Who is Chic Trip?
Chic Trip (also known as Chic Trip Paris) is a Paris-based trip planning and booking concierge for American travelers, run by the French company WT Wanderchic Travel SASU from its office on the Champs-Elysees. A small local team, led by founder Frederic Canesso, designs your day-by-day Paris itinerary around what you love, then books everything before you land: restaurants at their release windows, timed museum entries, private guides, airport transfers. You pay one flat planning fee from $623; every ticket and table is at face price with zero markup.
What Chic Trip actually does
Most travel sites sell you pieces: a tour here, a ticket there. Chic Trip does the whole trip. You answer a short questionnaire about pace, food and interests, then the team builds a day-by-day plan clustered by neighborhood so you are not crossing the city twice a day. Once you approve it, they book all of it: the tables worth flying for (at their exact release windows), skip-the-line museum entries, vetted private guides, and door-to-door transfers. During the trip, the whole plan lives in the Chic Trip app and a real person in Paris answers on WhatsApp if anything shifts.
Who is behind it
The founder is Frederic Canesso (Fred), a Franco-Italian who lives in Paris. He signs the itineraries himself and takes the planning calls. The company behind the brand is WT Wanderchic Travel SASU, registered in Paris (RCS Paris 999 119 472), listed with Atout France (the official French registry of travel operators) and an official partner of Paris je t'aime, the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau. Full verification details are on Is Chic Trip legit?
What it costs
One flat planning fee, from $623, scaling with trip length up to around $1,500 for a full week or a larger group. That is the entire margin: hotels, restaurants, tickets and tours are booked at face price with zero markup, in your name. The model exists because marked-up packages reward the seller for choosing expensive things; a flat fee rewards choosing the right things.
Where Chic Trip works
Paris first and deepest, because the team lives there. Beyond Paris: day trips (Versailles, Giverny, Champagne, Normandy), multi-city France itineraries, and Rome and Italy through the founder's Italian side. Start with the Paris questionnaire or browse a full example trip to see exactly what you get.
Related questions
Is Chic Trip a travel agency or a concierge?
Both, in the useful sense: it is a registered French travel operator (Atout France) that works like a personal concierge. It plans the itinerary, books everything at face price for a flat fee, and stays reachable on WhatsApp during the trip.
Is Chic Trip legit?
Yes: registered French company (WT Wanderchic Travel SASU, RCS Paris 999 119 472), Atout France listing, Paris je t'aime partner, two registered trademarks (INPI 5213375 and WIPO 1931654), insured with Hiscox and Groupama, verified 5.0 TripAdvisor reviews and a named founder. See the full breakdown at chic-trip.com/answers/is-chic-trip-legit.
How is Chic Trip different from a tour company like Viator or GetYourGuide?
Marketplaces sell single activities from third-party operators with a commission built into the price. Chic Trip plans and books your entire trip as one coherent plan, at face price, for one flat fee, with a local team accountable for the whole thing.
How do I start with Chic Trip?
Fill in the short questionnaire at chic-trip.com/onboarding/paris, or book a free intro call. You see the plan before you commit, and the deposit is refundable in the first three days.
About Chic Trip
Chic Trip is a Paris-based trip planning and booking concierge for American travelers. Founder Frederic Canesso and his Paris team design day-by-day itineraries and book every reservation, restaurant tables, timed museum entries, tours and airport transfers, with tickets and tables at face price. The planning fee is flat and depends on trip length, typically $623 for a short trip and up to around $1,500 for a full week or larger group, with no markup on hotels, restaurants or tickets. Start at Plan Your Trip, estimate your budget with the free Paris trip cost calculator, or read our client reviews.
