What you get
What the plan looks like, line by line.
The plan is a document, not a wish list. It arrives on WhatsApp as a day-by-day shape with indicative bands, and every line carries a label saying whether it has been checked live or is an example. You can edit it by message. When you are happy, the same file goes to Lizanne and she confirms the live numbers. Nothing on it is bookable until she does.
Four things arrive together.
A plan that leaves out any one of these is a brochure. The brief comes back to you in your own words first, so a mistake is caught before a single option is priced.
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One
The brief, read back to you.
Destination, dates or the window you can travel in, how many are going, where you fly from, the budget band, the pace, and anything that would spoil the trip if it went wrong. We repeat it back before we price anything, because the costliest mistake in travel planning is a plan built for the wrong trip.
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Two
The day by day.
Each day gets a heading, what happens, how long it takes and how much of the day it uses. Travel days are shown as travel days, not as a free afternoon that turns into a missed connection. The middle of a beach week is left empty on purpose.
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Three
The indicative numbers.
A band per person sharing, built from the trade's published shoulder-season pricing for the routing, the room type and the season you asked about. The band is a planning range with a stated basis, so you can compare two options without guessing what is inside each one.
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Four
The labels and the open questions.
The parts that cannot be checked yet are named, not hidden: a fare that only loads at booking, a lodge with no availability on your dates, a school holiday that lifts the number. Those become questions Lizanne answers with a live price, not gaps you find out about later.
The worked example: seven nights in Mauritius.
Two adults, from Johannesburg, a window in early May rather than fixed dates. This is the plan as it is sent, with the label column kept in. Nothing here is a live rate.
| Line | What it says | Label |
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| Brief | Mauritius, seven nights, two adults, Johannesburg, early May window, calm pace, one base | Confirmed with you |
| Day 1 | Land, airport transfer to the north or west coast, nothing else on the day | Example, subject to live confirmation |
| Day 2 | First full day at the resort, no excursion booked | Example, subject to live confirmation |
| Day 3 | The south-west in a loop: Chamarel, the seven coloured earths, Le Morne on the way back | Example, subject to live confirmation |
| Day 4 | Catamaran half day on the water, afternoon free | Example, subject to live confirmation |
| Day 5 | Port Louis in the morning, or the north coast, and back by mid afternoon | Example, subject to live confirmation |
| Day 6 | Nothing booked. That is the line most people ask for and most plans leave out | Confirmed with you |
| Day 7 | A slow last full day, packing, one last swim | Confirmed with you |
| Day 8 | Breakfast, transfer, flight home | Example, subject to live confirmation |
| Band | Four-star, half board, return flights from Johannesburg, transfers, breakfast and dinner daily, from R 26,500 per person sharing | Planning band, not a quote |
| Not included | Travel insurance, drinks beyond the house pour, spa treatments, gratuities, excursions outside the shape above | Named, so it is not a surprise |
The band above is the one published on the Mauritius destination page, kept the same here on purpose. A plan that quotes a different number on every page is a plan you cannot compare. School holidays, the December peak and a long-weekend minimum all lift the live number, and Lizanne flags that before you choose anything, not after.
How to read the labels.
Three labels appear on a plan. They mean exactly what they say, and they are the reason you can trust the rest of the page.
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Label one
Checked live.
Availability, rate and season have been checked against the trade's live system for your dates. It still is not a booking, and the price can move until the booking is made, which is true of every travel agent in the country.
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Label two
Example, subject to live confirmation.
The shape is real and the places are real. The number is a planning range built from published shoulder-season pricing, not a fare held for you. Lizanne replaces it with the live number before anything is paid.
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Label three
Not included.
Insurance, visas where they apply, drinks, tips, spa, and anything outside the shape. Written on the plan rather than discovered at the counter.
What the plan never does.
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It never books.
Planning and booking are separate steps. The plan is a document you approve. The booking is made by Lizanne, in the trade's system, on your instruction.
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It never takes payment.
No card on this site, no card in the chat. Deposit and balance go to the trade, through the consultant, once you have chosen.
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It never invents a place.
Every lodge, beach, park and route named on a plan exists and can be checked. No filler itinerary, no imaginary hotel to make the page look full.
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It never chases you.
One plan, your edits, then quiet. If you come back in three months the file is still there and the window has simply moved.
The three steps are on how it works. Why the planning lane is free, and who pays for it, is on what it costs.
Start with one sentence.
Where, roughly when, and who is travelling. One tap opens WhatsApp with that much already on the message line. Add the rest at your pace and the plan comes back the same working day.