Illustrative planning scenario
The brief
What they asked for
A couple wanted five slow days for their twenty-fifth anniversary: food, wine, no crowds and nothing to organise.
The practical challenge: Truffle hunts follow nature's calendar, hill-town lunches run long, and neither of them wanted to drive after a winemaker's table.
Snapshot
- Who
- A couple celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary
- When
- October
- Length
- 5 days
- Group
- 2 guests
- Where
- Rovinj and the hill towns
- Services
- Design hotel, truffle hunt, winemaker's table, driver
Key decisions
What we chose, and why
A harbour hotel in Rovinj, not a villa
For two people, service matters more than space.
A driver for the inland days
So the long lunches and tastings stayed relaxed.
The truffle hunt kept flexible
Booked with the hunter for a window of two mornings, not a fixed time.
One evening left empty
On purpose, for whatever they discovered.
Day by day
How it would run
- Day 1
Arrival from Pula, evening walk up to St Euphemia's.
- Day 2
Truffle hunt in the forest below Motovun, and a truffle lunch.
- Day 3
A free day in Rovinj. A private sail at sunset.
- Day 4
The winemaker's table, then the anniversary dinner.
- Day 5
Departure.
When plans change
If plans changed
If rain affected the first truffle morning, the hunt would move to the second, as agreed with the hunter in advance. The sail would move to day three.
What success would look like
- The truffle hunt happened
- No driving after tastings
- The anniversary dinner exactly as they asked
- An experience the couple would recommend
For couples, fewer planned moments, each one done properly, feels more generous than a full itinerary.
Illustrative planning scenario showing how we would approach this kind of brief. This is an illustrative planning scenario, not a completed client engagement.
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