The person behind every journey.
Hi, I’m Andrew.
I've always believed that travel, when done well, reveals something true about who we are — not through grand transformations, but in the quiet details. The view from a morning walk. The rhythm of a city that isn't yours yet. The way a single meal can shift your perspective on everything.
That belief is the foundation of Daydrft. And my path to building it is not what most people expect.
Before Daydrft, I spent years at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service — CSIS — where my work centered on behavioral observation and understanding what people need, want, and won't say out loud. It taught me to listen at a different level. To read not just what someone tells you, but what they mean.
From there, I moved into leadership coaching and organizational culture, becoming a certified professional coach through the ICF. I've spent years helping individuals and teams get clear on what they actually value — and then building toward it.
I didn't set out to become a travel designer. But when I look at what those years built — the ability to understand people quickly, to design experiences that fit how they actually work — it's exactly the foundation this kind of work needs.
Every itinerary I design starts with the same question: not where do you want to go, but how do you want to feel when you get there? That's a coaching question. It's also the right question for travel.
I've traveled extensively across North America, Europe, and beyond — and what I notice, more than landmarks or highlights, is the texture of a trip. The quality of light in a particular city. Whether a hotel makes you feel held or merely housed. The difference between a pace that energizes and one that depletes.
I live in Vancouver, where the ocean and mountains sit side by side as a constant reminder that the best journeys hold both movement and stillness. I try to build that balance into every itinerary I design.
Daydrft is everything those years built — distilled into something I genuinely love doing. It's human insight, design sensibility, and deep care for the person making the journey. Not just the destination they're going to, but the experience they deserve to have.
Every trip is an invitation to travel in a way that actually fits you.
A few things about how I work.
I ask more questions than most people expect. That's the coaching background — I've found that the best trip usually comes from the third or fourth answer, not the first.
I don't work with everyone. Not because I'm selective for the sake of it, but because bespoke design requires genuine fit. If I don't think I'm the right person for your trip, I'll tell you.
I care about the whole arc — before, during, and after. A trip that ends well and leaves you with something is a different kind of success than a trip that was simply executed correctly.
And I think about travel the way a coach thinks about a client: not what do you want, but what do you need — and how do we design toward that?