About TravelBook

TravelBook is a small booking house for guided journeys and considered stays. Every route in the catalogue has been walked by one of our planners before it reaches the site â€” the lodges are ones we have slept in, the guides are people we pay directly, and the pacing is written for travellers who would rather see three places properly than nine in passing.

How we work

Guides on our payroll year round, at rates published on the careers page.
Group departures capped at twelve travellers, so nobody spends the trip in a queue.
Overland where the train exists, and locally owned lodging by default.
One named planner who owns your booking from first enquiry to homecoming.

Nothing is charged while an itinerary is still moving. You approve a written plan naming every lodge, guide and transfer before a deposit is taken.

A booking house run by the people who walk the routes.

Every route in our catalogue has been walked by a TravelBook planner before it reaches this page. The lodges are ones we have slept in, the guides are ones we pay directly, and the pacing is written for people who would rather see three places properly than nine in passing.

0 Years Running Departures

Guides On Payroll

The people meeting you at the station are paid by us, year round, at rates published on our careers page.

Lighter Footprint

Overland where the train exists, locally owned lodging by default, and no single-use plastics carried on route.

Twelve Seats, No More

Group departures cap at twelve so a table is always findable and nobody spends the trip at the back of a queue.

A Number That Answers

One planner owns your booking from enquiry to homecoming, reachable directly while you are away.

The People Behind The Bookings

Meet Our Planners

Each booking is owned by one planner from first message to homecoming. These are the people who walk the routes before they reach the catalogue.

Amara Okonjo

Mediterranean & North Africa

Jonas Halberg

Nordics & Iceland

Idris Quintero

East Africa & Indian Ocean

Nora Veld

Japan & South Asia

Three Steps, No Deposit Upfront

How Booking Works

Most travellers go from first message to a confirmed departure inside a week. Nothing is charged while the itinerary is still moving.

Pick A Departure

Browse open dates or describe the trip you have in mind. Tell us the pace you want and the things you would rather skip.

Talk To Your Planner

A named planner drafts the route, prices it line by line and reworks it with you until the shape and the number both sit right.

Confirm And Pack

Approve the itinerary and we lock the rooms, guides and transfers, then send a single document with every reference you will need.

See How Booking Works

Traveller
Reviews

Collected after homecoming, published unedited, and shown with the departure the traveller actually booked.

Our ferry was cancelled on the second morning and nobody had to chase anyone. Amara had already moved the rooms and messaged the guide before we finished breakfast.

Marisol Avendano Cyclades Slow Sail

I asked for a version with no dawn starts and got one, priced the same, without a single sigh down the phone. That is rarer than it should be.

Dev Ramanathan Kyoto Lantern Trail

Six days and not one moment of being herded. The camps were pitched away from everyone else and the guides had actually grown up in the valley.

Ines Barbosa Wadi Sands Overland

The spare day got used, exactly as they said it might. Weather turned, the plan changed by lunchtime, and it never felt like anything had gone wrong.

Tom Halvorsen Reykjavik Coast And Crater

I booked as a solo traveller and was never once made to feel like a rounding error. No single supplement, and a table I was actually part of.

Priya Menon Kerala Backwater Weeks

Everything ran as written and the shoulder-season timing was the right call. I would have liked one more free evening, which they have said they will look at.

Claire Devereux Seville In Shoulder Season