If you know a place well enough to argue about it, we should talk.

We work with a small number of guides, drivers, stays and local operators, and we keep the list small on purpose.

What we are looking for

Opinions, not availability

Plenty of operators can confirm a booking. Far fewer will tell us that the route we proposed is wrong, that the market is dead on a Monday, or that the drive we costed at two hours takes four in the rain. The pushback is the value, and it is the thing we pay for.

Our travellers arrive having chosen a trip around a specific interest, so they tend to ask real questions. A guide who is genuinely into the subject has a much better time with them than one working from a script.

We pay on agreed terms rather than squeezing rates, and we do not ask partners to absorb our margin. In exchange we expect the thing to run the way it was described.

Four kinds of partner

Guides and fixers

People with a subject, not just a licence. Food, architecture, birds, textiles, music. If you have a specialism, say what it is.

Per day or per trip

Stays

Small hotels, guesthouses and homestays where someone is paying attention. Position and character matter more to us than star ratings.

Rates and allocation

Transport

Drivers and vehicle operators who know the roads properly and will tell us honestly how long a leg actually takes.

Per route

Local operators

Ground handlers and DMCs in regions where we want depth we do not yet have. Especially useful if you cover somewhere well outside our current map.

Ongoing

Tell us what you run and where

Short is fine. We would rather have three honest sentences than a brochure.

01

What do you do?

Pick whichever apply.

02

Where, and who are you?

Region you cover, and how long you have been working there.

03

What are you unusually good at?

The specific thing you would want a traveller sent to you for.

What gets sent

Your answers will appear here as you fill them in, so you can see exactly what gets sent.

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We read every one of these, though we only take on a few partners a season.