What’s Your Travel Ritual?

And how to build one of your own. Plus: Bilt's messy rollout, a design-minded destination, and how to stack your Chase benefits.

Hello again! Welcome back to Departure, a free weekly newsletter focused on slow, gentle, and quiet travel. My hope is to always expand your worldview—to elevate your travel, but never your blood pressure.

This week, I want to share the ritual I do on every trip; this hour-long reset helps me embody slow travel. I’ve also rounded up other ideas of ground…