Weave the week. Write the trip.
Hand loom the destination, the dates, the mess of life back home — get back a day-by-day itinerary, a packing list, a draft note to the host, all in the voice you would have used.
EN ↔ JA · in voice · on the road
§ 01
Built for days that need stitching together.
Itineraries that read like an editor wrote them. Logistics that do not eat the evening.
Itineraries with rhythm
Day-by-day plans paced like a magazine layout — quiet mornings, loud middays, one long dinner. Bookings flagged. Transit checked.
Local in both tongues
Reads menus, station signs, and izakaya specials in Japanese; restaurant reviews and notice boards in English. Surfaces what the neighbourhood actually orders.
The errands too
Renewals, appointments, school nights, household research. The kind of admin a good editor would never let on the page — handled.
Every line sourced
Each recommendation cites where it came from — operator sites, transit boards, primary reviews. No hand-waving, no algorithm laundering.
§ 01 · DESTINATION CRAFT
Destination Craft
Picking where to go, not what the trending tab serves up.
Suggest 4 destinations for a 7-day slow trip in late April from Tokyo, walking-led, under ¥180,000 per person all-in. Bias toward places with strong morning markets and a quiet bookshop or two.
Repeat visitorI have been to Kyoto three times. Plan a 5-day return trip that avoids the temple circuit and leans into craft workshops, neighbourhood coffee, and one half-day hike.
Couple, no planA couple wants 9 days somewhere in Europe in October, mid-budget, no flights longer than 3 hours from London. Weigh Lisbon, Bologna, and Ljubljana on food, walkability, and rain risk.
Shoulder seasonRank 5 Southeast Asian islands worth visiting in early May for a 6-day couples trip, balancing weather windows, crowd levels, and the quality of one specific local dinner experience per island.
Family of fourA family with kids 8 and 11 has 10 days in summer and wants their first trip to mainland Japan. Suggest a route that hits Tokyo, one onsen town, and one castle city without long shinkansen days.
Solo first timeA first-time solo traveller from the UK has 12 days, modest budget, and unease about safety. Recommend 3 routes (one Europe, one Asia, one Americas) with cited reasons each is forgiving for solos.
§ 02 · DAY-BY-DAY DRAFTS
Day-By-Day Drafts
The itinerary as a piece of writing — paced, structured, ready to ship.
Build a 6-day Tokyo itinerary for two adults, late October, leaning into Shimokitazawa, Yanaka, and one day in Hakone. Plan it hour by hour with travel times, lunch reservations to book ahead, and a quiet rest slot each afternoon.
Budget sheetFor a 5-day Lisbon trip in spring, mid-range couple, break the budget into flights, lodging, food (split breakfast/lunch/dinner), transit, activities, and a 12% contingency. Use realistic 2026 euros and cite sources for each line.
Two-countryPlan a 12-day trip splitting Vietnam and Cambodia for two adults — domestic flights, one slow boat segment, two rest days, and one cooking class. Build it as a Day 1 through Day 12 outline I can paste into Notion.
Kids in the mixDesign a 7-day NYC itinerary for a family with kids 6 and 9 that holds to short subway rides (under 25 min), includes one Broadway matinee, one Central Park morning, one Brooklyn afternoon, and three sit-down dinners that work for picky eaters.
HoneymoonDraft a 10-day honeymoon split between a private ryokan stay and an island unwind. Pace it for jet-lag recovery on Day 1–2, two anchor experiences mid-trip, and a slow last 48 hours.
Driving loopBuild a 9-day Iceland ring-road plan in early September for two adults with one rental car. Mark which guesthouses must be booked four weeks out, which segments are tight, and which can be skipped if weather turns.
§ 03 · ON THE GROUND
On The Ground
The agent in your pocket once the trip is actually happening.
I am at a small izakaya in Nakameguro. The menu is handwritten Japanese only. Translate these 14 lines, flag the three best for a first-timer who likes salt and fat, and tell me what to order to drink with them.
Rain planMy Kyoto hike just got cancelled by the rain. List 4 indoor alternatives within 25 minutes of Kawaramachi that locals would actually pick on a rainy Tuesday — a quiet kissaten, a small museum, a covered shopping street, a craft workshop drop-in.
Dinner etiquetteI am dining with a senior Japanese client in Ginza tomorrow night, my first time hosting. Brief me on seating order, what to order first, how to handle pouring, and how to gracefully reach for the check.
Pharmacy runI have a sore throat and low fever in Bangkok. Draft me the Thai sentences to ask a pharmacist for ibuprofen, lozenges, and electrolytes, and list the equivalent local brand names I should expect to see on the shelf.
Field notesHelp me write a 200-word trip-log entry for today: I walked Asakusa to Yanaka, stopped at three tea shops, missed the train back twice. Keep my voice — wry, observational — and end on one image I should not forget.
Lost passportI may have left my passport at a café in Lisbon. Draft a polite Portuguese email to the café, then a checklist of the next 24 hours: consulate steps, police report, flight rebooking buffer, what to tell my hosts.
§ 04 · THE WEEK ITSELF
The Week Itself
Logistics, admin, decisions — the warp and weft of life back home.
I am moving into a new apartment in Berlin in 4 weeks. Build a week-by-week countdown covering Anmeldung, utilities setup, broadband, contents insurance, and the local waste-sorting rules. Flag which steps must happen in person.
Appliance pickCompare 3 robot vacuums under €500 for a 75 m² apartment with hardwood floors, one cat, and walls full of cables. Trade off suction, mapping accuracy, brush maintenance, and noise on night runs. Cite review sources.
Find a dentistFind a reliable dentist in central Madrid that takes English-speaking walk-ins, has Saturday hours, and accepts private insurance. Surface phone, address, neighbourhood, and 2-line summaries from real reviews.
Five dinnersPlan 5 weeknight dinners for a couple — under 30 min prep, balanced, three cuisines, no fish, one batch-cook night. Output one combined shopping list grouped by aisle.
Family weekCoordinate next week for two working parents and two school-age kids: school pickups Mon–Fri, an orthodontist appointment Wednesday afternoon, the kid play Thursday night, and one quiet family dinner. Show it as a single shared calendar block.
Renew docsI need to renew a UK passport from Tokyo. Walk me through timeline, required documents, where to get the photo taken locally, fees, and the two most common reasons applications get bounced.
§ Method
How loom works
You say the week
Type the trip, the move, the question. A sentence is enough — loom will pull on the thread.
It plans, then acts
Reads sources, runs the tools, drafts, revises. Like an editor working through the night.
You get the draft
Sourced. Structured. Ready to ship — or to hand to whoever else needs to see it.
§ Begin
Hand it the week. Get the draft.
Free to start. English and Japanese, in voice.
Begin a draft