The practice

Composed on the surface, still wild underneath.

Travel used to be an occasion. Somewhere along the way it turned into a queue, an app and eleven open tabs, and everyone quietly agreed to put up with it.

It doesn't have to. Still Wild plans and books travel for people who would rather not spend their evenings comparing room types, and who still want the trip to be interesting when they get there.

Most of what we book is a very good hotel for a week. Some of it is a milestone trip for twelve, or three generations under one roof. The far end of the range is a voyage to somewhere with no roads, which is where most of the stories come from and is nobody's first trip with us.

Two people run it: Jack and Laura. We book through Fora Travel, the agency behind the practice – it supplies the supplier relationships, the preferred-partner programs and the 24-hour support desk. The planning, the taste and the answering of your emails are ours.

The connection with room to breathe, the car already waiting when you land – the hour either side of the highlight is the part that gets forgotten.

Jack Abramowich in a beanie and parka, mid-conversation at a mountain bar in falling snow
Who you'll be dealing with

Jack Abramowich

Founder

I was an early employee at Fora Travel before I started booking trips on it, so I know the suppliers and the perks from the inside – which perk is real, and which one is a line on a website.

I grew up in Vancouver, which is where the pull toward remote places comes from. I live in New York now, which is where I learned what good hospitality feels like.

Seven continents, 32 countries. Three airports deep, and a night flight from most of the world.

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Laura Bleeke laughing on a boat on Lake Garda
The other half

Laura Bleeke

Trip Designer

I'm from Saint Louis and live in New York. Over three years at Fora, and a few tech companies here before that.

The trips I plan for myself look like the ones I plan for clients. The hotel matters, the drive between two places matters, and so does admitting when a day didn't work.

I stay out of the touristy pockets, since they're always the same few blocks, and I still shoot a roll of film on the trips I care about. St. Moritz is my favourite town in Switzerland.

26 COUNTRIES · 4 CONTINENTSBASED IN NEW YORK
Who's behind the booking

We book through Fora.

Still Wild books through Fora Travel, where Jack was an early employee. Fora is a Virtuoso member agency that has grown into one of the largest travel practices in the country, which is why two people can hold the same preferred-partner status as an agency of a hundred.