About
Hello — I'm Doris, and I plan travel for a living
GlobeTrek is a small, deliberately unhurried travel consultancy. We plan bespoke holidays for people who want the trip to be right, and we run travel programmes for companies who want it to be simple.
My story
How GlobeTrek started
I started out on an airline reservations desk at nineteen, which is the best training in the world for staying calm when things go wrong. Ten years and three continents later I was managing corporate travel for a mid-sized professional services firm, booking sixty trips a month and learning exactly where money leaks out of a travel programme.
GlobeTrek grew out of the same frustration from both sides. Holidaymakers were being sold packages instead of being asked questions. Businesses were paying for booking tools nobody wanted to use. Both needed the same thing: someone who knows the industry and picks up the phone.
Today we plan honeymoons and family trips alongside full corporate travel programmes. The two sides feed each other — the supplier relationships that get a business traveller a late checkout are the same ones that get a honeymooning couple the room with the view.
My approach
How a trip actually gets planned
- One
A proper conversation
Twenty minutes on the phone or video, free of charge. What you like, what you cannot stand, and what the budget honestly is.
- Two
A first proposal
Within three working days you get two or three routes through the trip, with real properties, real prices and the reasoning behind each choice.
- Three
Refine and confirm
We iterate until it fits. Then we book everything, chase every confirmation and hand you a single itinerary document.
- Four
While you travel
Transfers checked, restaurants booked, and a number to call if a flight moves. You should never be the one on hold.
Values
What we hold to
Honesty over upsell
If a cheaper hotel is the better hotel, we say so. If the trip you want does not work in the season you want it, we say that too.
First-hand knowledge
We recommend places we have been, stayed in and eaten at. Where we have not been, we say so and lean on trusted local partners.
One relationship, not a call centre
Clients deal with the same person from first enquiry to the day they get home — leisure and corporate alike.
Let's talk about your trip
Book a free 20-minute consultation, or just tell us what you have in mind.