{"id":918,"date":"2026-09-26T07:48:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/locals.buildprosites.com\/longwater\/home-dark\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T07:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T07:48:43","slug":"home-dark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/locals.buildprosites.com\/longwater\/home-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Home (dark hero)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Trips built around what you actually want, by four planners who have spent years in the places they plan. The fee is the only thing you pay us \u2014 everything else is passed through at cost, with the supplier\u2019s own figure shown.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A free travel agent is being paid by somebody, just not by you.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Commission quietly shapes recommendations, because some hotels pay considerably more than others for the referral. We decline it. Every price we show is the net rate, with our fee stated separately and agreed before we start.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What we do<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Three ways to travel with us<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Everything is built from scratch. We do not run departures or off-the-shelf packages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Full trip planning<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Route, accommodation, transfers and the sequencing that stops a three-week trip becoming a string of one-night stays.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A planning session<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Two hours with a planner who knows the region, and a written itinerary you can book entirely yourself.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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A handful of departures a year, ten people at most, led by one of us in person.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\tWhere we plan<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Places at least one of us has spent months, not days<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A small taste of where the itineraries actually go.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Tasmania<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Coastlines, forests, and the shoulder-season light that the brochures never show.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Rail passes and a handful of bases beat a long list of one-night stops, every time.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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On the trail<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Pacing is the whole craft \u2014 three nights somewhere is usually the minimum for it to be worth the stop.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\u201cThey talked us out of the month we had chosen and moved the whole trip three weeks later for the weather. It cost them nothing to say, and it made the holiday.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cEvery hotel came with a note about why it had been chosen and what was wrong with it. One said thin walls, but the location is worth it. It was, and it was.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201cOur flight was cancelled the night before and somebody answered the emergency number at half past eleven. Everything downstream was rebooked before we landed.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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We will tell you when to go, honestly, before we tell you anything else.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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