I’m Roy: thank you for reading my page. I live near York, with my wife, daughter, her partner and our grandson, not to mention three cats – one of whom is a bit mad – and a whippet! I very wide range of interests which – unsurprisingly – include travel.
I may well be the oldest working travel agent in the country, having joined BOAC (now British Airways) when I was 18, way back in 1960! But I’m very fit for my age and retain a youthful enthusiasm for giving the best, impartial advice and making the finest possible arrangements for my clients. I’ve worked for airlines and tour operators, as well as travel agencies, and am delighted to be part of the team at Designer Travel where I have the opportunity to do what I love doing on a daily basis: booking flights and holidays.
Needless to say, I have acquired an enormous amount of knowledge about many destinations, over the years, and I look forward to sharing that with you. My main areas of expertise are the Indian subcontinent – over 40 trips – and the Far East, where I have visited almost every major country at least once (and Thailand a lot more) over 20 trips all told. In November 2015, I visited Kenya and now have personal knowledge of wonderful game lodges in Masai Mara National Park and some of the superb beach resorts on the coast.
Nearer to home, I”m a great enthusiast for Italy and Greece (where my photo was taken) and the Portuguese island of Madeira. I’m also more than competent at putting carefully made itineraries together for Australia/N Z, South Africa, North and South America.
Like everyone at Designer Travel, I make a special point of finding out as much as I can about your travel preferences (along with the sometimes less obvious dislikes) to ensure that you enjoy your perfect journey and travel experience.
I look forward to hearing from you.
One of the extraordinary privileges of being in the travel business is that, occasionally, you get to go to amazing places as guests of tour operators, airlines and tourist boards, with other travel agents. Being of an older persuasion, I had reached the stage of not expecting to go on...
You exit from the Sala Daeng Sky Train station and, with the Central Department Store behind you, cross the bridge, turn left down the stairs then walk along Silom Road, until you come to one end of Patpong and the world famous Night Market. Alternatively, as they are not expensive...
After a couple of days in Colombo, Sri Lanka's pleasant capital, we visited the ancient Buddhist sites at Anuradhapura (staying in a wonderful old colonial guest house) and Polonnaruwa, as well as the Elephant Orphange at Pinnawala, the wonderful Botanical gardens at Perideniya, before arriving at the hill town of...
Oh wow - Havana was absolutely incredible! Night 1, my comfort zone was a little tested. But by night 5, I didn't want to leave. So utterly fascinating. I really felt like a 'guest' rather than a tourist. You just live and breathe the true culture and history there. I think...
Morning Roy, I'm sure you can tell by the photos we all had a brilliant holiday. Flights worked great, as did cars which is unusual for both families as normally cars go horribly wrong!! And villa was perfect. Ideal location, great list of things to do and weather to top...
Fully recommend you Roy, an amazing trip was planned for us last year by you. 😄felt spoilt from the minute we arrived at the airport. Everything we asked for was executed to the highest level of detail letting us really chill and enjoy our holiday.
I’m Roy: thank you for reading my page. I live near York, with my wife, daughter, her partner and our grandson, not to mention three...
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