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Luxury holidays

Private pool villas and luxury tours, built around you.

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Luxury, defined by you

Luxury is personal. For one traveller it is luxury villas holidays and a luxury villa with private pool, with absolutely no plans. For another it is luxury Japan holidays timed to the cherry blossom, luxury Sri Lanka holidays with a driver-guide who knows every tea estate worth stopping at, or luxury Iceland holidays with the northern lights above a glass-roofed lodge.

We create luxury tailor made holidays across the world: luxury Vietnam tours, luxury tours of India, luxury tours New Zealand, luxury tours South America, luxury tours Costa Rica, luxury tours China, luxury tours Myanmar, luxury Thailand tours and luxury tours to Europe. If you want luxury holidays to Asia, or luxury holidays in Iceland, we will build that too.

What makes our luxury trips different is the layer of detail underneath: rooms chosen for their exact view, internal flights and transfers that never leave you waiting, restaurants booked before they fill, and the small personal touches that turn a very nice holiday into the one you measure others against.

Luxury villa holidays

A luxury villa with private pool is still the request we hear most often: Greece, the Balearics, the Caribbean, Bali, Sri Lanka. The house is yours, the water is yours, and the days can stay empty or fill with a chef, a boat and a massage on the terrace. We only suggest villas we would be happy to send you to, which is a shorter list than the internet implies.

Luxury tours of Asia

Luxury holidays to Asia are where tailor made earns its keep. Luxury Vietnam tours that follow the food from Hanoi to the Mekong. Sri Lanka luxury tours that mix coast, hill country and wildlife. Luxury tours Japan and a luxury Japan tour when you want temples, rail and a ryokan that is worth the journey. Luxury tours to China for the Wall, the Terracotta Army and the days in between. Luxury tours Thailand when you want more than a beach, and luxury tours Myanmar when the timing is right. Luxury tours to Sri Lanka can be gentle or full; we will tell you which version suits you.

India, New Zealand and South America

Luxury tours of India work when the hotels are chosen for how they feel at 7am, not how they photograph. Luxury tours New Zealand and a luxury tour New Zealand from top to bottom if you want lodges, fjords and a bit of helicopter. Luxury tours South America for Machu Picchu, Patagonia, Rio or the quieter corners, and luxury tours Costa Rica when wildlife and comfort need to sit in the same week.

Iceland and Europe

Luxury package holidays to Iceland are not a contradiction: the lagoons, the south coast and the lights still need someone to sequence the days so you are not driving tired in the dark. Iceland luxury travel can be a long weekend or a slow loop. Luxury tours Iceland and luxury tours to Europe sit alongside that for travellers who want the classics, from the Alps to the Mediterranean, without planning every transfer themselves.

Every luxury holiday is fully ATOL protected, and you deal with one person throughout who actually knows your trip. That, we would argue, is the real luxury. If you want the itinerary built from a blank page, see our luxury tailor-made holidays.

For Inspiration

Three starting points

Luxury villas, luxury Vietnam tours, luxury Japan holidays, Sri Lanka and Iceland. Yours will not look like any of these, and that is the point.

Pastel houses above a glittering Mediterranean bay

Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and beyond

Luxury villa holidays

Luxury villas holidays where the pool is yours and the pace is yours.

  • A luxury villa with private pool, from Greece to Bali
  • Private chefs, in-villa spa treatments and boat days arranged
  • Ideal when you want the house to yourselves
  • Concierge touches sorted before you land
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Trip planning notes for a journey through Vietnam

Hanoi to the Mekong

Luxury Vietnam tours

Luxury tours Vietnam travellers ask for: food, water and time to linger.

  • Luxury Vietnam tours with private guides and unhurried days
  • Halong Bay, Hoi An and the Mekong, timed to how you like to travel
  • The quiet hotels, not the ones that look good in a brochure and feel busy
  • Beach time at the end if you want to stop moving
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Himeji Castle framed by cherry blossom in Japan

Three very different kinds of luxury

Japan, Sri Lanka and Iceland

Luxury Japan holidays, luxury Sri Lanka holidays and luxury Iceland holidays.

  • Luxury tours Japan: first-class rail, ryokans and cherry blossom timed to the week
  • Sri Lanka luxury tours with a driver-guide who knows which tea estate is worth the stop
  • Luxury package holidays to Iceland: lagoons, lodges and northern lights with better odds
  • Each one built as a luxury tailor made holiday, not a set departure
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Your Questions

Good to know

What makes a holiday a luxury holiday?

Not the price tag: the fit. A luxury holiday is one where everything has been thought about before you thought of it, from the room with the right view to the transfer waiting when you land. Our job is to know which hotels, villas and tours genuinely deliver that.

Do you book luxury tailor made holidays?

It is the heart of what we do. Every luxury holiday we create is tailor made around you: your dates, your pace, your tastes. If you want the fully built version, the luxury tailor-made holidays page goes deeper.

Which destinations are best for luxury travel?

Luxury holidays to Asia are a favourite: Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Japan, India, China, Thailand and Myanmar all have a way of doing luxury that still feels like the place. So do luxury tours to Europe, luxury tours South America, luxury travel New Zealand and luxury holidays in Iceland. We will match the destination to the trip you are imagining.

Is a luxury holiday through an agent more expensive?

Usually the opposite. Our group buying power gives us access to rates, upgrades and extras that are not available to the public, and you get one person accountable for the whole trip rather than a chain of booking sites.

How It Works

Simple. Personal. Magical.

At Transcend Travel, we create an experience, not just a holiday. Years of crafting bespoke trips means we know exactly what questions to ask.

  1. Get Inspired

    Have a think about the type of holiday and experience you're looking for, and where in the world you'd love to travel.

  2. Let's Connect

    Get on a call with us so we can talk through your wish-list and ask the questions that help us understand your needs.

  3. Create Your Trip

    Leave us to work our magic. We'll do all the hard work to create a bespoke holiday tailored perfectly just for you.

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