We’ve always said that in theory anyone can plan any trip, just as anyone can build their own house or fix their own car. The more relevant question is whether or not it makes sense to do so. It’s not neuroscience, but planning a brilliant trip takes know-how, experience, contacts, and a lot of time. Fitting the right pieces together in the right way is more challenging than it may seem. If you have the patience and gumption to tackle your own trip planning, by all means do, it can be very rewarding. But if you’re tight on time, short on expertise, or simply “don’t want to risk blowing a day” (as a client once put it) then it makes a lot of sense to hire the right people for the job.