Tailored Travel News

We are so pleased to announce that our very own Sandy Cornish has won The Excellence Award in the recent Group Leisure & Travel Awards 2021. Voted for by group travel organisers, the Award recognises people in the group travel trade who go the extra mile to make your job as a group travel organiser that much easier.

Who would have thought that a travel company would be saying ‘It is so exciting for us at last to be taking people on holiday!’ In 2021 we had 72 tours depart and those on our tours to Venice and Naples in January 2022 felt priveleged to have those places practically to themselves. Without exception, the fantastic feedback from Group Organisers has been that all have had a wonderful holiday and all the better for the fact that their tours come after being confined to quarters for so long.

We are delighted The National Tourist Organisations of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have recognised that Tailored Travel have followed government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, ensuring processes are in place to maintain cleanliness and aid social/physical distancing during all our tours.

Whether with your group or your family, we all know how important a holiday can be. For some it is something they hear about but don’t experience. So for the third year running we have taken a group of families from Peckham on a 6 day summer holiday to enjoy what we hope is the experience of a lifetime. This year we took 39 children and 18 adults to Devon. Last year 51 travelled to Northumbria and in 2014 it was 37 to Norfolk. We cover the cost of everything including that all important seaside ice cream!

We all feel better for a little care and attention. When you are pampered or get your hair done, maybe you have a bit more of a spring in your step. And the Tailored Travel website is no different to the rest of us. We’ve given it a bit of a makeover to give it a cleaner, fresher feel. In reality, it’s still the same source of inspiration for our Group Travel Organisers as it was before but now it’s easier on the eye and easier to navigate around. It's also now mobile friendly so you can easily navigate the site on your tablet or smart phone.

Running great group holidays is really just a by-product of our aim to make things as easy as possible for you, the group travel organisers. Our latest way of seeking to help you is to put your group’s own tour on our website so that you and your members can view the tour online and share it with friends and family. Hopefully, this will make it easier for you to distribute details of your tour to as wide an audience as possible.

In recent weeks the Pound has hit exchange rate levels against the Euro that have not been seen since 2008. With the Pound now buying over 25% more than at its lowest levels, and the so-called ‘experts’ predicting an even stronger pound for 2015, the good news is doubled.

There are many joys in travelling with a group. Trying to hear your guide in a hushed gallery or during a walking city tour on crowded streets isn’t one of them! It may be that you have a group of 30 and not all of you can be within easy earshot of the guide all the time. The solution is ‘whisper’ audio headsets, which enable everyone to clearly hear what’s being said all of the time even at a distance of up to 150 metres.

This spring has seen the eagerly awaited opening or renovation of a number of wonderful museums and galleries and, with them, a fantastic excuse for you to incorporate visits to some (or all!) of them in your upcoming travel programme. We’ve chosen just three highlights to whet your appetite - Amsterdam’s wonderful Rijksmuseum, Munich’s Lenbachhaus Museum & the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth...

We’ve been working hard over the last few months on our brand new Group Traveller brochure and we’re delighted to say that this has just been mailed out. Featuring over 80 suggested group tours to UK, Europe and worldwide, we hope there’s something to whet the appetite and feed the imagination of you and your members.

Here at Tailored Travel we understand that every group is different. That’s why every single Tailored Travel tour is individually designed for your group and your group alone. Wherever and whenever your group want to go and whatever you want to do when you get there, your group tour will be tailor made to your exact requirements. After all, it’s your holiday not ours! Show full story

During this time of economic woe, it’s nice to be able to report some good financial news for a change. In recent weeks the Pound has hit exchange rate levels against the Euro that have not been seen since those carefree days before anyone had heard of Lehmans and LIBOR. With the Pound now buying over 25% more than at its lowest levels, the good news is doubled. Show full story