Our Story
Bespoke Summer was created with a simple intention: to bring forward the kind of Asian travel that feels personal, thoughtful, and genuinely connected to the places we love.
Our team comes from across Asia, and our work over the years has spanned travel, design, and international luxury. These paths shaped how we understand the region — not only through industry knowledge and long-built relationships, but through a sensitivity to what makes people feel comfortable, understood, and inspired in a new place. This mix of local depth and global perspective guides the way we shape every journey.
Across the region, we meet our partners in person — speaking with chefs, artists, teachers, naturalists, and community leaders who help define the spirit of their cities. Their stories allow us to see each place with more honesty and nuance, so we can design experiences that reflect what the place truly offers and what different travellers naturally connect with.
We choose quality over speed, sincerity over scale, and real human connection over anything that feels overly polished or performed. It’s a way of working that allows each journey to feel grounded, comfortable, and quietly memorable.
Travellers who have explored Asia with us return with stories of encounters, conversations, and moments that stayed with them long after. For us, that is the heart of what we hope to create: experiences shaped with care, carried forward with warmth.
If this is the kind of travel that resonates with you — considered, human, and shaped by the places and people who make Asia what it is — we'd be glad to create your journey together.
Our Vision
& Approach
Doing less, but doing it better·
Choosing depth, over noise ·
Intention, over speed.
Human Connection
We travel not to collect sights, but to connect — with people, with place, with purpose
We choose depth over abundance, intention over noise
Less, but Better
Gentle Impact
True to Place,
Gentle to the World
We honor authenticity and move with respect
Our Travelers
Curious by nature.
Open to difference.
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“ Travelling with Bespoke Summer has given us some of our most memorable trips. In Chongqing and Chengdu, our guides made the cities feel personal and alive, tailoring everything — especially the food — to our tastes. They even arranged a birthday surprise for my husband, making the journey extra special. Experiences like these are why we now travel with Bespoke Summer twice a year and highly recommend their personalised service.”
Mrs K, Singapore
Chongqing & Chengdu (Returning Guest)
”What impressed me most about Bespoke Summer was their flawless organisation and genuine care. From airport pick-ups to daily logistics, everything was prepared in advance, and our guide Xiao Yan was friendly, knowledgeable and incredibly attentive — sending clear reminders and tips each night. With all tickets, timings and details handled for us, the entire trip felt effortless, well-researched and completely worry-free. ”
Mr T, Singapore
Xi’an & Luoyang (Returning Guest)
" Our badminton team of 12 travelled to Guangzhou with Bespoke Summer, and the trip truly felt tailored to us. Sylvia designed activities that connected us to our Cantonese roots — including Wing Chun and Lion Dance sessions with real masters — and introduced us to over 20 authentic local eateries we’d never discover on our own. She also helped us secure a great-value hotel and kept all communication clear and organised. It wasn’t a template itinerary, but a trip uniquely built for our group. Highly recommended. "
Miss G, Singapore
Guangzhou (12-PAX Group Trip)
“ Our family of nine travelled to Beijing with Bespoke Summer, and their support amazed us. When we discovered after midnight that my father’s passport had expired, they responded instantly and resolved everything in time for all of us to enter the Forbidden City together. Their calm, efficient problem-solving made our trip far easier and more enjoyable.”
Miss J, Singapore
Beijing
“ This was my first time in Hong Kong, and Bespoke Summer showed me a side of the city I never expected. They brought me to local-only Cantonese eateries, arranged a much-needed massage, and even took me to a hidden mountain viewpoint that felt unreal so close to the city. With great food, rooftop bars and unexpected nature, the trip was full of surprises yet perfectly paced — a version of Hong Kong that suited me completely. ”
Mr N, Australia
HongKong (First Time Solo Trip)
“ We joined an AI study tour in Singapore with Bespoke Summer, and their professionalism made everything easy — from clear schedules and course details to daily updates and photos. The children learned a lot, made new friends, and genuinely enjoyed the experience. What stayed with us most is how the connection continued afterward — it felt like we made trustworthy friends who cared for our kids as their own. ”
Mrs L, China
Singapore AI Study Tour (Parent of 2 kids)
Our Community at
Bespoke Summer
Create pathways that connect Asia with the wider world.
Connect the people who make your journey unique.
Share the distinct beauty of our home.
Nourish the communities in ways that last.
Founder: Sylvia Yang
Sylvia has always been drawn to people — how they think, what shaped them, and how culture colors the way they see the world. This curiosity took her from Guangzhou to Hong Kong and now Singapore, and guided more than a decade in international MNC teams working with colleagues from every corner of the world.
She travels with the same instinct. Instead of landmarks, she seeks out the places locals love — a hidden café, a quiet neighbourhood, a conversation that lingers — and shares these discoveries with friends, who often say traveling with her feels like having a personal curator.
Bespoke Summer grew naturally from this way of seeing the world. To Sylvia, the most memorable parts of travel aren’t the sights, but the people who help you understand a place. Her work is built on that belief: sincerity, curiosity, culture — and connection above all.
Remember the coolest professor you met in university?
That’s the kind of person we choose as our local experts.
Some might call them guides, but at Bespoke Summer, they are the first real connection you make in a new city — and often the first truly interesting person you meet on your trip. We look for locals who understand life, history, culture, and the small details that bring a place to life. They might be an architecture professor, a consultant, a designer, or someone who simply knows their city with depth and affection.
What they all share is a gift: they turn destinations into conversations, and moments into memories. With the right expert by your side, your experience becomes more insightful, more personal, and often the beginning of a friendship that lasts long after the journey ends.
Our Local Experts
Our travel designers are young creatives from across Asia — people who have experienced the world through different cultures and carry that openness into everything they craft. Some once worked in film production, others in luxury PR or design, but they all share one thing: a genuine love for travel and the stories that make a place feel alive.
They don’t just plan trips. They curate experiences the way an editor curates a magazine — selecting the thoughtful, the unexpected, and the quietly brilliant details that only locals know. And like a good friend, they handle everything with warmth and care, making your journey feel effortless and deeply personal.
Together, they shape the Bespoke Summer approach: travel designed with taste, sincerity, and a deep understanding of what makes each place — and each traveler — unique.
Our Travel Designers
Our partners are people who care deeply — about their craft, their city, and the communities they call home. They are locals who stay not because they have to, but because they want to give back, create, and share what makes their home unique. Together, we shape experiences that could only exist in that specific place.
They are the ones who design with us, refine with us, and rethink with us — again and again — until an idea becomes experiences that truly memorable for you. Through these collaborations, we’ve brought to life experiences across Asia: an AI workshop in Singapore, a Wing Chun class in Foshan, a market walk in Yunnan, and many more moments shaped with intention and local insight.
Together, we create experiences shaped by real places and real people — the kind you remember because they could only have happened there, with them.
