Personal travel, handled properly.
Booking, coordination, and support from start to finish. Perks&Rec takes care of the details so your trip comes together the way it should.
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15h+
SAVED PER TRIP
$400
AVG. PERKS PER STAY
Unlimited
TRIPS PER YEAR
$200
ANNUAL CREDIT
100%
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
TRAVEL SHOULD BE FUN
The Problem with Planning Your Own Trip
Travel should be exciting. But the process of getting there rarely is.
Too many options
Hours of research, still no confidence you're making the right call.
Plans don't fit together
Flights, hotels, transfers. When no one's looking at the full picture, the gaps show up mid-trip.
Missing out on the extras
Free breakfast, room upgrades, hotel credits. They exist. Most people don't know how to access them.
No one in your corner
If something goes wrong, you're on your own. No advocate, no leverage, no recourse.
WHY THE USUAL APPROACHES FALL SHORT
Every workaround has the same gap.
People try different routes to solve the travel problem. Reviews, platforms, booking direct. Each one leaves something out.
❌ Over-relying on reviews
Reviews tell you about someone else's experience. Not yours. Not your standards. Not your trip.
❌ Piecing it together yourself
Without expert guidance, the in-between moments get missed. The trip functions. It just doesn't flow.
❌ Booking directly
Same rate, none of the perks. Unless you have elite status worth protecting, you're leaving value on the table.
❌ Using a booking platform
Optimized for speed and volume. When things change, there's no one advocating for you.
THE SOLUTION: THE PERKS&REC APPROACH
Less effort. More of your trip going the way it should.
Perks&Rec is built on a membership model. That means recommendations based on fit, not on who pays us more. Every detail handled, before, during, and after.
Clarity, not clutter
A clear recommendation based on how you travel. Not a list of everything available. We know the ins and outs of what's actually worth paying for.
Logistics that connect
We look at the full picture: flights, hotels, transfers, timing. If plans change, we make sure the right people know and help solve the issue.
Access where it matters
Same rate with more value. With our hotel partnerships, your booking comes with perks you can't get on your own: credits, upgrades, early check-in, late check-out.
We work for you
Membership means no commission bias. Every recommendation is based on what's right for your trip. Full stop.
End-to-end support
We coordinate before you leave, troubleshoot during your stay, monitor for price changes, and follow up on anything unresolved after you're home.
Your membership allows us to provide recommendations are based on fit, not hotels who pays us more.
$199/year covers every trip, every hotel search, every booking, all year.
Travel advisors charge by the trip. We don't.
Most advisors bill per trip, or per day of itinerary work. A five-day trip might run $250 in fees before they've touched a hotel. A second trip costs another $250. By the end of the year, you've paid more in fees than you spent on your membership.
Perks&Rec runs on a $199 annual membership. That covers every trip you take, every hotel search, every booking, every follow-up for the full year. The fee structure changes when the work gets genuinely complex, and even then, it's capped and confirmed before we start.
BEFORE
A REGULAR TRAVEL AGENT
Fee per trip or per day of itinerary work. Three trips means three invoices.
Primarily earns commission from hotels. Recommendations can follow the money.
Engaged trip by trip. No ongoing relationship, no institutional memory.
Standard booking. No perks beyond what you'd get booking yourself.
Price locked at booking. No monitoring or adjustment.
NOW
PERKS&REC
$199/year covers every trip, every hotel search, every booking, all year.
Your membership allows us to provide recommendations are based on fit, not hotels who pays us more.
Available all year. We learn your preferences and standards over time.
Access to preferred partner perks: hotel credits, upgrades, early check-in, late check-out.
Price drop matching. If your hotel drops after booking, we rebook it automatically.
Trips We Handle
Travel can mean a lot of different things, and we support a wide range, from simple stays to more complex, multi-layered trips, with the same level of coordination and attention to detail throughout.
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Hotels, resorts, all-inclusive properties, vacation rentals, villas, and extended stays.
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Ocean cruises, expedition cruises, river cruises, and private yacht or boat charters.
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Multi-city itineraries, long-haul travel, and trips that require coordination across multiple destinations, including flights, rail journeys, and transfers that need to align properly.
