The questions I ask before I book anything
- How are two names recorded on the booking — and does it matter to the person checking you in?
- How does the team respond when a couple holds hands at breakfast? Has it happened, or is it hypothetical?
- What happens if something goes wrong at 11pm — is there a person, or a phone tree?
- Who else is staying there? A hotel full of honeymooners is a different energy from a mixed week. Both are fine — I book for the right one.
The answers decide where I send you. I wrote about why I don’t use ‘LGBTQ+ friendly’ as a filter — these are the questions that actually matter.
Where I know the ground
Portugal is the country I know best on the ground — Lisbon, the Algarve, Madeira — ask me and I’ll talk for twenty minutes. Beyond that, these guides are written after real trips, not research:
For the big occasions
The honest bit
- Some of the most beautiful places are the slowest to change. If a destination isn’t there yet, I’ll say so — and suggest the one that is.
- Your privacy is standard, not a special request. Every name, exactly as it should appear, on every booking, first time.
- Solo travellers are welcome here too. A trip planned for one is still planned properly.
How it works
Tell me who’s coming
Your partner, your family, just you — and what the trip needs to feel like. No explaining, no performing.
Places that get it
A shortlist of destinations, hotels and routes where you’re genuinely welcome — with the honest trade-offs spelled out.
One thread, looked after
Booked, protected, and owned by me from first chat to final taxi. If anything changes, I change it.
However you travel — as a couple, a family, or on your own — it’s planned by one person who gets it. Start with a message.