21 Nov 2013
This month, Travel Butlers has been cracking open the bubbly to celebrate 10 years in the safari business. A decade ago, this bespoke safari holiday specialist opened its virtual doors to sell unique, personalised wildlife adventures across Southern and East Africa. Now recognised as a leading African travel expert, it was awarded the prestigious SATOA best tour operator of the year award in both 2012 and 2013. In celebration of this landmark anniversary, the company is offering an amazing one-off special offer to make incredible safari holidays accessible to all.
This week, Managing Director Paul Campbell spoke about the personal and professional journey that he and his wife Tracey have had with Travel Butlers. "Eleven years ago, we set off on a career break adventure that turned our lives upside down. We were all set to travel the world and we spent several months in South America, but as soon as we arrived in South Africa, we were hooked."
Before long, they had decided to build a company that could bring the best wildlife experiences of Southern Africa to the UK market. As Paul explains, "We knew that we wanted to be true leaders in our field, so we spent a year travelling throughout Southern Africa to discover the perfect locations and safari holidays to offer our customers. We even trained as professional safari guides, sleeping in a basic tent in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve for a month, and
tracking animals on foot for hours each day. As you can probably tell, we don't do things by halves!"
After setting up their website from Cape Town, Paul and Tracey sold their first trip to South Africa in November 2003. Since then, they have moved back to the UK and Travel Butlers has grown and expanded to cover the whole of Southern Africa as well as Kenya, Tanzania, and the Indian Ocean. The couple still travel at every opportunity to keep their expert safari knowledge current for their customers.
Right now, Travel Butlers is offering wildlife lovers the chance to pay a deposit of only £100 per person to secure their safari holiday to South Africa or Namibia in 2014. The offer is valid for all new bookings confirmed between 12 November and 31 December 2013.
This £100 deposit per person (or equivalent amount in USD, EUR or ZAR) will secure the safari lodge, hotel bookings and transfers or hire car rental in South Africa or Namibia. The balance for the holiday will be due 8 weeks before travel. If customers wish to book international flights with Travel Butlers, these will need to be paid for in full at the time of booking. On top of all this, there is no surcharge for card payments of any kind.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
Travel Butlers is a safari holiday specialist based in Weybridge, Surrey. Founded in 2003 the company works closely
with customers of all ages and budgets to build completely unique, bespoke safari holidays across Southern and East Africa. Travel Butlers prides itself on the expert knowledge of its staff, who have personally visited the safari lodges that the company offers and can therefore provide first-hand advice.
The company has won several prestigious awards, including the SATOA best tour operator award in both 2012 and 2013. SATOA is an industry body for the African travel industry, and its members include specialist tour operators, hotel groups and tourist boards (www.satoa.com).
Paul Campbell
Travel Butlers Ltd
01932-428380
