California, planned for you
by people who actually know it.
Imagine a best friend who has spent decades exploring every corner of this state. The coves without signs, the bakery worth a detour, the turnout everyone drives past. Tell us your dates, your budget, and the trip you are dreaming about. We build your itinerary the way we would build it for a friend, then check every stop against this week's conditions before you go.
Real places. Local knowledge. Checked against today's California.
WHY IT WORKS
A local friend, with receipts.
Places we'd take our own friends
The viewpoints, bakeries, and quiet coves we have collected over years of weekends, with the details that make them work: when to arrive, where to park, what to order.
Checked before you go
Opening hours, road closures, fire and snow. California changes fast, so every plan is verified against current conditions the moment it is written, not copied from an old listing.
What locals love right now
We listen to what Californians are actually recommending this week. Your trip gets what is good now, not what was good five years ago.
SEE IT IN ACTION
Trips we've built.
Big Sur romantic weekend
3 days · Point Lobos at dawn, McWay Falls, a cliffside dinner reservation
Eastern Sierra adventure
4 days · Alabama Hills, hot springs, granite trailheads, big sky camping
SLO family long-weekend
3 days · Tide pools, dunes, kid-paced hikes, no 6am wake-ups
FOUNDING PRICING
Travel like you know somebody here.
Because now you do.
Free
$0
Your first day, on us
- A real day built around you: the right cove, the bakery worth the detour, sunset without the crowd
- Watch the rest of your trip take shape on the map
- Checked against this week's roads, hours, and weather
Per trip
$9$12
The whole trip, yours
Less than your In-N-Out stop on the drive up.
- Days two and three open up: every morning, every meal, every turnout worth pulling over for
- Every stop carries the insider detail: where to park, when to arrive, what to order
- Re-checked 48 hours before you leave, so the road never surprises you
Annual
$39/yr$49
The whole state, all year
Under a dollar a week for the whole state.
- Ten fresh trips a month, more weekends than most of us take
- First to know: superbloom, whale runs, fall color, first snow
- Every trip saved and shareable, for when your friends ask how you found that place
FAQ
Fair questions.
How is this different from asking ChatGPT?
Night and day. This tool was built by California locals who have spent years planning trips to hidden corners of the state for friends and family. ChatGPT gives you generic plans from old training data and fills the gaps with places that merely sound right. Every trip here starts from places we have actually stood, then gets checked against this week's roads, hours, and conditions before it reaches you.
Do I need an account?
No passwords here. Your email is your key: every trip you build lives at its own permanent link, and annual members see every trip they have built collected in one place.
What if a road closes or a place shuts after I get my trip?
California changes weekly, and that is the whole point of how we work. Paid trips are re-checked 48 hours before you leave, so your plan hears about the closure before you drive into it.
What's your refund policy?
Every trip is built fresh for your dates and checked against live conditions the moment you order it, and the annual pass starts working the moment you join, so both are final sale. The free first day exists so you can taste exactly what you are getting before you spend a dollar.
Is this for visitors or Californians?
Both. We have lived here for over thirty years, explored it just as long, and the Golden State still surprises us. If you are a Californian who loves to explore, this was made for you. If you are visiting, you are in luck: your trip gets planned the way a local plans for their own guests.