Your perfect holiday,
tailor-made
by real experts.

A tailor-made holiday with Holiday Architects is planned from a blank page, around you. Your destination expert arranges everything that makes the trip work: international and internal flights, hand-picked hotels, transfers, guides and the experiences that suit how you like to travel. You can see how we do it on our How We Work page.

A package gives you a fixed route, set hotels and set dates, and you fit around it. A tailor-made holiday works the other way round. If you want two nights in the Mekong Delta instead of a day trip, or a self-drive stretch between safari lodges, your trip is built that way from the start.

Your price is made up of the pieces of your trip: flights, the hotels you choose, the length of your stay, the time of year and the experiences you add. Your expert will send you a first-draft itinerary with a full price within around 48 hours. If something doesn’t fit your budget, they’ll show you where to adjust without losing what matters most.

Every one of our holiday destinations is managed by a team of destination managers who know and love the country beyond words. You'll benefit from their first-hand experience, up-to-date knowledge, and extensive time spent in the country, uncovering the very best hotels and experiences for your holidays.

Every holiday you'll find below (and anywhere on our site) is just a starting point. Every trip we design is tailor-made, so these holidays are here just to give you an idea of what's possible. Prices include flights, and your destination expert will tailor the route, hotels, pace, and everything else to suit you.

It’s a holiday designed from scratch around you, rather than picked off the shelf. You tell us what you love (and what you don’t), how you like to travel and what the trip is for, whether that’s a honeymoon, a big birthday or finally experiencing something you've always dreamed of. Your destination expert will then plan the route, pick out the hotels best suited to you, and cherry-pick the experiences to match. Find out more about how our tailor-made holidays work.

It all starts with a conversation. Give us a call on 01242 253 073 or request a quote, and your expert will be in touch for a proper chat, by phone or email if you prefer. Once you’ve talked through what you want from your holiday, your expert will send you a first-draft itinerary with a price, usually within 48 hours. You'll then fine-tune it together until it’s right, and once you're as happy as can be, we'll book everything for you. Read more on how we plan your tailor-made holiday.

That all depends on where you go, how long you stay, when you travel and the hotels you choose. The holiday itineraries you'll see on our site are here to give you an idea of what's possible and what it might cost. As a guide, our sample holidays start from around £2,800 per person including flights. Your expert is here to tell you honestly where your budget goes furthest and how to make the most of every penny.

Our sample holidays range from 8 days to three weeks. About a week suits a focused trip, like Egypt’s ancient highlights with a Nile cruise. For multi-centre trips further afield, such as a South Africa road trip, two to three weeks lets you travel at a relaxed pace without losing whole days to transfers. Tell us how much time you have, and we’ll suggest what fits comfortably.

Yes, 100%. If your holiday includes flights and you’re a UK citizen or UK resident, it’s protected under the ATOL scheme, run by the Civil Aviation Authority. Bookings outside that are covered through our membership of Trust My Travel’s TMTProtects.me scheme. Either way, if we stopped trading after you’d paid us and your holiday couldn’t go ahead, you’d get your money back. Also, if your airline adds a fuel surcharge after you book, we’ll cover it. See our Financial Protection page for details of how you're covered.

Absolutely. Your first itinerary is exactly that, a first draft. If you’d like an extra night on the beach, a different hotel or one less early start, just say. We’ll keep revising it until it feels like your holiday, not ours.

You’re never on your own. Our team is a phone call away on the other end of our 24/7 emergency line throughout your trip, and our trusted local partners can step in quickly if plans need to change.