Travel coaching, relocation guidance & full-service booking

Plan it like you've
already been there.

I coach fellow solo travelers, careful movers, and curious scouts — not just through logistics, but through the parts of a trip that actually matter, so you land somewhere that already feels a little bit like home. I've spent years turning complicated plans into real ones; now I use that so you can go with confidence, not just an itinerary.

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Stef Marie in a red dress on stone steps in Dubrovnik, Croatia

Fora
Certified
Advisor

Dubrovnik, Croatia — one stop on the way here.

Ways to work together

Three ways in, one way of thinking.

Everything starts from the same place: understanding what you actually need from the trip, the move, or the life you're building around it.

Coaching

Trip planning coaching

For solo travelers who want to book it themselves but want an expert in their corner. Routing, timing, budget, and the local details a search engine won't tell you.

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Relocation

Relocation Roadmap

For anyone weighing an international move or a season somewhere new. We map neighborhoods, cost of living, and day-to-day logistics before you commit to anything.

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Full service

Booking, handled

When you'd rather hand it off entirely. Backed by years of professional travel operations experience, I book flights, stays, and logistics with the same care and attention to detail I've brought to coordinating travel for organizations, not just individuals.

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Stef Marie smiling in front of a tiled building facade in Lisbon, Portugal

The person behind the planning

Travel should feel like living, not just checking a box.

Rooted & Roaming comes from two things I love: travel itself, and the quiet satisfaction of figuring out the details so someone else doesn't have to carry that weight. I've spent years making complicated logistics work — for non-profits, for government contracts, and for myself as a solo traveler who's learned a lot by getting it wrong first. But honestly, this was never really about the logistics. It's about believing you deserve to actually experience your life, not just get through it — whether that's the solo trip you keep almost booking, or the move somewhere that's been quietly calling your name. I want to be the person in your corner who makes that feel possible, not just plannable.

Fora certified travel advisor

Relocation Roadmap

Travel coaching & logistics