About Travel Breakdown

Travel Breakdown exists to help people plan trips that actually work in real life—not just on paper.

There is no shortage of travel information online. The challenge is figuring out what actually applies to your trip. Too often, travel content falls into one of two categories: highly curated itineraries where everything goes perfectly, or endless lists of attractions with very little guidance on what to prioritize.

I wanted to create something different.

Travel Breakdown focuses on realistic itineraries, practical logistics, thoughtful pacing, cost-conscious decisions, and honest reflections about what I’d do differently if I planned the same trip again.

The goal isn’t to help you see everything. It’s to help you make the most of the time you have.

Whether you’re planning a family vacation, a trip with friends, or your first solo adventure, I hope Travel Breakdown helps you travel with more confidence—and a few fewer planning headaches.

About Andrea

I’ve always been the trip planner. If someone mentioned a destination, I was usually researching flights, neighborhoods, transportation options, and possible itineraries that same night.

What started with family trips to Peru and a semester studying abroad in Rome eventually grew into multi-country adventures across Europe, South America, Central America, and Asia. Along the way, I’ve traveled with family, friends, and on my own, and each style of travel has taught me something different.

One of the biggest turning points came during a five-week trip through South America. Like many travelers, I started with an ambitious plan because I wanted to see as much as possible. It didn’t take long to realize that countries were larger than they looked on a map, transportation always took longer than expected, and every additional destination came with tradeoffs.

I couldn’t do everything.

More importantly, I didn’t need to.

That realization completely changed how I plan trips.

Today, I focus less on maximizing the number of destinations and more on maximizing the experience. I’ve planned family trips to places like Egypt, Spain, and the Amalfi Coast, taken solo journeys across Central America and Central Europe, and learned that the best trips aren’t perfectly planned.

They’re realistically planned.

The best itineraries leave room for flexibility, curiosity, and the occasional unexpected discovery. That’s the philosophy behind both my travels and Travel Breakdown, and if you’re here planning your own trip, I hope something I’ve learned along the way makes the process a little easier.

Curious why I started Travel Breakdown? Read the story here.

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