DIYTRAVEL.SG PTE. LTD. is a do-it-yourself travel planning studio at 99 ARAB STREET, Singapore 199795. We build route cards, budget sheets and food maps so that your days run on your own terms. Every plan leaves our desk as a set of paper-simple instructions you can carry, pin up and follow at your own pace.
See how the studio works →Most travel help arrives as a package: a fixed list of hotels, a fixed coach, a fixed schedule that someone else controls. DIYTRAVEL.SG PTE. LTD. works the other way around. We sit with you at our Arab Street desk, listen to how you like to move through a city, and then draft the scaffolding you need to run the trip yourself. The result is a working document rather than a sold bundle, and you keep full control of bookings, changes and pace.
Our custom itinerary design service begins with a conversation about tolerances: how far you are willing to walk in heat, whether mornings belong to coffee or to markets, how much buffer you want around a flight connection. From there we sketch day cards that hang on a rail, each card a single day with its own anchor stop, two optional detours and a printed fallback. Nothing is rigid. If a museum is closed on a Monday, the card already carries a second idea a short walk away.
The studio pairs every itinerary with a budget breakdown sheet and a local food trail map, because money and meals are where self-planned trips most often wobble. We list realistic spends by category, mark where card payments fail, and draw food walks that start and end near transit so that a hungry evening does not become an hour of wandering. Visa and entry checks, transit route planning and group coordination round out the desk, and the six services sit together as one system rather than six disconnected products.
We are a small Singapore studio, and we like it that way. Every plan is drafted by a person who has walked the streets in question, then reviewed against current transport changes before it is handed over. Whether you are a couple taking a long weekend in Penang or a group of twelve heading north for a family reunion, the same principle applies: clear instructions, honest numbers, and room to improvise.
Our services hang on the wall like stop cards in a trip planner. Each cube holds one job the studio does well, and each is linked to a fuller description on the services page.
We draft day cards around your preferred rhythm, mixing anchor stops with optional detours and a written fallback for every day. Each card lists walking distances, opening patterns and a simple recovery plan if the weather turns.
The draft arrives as a printable set plus a pocket version you can keep on a phone.
Read the service →We assemble a plain-language checklist for each border you cross, listing passports, arrival cards and onward proof. The studio explains the order of steps and the documents that are easy to forget.
Guidance is informational, and final decisions always rest with the immigration authority.
Read the service →Train, bus, ferry and walking legs are stitched into one clean sequence with realistic transfer times. We mark the stations where signage is confusing and note the last service of the evening.
Routes are drawn for the way you actually travel, not for the shortest possible line on a map.
Read the service →Every plan comes with a grid of expected costs by category, from transport and stays to meals and small entries. We flag where cash is still king and where a card will work fine.
Figures are honest ranges drawn from recent trips, not optimistic guesses.
Read the service →Food walks are drawn street by street, starting near a transit exit and ending near a taxi stand. Each stop carries a note on what to order and the best hour to arrive.
Trails are built for grazing rather than feasting, so a single evening can hold several stops.
Read the service →For larger parties we build shared route cards that keep everyone on the same page without forcing a single speed. Sub-groups can split for an afternoon and rejoin at a marked point.
Meeting pins, check-in times and a simple contact sheet keep the whole party aligned.
Read the service →DIYTRAVEL.SG PTE. LTD. opens its winter route calendar, with fresh day cards for northern Malaysia, southern Thailand and the quieter islands reachable from Singapore by ferry and coach.
An app will tell you what is nearby. It will not tell you what fits your afternoon. The trip cards we build answer a narrower and more useful question: given the energy you have today and the money you want to spend, which three stops make a good day, and in what order? That question needs judgement, and judgement is what our planners add.
Each card is deliberately short. A day card carries one anchor, two alternatives and a note on where to eat, all in a form you can read in ten seconds while standing on a platform. If you want more depth, the pocket version expands into a short paragraph per stop. This layering is the core of the studio method, and it is why travellers come back for a second trip with a new city rather than a new agency.
We also build for interruption, because self-planned travel is full of it. A monsoon downpour, a closed museum, a friend who needs a slower morning: every day card includes a fallback that is genuinely nearby. The fallback is never a filler suggestion. It is a stop we would happily choose ourselves on a free afternoon, which is why the plans keep their value even when the original idea fails.
Over time the cards become a small personal archive. Many clients keep the rail from an earlier trip and compare it with a new set, noticing how their own taste has shifted from packed sightseeing toward longer lunches and slower walks. That comparison is one of the quiet pleasures of doing it yourself, and the studio is happy to be the desk where the cards are cut and pinned.
A short call or a visit to the Arab Street studio. We ask about pace, budget band, food habits and the one thing you refuse to skip.
We hang a first set of day cards, then walk you through the trade-offs so you can rearrange before anything is finalised.
Every route is tested against current transport schedules, seasonal closures and border notes before the pack is assembled.
You receive printable cards, a pocket edition and a short briefing on how to adapt the plan while you travel.
No. We plan and you book. The studio does not hold inventory for flights, hotels or tickets, so you are free to use whichever booking channel you trust. Our role ends with the plan pack and the briefing.
For a short regional trip, two to three weeks is comfortable. For a longer route with several borders, six to eight weeks gives us time to check entry rules and seasonal closures properly.
Yes. Group coordination is one of the six services, and it produces shared cards with meeting pins so that sub-groups can split and rejoin without confusion.
Tell us the dates you are eyeing and the kind of days you enjoy. We will reply with a short note on what a plan pack could look like for your route, and what it would cost.