elsewhere. · travel beautifully

Tell me the feeling.I will find the place.

A birthday that should feel like a movie. A week where nobody needs anything from you. The trip you keep promising your mom. You don't need a destination. Give me the vibe or the occasion and I'll handle the rest.

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Travel beautifully

You land and it's already handled. And you know exactly what you paid for, down to the dollar.

What you get

Everything, taken care of.

  • A trip designed around a feeling

    We talk first. Then I write a plan around who's going and why.

  • The right room

    I pick the floor and the view, not just the hotel. If a partner offers an upgrade or a perk, you get it.

  • Every reservation, made

    Dinners, airport rides, tours, even the backup plan. It's all in your trip app.

  • Me, the whole way

    From the first call until you're home, you can text me.

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Your tripSt. LuciaMarch 12 to 16 · 4 nights
126 days to go

Today · Day 1

Private car from UVFDriver meets you at arrivals with your name
Confirmed
Check inOcean-view suite, high floor, as requested
Confirmed
Dinner on the terraceTable for two at sunset, in your name
Confirmed
The planFive days, at your pace
Arrive and exhaleCar, suite, sunset dinner
The Pitons by boatPrivate catamaran, snorkel stop, lunch on board
Nothing planned, on purposeSpa at 3, the pool the rest of the day
Rainforest and chocolateMorning hike, then a cacao estate tasting
A slow breakfast homeLate checkout until 2, car at 2:15
Your trip, all inPayments and documents
Deposit$1,200 · Paid
Payment 2 · Dec 1$1,800
Final · Feb 1$1,450
Commission to me$0
Trip total, at cost$4,450

Documents

Hotel confirmation
Catamaran tickets
Travel insurance
MessageShavon, your travel designer
Your driver is Marcus, silver SUV. He will have a card with your name.2:31 pm
Just landed! Found him.2:44 pm
Welcome to St. Lucia. There is champagne chilling in your suite. Happy anniversary.2:46 pm
You thought of everything.4:12 pm

Sample · the private trip app every trip includes

What you pay

The at-cost promise.

  • My advisor rate, never marked up

    Hotels, transfers, dinners. You pay the same rate I get as an advisor.

  • One design fee, shown up front

    Custom design starts at $500. It's its own line on your quote, and you see it before anything is booked.

  • Your points stay yours

    Your loyalty numbers go on every booking. The points and status are yours, not mine.

  • Commission: $0

    That line is on every quote I send.

See design fees

Ways to travel

Start anywhere.

Design a trip · Most of what I plan

Built around a feeling

Anywhere, for any reason. Tell me the occasion and I'll find the place.

Starting point · Immersive

Step into a story

Paris, Beverly Hills and the Highlands, each planned like a story.

Starting point · Signature Trips

Places I love

Trips I'd book myself, with starting prices for two. I can change any of them.

The Reveal

Give the trip they open

The ribbon, the card, the moment they read where they're going. You get to see their face.

Together

Group trips

Six to fifteen people, one host, and nobody stuck running the group chat.

within.

The membership

A monthly lookbook, a member space, and credit toward your next trip.

Find your trip

Seven questions. One trip that fits.

Go with your gut. At the end you'll see what fits, and I can send you a first idea.

Shavon Battle, founder of elsewhere.

About me

Hi, I'm Shavon.

I've spent twenty years running big, complicated projects where nothing could slip. I plan trips the same way. And I answer my own messages.

Why at cost? I wouldn't charge myself commission on my own trip, so I don't charge you either. Your price is what I'd pay. My fee covers my work, and you see it before you say yes.

Certified: Luxury Travel · Caribbean · Europe · Hawaii · North America
Booking through Outside Agents, a full-service host agency

In their words

“I've used elsewhere. for New Orleans, New York, and Hawaii now. I work full time and have two kids, so honestly I'm just glad I can tell her when we're free and what I want to spend. The hotel in New York gave my sister and me a room with one bed. I texted her from the lobby and she got us switched while we were out getting coffee.”
Brianna M. · Charlotte, NC · New Orleans, New York and Hawaii
“I did The Reveal for my mom's 60th. She opened the box after cake and asked me twice if we were really going to the Dominican Republic. She called me the next morning to ask if she should bring her big suitcase. We weren't leaving for two months.”
Danielle R. · Baltimore, MD · Dominican Republic
“I was trying to get 11 guys to Jamaica. We'd been talking about dates in the group chat for weeks. I finally got everybody sorted through the elsewhere. group trip page and app. She set up the rooms, airport rides and the boat day. I'd book with her again just for how much less I had to text people.”
Marcus J. · Atlanta, GA · Jamaica

Starting points

Three stories, if you'd like one ready-made.

You can change any of these, and most of what I plan isn't on this page. These are a few I couldn't stop thinking about.

Paris
Opening first

Parisian Debut

Paris

Beverly Hills
Waitlist open

Rodeo Drive Romance

Beverly Hills

The Scottish Highlands
Waitlist open

Highland Romance

The Scottish Highlands

How it works

Three steps. Then you go.

1

Tell me the feeling

Who's coming, what you're celebrating, the vibe. A destination is optional.

2

I plan it

From the stay to the flight home. You see one all-in price and a payment schedule before anything is booked.

3

You arrive

It's all in your trip app, and I'm a text away the whole time.

The Reveal

Give a trip. Watch them open it.

You hand them a box. They read where they're going. You're in the room when it happens.

See how it works