The Journal

How the world's finest journeys are actually planned

Straight answers from advisors who design private travel for families who travel privately — when to go, where, and what only forty years of relationships can open.

Japan

The Ground in Japan: Private Guide, Chauffeur and Transfers

Almost everything that goes wrong on a Japanese itinerary goes wrong on the ground. The guide and the chauffeur are two different hires, the hire car is billed from the garage rather than from you, and …

Read the guide →

In season now

In season now — the great migration, the harvest & autumn access

Japan

High-End Shopping in Tokyo: the Districts, the Appointments, and the Refund Rule That Changes on 1 November

Japan

Luxury Train Travel in Japan: the Three Trains, and Why You Cannot Simply Book Them

Japan

Kenya Photographic Safari

The collection

All 641 guides

Formentera

A Formentera Summer

Formentera in June before the charter season fills the Illetes — the sandbar still reachable at 7am in solitude, the Es Pujols market on Saturday, a day on a crewed catamaran through the Ses Salines natural park, and the island's last functioning salt-extraction operation toured before sunset. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Formentera, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,900 per traveler.

Formentera

Wellness in Formentera

The slowest island in the Balearics as a digital-detox — a morning walk along the Camí de la Mola above the salt pans, an outdoor yoga class on the Ses Salines beach at sunrise, and an afternoon on a cala with a book and a catamaran moored offshore. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Formentera, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$6,800 per traveler.

Formentera

Formentera by Yacht

A crewed catamaran from Ibiza through the Ses Salines natural park — the Es Freus channel at low tide, the turquoise shallows of Illetes from the water, a lunch anchored above a white-sand bottom, and the evening return as the salt pans turn pink in the last light. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Formentera, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,800 per traveler.

Formentera

The Formentera Honeymoon

A whitewashed finca above the salt pans, a bicycle to Illetes at dawn, a day at anchor off Migjorn on a crewed catamaran, and a dinner at the chiringuito that the islanders consider their own. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Formentera, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$9,800 per traveler.

Ibiza

A Ibiza Summer

Ibiza at the season it is most itself — a private finca above the north coast in June before the island fills, a boat to Formentera for the afternoon, a sunset table at a hilltop restaurant that accepts bookings only through the island's most discreet concierge, and the night air carrying the wild rosemary. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Ibiza, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,500 per traveler.

Ibiza

A Private Villa in Ibiza

An estate on the quieter north coast engaged exclusively — the private pool, a chef who sources from the Saturday market in Santa Gertrudis, a captain with a tender for the morning's cala. The island's real character, not its brand. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Ibiza, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$12,500 per traveler.

Ibiza

Ibiza by Yacht

A crewed sloop from Ibiza Town through the Ses Salines channel — the uninhabited islets of the natural park, the Es Vedrà volcanic stack at sunset from the sea, and an anchorage off the north coast where the boat is the only vessel and the cliff above has no road to it. A private, tailored journey of 8 Days · 7 Nights in Ibiza, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$18,500 per traveler.

Ibiza

A Celebration in Ibiza

An anniversary or milestone marked in Ibiza, with a setting worthy of the occasion. A private, tailored journey of 6 Days · 5 Nights in Ibiza, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$9,500 per traveler.

Menorca

A Menorca Summer

Menorca in July before the peak week — a finca in the interior, a boat to the coves the charter maps do not name, the Camí de Cavalls coastal path walked in sections, and the Fornells lobster caldereta at the table that looks out to the channel where the fishing boats have worked since the Bronze Age. A private, tailored journey of 7 Days · 6 Nights in Menorca, Spain, designed end to end by a Forest Travel advisor — with Virtuoso privileges at the finest luxury hotels, from US$8,500 per traveler.

Load more guides