Press Mentions

As specialists for the regions we cover, we are often approached by journalists to organise press trips. We like to think we have a bit of a reputation for hunting down new and interesting tours and ideas and that this is reflected in the press we have received.

Carole Cadwalladr travelled with us to Sri Lanka in January 2012 and wrote an excellent article printed in the Financial Times. You can read it here. She had the following to say about us:

"From the moment I thought of going to Sri Lanka, Experience Travel were the obvious choice. They know the country better than anyone and all their suggestions were spot on. It was a really well-thought-out itinerary with some great, undiscovered places to stay and a friendly, knowledgeable driver. I'd happily recommend them to anyone."

Kevin Rushby is one of the UK's leading travel writers and he wrote a super piece based on a trip he took with us to Mannar, Trincomalee and the central northern region of Sri Lanka in 2011. Read it in full here.

We were very pleased when Wanderlust Magazine nominated our 'Sri Lanka's North and East' tour as one of its '50 Best Tours for 2012'. This tour was researched and developed by one of our specialist tour leaders in Sri Lanka and is exclusive to Experience Travel.

The wonderful Dea Birkett travelled with her family to Sri Lanka in 2007 and found an amazing deal with us on Christmas Day itself. Dea is another extremely well known travel writer and we hugely enjoyed her input.

One of most successful press trips was when we arranged for Gemma Bowes to visit Koh Yao Noi - a small island near Phuket and Laura Barton to visit Koh Kood. These excellent writers discovered a quieter, unspoilt side of Thailand which you can read about here.

It was Dea Birkett again travelling back to Sri Lanka to relive her days as a circus girl riding an elephant. This time she was writing for the Daily Mail and you can read about it here.

Ben Tarring wrote a marvellous article about his family’s experiences on holiday in Sri Lanka - staying with an extra-ordinary family in the Knuckles Mountain Region of Sri Lanka - an area inaccessible by road, despite being close, as the crow flies, to Sri Lanka's second city, Kandy. Read the article here and about the homestay here.

We made a choice selection of luxury boutique hotels on the south coast of Sri Lanka for the Telegraph's Catalina Stogdon back in 2008