One advisor who knows the properties, with the reach to plan you anywhere.
Custom Coordinates is a privately held travel advisory based in El Segundo, California. We are a member of Virtuoso and deliberately small — a short client list is the only way to keep the same person on your travel from the first call through your return home.
I know what I’m sending you to — anywhere you’re headed.
The work is rigorous, customized coordination. I know the properties — the suite with the best view, the corner table, the service when no one is watching — through years in this work, a network of preferred partners, and on-the-ground contacts who tell me the truth before you book. I will not claim to have slept in every room; I claim something more useful — that I can plan you anywhere, and I know what each house actually delivers.
We work from El Segundo, California, and across whatever time zone you happen to be in — a trip arranged as a symphony customized to exactly what you need. When a connection is missed or a plan changes on the ground, the person who planned your travel is the one who answers, at a reasonable hour and an unreasonable one alike.
Accredited and licensed.
An accredited travel agent and a registered California Seller of Travel. The numbers are below — verify them.
- IATA Accredited IATA · 45649730
- California Seller of Travel CST · 2164043-70
Darcie’s by-invitation programs.
Preferred-partner programs held directly and through the Virtuoso network. Each one earns you real value at the world’s best hotels — an upgrade on arrival, daily breakfast, a property credit, the right room held — confirmed in writing before you travel, never sold at any rate.
- Four Seasons Preferred Partner
- Belmond Bellini Club
- Rosewood Elite
- Mandarin Oriental Fan Club
- Auberge Resorts Collection
- One&Only Resorts
- Leading Hotels of the World — Leaders Club
- Dorchester Collection Diamond Club
- Oetker Collection Pearl Partner
- Rocco Forte Hotels
- Relais & Châteaux Preferred Partner
- Marriott STARS & Luminous
- Hyatt Privé
- Firmdale Hotels
- IHG
Kept in confidence.
Who travels, where, and when stays between us. We do not publish client names, we do not sell or share your details, and we ask the same of the houses we work with. References are offered privately, on request, with a client’s permission — never displayed.
Plans changed twice while we were abroad, both times quietly handled before we noticed. We were never once asked to manage it ourselves.
Begin the conversation.
Tell us who is traveling and roughly when. We reply within a day, and the first conversation is always our pleasure, never an obligation.