Absolute Travel & Tours | Sports & School Travel Specialists

Fabulous trips with a winning team

Trips and tours transform the learning experience of young people and raise their aspirations. Risk, reward and responsibility; achievement, engagement, motivation, teambuilding, self-confidence.

Sustainability partnership

We are pleased to announce our partnership with World Land Trust, supporting their mission to protect threatened habitats and wildlife across the world.

Group travel specialists since 1992

We’ve already celebrated more than 30 years of fabulous trips and tours. Join us on the next exciting part of the journey.

Awesome football tours abroad

Wonderful training camps venues and some of the very finest international tournaments for club, school and professional teams....

Travelling forward together

Trips and tours transform the learning experience of young people and raise their aspirations. These opportunities promote resilience, risk, reward and responsibility which in turn lead to greater achievement, attainment, engagement, motivation, diversification, teambuilding, enhanced wellbeing, a sense of belonging and an increased self-confidence. If that’s not enough, they also open the door to new activities, new friendships, new life skills as well as an introduction to new cultures, new climates, new countries and new challenges. We learn more about ourselves and others when away from home, outside of our comfort-zone and in a new environment.

The natural landscape is integral to our trips, from enjoying the breathtaking mountain scenery when learning to ski or the lakes and rivers for water sports activities. Respect for our habitat and the world around us has never been more important. We are mindful that travel and tourism is a significant contributor to global emissions and their environmental impacts and we take our responsibility to the environment seriously. Please visit our Sustainability page to learn more.

As an independent family owned and managed business we have always been proud of the personal service for which we are well known and for the strength of relationships with our customers and suppliers alike. We look forward to travelling forward together over the weeks, months and years ahead.

Why Absolute Travel?

Experience you can trust

With unrivalled experience and expertise, we’ve been helping sport, ski, study and performance groups to enjoy fabulous trips and tours since way back in 1992. What’s more, just like you, we’re passionate about what we do!

Friendly & family-owned

You’ll enjoy a personal service and 24/7 support from a specialist team that always puts its customers first. We are proud of our longstanding owner-managed independence and look forward to continuing on this journey together.

Safety comes first

The wellbeing of our customers is at the forefront of everything that we do. Our accredited Safety Management System has been developed to champion best practice with our suppliers both at home and abroad for your ultimate peace of mind.

Our Promise to You

We are always striving for excellence. We offer wonderfully enriching, life-changing experiences, with the greatest flexibility and the best support to help make your aspirations become reality at the very best value for money.

Travel Aware - Essential travel information

Please see advice about travelling abroad, including the latest information on safety and security, entry requirements, travel warnings and more.

Foreign Travel Advice

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s travel advice aims to provide objective information and advice, to help you make better-informed decisions about your international travel plans. For the latest advice, please see: https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice.

Passports & Visas

For overseas trips you will need to ensure that every member of your group has valid documentation to travel. You should ensure that any applications for required documentation are made in good time so that they are received well before you depart. For more information, please see: https://www.gov.uk/going-and-being-abroad/passports.

Travel Health

You should check health advise for your travel destination, ideally at least eight weeks before departure. For country-specific vaccine recommendations plus other important advice and tips to stay healthy abroad, please see: https://travelhealthpro.org.uk/countries.

Travel Insurance

Travel insurance is important, as is typically included in the package you book with us. Please check if you are unsure. For further information, please see: https://www.absolutetravel.co.uk/info-zone/travel-insurance.

would willingly recommend their services

We have worked with Ashley Gowing and his team at Absolute Travel for 20 years now, a quite remarkable duration in modern professional sport. This has been borne out of the extreme professionalism of the company and their capacity to adapt to the needs of a professional rugby team in different environments and for different needs. I would willingly recommend their services and would be happy to speak to any sports professionals contemplating using their company.

Neil McIlroy, Rugby Manager, ASM Clermont Auvergne Rugby

Thank you so much for organising yet another successful tour

Thank you so much for organising yet another successful tour... Other than the tour itself, your unwavering commitment to the cause and willingness to assist is endless. You really are a great tour company who place the importance of students experiences at the forefront of everything that you do. So from everyone at Eastwood, thank you. We look forward to next year and hopefully working together for many more years to come.

Eastwood Academy

above and beyond our expectations

As opposed to simply being sold a tour package, we felt the service Absolute School Travel offered went above and beyond our expectations from a travel company. Thank you.

Stockton Riverside College

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