This trip is for anyone looking to experience an amazing, world-class city through the lens of Life & Thyme’s culinary journalism. We’ll use food as a gateway to better understand a place, its people, culture, art and history. We’ve spent months putting together a superb itinerary that covers a great deal of cultural ground. Many of the stops on our trip have been arranged via our network of relationships and cannot be simply booked online.

While airfare is not included, once you touch down in Mexico City, you are in our care and can leave your wallet behind. All meals, drinks, activities, transportation (including private transportation to and from the airport) are included in the cost of the trip. Any activities that are extracurricular to the set itinerary would be at your expense.

Passport practices something known as radical hospitality. We’re hyper motivated to go above and beyond to tend to your comfort, care and needs. We’ll constantly be on the lookout to proactively enhance your trip, but please do not hesitate to ask the host team for anything that would make your trip more enjoyable.

It is not. Dinners are opportunities for fascinating round table conversations. We’ll welcome special guests (artists, journalists, thought leaders) to our table and host conversations that add to the overall dining experience.

We’ll make every effort to accommodate the most common dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, gluten free). If you require other accommodations, please let us know ahead of time and we’ll see if we can arrange.

In order to maintain the kind of host-to-guest-ratio that allows for the utmost care, we’re keeping the group size to 10-12 people.

The listed cost of the trip is for solo travellers. This is because the hotel only features King-sized beds. Should friends or couples want to do double occupancy, we will reduce their total rate by $650.

Travel insurance is strongly recommended. These policies step-in to protect you in the event of cancelled flights, medical emergencies, lost luggage, etc.

To officially reserve your place on the journey, we ask for a 50% deposit, payable by credit card. The remaining balance will be due 45 days before the trip begins.

We completely understand that life happens and plans change. Here’s how we handle cancellations:

• More than 45 days out: We’ll refund your deposit, less a $500 cancellation fee.
• 45 days or fewer: The deposit becomes non-refundable.
• 30 days or fewer: The full trip cost is non-refundable.

That said, our goal is always to take care of you. If we are able to fill your spot from our waitlist, we’ll happily refund everything except the $500 fee — no matter when you cancel.

In the unlikely event that we must cancel the trip, you will receive a full refund — no stress, no fine print.

Once you fill out the form on the Reserve link, we’ll reach out to set up a quick virtual meeting. This will allow us to get to know each other; we can share a little more about the trip and get a better understanding of you as a traveler and how we can maximize your trip experience. From there, we’ll send a deposit link and we’ll be in regular communication with additional trip details until arrival day.

We’ll make every effort to accommodate accessibility needs. Note that some portions of the trip might be impossible to accommodate. Should you have any needs/concerns, please feel free to discuss them with us ahead of time.

The trip will primarily take place in English. Some of our hosts are more comfortable speaking their native Spanish language; in those instances (and at all times) we’ll have a translator present with us to facilitate all communications.

In short, yes. The itinerary is subject to change without formal notice, but rest assured that should anything fall out we will replace it with a comparable experience that we are equally excited to share with you.