THE ARCHIVE MEMBERSHIP


Unlimited access to travel intel

$100.00 / year

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THE ARCHIVE membership INCLUDES

Everything in The Reader plan— plus every property review, every destination guide, unlocked.

  • The Property — full hotel, camp, and lodge reviews
  • The Guide — complete destination intel
  • The Brief — real client trip stories, start to finish
  • The Dispatch — industry essays and opinion
  • The Shortlist — destination picks and quick guides
  • The Coco Edit — short-form video intel
  • Free newsletter


THE INSIDER MEMBERSHIP


Unlimited access to travel intel & planning

$200.00 / year

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THE INsider membership INCLUDES

Everything in The Archive plan plus—Priority access to travel advisory behind the reporting.

  • VIP hotel amenities on every high-end hotel booking — room upgrade, $100 credit, early check-in, late check-out, welcome amenity
  • $200 credit toward your planning fee at Coco Tran Travel, our sister agency
  • Priority advisory access when you’re ready to plan your trip
  • Quarterly Private Intel — deeper reporting, for Inner Circle only
  • The Property — full hotel, camp, and lodge reviews
  • The Guide — complete destination intel
  • The Brief — real client trip stories, start to finish.
  • The Dispatch — industry essays and opinion
  • The Shortlist — destination picks and quick guides
  • The Coco Edit — short-form video intel


THE READER


limited access to travel intel

$0.00/ year complimentary

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THE reader INCLUDES

Everything in The Archive plan plus—Priority access to travel advisory behind the reporting.

  • The Dispatch — industry essays and opinion
  • The Shortlist — destination picks and quick guides
  • The Coco Edit — short-form video intel
  • Monthly Newsletter

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$200.00 / year

  • The Property — hotel, camp & lodge reviews
  • The Guide — complete destination intel
  • The Brief — real client trip stories
  • The Dispatch — industry essays & opinion
  • The Shortlist — destination picks & quick guides
  • The Coco Edit — short-form video intel
  • Free newsletter
  • Quarterly Private Intel — reporting Archive doesn’t get
  • Priority advisory access when you’re ready to plan
  • VIP hotel amenities on high-end bookings (upgrade, $100 credit, early/late check-in-out, welcome amenity)
  • $200 credit toward your planning fee at Coco Tran Travel
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$100.00 / year

  • The Property — hotel, camp & lodge reviews
  • The Guide — complete destination intel
  • The Brief — real client trip stories
  • The Dispatch — industry essays & opinion
  • The Shortlist — destination picks & quick guides
  • The Coco Edit — short-form video intel
  • Free newsletter
  • Quarterly Private Intel — reporting Archive doesn’t get
  • Priority advisory access when you’re ready to plan
  • VIP hotel amenities on high-end bookings (upgrade, $100 credit, early/late check-in-out, welcome amenity)
  • $200 credit toward your planning fee at Coco Tran Travel
Select Subscription

The Insider

  • The Property — hotel, camp & lodge reviews
  • The Guide — complete destination intel
  • The Brief — real client trip stories
  • The Dispatch — industry essays & opinion
  • The Shortlist — destination picks & quick guides
  • The Coco Edit — short-form video intel
  • Quarterly Private Intel — reporting Archive doesn’t get
  • Priority advisory access when you’re ready to plan
  • $200 credit toward your planning fee at Coco Tran Travel
  • VIP hotel amenities on high-end bookings (upgrade, $100 credit, early/late check-in-out, welcome amenity)

$200.00 / year

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The Archive

  • The Property — hotel, camp & lodge reviews
  • The Guide — complete destination intel
  • The Brief — real client trip stories
  • The Dispatch — industry essays & opinion
  • The Shortlist — destination picks & quick guides
  • The Coco Edit — short-form video intel
  • Quarterly Private Intel — reporting Archive doesn’t get
  • Priority advisory access when you’re ready to plan
  • VIP hotel amenities on high-end bookings (upgrade, $100 credit, early/late check-in-out, welcome amenity)
  • $200 credit toward your planning fee at Coco Tran Travel

$100.00 / year

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Frequently Asked Questions

Full hotel, camp, and lodge reviews — real stays, photographed and assessed room by room. Within this pillar: full-length property reviews, quick takes on new openings, and side-by-side comparisons when we’re weighing two properties against each other.

Complete destination intel — the one document you’d want before planning a trip somewhere new. Within this pillar: full destination guides, neighborhood breakdowns, and focused city guides — best cafes, best beaches, that kind of thing — for the places we know especially well.

Real client trip stories, start to finish — how an actual itinerary came together, what changed along the way, and how it played out. Within this pillar: full trip case studies and shorter client spotlights.

Destination picks and quick guides — for when you want a fast, trusted answer instead of a full breakdown. Within this pillar: black books, best-of roundups, and quick picks by category.

Industry essays and opinion — plus the reporting written closest to the ground. Within this pillar: postcards from a recent stay, written in the days right after checking out while it’s still fresh; hot takes on where travel is headed; and longer-form essays on the industry.

Short-form video intel — quick visual hits from the road. Within this pillar: destination reels, hotel walkthroughs, and behind-the-scenes clips.

The Reader is free, always. The Archive ($100/yr) unlocks the full library — every property review, every destination guide, every story. The Insider ($200/yr) includes everything in the Archive, plus direct advisory access and the perks that come with it.

Full access to The Property, The Guide, The Brief, The Dispatch, The Shortlist, and The Coco Edit — plus the newsletter. Nothing metered, nothing paywalled within the site once you’re in.

Priority advisory access when you’re ready to plan a trip, VIP amenities added to your high-end hotel booking, a $200 credit toward your planning fee with Coco Tran Travel, and Quarterly Private Intel — reporting reserved for Insiders only.

Yes. The Insider tier is complimentary for active travel clients. You will receive your client discount code to for your one year access.

When you book a high-end hotel through Coco Tran Travel as an Insider, we add on amenities where the property allows it — think room upgrade, a $100 hotel credit, early check-in, late check-out, and a welcome amenity.

As an Insider, you get to the front of the line when you’re ready to plan — direct time with our advisory team, ahead of general inquiries.

The Archive is available at $12/month or $100/year. The Insider is currently annual only, at $200/year.

You can cancel anytime, but we don’t offer refunds or proration. You’ll keep full access through the end of your current billing term — no early cutoff.

You will have access to your account and content until the end of your billing period.

Quarterly Private Intel arrives three times a year for Insiders. The Property, The Guide, The Brief, The Dispatch, The Shortlist, and The Coco Edit publish on an ongoing basis.

No. Your credit toward a Coco Tran Travel planning fee remains available to use, even after your membership ends.

membership is the reporting and content; Coco Tran Travel is the actual trip-planning service. Insiders get a bridge between the two (advisory access, the credit), but the two are separate.

Almost certainly no — these read like perks tied to booking through Coco Tran Travel specifically, not something a member gets on a DIY booking. Worth stating outright so no one’s surprised.

Almost certainly no — these read like perks tied to booking through Coco Tran Travel specifically, not something a member gets on a DIY booking. Worth stating outright so no one’s surprised.


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