These are UK-based tour operators and travel companies specialising in 18-30s holidays, youth travel, student travel. |
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| 2wenties |
0870 850 3999 |
Part of the First Choice group. Holidays for 17 to 29 year-olds in 7 Mediterranean destinations (Ibiza, Majorca, Crete, Cyprus, Zante, Kos, & Corfu). That's fewer than in 2005. They've dropped the Canaries and Turkey from the programme to concentrate of the most popular Med destinations. |
| Backpacker Tour Company, The |
0870 745 1046 |
Online agency selling small group backpacker tours around the UK, Europe and worldwide. |
| Budget Expeditions |
n/a |
Expedition truck travel for 18-35s to Europe, South America, Turkey and Egypt. BE is a new brand launched by South America specialists, Tucan Travel in May 04. |
| Club 18-30 |
0870 750 0178 |
Been running clubbing holidays around the Med for a long time now (1965!). Destinations now include Ibiza, Mallorca, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Cyprus, Corfu, Zanta, Crete, Rhodes and Kos. In 2005 they will also feature Cancun in Mexico, their first long-haul destination. Part of the Thomas Cook group. |
| Contiki Tours |
020 8290 6422 |
A 40 year-old Australian company now operating from the UK as well. Huge range of escorted small-group exploratory tours for 18-35 year-olds with plenty of activities. They have a set of four brochures/programmes for 04/05, covering Australia & New Zealand; America (inc Canada, Alaska & Hawaii); Europe & the Mediterranean; and budget Europe. They also have two resorts of their own on Mykonos (Greece) and Great Keppel Island (Australia), which are designed for more affluent young adults who aren't interested in wet t-shirts and drinking competitions. There's another resort due to opend later in 2005 in Bali. |
| CTS Travel |
020 7290 0630 |
Specialist student travel agency. |
| Encounter |
01728 862 222 |
Encounter has been operating group overland journeys by expedition truck since 1964. In 2000 is was bought by Dragoman as is now operated as an independent brand aimed at younger travellers (student or gap year travellers). Encounter offer trips in Africa, Asia and the Americas from 2 to 26 weeks, always with ‘Wild Side’ activities such as white-water rafting or mountain biking. |
| Escapades |
0870 238 7766 |
Holidays for 18-35 year olds. Part of MyTravel group. Apartments & hotels in twelve destinations including Ibiza, Crete, Mexico and new for 2004, Tenerife & a 3-day 'booze cruise' to Amsterdam |
| Jeka Holidays |
n/a |
Summer camp holidays for youth groups in eleven European countries. |
| Playaway Holidays |
020 7112 0012 |
New operator (Sept 05) offering luxury breaks for affluent 20-30 year-olds and keen to distance themselves from the image of the traditional 18-30s beach holiday operators. They had got themselves a private island in the Maldives (4-star White Sands resort) where they were planning to operate week-long breaks from 1st July 2006, but a contractual dispute with new owners of the resort has forced them to cancel. They are now 'reviewing their situation'. We don't know if there will be a 2007 season. |
| STA Travel |
0870 1 600 599 |
Probably the best-known student travel brand around. Since the agency was set up over a quarter of a century ago it has grown into an organisation with 65 branches in universities and on high streets in the UK and 450 branches worldwide. |
| Top Deck |
020 7244 8000 |
Well-known adventure travel company specialising in group tours for 18-30s market. Started back in the early seventies running converted London double-decker buses through Europe and beyond. Now has a worldwide programme of exploratory holidays. |
| YouthTravel.com |
0870 887 0135 |
Student & young traveller online brand from Lastminute.com |
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