cost us, for two
0less than our friends' agency quote
0days, Tokyo to Miyajima and back
0times we've walked this exact route
saved €6,900

“We were sure 20 days in Japan meant €10k. The plan got us there for €5k, and told us which ramen counter to queue at and when.”

Marta & João · did the Japan plan
booked solo

“I'd never booked a shinkansen in my life. The walkthrough made it feel obvious. I had the whole trip booked in one evening.”

Lena · Tokyo to Osaka, solo
family of four

“We followed it loosely and still saved a fortune. The traps page alone was worth the price, twice over.”

The Khans · two adults, two kids

Don't want to plan
a single thing?

Love the idea but short on time? We'll tailor the whole route to your exact dates and budget. Research done for you; you stay in control of the booking. From €349, limited slots each month.

  • The whole route built around your dates and budget
  • We research and present; you book, you stay in control
  • One revision round included
  • Intentionally low-volume: a few slots a month
Start a bespoke plan from €349. Still a fraction of what an agency takes in markup.

Up to 10 days

€349

One destination · research-and-present

Most chosen

Up to 20 days

€549

The full end-to-end route, tailored

21+ days / multi-country

€849

Complex routing, still no markup

People brag about the bill.

“I'm a chronic over-researcher. This was the first trip I didn't second-guess, because someone had already made the calls.”
Tomás R. · Lisbon
“I planned nothing. I booked everything myself. That shouldn't make sense, but here we are.”
Aisha K. · London
“The traps page alone paid for the plan. Twice.”
Daan V. · Rotterdam
“It's the trip an agency would build, if they were paid to save you money.”
Carla M. · Milan

Still think it's
out of reach?

The whole trip, already figured out. Preview four days free, then get all twenty for €59.

Rather we tailored it to you? Start a bespoke plan →

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