James Johnson

James Johnson

East Riding

Designer Travel Expert

Since April 2023

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What is the perfect holiday and how can we make it unique and something you will remember and cherish for a lifetime?

I am James Johnson, based in the beautiful East Yorkshire town of Beverley. Travel has been a big part of my life since I was a child as I was fortunate enough to have parents that took me to some of the more exotic places in the world such as Alaska and Tahiti. When my father took a job close to Salalah in Oman it meant frequent trips between the UK and Oman which I believe helped blossom in me an open mind to new cultures and a big appetite for seeing the world. Thus, most of my adult life has been spent outside of the UK. Living in Shanghai, and travelling Asia extensively with our kids sparked in me an idea to run our own travel business in Shanghai where we lived for 10 years. Some of the amazing experiences we have personally had as travellers has included scuba diving with sea turtles, dog sledding, paragliding in Hainan, rafting along exhilarating rivers in the Rockies, helicopter flying over Alaska’s spectacular glaciers and snorkelling in the reefs at Phi Phi island in Thailand. My other passion in life is running, so you can imagine what I like to do when I go anywhere new! A 20km run through a jungle in Thailand or as I did on my 30th birthday, a 100km run around the pristine Khuvsgul lake in Mongolia. Whether you want to travel with your family and kids for a beach holiday, take a luxury cruise or go somewhere beyond the beach and do something that isn‘t your typical holiday activity please do give us a call or drop us an email. We are all about a one-to-one approach aimed at making the perfect holiday for you. 

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