Distinctly Bee is a travel and wellness publication, and a travel advisory, built on one idea: rest is a practice, not a reward. I’m Brandi Harris. I plan intentional, peaceful trips for individuals and small groups, and I only recommend places I’d book myself.

I started filming hotel reviews because nobody was telling me what I actually wanted to know. Not the thread count, not the square footage. Whether the room is quiet at six in the morning. Whether the staff leave you alone when you want to be left alone. Whether you come home rested or just recovering.

That’s still the whole method. I visit ten to twenty properties a year in person, and I evaluate each one the way I would for a client, because usually I am. The reviews you see on my channel are the same notes I use when I build an itinerary. Where I haven’t stayed, I say so.

Travel is only half of it. The other half is the life you come back to: the rituals, the spaces and the people that keep a calendar peaceful. That’s what the Wellness side of this publication is for. I think the two belong together, and I think most of us have been treating rest as something to earn instead of something to keep.

So here’s what you’ll find: fewer places, longer stays, and honest notes on what’s worth it. If you’d like me to plan something, I’d love to hear from you.