Personalise Your USA Holiday: A Trip Brief to Send Your Planner

Turn destination research into a clear brief

A personalised USA holiday starts with a short, consistent brief. Instead of sending several package screenshots with different nights and inclusions, describe the route you want to explore and the decisions you still need help with. Use New York, San Francisco and Las Vegas as the proposed stay options, and list the places that make each one worthwhile to you. The planner can then respond to the same priorities when comparing alternatives.

Use the worksheet below while reading the catalogue. It is a planning aid on this page, and filling it in does not send an enquiry. Keep a copy of your choices and share them with Glider through the holiday enquiry form or your existing conversation. Do not put passport, payment or other sensitive details in a first planning brief.

Your USA route worksheet

For a first draft, decide whether Central Park, Golden Gate or The Strip is your strongest priority. Then consider the hotel changes required to include more than one base. A longer list should have a reason beyond covering more names on a map.

Questions prompted by your selected places

New York

• Manhattan waterfront: Specify the experience you want the planner to quote; the place name alone does not identify an operator, ticket or transport inclusion.
• Central Park: Describe the pace and support you want for the outing, then ask the planner to explain what the confirmed arrangement involves.

San Francisco

• North Beach: State whether this is a main reason for choosing the stay base or simply an optional period within it.

Las Vegas

• The Strip: Ask the planner to describe this proposed stop, the arrangements it needs and the choices that still require your decision.

Adapt this example to your own holiday

"We are considering New York and San Francisco, with Central Park and Golden Gate as our main interests. Please compare a route using those two bases with a slower option using one of them. Keep Las Vegas optional and explain what changes if we add it. We need the named hotels, transport between stays and included tickets listed separately."

Replace the bases, places and pace in that example with your actual choices. Add your departure city, preferred dates, number of adults and children, room-sharing needs and approximate total budget. Say whether the budget includes the journey from home. If dates are flexible, state the range rather than expecting the planner to infer it.

Ask for a response that answers the brief

• The proposed night-by-night stay sequence and the reason for any route change.
• A short explanation of what the compact and slower options include.
• The departure arrangements, named hotels and transport actually quoted.
• A list of essential experiences, optional extras and unresolved supplier checks.
• The full booking terms and the information still needed before confirmation.

Keep one agreed brief as the reference when comparing the alternatives. If you change a priority, tell the planner what it replaces rather than simply adding another stop. The final USA quotation should reflect the current brief and identify every unresolved arrangement. This turns your research into a route you can assess and discuss before making a booking.

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