🗝️ Master Key: How to do Egypt Right
The Master Key series consists of actual itineraries I've built as a luxury travel advisor for clients
Egypt: What a Luxury Trip Actually Looks Like
The pyramids, a Dahabiya cruise down the Nile, Abu Simbel, and why this is the moment to go
🗝️ This post marks the first of the Master Key series - comprised of actual itineraries I’ve built for luxury clients, my own travel guides, and in-depth brand history lessons from the hospitality industry. These posts are for paid subscribers.
Egypt can feel intimating for travelers, yet is on most people’s bucket list. It was certainly on mine. Prior to my own trip three years ago, I didn’t feel comfortable building trips for clients in Egypt.
As a luxury travel advisor, I pride myself on my network of providers that I’ve built around the world, as well as bringing personal travel experience to my itineraries. In some areas, those connections have to be made in person. I wanted to make sure that I had traveled to Egypt in person - and this is the trip that I’ve now built for several clients with the connections I made there.
This is the right time to travel to Egypt. The Middle Eastern war has made many travelers wary of visiting the region, but Egypt remains a safe place to travel with the same travel advisories it had prior to the conflict. What the slowdown in arrivals has meant is smaller crowds, lower rates, and probably the best time to go to the country I’ve seen in years.
Additionally, The Grand Egyptian Museum finished opening its full collection in 2024. The small luxury dahabiya category on the Nile has matured into an incredible collection of ships. And for the first time in a long time, the crowds are manageable. Europeans who might otherwise go are choosing elsewhere right now, and that’s your opening.
I’ve built out a full sample itinerary, and I want to walk you through how I think about Egypt as a destination, what makes this trip work, and the specific places that make for an amazing first-time visit.
Yours truly in the Hathor Temple
Structural Overview
This is a 10-night trip - Cairo, Luxor, cruise the Nile, Aswan and Abu Simbel, then back to Cairo.
You need 3 nights in Cairo on the front end to see Giza, Saqqara, and the museums without rushing.
