2026: PacSet VS. The Robots!

We’re not going down without a fight.

The theme for our 2026 launch was somewhat inevitable. I had not one, but two encounters with travelers on planes to the USA from Tokyo with people who had just made their first trip to Japan. They’d both traveled solo, and they’d both seemed a little disappointed in the experience. When I asked them how they planned their trip, they both gave the same answer:

“We asked Chat GPT.”

With all due respect, internet: to hell with that.

Next week, we’ll be launching the first batch of our 2026 trips. We’ll be announcing a second drop for later, mainly because we are pretty busy and don’t want to rush all 14 (yeah, 14!) trips on the docket onto the internet. But what I can say is this:

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

If you know anyone is planning a trip to Japan – with us or by themselves – please invite them to the livestream we’ll be having on Twitch this coming Tuesday. It’ll be at 5PM August 19 Pacific Time (8PM Eastern, 7PM Central, etc. etc.) and I’ll be answering Japan travel questions of every shape and size. We’d love to have you there!

Also, PLEASE help us boost our announcements on socials; every bit helps. Use the hashtag #travelamongfriends :)

See you next Tuesday! In the meantime, stay tuned; we’ll be dropping one more post about 2026 later today!