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Planning a trip with Cindi

Here is what planning a trip with me looks like

I am Cindi Sanden, the founder of Awaken Travels. This is how I plan trips for my own clients: from the first idea to the day you get home, everything lives in one place on your phone. The pictures below are real screens from a sample trip I set up to show you.

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A sample family's Dream Board on a phone
A sample trip page for an Ireland trip on a phone
Step 01

Tell me what you have in mind

Fill out a short form: where you want to go, when, who is coming and what matters most to you.

You hear back within one business day to set up your free consultation, by video call or email, whichever you prefer.

Step 02

Your proposal, made for you

I put your trip together and send it as a proposal you can open on your phone or your computer: day by day, with photos and everything that is included.

Read it at your own pace and share it with whoever is traveling with you.

  • Tap Ask for changes and tell me what to move, add or skip. I update it and send you a new version.
  • Prefer paper? Download it as a PDF.
  • When it feels right, tap Accept Proposal and I start booking.
A sample proposal on a phone: Amalfi Coast, Italy, with the dates, nights, travelers and the Accept Proposal and Ask for changes buttons
Your proposal opens with the basics.
The day-by-day plan in a sample proposal, with one day opened to show its details
Tap any day to see the details.

Swipe to see the next screen

Step 03

Your own Dream Board

Along with your proposal, you get your own private travel page. The Dream Board side keeps every trip in one place: the ones you are dreaming about, the ones we are planning and the ones you have already taken.

  • Add a place you want to see someday. No photo needed.
  • I can add ideas and finds for you too.
  • A countdown to your next trip.
  • When a proposal is ready, its card says so. Tap it to open your plan.
Dream Board cards on a phone: a proposal that is ready to view and a wishlist trip to Iceland
Proposals, plans and someday trips.
The Add a Dream window on a phone, asking where you are dreaming of going
Add a someday trip in a few taps.

Swipe to see the next screen

Step 04

Your trip page

Once you book, your trip gets its own page. Your trip terms and traveler details are right there to finish whenever you are ready, so nothing is left to the last minute.

  • Your day-by-day plan with times and confirmations.
  • Your trip documents in one place.
  • A packing checklist for where you are going.
  • Saved on your phone for when you have no signal.
  • Have an idea for a free afternoon? Add it to that day and I will see it.
The day-by-day plan on a sample trip page: a train to Galway and a hotel, both confirmed
Every day, with times and confirmations.
A sample trip page showing the trip documents, a countdown to the trip and a packing checklist
Documents, countdown and packing list.

Swipe to see the next screen

Step 05

Help is one tap away

Have a question before you go, or something comes up while you are away? The chat button on your trip page comes straight to me.

The If Anything Comes Up panel has my contact details, the local emergency numbers for where you are going and, when you travel abroad, the U.S. embassy line.

The chat window on a sample trip page: a traveler asks which station the train leaves from and Cindi answers
Ask me anything.
The If Anything Comes Up panel on a sample trip page, with buttons to call or text, message or email Cindi
Who to reach, if anything comes up.

Swipe to see the next screen

Step 06

After you are home

Your trip stays on your page, so you can look back on it any time. And when you are ready to dream about the next one, it is right there too.

Past trips on a sample Dream Board, with a Costa Rica family trip
Past trips stay on your page.

About this page: it shows how I work with my own clients. Every advisor at Awaken Travels runs their own business in their own way, so if you are planning with someone else on our team, ask them how they like to work. The pictures come from a sample trip I made up to show you, so the family, the trips and the messages are not real. Your page shows your own trips and your own details.

Ready when you are

Tell me a little about the trip you have in mind. It only takes a few minutes, and the consultation is free.

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