What exactly is a Country Companion?
A complete travel planner that lives inside Notion. Each country includes region-by-region guides, a phrasebook and slang database, a food and drink atlas, a currency-aware price index, packing and budget trackers, a personalized itinerary builder, and a set of AI trip companions. Unlike a printed guidebook, it stays current — a built-in Freshness Check verifies currency rates, visa rules and opening details against the live web.
Do I need a paid Notion account?
No. The planner duplicates into a free Notion workspace in one click. The optional AI trip companion uses Notion's built-in AI; availability can depend on your Notion plan.
How is this different from a guidebook or a travel blog?
A printed guidebook is out of date the moment it ships, and a blog is one writer's opinion frozen in time. A Country Companion is interactive and self-updating: you check the regions and styles you care about and it builds a day-by-day itinerary, the price index converts to your currency, and the Freshness Check re-verifies facts against the live web.
Where does the information come from?
Each Country Companion is sourced from national tourism boards, official government travel advisories, embassy guidance, published currency data, public-holiday calendars and recognized regional experts — then verified against the live web. No SEO bait, no AI-generated checklists scraped from random sites.
Which countries can I get right now?
Colombia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Spain, Malawi, Malta, Japan, Canada and Costa Rica are all available now on Etsy. We add new countries to the series regularly — check back or follow along.