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Any opinions on using "Elsewhere" travel planning company (division of Lonely Planet) for Greece?

Has anyone used the new travel planning company called "Elsewhere" to help them with an itinerary? [https://www.elsewhere.io/] Or heard anything about it?

We are creating what is turning out to be a somewhat complicated visit to Greece next Fall. It will bookend a Rick Steves "Best of Turkey" tour Sept. 11-23, 2023.

Here's what we have in mind: We'd like to spend a week scuba diving in Alonissos, then fly over to Istanbul to start our Turkey tour. Then, after the tour concludes, we want to spend about a week making our way back to Athens via ferry, stopping at Rhodes, Santorini, and Naxos. Then, once we're back in Athens, we want to follow the Rick Steves guidebook suggestions to DIY tour the Peloponnese.

I've got no problem figuring out a rental car, routes, hotels, etc. for Athens or the Peloponnese. But the ferries and possibly alternative connections for Alonissos, Rhodes, Santorini, and Naxos are a little trickier.

Anyway, if anyone has used Elsewhere, I'd love to hear about it. Or if you have other recommendations for a travel planning resource, that would be appreciated, as well.

We can always meet with a Rick Steves travel counselor when they are once again available in November. But I'm just wondering if we're going to want more hands-on support than that.

Thank you!

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But the ferries and possibly alternative connections for Alonissos,
Rhodes, Santorini, and Naxos are a little trickier.

Forget the Rhodes-Santorini ferry.
If by chance you find one during fall (which would surprise me), be aware that the ferry trip takes more than 20 hours.

Fly Rhodes to Athens and from Athens take a ferry or flight to Santorini or Naxos
(there is no direct flight Rhodes-Santorini or Rhodes-Naxos)

Anyway, submit your project to Elsewhere, I would be curious to know the solution of their experts