An application-only collective that designs one country at a time, for twelve people, and travels it alongside them. Anyone can book a hotel and a train — what you are actually buying is judgement.
Longitude Pass started with a simple observation: the way we travelled was different. Akhil has travelled to 30 countries, and over the years friends and family kept asking the same thing — where did you stay? What did you do? How did you plan it?
His itineraries were never about doing everything or spending the most. They were about knowing where to spend more, where to save, and which experiences were actually worth it. A great hotel when it mattered. A local stay when that made more sense. A splurge when it created a memory. A smart budget choice when it didn't.
After enough conversations, interviews, and a big push from family and friends, Longitude Pass was born.
From Southeast Asia and the Middle East to Europe, Africa and Australia, travel has always been a big part of Akhil's life. But it was the trips he planned for himself that started getting people curious.
Friends kept asking for his itineraries — where to stay, where to splurge, where to save, and which experiences were actually worth making time for.
That became the idea behind Longitude Pass: travel well, spend where it matters, and don't waste a day.
Nazma is the other half of every journey. Since they met, travel has been something they've shared — discovering new places, trying new things, and collecting the stories in between.
She is Akhil's biggest critic, and she cuts through the crap. The unnecessary stop. The overrated experience. The hotel that's all façade and no feeling. If it doesn't add something to the journey, it doesn't make the cut.
Twelve days in Japan, a group of no more than twelve, and every complicated part already handled.