Trips Under $2k
Minimal spend, maximum story
Good travel doesn’t need a five-figure price tag. So we’ve done the legwork, lining up a collection of trips that make it easy for you to get out there and live it. Beach clubs in Bali. Island hopping in Thailand. Slow boat days through Vietnam. Jungle mornings. Night markets. Cocktail in hand. Afternoon siestas. Curated experiences. Seriously good hotels. More stories. Less damage to the bank account.
The art of travelling well, for less.
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Uluwatu Luxury Retreat: Seascape Resort
Island Hopping Thailand: From Phuket to Krabi
Hanoi to Ha Giang: Vietnam’s Northern Backroads
Ubud to Seminyak: Indulgent Bali Escape
Montigo Seminyak x Potato Head Beach Club Bali
Vietnam: Northern Trails, Jungle Treks & Halong Bay Magic
Sailing Komodo Island & Trekking Waerebo Village
Thailand Beach & Jungle Bliss: Phuket to Khao Sok
Philippines Off-Piste: 10-Day Island Hopping & Jungle Adventure
Luxe Island Hopping Thailand: Phuket to Krabi
Best of Morocco Tour: Marrakech to the Desert, to the Sea
Sacred Valley to Machu Picchu: The Inca Trail Experience
Italy Express: Naples & the Amalfi Coast
Unmissable Moments
Potato Head Beach Club
Your own poolside daybed at one of the world’s most iconic beach clubs. Potato Head isn’t just a venue — it’s an architectural flex and cultural landmark, built from thousands of reclaimed shutters and stretched out along the Seminyak surf. This is your all-day pass to rotating DJ sets, cold cocktails on command, and the kind of lazy, sun-drunk hours that blur into each other.
Up Close with Komodo Dragons
Get face-to-face with Komodo dragons in their natural habitat, guided by a local park ranger. Walk through Komodo Island where you’ll see these incredible, larger-than-life predators still roam – the largest living lizards on Earth. This is Apex energy.
Speedboat to Phi Phi Island, Thailand.
You've got the need, the need for speedboat speed. Rip through the Andaman Sea at pace, weaving between limestone islands and open water. Cruise past karst formations and turquoise bays before pulling into Phi Phi to stay overnight – then spend the next day swimming, snorkelling, hiking to viewpoints and soaking it all in.
Drink Bia Hơi by the Train Tracks
Pull up on tiny plastic stools in Hanoi’s Old Quarter, where families still live, cook and drink along an active rail line that’s been running for generations. Sip bia hơi – fresh Vietnamese beer brewed daily – as trains thunder past just metres away, shaking the street and pausing conversation mid-sentence. It’s raw, historic and wildly alive. Not a show, not a theme – just Hanoi carrying on, beer in hand.
Hit the Jungle Club, Ubud
Beach clubs are out. Jungle clubs are in. Swap sand for canopy at Ubud’s Jungle Club, where infinity pools hang over deep green valleys and the soundtrack is birds, bass and clinking glasses. You’ll spend the afternoon swimming above the treetops, drinking cold cocktails, and watching mist roll through the jungle instead of people fighting for sunbeds.
Cinematic Days on the Amalfi Coast, Italy
The Amalfi Coast is a show-stealer, but hiking the Path of the Gods is next-level. Cliffs tumble into the Tyrrhenian, terraced villages cling to hillsides and lemon groves scent the air. Every step feels like walking through a postcard.
The art of travelling well, for less.
Real travel is all about coming home with a renewed perspective. It’s the small moments that make you feel far from home. The bowl of mystery meat grabbed from a street vendor with no menu and no shared language. A conversation with a stranger who lives a completely different life to you. The missed boat trip that turns into a slow beach afternoon instead. A sunset so crisp it briefly erases the existence of life’s mundane admin. It’s the early mornings you nearly snoozed the alarm for. The scooter ride you were nervous about but took anyway. The temple incense clinging to your clothes. Across Bali, Thailand and Vietnam, these itineraries are curated with that exact philosophy in mind. They’re a reminder that value is in the stories you bring home. In how differently you see the world, and yourself, afterwards.
Your cultural cheat-sheet
DRINK THIS
A coconut on a Thai beach. A Vietnamese iced coffee at sunrise. A cocktail at Potato Head in Bali.
EAT THIS
Street-side pho. Pad Thai cooked to order. Seafood eaten metres from the ocean.
SWIM HERE
Turquoise lagoons off southern Thailand. The Indian Ocean in Bali at sunset. A quiet stretch of Vietnamese coastline where the horizon feels endless.
WAKE UP LIKE THIS
Jungle mist rising in Ubud. Long-tail boats humming in the distance. Motorbikes stirring to life below your balcony in Vietnam. Early light, nowhere urgent to be.
DON’T MISS THIS
The first glimpse of Maya Bay’s cliffs. The hum of engines at Cai Rang as breakfast trades boat to boat. The moment your speedboat cuts the engine in a silent emerald lagoon. The slow climb above the jungle at Ta Cu.
SMELL THIS
Lemongrass and charcoal from a street cart at midnight. Incense drifting out of a temple doorway. Salt air on the back of a boat between islands.
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