The Bespoke Travel Club

About The Bespoke Travel Club

Andrew Loyd of the Bespoke Travel Club

There is, still, something quietly reassuring about knowing exactly where to begin.

In an age of infinite tabs and algorithmic suggestions, the art of travel planning, real travel planning, has become oddly obscured. The sort that begins not with a search engine, but with a conversation; not with a list, but with a point of view. It is here that the Bespoke Travel Club finds its footing: not as a directory but as a considered gateway into a more rarefied way of seeing the world.

Founded in 2010 by Andrew Loyd, the Club was born out of a simple, almost old-fashioned instinct to gather the best, and only the best, under one discreet roof. Not in competition but in quiet collaboration. The idea was never volume; it was clarity. A place where a traveller perhaps contemplating a milestone celebration in a Scottish castle, or a languid August on a private Greek estate might know, instinctively, that they had come to the right people.

Because the truth is, the modern luxury traveller does not lack options. Quite the opposite. The difficulty lies in discernment. Who to trust with the details that matter: the villa that is not on the market, the guide who knows when not to speak, the table that cannot be booked, only held.

The Bespoke Travel Club exists to answer precisely that question.

Its members are not generalists. They are specialists in the truest sense individuals and companies who have spent years, often decades, refining their understanding of particular regions, cultures and experiences. There is an ease to their expertise and a shared understanding of a client who expects not just efficiency but intuition.

Consider, for a moment, the breadth of the Club’s reach. There are those who look northward: All Roads North, with its deeply rooted understanding of Scandinavia’s quiet luxuries; Iceland Discovery, where elemental landscapes are rendered both accessible and unexpectedly intimate.

Elsewhere, the Mediterranean unfolds in layers. Five Star Greece and Bellini Travel offer two distinct but equally compelling visions of southern Europe—one steeped in sunlit heritage, the other in effortless Italian elegance—while French Promise brings a certain je ne sais quoi to life across France’s more discreet corners.

For those drawn further afield, Ampersand Travel and Plan South America open up continents with intelligence and depth, journeys that feel less like itineraries and more like narratives. Volcanoes Safaris, meanwhile, invites travellers into Africa with a rare sensitivity to both place and purpose, where wildlife and conservation exist in careful balance.

Closer to home, yet no less considered, Loyd & Townsend Rose offer access to Britain and Europe through a lens of refinement and access whether that means a private celebration in a historic setting or entry into otherwise closed doors.

And then there are the more quietly distinctive voices: Sincerely Paul, with its highly personal approach; Amelia Stewart Travel, where curation feels almost editorial; Consensio Chalets, Touch of Spice, The Slow Cyclist each bringing a particular rhythm and sensibility to the journeys they shape or the luxurious accommodation that they provide.

Together, the full membership reads less like a list and more like a well-composed itinerary:

All Roads North
Amelia Stewart Travel
Ampersand Travel
Bellini Travel
Claverhouse & Vine
Consensio Chalets
Five Star Greece
French Promise
Iceland Discovery
Loyd & Townsend Rose
Plan South America
Sincerely Paul
Touch of Spice
The Slow Cyclist
Volcanoes Safaris

What unites them is not geography, but philosophy. A shared understanding that true luxury lies not in excess, but in precision; not in spectacle, but in access. That a family safari across Africa, a private jet across Europe, or a winter week in an alpine chalet are not, in themselves remarkable, unless they are done exactly right!

The Club continues to grow, but deliberately slowly. New members are introduced only when they align with this ethos: a commitment to detail, to discretion, and to the sort of travel that lingers long after one has returned home.

And perhaps that is the point. Not simply to arrange trips, but to shape experiences that feel, in retrospect, inevitable as though they could not have unfolded any other way.

A first port of call, then. But also, very often, the last one you’ll ever need.

ANDREW LOYD

CHAIRMAN OF THE BESPOKE TRAVEL CLUB

Lisa Lindblad has been traveling since early childhood.  When she was twenty, she drove from London to Nairobi – an eight-month trip that was extended into a long stay in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park and a fascinating stay among the Maasai in Kenya’s Maasai Mara.  The journey led to a postgraduate degree in anthropology and provided inspiration for a number of her books.

Lindblad’s background in anthropology and her passion for travel are at the core of Lisa Lindblad Travel Design, a company she founded in 1997.  

Her greatest pleasure is to venture off with her two sons and return home to New York, a city she loves.

LISA LINDBLAD

GLOBAL AMBASSADOR OF THE BESPOKE TRAVEL CLUB

Ceri Tinley has been involved in luxury travel in the French Alps for over 25 years. Co-founding Consensio Chalets the leading luxury chalet operator more than 15 years ago, she continues to be passionate about helping her teams provide exceptional service in exceptional properties in the beautiful mountains.

Consensio not only make sure everything is perfect in the chalets they run, they then help find the most ideal restaurants and apres-ski spots along with experienced mountain guides and love creating bespoke experiences for all their clients.

Living in the Alps for more than a decade, she now is based in Jersey splitting her time between the UK and France.

Ceri Tinley

DIRECTOR OF THE BESPOKE TRAVEL CLUB

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