INSIGHTS FROM THE COMPASS
Field notes, reflections, and quiet observations.
Why We Don't Sell "Tours"
Every Jade Compass itinerary starts with a phone call — and ends with something we couldn't have guessed before that call.
THE COMPASS BEHIND THE COMPASS
A Letter from London & Beijing
Jade Compass is a private travel atelier. We don't sell packages. We design singular journeys for travellers who already know what they don't want — and trust us to find what they do.
Every itinerary is built around you — whether you travel as one, as a family, as a school cohort, or as a private collective of friends and colleagues. No two journeys are the same. Every quote begins with a conversation.
Our specialty is China — its quiet places, its master craftsmen, its temples, its medicine, its modern paradoxes. But our compass points further: bespoke study escapes in Italy and France for international learners, hand-curated UK day adventures, luxury shopping and wellness curations across East Asia, and TCM healing journeys for those seeking the deeper roots of well-being.
We are based in London and Beijing — and our work happens wherever you decide to go.
WHAT WE CRAFT
Six pillars of bespoke travel
Cultural Retreats
Daoist Bigu · Shaolin Kung Fu · Wellness immersions inside China's sacred mountains and temples.
Study Programs
Inquiry-based programmes across China — plus signature routes in Italy & France for international learners.
Britain Discoveries
Curated 1- to 2-day journeys across England's countryside, cities, and hidden corners.
Asia Luxe Curations
Three-country shopping, beauty, and wellness journeys across China, Japan, and Korea.
TCM Healing
Journeys
Traditional Chinese Medicine — Tuina, acupuncture, orthopaedic care — paired with city explorations.
City Curations
Bespoke 1- to 7-day city journeys across Chongqing, Shanghai, Beijing, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and beyond.
Voices from past travellers, parents, and partners.
IN THEIR WORDS
"Jade Compass turned what could have been a school trip
into something my students still write about three years
later. They didn't tour China — they understood it."
— Head of Humanities
United Kingdom
"We arrived as tourists. We left changed. The Daoist
retreat was the most quiet, most necessary week of my year."
— Sarah & Marcus
London, UK
"Lisa and her team handled everything — from the airport pickup in Beijing to the consultation with the TCM doctor. White-glove, end to end."
— K. Reinhardt
München, Germany
THE JADE COMPASS APPROACH
Three principles behind every journey
Insider Access
Daoist masters who don't take students. Tea farms off Google Maps. The dean who'll spend an afternoon with your child. We open doors most travellers never knew existed.
Hand-crafted Care
No itinerary leaves our desks unless we've personally walked it. Every guide, every meal, every moment is chosen — never sourced from a vendor catalogue.
Cross-Cultural Fluency
With teams in Beijing and London, and a network across China, Italy, France, Japan, and Korea — we translate not just languages, but the silences between cultures.