Mirai
A lone figure walking a warm, narrow old-city lane at golden hour

Travel differently.

Mirai is built around a simple belief: the best trips are rarely the ones that follow the obvious path.

Our way of thinking

Be a traveller, not a tourist.

We believe travel is better when you look beyond the obvious.

Eat where the locals eat. Take the longer road. Stay an extra night because a place deserves it. Follow a recommendation that wasn't in the guidebook.

That's how we like to travel. And that's how we like to plan.

After Anthony Bourdain.

A night market food street with steam rising from a grill and warm lantern light

Where we'd eat

Lunch decides the day.

Çiya Sofrası in Kadıköy for regional Anatolian cooking. Bún chả on a plastic stool in Hanoi's old quarter. A standing counter breakfast at Tsukiji before the crowd arrives. We plan days around the meal, not the other way round.

Shared plates of regional food on a worn wooden restaurant table

Where we'd stay

Location over star rating.

A riad inside the Marrakech medina rather than a resort outside it. A ryokan in Higashiyama so Kyoto is quiet at both ends of the day. A small guesthouse in Hoi An's old town. Character and position do more for a trip than a bigger lobby.

A small hotel room with wooden shutters open onto a planted courtyard

What we'd do

The thing worth getting up for.

Hegra at AlUla in the first hour of light. The Path of the Gods above Amalfi before the heat. A commuter ferry across the Bosphorus instead of a cruise. Sapa's terraces on foot with someone who lives there.

A walker on a coastal cliff path above a calm blue sea at sunrise

What we'd skip

Knowing what to leave out.

Santorini in August. The three-country coach tour that spends its days on the motorway. The buffet dinner cruise. A Fuji day trip squeezed into a Tokyo itinerary that is already full. Leaving things out is how the rest gets room.

A long queue of visitors waiting outside a busy attraction in flat midday light
A small corner café glowing at night on a quiet wet street

The local tip

The restaurant a driver mentioned. The street that's better after dark. The viewpoint most people somehow miss. The tiny café worth crossing town for.

The Mirai Journal

Notes we keep for ourselves, mostly.

A narrow Tokyo alley of small bars glowing with lanterns on a wet night

Tokyo after dark

Yakitori under the tracks in Yurakucho, a nightcap in Golden Gai, and the last train back. Tokyo is a different city after nine.

A chef plating seasonal dishes at a small wooden counter in Kyoto

Five Kyoto tables worth booking ahead

Kyoto's best small kitchens take a handful of seats a night. Book them before the flights, not after.

Wooden abra boats crossing Dubai Creek at night with the skyline behind

Dubai after dark

An abra across the Creek for one dirham, spice souk at dusk, dinner in Al Seef rather than a mall food court.

A quiet Croatian stone harbour village with fishing boats in clear water

A slower week in Croatia

Two islands instead of five towns. Hvar's interior villages, a boat to Vis, and nowhere to be by lunchtime.

An evening food street in Kadikoy, Istanbul, with tea glasses and a busy grill

Where we'd eat in Istanbul

Breakfast in Beşiktaş, fish sandwiches on the Kadıköy waterfront, and meyhane tables that fill up after ten.

How it works

Simple, and in this order.

  1. Step 01

    You tell us where you want to go, roughly when, and who is travelling.

  2. Step 02

    We come back with the destination advice and what the visa involves.

  3. Step 03

    We plan the trip around your dates, budget and pace, and adjust it with you.

  4. Step 04

    We help prepare and submit the visa application, and stay reachable while you travel.

Start planning

Tell us where you want to go.

Send us your dates and a rough idea. We will come back with a plan.

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