About Rhythm and Routes
Travel advice built on understanding, judgement and care
Every journey begins with understanding the person travelling.
We listen carefully, ask the questions that matter, filter the options and use more than 26 years of travel experience to recommend what genuinely fits.
Our promise is simple: clear advice, thoughtful planning, independent judgement and personal support from the first conversation until you return home.
That’s the Rhythm & Routes promise.
Meet Lizzie
Curiosity has shaped my life for as long as I can remember.
As a child, I used to fall asleep with a globe beside my bed. I would spin it, close my eyes and let my finger land somewhere in the world.
That curiosity never really left me.
After 12 years teaching Business and Economics, I moved into travel and have now spent more than 26 years working across corporate, leisure and luxury travel, planning everything from complex international itineraries to once-in-a-lifetime journeys.
Over the years, I have worked through some of the biggest disruptions the industry has faced, from 9/11 and SARS to ash clouds and the Covid pandemic.
Those experiences taught me something important:
Great travel advice is not about knowing every hotel or destination.
It is about listening carefully, asking the right questions, understanding what matters and using experience and judgement to make the right recommendation.
That is why I founded Rhythm & Routes.
I do not begin with a destination. I begin with you.
Your priorities, your pace, what has worked before and what you want this journey to give you all shape the advice that follows.
In 2026, I was proud to be named TTG Wellness Travel Adviser of the Year.
I also hold CLIA Master status, recognising advanced cruise expertise across ocean, river, expedition and luxury cruising.
Awards are lovely, but they are not what drives me.
Helping people make better travel decisions is.
Because the best journeys do not start with a map.
They start with curiosity.
Live with Rhythm - Travel with Heart
Meet Colin
I spent 20 years working in the nuclear industry, in roles where safety, responsibility and attention to detail really mattered.
In April 1986, I became the one that detected the Chernobyl radioactive cloud over the UK, something that remains one of the most memorable moments of my working life.
My role involved helping protect colleagues and the public from radiation and contamination, so careful judgement and getting the details right were essential.
Later, after a serious health event forced me to rethink my working life, I spent five years working on A&E ambulances. It was demanding, rewarding work and gave me a very different perspective on people, pressure and what really matters.
Eventually, I left the Ambulance Service to help Lizzie build the travel business.
Today, I work behind the scenes at Rhythm & Routes, looking after supplier relationships, marketing and many of the practical details that help keep the business running smoothly.
I also have a particular interest in sports travel, including Formula 1, golf, rugby, cricket and tennis.
For me, travel is not only about rest or recovery.
It can also be about doing more of the things you love, staying curious, getting outdoors, sharing experiences and enjoying life to the fullest.
That is something I try to live myself, whether I am at the gym, out mountain biking or simply spending time outside in nature.
Lizzie leads the travel advice and client planning.
My job is to help make sure Rhythm & Routes has the relationships, information and support behind it to deliver that properly.
Live with Rhythm - Travel with Heart
Join the Rhythm & Routes Community
Our Facebook community is a place to share travel ideas, ask questions and stay connected with Rhythm & Routes.
We’ll be building it out with more useful travel advice, inspiration, conversations and recommendations over time, covering everything from bespoke journeys and cruises to health, wellbeing and healthy ageing travel.
If you’d like to be part of it from the beginning, you’re very welcome to join us.