The People Behind It
Two people. Fifteen countries.
One thoughtful practice.
We’re Keerthi and Gautham—married partners, travel companions, and the two people behind every Keerthi Navigators itinerary. Together, we research, write and shape every journey.
2People
15Countries
1Thoughtful Practice
Keerthi & Gautham
From long-distance to the long way around.
We met during graduation and have been together since 2015. For years, ours was a long-distance relationship—until 2021 brought us back to the same coast, and 2022 made us husband and wife.
Travel became the rhythm we shared. Fifteen countries later, the notes, routes and practical details we kept for ourselves grew into Millennial Duo, our travel journal, and eventually into Keerthi Navigators.
KeerthiResearch, curation & quality
GauthamOperations & technology
A Shared Timeline
Before the practice, there was the journey.
2015
We began
College sweethearts, learning how to build a life across distance.
2022
We married
Partners in life, based on the Karnataka coast.
2024
The first itinerary
A friend’s question became a carefully written PDF on the flight home from Taiwan.
Today
The practice
Ready-made routes and custom journeys, planned and written by us.
How It Started
One request. One flight home. One very detailed PDF.
In March 2024, returning from Taiwan, a friend asked where to stay, what to eat, how to pace the days and what could safely be skipped. We wrote down the version we would have wanted ourselves.
The advice became an itinerary. The itinerary was shared. More people began asking.
That simple beginning still shapes the work: clear routes, considered recommendations and practical detail—without adding noise for the sake of appearing comprehensive.
What Shapes the Work
Personal knowledge, careful judgement.
01
Personally travelled
Our ready-made itineraries are shaped by places we have experienced together—not assembled from generic destination lists.
02
Planned and written by us
Keerthi leads the research, curation and quality. Gautham supports the work through operations and technology. Custom planning combines firsthand knowledge with careful independent research.
03
Independent judgement
Recommendations are chosen for fit, character and practicality. Any commercial relationship affecting a recommendation will be disclosed.
Begin Your Journey
Where would you like to go?
Choose a ready-made route, or begin a private conversation about a journey composed around you.