Northern Thailand Tailor-Made Trips

Elena was a dream to work with and flawlessly dealt with our shifting numbers, optional day activities and requests all the way through the trip. We dined at a long list of amazing places including a family home and Michelin-star restaurants. Highly recommend!!

We loved our guides. In Bangkok, Nana took great care of us. My daughter and I added an afternoon with her to see “local neighborhoods” and it was our favorite. Highly recommend. She took us to the flower market; we saw great street art; a unique tea shop and a small chocolate shop.

In Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai, we loved our time with Pong. We learned so much from her and felt her love for Thailand through her stories and interactions with local people. She also helped me navigate food since I am celiac and eat gluten-free. She is a true host with a warm and caring manner.

We loved learning about Buddhism and the history of Thailand from both Pong and Nana.

We particularly loved our bike tour in Chiang Mai (thanks Hockey). And loved the Elephant Sanctuary - highly recommend. The cooking school was perhaps our all time favorite cooking class - and we have done them all over the world. Again, great attention to my need to avoid gluten by our chef Tom.

We would not recommend the floating market outside Bangkok. It was way too touristy for us.

We finished our trip in Koh Samui. The hotel manager Aimee was so good at welcoming us and making sure we had a perfect stay. And we had a lovely lunch at The Cliffs and a beautiful dinner at The Four Seasons.

We did wonder about accommodations on the other side of the island where the water seemed a bit clearer and more blue bc of the rock and sand. But we had a lovely visit to that side of the island.

Hotel Reviews

Hyatt Regency Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport

Samut Prakan

Great hotel for last night. Good restaurant options and really nice pool!

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Riva Vista Riverfront Chiang Rai

Chiang Rai

Really nice rooms and property. Had nice facial at spa. Restaurant and bar were nice with great breakfasts. restaurant could not handle our group of 13 guests for dinner very well … even though we had reservation. If you have large group, you might choose differently. That said, the service team was very polite and responsive; there just weren’t enough of them.

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The Culture Samui

Ko Samui

Great service! Aimee too great care of us. Had really delicious, impromptu dinner for our group of 13. Loved the fire show!

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Wished we were on other side of island where water is clearer. There is also a beach club with booming bass next door that was sometimes annoying. Thankfully it did not go on all day.

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Mode Sathorn Hotel Bangkok

Bangkok

Really nice hotel with excellent service.

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Smile Lanna Hotel Chiang Mai

Loved this property with a beautiful pool. Wished it had a bar.

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Grandma Home Cooking school - Private Morning Class

Chiang Mai

Our favorite cooking class ever! Tom was the perfect teacher and really took great care to navigate my dietary restrictions (celiac).

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Half-day Nam Phrae by Electric Bike (hilly, fully paved roads)

Chiang Mai

Great day with Hockey!!

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Elephant Jungle Sanctuary (Morning session)

Chiang Mai

LOVED this!!!

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Doi Inthanon National Park - A Nature Walk and Culture

Chiang Mai

Loved this!!! Learned so much from Pong and had authentic trip to a village.

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Khantoke dinner at traditional Lanna family

Chiang Mai

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Golden Triangle - Chiang Rai Sightseeing & Art

Chiang Rai

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Serene Chiang Rai by night

Chiang Rai

Loved our time here … and Pong was the perfect host.

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Railway Market & Floating Market

Bangkok

Enjoyed train market but floating market was too touristy. Would have preferred a different activity given how far away it was.

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Night Street Food Tour After Dark by Tuk Tuk

Bangkok

Loved this!!! nana helped me navigate being gluten free!

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Bangkok Symbolic Temples

Bangkok

nana was amazing!!!

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Amazing trip! Bella and her team were all wonderful and so easy to work with. All the local specialist were great to be around and made the trip enjoyable. Would definitely visit again with Bella and her team. Fulfilled a destination on the bucket list and made fantastic memories for our 20th wedding anniversary.❤️❤️❤️

Everything worked out well and we got to custom our experience to what we wanted to spend time more on.

I would say that the planning for Phuket was the least successful because traffic from the landing day was not taken into account which changed the first day Itenerary. The island hopping was also not anticipated to fill the whole day. If we knew, would have been fine skipping this. The tour guide did amazing with all the changes though!

Bangkok tour guide lady was exceptional! She was very accommodating and took all of our wants and really catered to how we want to spend time on.