Prestige Travel

Prestige Travel: bespoke itineraries built by destination specialists

Prestige Travel is a British travel agency working from a base in Dorset and presenting itself as a creator of tailor-made journeys. Its stated method is to design each trip around the individual traveller, drawing on a team that describes extensive firsthand knowledge and personal visits to the destinations it sells. The agency frames its itineraries as bespoke and its insight as coming from direct experience of the places it recommends.

The offer covers both long-haul journeys and options closer to home, with the same tailor-made approach applied to each. The agency presents itself as handling the planning from start to finish, positioning the itinerary as the central product rather than fixed package departures.

Destinations on the programme

The destination list is broad and mixes distant regions with European and island options. Long-haul names include Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the USA. European and nearby destinations include Croatia, Slovenia, Malta, Morocco, Cyprus, Sicily, Lake Garda, Lake Como, Lake Maggiore, Madeira, the Algarve and Montenegro. Island and Channel destinations include Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Mallorca, the Isles of Scilly, Jersey and Guernsey.

A shorter selection is highlighted as inspirational destinations: Canada, Australia, Croatia, the USA, Tenerife, the Isles of Scilly, New Zealand, Jersey, La Gomera, Sicily, Guernsey and Madeira. The site also links specific products to destinations, including the Rocky Mountaineer, Croatia cruises and the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.

Ways of travelling

Prestige Travel groups its trips under several styles of travel:

• Wildlife viewing
• Cruising
• Escorted tours
• Adventure
• Bucket-list journeys

These categories sit alongside a large catalogue of named itineraries, which range from self-drive routes and small-group tours to rail and cruise combinations. Examples include Western Canada Iconic Sites Small Group Tour, Passage Through the Rockies, the Southern Dalmatian Fly-Drive Experience, Utah's Mighty 5 National Parks Self-Drive Tour, the National Parks & Rocky Mountaineer itinerary, the Vancouver Island Coastal Discovery Self-Drive Tour, the 19 Day Ultimate Rail, Cruise and Coach in New Zealand, Historic Route 66 Self-Drive Tour and several Alaska cruises with Celebrity Cruises and Holland America.

Australia and New Zealand in detail

Australia receives particularly deep coverage. The site devotes a section to Tropical North Queensland, with places to visit such as Cairns, Port Douglas and the Great Barrier Reef, and a list of featured hotels that includes Thala Beach Nature Reserve, Crystalbrook Bailey, Crystalbrook Flynn, Lizard Island Resort, Mount Mulligan Lodge, Silky Oaks Lodge, Crystalbrook Riley, Daintree Wilderness Lodge, Peninsula Boutique Hotel, Mandalay Luxury Beachfront Apartments and Freestyle Resort Port Douglas.

Australian itineraries span every state and territory named on the site, from a Journey in Tropical Luxury and Luxury Untamed Queensland to New South Wales Explorer, South Australia Adventure, Tasmania Discovery, Western Australia Escape, Essence of the Kimberley, the Maria Island Walk and Wild Tasmania. New Zealand itineraries include Classic New Zealand, the Middle Earth Inspired Journey, the Classic New Zealand Wine Trail, North and South Island self-drive routes and the 16 Day Ultimate Highlights.

Canada, the USA and Croatia

Canada is represented by escorted, self-drive and motorhome trips, among them Western Canada Iconic Sites, Best of Banff and Jasper Hiking Tour, Highlights of the Rockies Escorted Tour, Fairmont Hotels of the Rockies, Toronto and Niagara Falls Weekender, Whales and Bears of Canada's Pacific Coast, Quintessential Québec and Yukon Gold. The USA catalogue covers national parks, rail journeys and escorted tours, including Coast to Coast Rail Adventure, The Great America Crossing, Great Eastern Cities, Rhythms of the South, Florida Sunshine, Colours of New England and California Explorer.

Croatia appears through fly-drive experiences and cruises, such as the Split Round Trip Cruise, the Southern and Mid Dalmatian Fly-Drive Experiences, Poreč and Plitvice Lakes, and the Split to Dubrovnik one-way cruise. Departure windows are stated per itinerary and vary widely, from year-round availability to selected months between May and September or seasonal ranges such as September to March.

Specialists, brochures and published material

The agency presents its staff as specialists by region, naming, for example, a Canada & USA expert and a European and Closer to Home expert. It also publishes brochures that can be requested, and maintains a blog and staff-experience articles on subjects such as sailing in Croatia, Nova Scotia, Victoria and the Top End, and wildlife holidays in British Columbia.