How We Work
We understand the trip before we define the work.
Not every preference carries equal weight. Part of the work is determining which ones should.
Begin with the trip
The Planning Conversation begins with the trip as it stands. You may have a destination in mind, commitments already made or a sense of the experience you want. Each gives us a place to begin.
We'll review what you've shared before we speak.
Before you engage North & Aspen, you'll understand what we recommend, why we recommend it, what the work includes and what it will cost.
There is no expectation that you proceed simply because we've had a conversation.
Tell us where the trip stands.
We discuss the fit and recommend the work.
Agree on the work, then understand your travelers
Once we’re engaged, the work becomes more specific.
The Engagement Agreement and required initial payment come before the Travel Profile. We turn your priorities into a Traveler Brief, then explore them in the Discovery Consultation.
Agree the scope and make the required initial payment.
Share your Travel Profile; we prepare the Traveler Brief before Discovery.
Research and design
The objective isn't to assemble good choices. It's to make good choices work together.
The planning develops from direction to detail. Blueprint establishes or validates the direction of the trip; Signature develops the selected direction in detail.
As the choices take shape, we consider what each contributes and what it changes elsewhere. Research, comparison and sequencing bring the parts into relation, with attention to the time and space the experiences you value need.
We research, compare and design.
Begin with Blueprint; continue independently or into Signature.
Use your plan
The plan should help you understand what to do next—and why it makes sense.
The plan brings the recommendations and their reasoning together. You can see why a choice fits, how it relates to the rest of the trip and where an alternative may suit your preference better.
Where it matters, we distinguish what has been verified, what is published, what is estimated and what should be confirmed before you act.
Receive your plan and understand the next steps.
You make and manage reservations and pay providers directly.