Sky’s the limit on these significant-conclude excursions for jet-setters: Vacation Weekly

Jeri Clausing

With the rise in pandemic-linked demand for safe and sound vacation bubbles, resorts and tour operators that have invested in their have branded personal jets are ramping up advertising and marketing for their luxury air tours.

4 Seasons Motels and Resorts very last thirty day period unveiled its 2022 itineraries for its new personalized, 48-seat Airbus A321LR plane, element of the new Airbus NEO family members, which will change its Boeing 757 following 12 months. Ben Trodd, the firm’s senior vice president of revenue and lodge marketing, said Four Seasons is alerady seeing an fascinating response.

Among the highlights, he stated in a push briefing during this week’s ILTM Environment Tour virtual networking function, is a new relatives-helpful, two-7 days tour of Africa.

“So far, the take-up has been amazing,” Trodd said.

The African Miracles itinerary runs Dec. 28 to Jan. 9, using friends from Athens to the pyramids and then on to the Serengeti, Mauritius, Rwanda, Victoria Falls and Johannesburg.

Specific activities will be customized to the ages and interests of the guests.

4 Seasons will also offer two spherical-the-planet itineraries in 2022:

• Timeless Encounters, working March 14 to April 6, can take attendees from Hawaii to London with stops in French Polynesia, Australia, Bali, Thailand, a day journey to the Taj Majal, Dubai and Prague.

• Ancient Explorer itinerary, April 8 to May well 1, travels from Miami to Madrid with stops in Mexico City, Easter Island, Bora Bora, the Fantastic Barrier Reef, Thailand, Jordan, Egypt and Italy.

With its new jet scheduled to launch in the spring, Four Seasons states it
also continue to has minimal space on its 2021 spherical-the-globe excursions, just one in
May possibly and yet another in November.

Abercrombie & Kent is also featuring new spherical-the-entire world itineraries on its jet, which also carries 48 travellers.

Its newest bundle for 2021, Around the Planet with Geoffrey Kent: An Inspiring Expedition by Private Jet, will operate Oct 14 via Nov. 8, originating in Japan and concluding in New Orleans with stops that involve the Maldives, Eritrea and Brazil. And the organization guarantees to launch specifics soon for its initial 2022 spherical-the-earth vacation, Cultural Treasures Close to the Earth, scheduled to run May well 5 to 27.

The round-the-globe non-public jet visits usually commence at $150,000 for every particular person.