Tailor Made: The Changing Face Of Travel

 As the world speedily gets smaller with the face of the online world and communication networks, traveller’s expectations are changing. No longer compelled to the boundaries of a glossy brochure, holiday makers are now doing their own research and staying at hotels and enjoying experiences that they desire themselves. Travellers are moving away from the bucket and spade holidays, with a standard 7 and 14 night duration, at a fixed hotel of the tour operator’s choice.

They are finding ways to add much more value to their holidays. This is not necessarily through price, but through added value of places visited, attractions seen, complexity of itineraries. People want more out of their holidays as they research what countries offer. Decades ago people were at the ransom of the tour operator or travel agent, supplying sufficient information about a destination. Nowadays, people can visit websites such as Wikipedia or websites such as Direct Traveller’s specialist destinations pages full of information about their chosen destinations.

Travellers have the empowerment of information… this information not only makes them make the right choices for them, but encourages them to push the boundaries of traditional package holidays. With the increased interest of tailor made holidays, specialist tour operators such as Direct Traveller can deliver holidays to suite the very requirements of their travellers. With flexibility and a consumer focused outlook, Direct Traveller for example creates holidays for their clients, with the finest details tailored to their requirements. Whether staying a couple of nights in a 5 star hotel, moving on to a private villa, flying off to another city, joining a guided tour, and then moving on to a beach to relax for a few days before coming back to the UK.

It’s this level of service that cannot be found from many tour operators bound to their operational restrictions, but only a handful of specialists flourish with such a challenge. Delivering the very tailor-made holiday product their client requires fulfilling their travel bug created by the wealth of information available to them on the internet.