A few years ago, I created a travel planner to help me keep all of my trip details in one place. If you’d like to take a look, you can browse my Etsy Travel Planner here.
A few days before one of my trips, I found myself sitting at my kitchen table surrounded by notes, emails, screenshots, and random pieces of paper.
At first glance, it looked like I was incredibly organized.
The reality was exactly the opposite.
I had my flight confirmation somewhere in my email.
My hotel reservation was saved in a different folder.
I had screenshots on my phone of things I wanted to remember.
A packing list was written on a piece of paper that I couldn’t seem to find whenever I needed it.
And somehow, despite all of my planning, I still felt like I was forgetting something.
The funny thing is that I love planning trips.
Researching destinations is part of the fun for me.
I love looking at hotels, reading travel blogs, planning excursions, and imagining what each day might look like before I even leave home.
But the more I traveled, the more information I collected.
And the more information I collected, the more scattered everything became.
I remember sitting there thinking that I wasn’t missing information.
Everything I needed was technically right in front of me.
The problem was that it was everywhere.
Nothing was connected.
Nothing was organized.
Nothing was easy to find.
And that’s when it hit me.
I didn’t need more travel information.
I needed a system.
I wanted one place for everything.
One place for flight details.
One place for hotel information.
One place for packing lists.
One place for daily plans.
One place for excursions.
One place for notes.
One place for all the little details that somehow become important when you’re traveling.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized I couldn’t be the only person who felt this way.
So I created the planner I wished I had years earlier.
Not because I wanted another thing to fill out.
Not because I wanted to make planning more complicated.
But because I wanted planning to feel easier.
Less stressful.
Less scattered.
More enjoyable.
Today, planning a trip feels completely different.
Instead of searching through emails, screenshots, notebooks, and random notes, everything has a place.
And because everything has a place, I spend less time worrying about the details and more time getting excited about the trip itself.
That’s really what this planner was designed to do.
Not create more work.
Create more peace of mind.
Because travel should be exciting.
The countdown.
The anticipation.
The adventure.
Trying to remember where you saved your hotel confirmation shouldn’t be the most stressful part of the trip.
If you’ve ever felt like your travel plans were scattered across ten different places, you’re definitely not alone.
That’s exactly why I created this planner.
If you’d like to see the planner that helped me bring all of my travel details together in one place, you can browse my Etsy Travel Planner here.
Happy planning and happy travels. ✈️💕
Claudia MacPherson 
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