Travel blog

As we all adapt to a world of lockdowns, home-schooling, and contactless grocery deliveries, we’re living through the biggest change to lives for many generations.  Covid-19 has impacted everyone and every industry in different ways. In the travel industry, at a time when travel is at a standstill, the impact is just too great to ignore. But, we are still here, staying strong, and working together as a team to keep the Holiday Architect’s flag flying. Adapting to grow stronger In times of adversity, we must adapt to survive. So, just like the African chameleon changes the colour of its skin under threat, we are temporarily changing our form to ensure our strength and survival. In what is our tenth year of designing fantastic holidays, in order to ensure we are best-placed to operate for ten years more, we are going to be taking advantage of the government’s Covid-19 job retention scheme. So, while travel demand is significantly lower than usual, we’re able to give some of our team a well-earned rest, ready to come back stronger in a few months’ time when holidays will be more welcome than ever before. What this means for your holidays So, what does this mean for you? Well, we’ll still be the same old Holiday Architects. Now more than ever, having a holiday in the pipeline to look forward to and plan is so important. So we’ll still be here for our valued clients, ready to discuss anything related to your future trip. Similarly, if you don’t have any travel planned yet and want to have a chat about getting something in diary for the future — or even just a natter about how isolation is treating you — we’re here. We will simply be a more streamlined team of experts, still dedicated to designing your holidays. The same ethos, same dedication, same first-hand knowledge, just a smaller team for the time being. If you have a trip booked with us and your specialist is being furloughed, all holiday details will be carefully handed over to an equally experienced member of the team. You will still have your own dedicated travel specialist ready to support you 24/7 to the high standard you would expect from Holiday Architects. You may also notice a few less social media posts, magazines, or email newsletters hitting your inbox. But, we’ll continue to inform and inspire in equal measure just as much as we are able over these strange weeks, until the time comes when the rest of our fantastic team can return to join the Team HA ranks. The world keeps turning… We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, our wonderful world keeps on spinning and we will all get through these uncertain times together. We are determined that Holiday Architects will be designing holidays for another ten years and beyond and can’t wait to take you on that journey with us. So, as we knuckle down and focus on getting over this hurdle, let’s look forward to the time when normality will return and our world will be ripe for exploring once more.

Have you heard the news?… Holiday Architects have been nominated for a British Travel Award! We’re extremely excited about this and we need your help. The British Travel Awards is the largest and most influential poll of consumer opinion on the performance of travel providers in the UK. To be nominated is a pretty big deal and so, as a young and growing company, we’re so proud to have made the cut. Unlike many awards, rather than the result being determined by a panel of industry experts, it’s you, the traveller, who decides the result. As a company, we pride ourselves on being built around honesty, always listening to our customers and putting their interests first. So, to win an award voted for by you, really would mean the world to us. We sincerely hope that your experience with Holiday Architects so far has been of a high standard and that you’d be happy to spare a few minutes to give us your vote for this highly-valued award.   How to vote Voting couldn’t be easier and really does take just a few minutes. Here’s how to do it: Follow the link to the British Travel Awards voter page Register your details (these won’t be used for marketing purposes or passed on) Choose the category: Who are the best holiday companies for specific types of holiday? Then, under ‘Best Luxury Holiday Company’ choose ‘Holiday Architects’ Fill in the survey OR simply hit ‘Submit Survey’ to cast your vote (and you are done!) Feel smug for the rest of the day knowing you’ve made the Holiday Architects team very smiley     You could be a winner too… If our never-ending gratitude isn’t tempting enough, you could be a winner too! By voting in the British Travel Awards you will automatically be entered into a fantastic prize draw ; with holidays, short breaks, luxury hampers, and more all up for grabs. It’s a complete win-win.     Your support means everything to us We’re so proud of our TrustPilot reviews and Wanderlust Award wins; they are direct reflections of how our customers feel about us and the hard work we do. That’s the greatest pat on the back we could wish for. And so, another accolade based on the opinions of our valued community is something we certainly want to achieve. This year, we’d love nothing more than to add a win at the British Travel Awards to our belt. On behalf of the Holiday Architects team, thank you, your support really is vital in enabling us to design more wonderful holiday experiences for years to come. We’d be over the moon if you’d take a moment to vote for us. With your help, we might just do it!