A table set with cocktails and small plates above a Thai bay at dusk

The Private Edit

Your journey. Our edit. Revealed one day at a time.

Our signature concierge experience: curated privately around you, revealed at the pace you choose.

The idea

Eight Houses, one journey.

Before you arrive, we get to know you. The places you love, the food you want to eat, the pace you keep, how much you want planned and how much you want left open. Then we design the journey behind the scenes, drawing on the eight Houses under this roof: the villa from the Stay House, the boat from the Travel House, the table, the morning, the celebration. One journey, threaded through all of it.

Behind every day, the details are already considered: the right venue at the right hour, preferred tables, reservations, logistics and the flow from one moment to the next. And because the best journeys stay loose, we remain with you throughout. When the weather turns, the mood changes or you simply want something different, the plan moves with you. The planning is ours. The experience is yours.

The three levels

Choose how much you want to know.

Everyone likes a different amount of surprise. Every Private Edit runs at one of three levels, and you set it.

A Koh Samui beachfront estate seen whole from above
01

Full Reveal

See your curated itinerary before you travel, with everything arranged behind the scenes.

Every day known before you fly.

A crewed catamaran in the late afternoon sun off Koh Samui
02

Daily Reveal

Know the shape of your journey and discover the details one day at a time.

The shape known. The details, daily.

A candlelit table for two set on the sand at dusk, waiting
03

The Unknown Edit

We tell you when to be ready, what to wear and what to bring. The rest stays with us until you arrive.

Only ever a day ahead of you.

How it works

Four steps, then the island does the rest.

  1. 01

    We get to know you

    A personal consultation: who is travelling, what you love, what you avoid, your pace, your priorities and your budget. There is no standard itinerary and no pre-designed package.

  2. 02

    We create your edit

    Restaurants and hidden tables, beach clubs, private boats, wellness, nightlife, celebrations. We connect the days so the journey feels effortless.

  3. 03

    You choose your level

    Full Reveal, Daily Reveal or the Unknown Edit. You can change your mind mid-journey; some guests hand us more of the map as the week goes on.

  4. 04

    We stay with you

    Reservations, preferred positioning, amendments, local coordination and last-minute recommendations, with your concierge available throughout.

The difference

A point of view on your destination.

The internet can tell you where everyone goes. We are here to decide what is right for you. We look past lists, ratings and the obvious addresses to build a journey with rhythm: exceptional access alongside local character, the iconic alongside the unexpected. Some days are luxurious. Some are wonderfully simple. Each one earns its place.

It suits couples who want something beyond the usual itinerary, families who want extraordinary days without spending the holiday organising them, groups of friends who want the right rooms and the freedom to enjoy them, honeymoons and birthdays that deserve something personal. Returning travellers tell us the island feels new again. First-time visitors simply want someone they trust to get it right.

Questions

The questions we get.

What if I would rather see the full itinerary?

Then you see it. The Full Reveal level shares the complete curated itinerary before you travel, and we still handle every arrangement behind the scenes. The reveal is always yours to choose, from everything up front to a true surprise.

How do you handle dietary needs, children and fixed plans?

The consultation captures all of it before we design a single day: allergies and dietary needs, mobility, children's routines, the dinner you have already booked. Hard constraints are settled first and the journey is built around them, and you can tell us anything that should never be a surprise.

What happens if the weather changes?

The plan moves. We hold an alternative for every weather-dependent day and rearrange it on the morning itself: a different bay, a covered table, a better use of the afternoon. We live on the island, so the change is usually made before you are up.

How do we start?

With a conversation. Tell us who is travelling, your dates and how you like to travel, over WhatsApp or the enquiry form, and we will take it from there. Every Private Edit begins with you.

The Aera House · Koh Samui

Tell us how you like to travel. We will take it from there.