Hyper-local support
Travel should enrich local economies. Our guides point you to local guides, independent places to stay and eat, and authentic experiences, so your money lands where you travel.
- 100+
- countries between us
- 6
- continents, all of them slowly
Our story
Why we built this
We’re a group of close friends bound by a shared obsession: the world. Together we’ve stepped foot in over 100 countries. And along the way we realised something — the most unforgettable moments never happened on air-conditioned tour buses or inside expensive, sanitised agency itineraries.
They happened when we sat down with local hosts, navigated local transport, and let ourselves get a little lost.
Booking through traditional operators is expensive, and often very little of that money reaches the communities you actually visit. We built this platform to change that. Think of it as your one-stop DIY hub — guides, maps, fares and planning tools in one place, so you can discover and plan like a pro, then book directly with trusted partners. You skip the agency markup; your money lands where you travel.
Our guides
Meet our guides.
Every itinerary, tip and recommendation on mynext.holiday is researched, written and curated by us, real people who’ve travelled widely. We’re exploring AI avatar guides, one for each region of the world, to help bring that content to life. Next, we want them to speak your language too, going multilingual so we can reach further and help more people connect with, and discover, amazing places.
The faces are AI; the knowledge behind them is ours.
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Elena
Europe
Boutique hotels and heritage cities
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Ren
Asia
Tech hubs, night markets and getting around
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Amara
Africa
Safaris, cultural hubs and the coast
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Jack
North America
National parks and road trips
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Thiago
South America
Eco-lodges and Andean hikes
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Maya
Oceania
The Great Barrier Reef and island hopping
The words we travel by
I’m going to see the world
See the people, not the politics.
See the stories written on their faces, the kindness in their gestures, the resilience in their steps.
See beyond borders, beyond headlines, beyond fear.
See not just what’s different — but what’s the same.
See how strangers become friends, how cultures intertwine,
how adventure shapes the soul.
See not just places, but perspectives.
Not just landscapes, but lives.
I’m going to see the world.
With open eyes, an open mind, and an open heart.
Our core values
Three things we won’t compromise
Environmental respect
Slow, mindful travel that minimises waste and respects the places we visit — plus 5% of our profits to conservation.
How our pledge works →Radical independence
No middleman, no markup. We give you the tools to research and book directly with trusted partners, at no extra cost to you.
What you’ll find
Everything to plan a trip, in one place
Free to use, ad-free, no account needed.
Destinations
Country and city guides with the UK Foreign Office (FCDO) travel advice, maps, when to go and where to stay.
Explore destinations →Flights map
The lowest fares travellers have found recently from your airport, month by month — recent fares, not live quotes.
See the fare map →Stays
Search hotels and rentals on a map with live prices from our partners, next to the places we’d book ourselves.
Find a stay →Events
Festivals, concerts and seasonal events with dates, venue and how to get there.
What’s on →Ski
Resorts and ski areas on a map, with snow, terrain and where to stay.
Find snow →Trips
Ready-made itineraries you can copy and change, day by day, in our free planner.
Browse trips → Proof, not promises
Where our information comes from
- Safety and entry advice
- From the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Each country guide shows the FCDO’s own “still current at” and “updated” dates. Always check the FCDO page before you travel.
- Events
- Dates, venues and tickets are checked against the organiser’s or the official tourism board’s own pages, and past events drop out of our listings.
- Flight delays and cancellations
- Based on the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the UK Government’s air passenger guidance and the EU’s passenger-rights rules, with the date we last checked them.
- Maps
- Built on OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors), with map tiles from OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.
Straight answers
How this actually works
Are you a travel agency?
No — and that’s the point. We don’t sell packages or add fees, and we don’t book on your behalf. You book flights, stays and experiences directly with our booking partners, and their terms and support apply.
How do you make money?
Some booking partners pay us a commission when you book through our links — stays, flights, car hire, transfers and experiences. The price you pay is the partner’s own price. No commission ever changes what we recommend. More on how we make money.
Have you actually been to these places?
Many guides start from our own trips, then are researched and kept current against official sources. Where we haven’t been, we say so.
Who are Elena, Ren and the other guides?
AI avatar guides, one for each region of the world, that we’re exploring to help bring our content to life. They are not real people, and their images are AI-generated. Everything they share is researched, written and curated by our team, using the sources above.
What if my flight goes wrong?
Your booking is with the airline or partner, so their support applies — and our flight disruption guide explains what you are owed and how to claim.
Do I need an account?
No. The site is free to use and ad-free, and you don’t need an account. Plan in the free day-by-day planner (we don’t plan trips for people), and if something on the site is wrong or missing, tell us.
Our editorial promise
The no-nonsense review guarantee
We do not accept money to write positive reviews. Ever. If a destination has been ruined by over-tourism, we’ll tell you — and when to go instead. If a local initiative is brilliant, we’ll shout it from the rooftops. Partner commissions never decide what we recommend, and where we haven’t been ourselves, we say so.
- No paid placements in guides
- Over-rated gets called out
- Commissions disclosed, always
Transparency
How we make money
mynext.holiday is free to use and we do not sell your data. Some links on this site are affiliate links: when you book a stay, a flight, car hire, a transfer, a tour or a ticket through them, we may earn a commission from the booking partner, at no extra cost to you. The price you pay is the partner’s own price, and a commission never decides what we recommend. Where a page shows booking widgets or partner links, we say so next to them.
Our current partners include Stay22 and Booking.com (stays), Tiqets, Viator and WeGoTrip (tickets and tours), Travelpayouts (flights, transfers and car hire) and Kiwitaxi (transfers). Photos are credited where they appear.
Right — where next?
Start with a country, an event, or just “somewhere warm in November”. We’ve probably been.