One Traveller, the UK’s premier travel company for solo travellers, is thrilled to announce its outstanding achievement at the 2024 British Travel Awards (BTA), where it won the Gold Award for Best Small Travel Company for Singles Holidays. In addition to this prestigious recognition, the company also received the Bronze Award for Best Escorted Tour Operator, further cementing its position as a leader in holidays for escorted tours for the 50+ solo traveller .
The British Travel Awards recognises excellence across a number of categories, with winners selected by the public through an open voting process. One Traveller’s success highlights the company’s dedication to providing exceptional singles holidays for solo travellers and its ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality escorted tours.
Ian Darkin, managing director of One Traveller, expressed his pride in the company’s accomplishments:
“This prestigious award is testament to the dedication of the entire One Traveller family, based in our Swaffham head office and our teams on the ground who take such exceptional care of our customers worldwide. Our commitment to providing personalised, quality holidays is at the heart of everything we do, and to have this recognised at such a respected event is truly humbling. We are so grateful to all our guests who voted for us and for their continued trust in our services.”
BTA director of events and partnerships, Lorraine Barnes Burton, said: “One Traveller is to be sincerely congratulated on the achievement in winning Best Small Travel Company for Singles Holidays. Ultimately it is the travelling public who decide the winners by voting for the travel companies they consider the best in the business. The British Travel Awards is the largest awards programme in the UK and to win a gold, silver or bronze accolade is truly an achievement to be proud of.”
With ten brand-new holidays added to its line-up for 2025, One Traveller has responded to consumer demand for a greater range of tours that now include Albania, Uzbekistan and Namibia for the more adventurous and Loire Valley by rail and the Rhone Cruise for a gentler pace under the One Experience umbrella. Prices start from £1,550 for a seven day tour of Devon & Torquay and from £1,990 for a five day tour of Marrakech. Find out more at www.onetraveller.co.uk
Sample Holidays:
Hampshire for Christmas, 23 Dec 2024, 5 days from £1,330
Relax on the Solent with all the traditional Christmas trimmings and spa treatments. The fresh sea air and naval history make this a fascinating part of the country. Visits are included to the Spinnaker Tower for a bird’s-eye view of the area. and a day out at Beaulieu Palace and Motor Museum in the New Forest. There’s the chance to join the hotel carol service on Christmas Eve and a full Christmas lunch and evening entertainment on Christmas Day.
www.onetraveller.co.uk/hampshire-for-christmas
Cheshire for Christmas, 23 Dec 2024, 5 days from £1,490
Celebrate the festivities in the north-west of England with all the traditional Christmas trimmings. Enjoy a magical mystery tour of Liverpool including lunch at the Imagine More Cafe at Strawberry Field, a guided tour of the medieval city of Chester, and a welcome reception at your hotel of mince pies and sherry.
www.onetraveller.co.uk/cheshire-for-christmas
The Highlands for New Year, 29 Dec 2024, 6 days from £1,990
Celebrate Hogmanay in style with the Highland Fling, accompanied by a champagne reception and fireworks, at beautiful Ardoe House, built in 1878 by a local soap baron and retaining many of its Victorian features. Aberdeen will take you by surprise with its mile-long city beach, on which you can take a brisk New Year’s Day stroll. Excursions to Glen Garioch Distillery and Aberdeenshire Highland Beef Farm are also included.
www.onetraveller.co.uk/the-highlands-for-new-year
India, 14 Jan 2025, 16 days from £4,830
This splendid itinerary takes you from the capital New Delhi to Mumbai, en route visiting the astonishing Mughal splendours of Agra including the Taj Mahal, the majestic forts and palaces of princely Rajasthan, ‘land of the Maharajas’, including the ‘Pink City’ of Jaipur and Udaipur, and Ranthambore National Park, former hunting grounds of the Maharajas of Jaipur, for the chance to spot Royal Bengal tigers.
www.onetraveller.co.uk/india-holiday
Morocco, 10 Feb 2025, 14 days from £3,690
This holiday takes in the bustling art deco port and silver-screen legend of Casablanca. The Hassan II, Africa’s largest mosque, is breathtaking. Enjoy the sunshine in the modernised and European-influenced port city of Tangier. Inland, the Imperial cities of Marrakech and Fez whisk you back to the Middle Ages, where donkey carts rattle down the streets of walled medinas.
www.onetraveller.co.uk/tour-morocco
Costa Rica, 24 March 2025, 18 days from £8,380
With two distinct coastlines to explore and lush tropical rainforest sandwiched in between, this holiday offers a chance to take in stunning natural scenery and get close to iconic wildlife. Starting in the capital, San José, explore active volcanos and protected forests, enjoy a river safari on the Peñas Blancas river, and visit dreamy unspoiled beaches that serve as a refuge for spawning sea turtles.
www.onetraveller.co.uk/costa-rica-holiday
ABOUT ONE TRAVELLER:
A Norfolk-based, family-run company, One Traveller was founded in 2007 by Ian Darkin, a highly experienced Tour Manager, who specialised in escorting solo travel holidays. One Traveller has since gained the reputation as the UK’s number one escorted solo holiday specialist for the over 50s, winning multiple British Travel Awards for ‘Best Travel Company for Singles Holidays’. The ethos of the company is to create fantastic experiences for like-minded mature individuals who, by choice or circumstance, wish to enjoy unique holidays throughout the UK, Europe and across the globe – with no single supplement to pay.
One Traveller prides itself on excellent service, from the initial customer enquiry right through to the end of their holiday.
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