Mental meanderings and news from within the Travel Industry. Great destinations you should know about, new practices & exciting new services, tailor-made expeditions and modes of travel

A Tale of TWO Orient Expresses
We offer you a Tale of the Two Orient Expresses which are now building up steam to compete for your attention as you glide effortlessly through Continental Europe, your every need administered to...
…Now's the time to call Your Private Travel PA.

Solid Gold Villas
Villas have always been a core strength at Private Travel PA and, 25 years and 6 continents later, we’re beginning to get the hang of it…
We’ve met more owners, hoofed around more estates and studied more architecture than is generally considered good for anyone… but the result is that we can pretty much book you the perfect villa - no matter what you have in mind…

Japan Focus
Japan is a must-see destination and now covid’s over, you have to go!
The Dollar is surging, the Yen’s down 10%. Now is the perfect time.
Your Private Travel PA is waiting…

Mountain Spa Hotels
Alpine Spa Hotels.
The BEST HOTELS IN THE BUSINESS
This is where hotels were invented - amidst some of Mother Nature's most spectacular work. Centuries of honing hospitality skills, the best Cuisines in Europe and hundreds of years of Architectural refinement and design…

PURE Travel Show in Marrakech
The 2024 / 2025 Holiday Season is upon us so we dropped in at the PURE Travel Show in Marrakech to find out if anything's new.
There are always a couple of things of interest and we'd like to share our thoughts with you.

The Dolomites
Luxury chalets and villas have just arrived in The Dolomites for the first time. We have just returned from a comprehensive look-see and Private Travel PA is now the expert in the region with the definitive portfolio of properties in the Alta Adige and Veneto at large.

2024 Smooth Running
Now Summer's over it's Holiday Planning Time again! We're looking at a much smoother year's travelling - fun and happiness off the scale! Your Private Travel PA is prepared and ready to bring you travel perfection...

Autumn Pep Talk
Holiday Planning Season is here again!
We're rolling into winter, lighting the fire and thinking about our next trips whilst our upside-down friends feel spring springing and are raring to go!
Your Artificial Private Travel PA
Since late 2022, Your Private Travel PA has been training a proprietary AI under licence. We are amazed at the results and creativity it demonstrates in the construction of itineraries anywhere in the world…

Beautiful Hokkaido (Copy)
Japan has just re-opened for tourists and the Japanese Tourism board invited us over to have a look around…

Japan re-Opens
The Japanese Tourist board invited your Private Travel PA to come a look around. This week we were on Hokkaido, the north island…

Live… from Cowes Week
Live from Cowes Week…. Industry insight into the ongoing readjustments in the world of travl



What is Private Travel?
What is Private Travel. It’s the distillation of good practices within the industry after the anachronistic have been disgarded