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Safaris, private guided trips, wellness retreats, cultural travel, scenic rail journeys, and other experience-driven itineraries
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Trips built around weddings, honeymoons, celebrations, major events, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences.
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Trips that don’t fit into a standard format, where sourcing, coordination, and structure matter more than the destination itself, including more complex logistics or non-traditional travel like private air or yacht charters.
Why You Choose Us
Advice without an agenda
Perks&Rec is based on a membership model, and that's what allows us to work for you, not the hotel. We're not dependent on commission, so every recommendation is based on what's right for your trip.
Better rates + real perks
Access preferred travel advisor rates, often 10 to 20% less than what you’d find online, plus complimentary perks like breakfast, room upgrades, and hotel credits averaging $400 per stay.
A real person, not an AI Bot
You work with someone who understands how you travel and handles the details with you, not a chatbot, not an algorithm, and not a generic recommendation engine.
Time back + faster decisions
The average traveler spends 10+ hours researching a single trip. We take that off your plate and deliver clear, curated recommendations, often within 48 hours.
Wrap-around travel services
We handle bookings, coordination, and follow-through so everything runs through one place, before, during, and after your trip, without you managing multiple vendors or details.
What We Handle
Destination + Hotel Sourcing
We narrow destinations and hotels quickly based on your budget, preferences, and how you travel so you’re not sorting through endless options.
Transportation + Trip Routing
We map out flights, transfers, and routing so your trip actually flows and you’re not dealing with avoidable gaps or timing issues.
Activities + Trip Planning
We guide what to do, recommend tours and experiences, and help structure your time so your trip is well paced and thought through without overplanning or leaving key moments to chance.
Ongoing Support + Issue Resolution
We stay involved before, during, and after your trip, helping with confirmations, changes, and any follow-up issues like billing discrepancies or property coordination so you’re not left dealing with problems on your own.
Trip Bookings + Rebookings
We secure exclusive rates and apply perks like breakfast, upgrades, and credits when available, while continuing to monitor your booking so if a refundable rate drops or a better option becomes available, we can adjust it accordingly.
How It Works
Join as a member.
Start by joining Perks&Rec Travel Access, which gives you access to booking support, preferred rates, perks, and ongoing coordination across your trips, along with a $200 annual credit toward planning services that renews each year with your membership.
Tell us about your trip.
Once you’re a member, send over what you have over by email, phone, or even text. Whether that’s full details or just a destination and rough dates, and we’ll review it and guide you on the best way to move forward without overcomplicating things.
We handle the trip.
We handle bookings, coordination, and logistics so everything is set up properly before you go, and we stay involved throughout your trip and after you return to manage confirmations, changes, and any follow-up like billing issues or coordination with the property.
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Most trips are straightforward, but some require more coordination and time, and when that’s the case, we step in to handle the work behind the scenes, whether that’s coordinating more involved logistics or sourcing more complex travel needs beyond standard support, with this work typically priced at $100 per planned day and your $200 annual credit applied first, so many trips are fully or mostly covered each year.
Travel Access is for travelers who want someone to handle the hard part. We do the work. You just make the decision. It means we work for you, not our partners. No commission pressure, no preferred vendor lists. Just the right choice for your trip. And, it’s designed to pay for itself in the first 1 to 2 trips through monitoring, perks and time savings.
Join Perks&Rec Travel Access
What’s included:
Unbiased recommendations based on how you travel
Access to preferred rates + partner perks
Booking support across hotels, cruises, villas, and more
Price monitoring with rebooking when rates drop
Pre-arrival coordination with hotels
Wrap-around services before, during, and after your trip
Plus, each year receive:
$200 Perks&Rec credit toward Trips&Itineraries or Groups&Events, applied automatically
$25 in additional credit for every $2,500 spent with Perks&Rec
The Perks&Rec Guarantee
We want you to try Perks&Rec without any hesitation, and we're confident you'll get your money's worth. That's why we back it with a money-back guarantee. Not satisfied? You have the ability to request a full refund of your membership fee at anytime.