Which luxury tour operators are best for driving holidays?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 7 November 2026
These 6 luxury travel companies say on their own websites that they sell self-drive or driving holidays. Of them, SA Expeditions, Enchanting Travels and Black Tomato have the most Google reviews. Each card gives what the company's own page says, with its source.
Which luxury tour operators are best for driving holidays?
The 6 luxury travel companies below say on their own websites that they sell self-drive or driving holidays; SA Expeditions, Enchanting Travels and Black Tomato have the most Google reviews. Compare what each card says before you ask for quotes.
Black Tomato
- Best for
- 13-night American West road trip
- Driving holiday
- Sells Utah, Colorado & Wyoming: A Wild West Road Trip, with 13 nights as its ideal length, from £15,990 per person based on two people sharing, flights excluded.
- Money protection
- ATOL number 10531 covers the flight-inclusive packages it sells as agent of Hays. It says non-flight packages are covered by a scheme through ABTA that refunds advance payments if it becomes insolvent.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 101 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- blacktomato.com
Enchanting Travels
- Best for
- Morocco self-drive tour
- Driving holiday
- Sells a 13-day Imperial Morocco tour from US$5,390 per person.
- Driving holiday
- The page calls it a self-drive tour of Morocco's history and culture.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 139 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 3,298 reviews, newest 2 November 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- enchantingtravels.com
GeoEx
- Best for
- New Zealand self-drive
- Driving holiday
- Sells New Zealand Discovery, a 12-day custom road trip in the South Island in which you drive yourself for much of the journey, from $13,650 based on double occupancy (the page names no currency).
- Driving holiday
- The page lists it as a 12-day custom trip from $13,650 based on double occupancy.
- Reviews
- Trustpilot: 3.4 out of 5 from 2 reviews, newest 9 December 2025. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- geoex.com
SA Expeditions
- Best for
- 11-day Iceland self-drive
- Driving holiday
- Sells an 11-day Iceland Self-Drive Adventure from $5,790 per person (the page names no currency).
- Reviews
- Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 379 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 1,304 reviews, newest 31 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- saexpeditions.com
Steppes Travel
- Best for
- Bhutan in your own 4×4
- Driving holiday
- Runs a 14-day Bhutan 4×4 Self-Drive Adventure group tour from £5,695 per person, flights excluded.
- Money protection
- ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages booked from the UK, or booked from outside the UK when the first leg of travel starts in the UK; no ATOL number is given. ABTOT number 5488 covers non-flight packages for UK and EU customers only; bookings made outside the UK are covered only when bought directly from Steppes Travel. Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in a trust account managed by Serenity Trust.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 23 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- steppestravel.com
Wexas Travel
- Best for
- 16-day California self-drive
- Driving holiday
- Sells a 16-day tailor-made self-drive through California and Las Vegas from £3,090 per person including flights.
- Money protection
- Some of its flight-inclusive holidays are ATOL protected but not all its services; packages without ATOL cover are covered by ABTOT; bookings made outside the UK are protected by ABTOT only when bought directly from Wexas Limited; where it acts as agent, protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line. No ATOL number is shown.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 61 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- wexas.com
Which of these companies protect your money?
3 of the 6 name a scheme that protects guest payments on their own websites, such as ATOL for UK flight packages, ABTA or USTOA membership, or a trust account; the rest do not name one on the pages read.
- Black Tomato: ATOL number 10531 covers the flight-inclusive packages it sells as agent of Hays. It says non-flight packages are covered by a scheme through ABTA that refunds advance payments if it becomes insolvent.
- Steppes Travel: ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages booked from the UK, or booked from outside the UK when the first leg of travel starts in the UK; no ATOL number is given. ABTOT number 5488 covers non-flight packages for UK and EU customers only; bookings made outside the UK are covered only when bought directly from Steppes Travel. Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in a trust account managed by Serenity Trust.
- Wexas Travel: Some of its flight-inclusive holidays are ATOL protected but not all its services; packages without ATOL cover are covered by ABTOT; bookings made outside the UK are protected by ABTOT only when bought directly from Wexas Limited; where it acts as agent, protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line. No ATOL number is shown.
Which other companies on this page say they sell self-drive or driving holidays?
SA Expeditions has the most Google reviews of the 6; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Enchanting Travels: Morocco self-drive tour
- Black Tomato: 13-night American West road trip
- Wexas Travel: 16-day California self-drive
- Steppes Travel: Bhutan in your own 4×4
Who to contact first
Start with the 3 companies on this page that name a scheme protecting your payments on their own websites, then add any other card that fits your dates.
What to ask each one to set out in writing:
- What the price includes and excludes, line by line: stays, guides, transfers, internal flights, park or entry fees.
- The deposit, when the balance is due and what you lose if you cancel.
- Which scheme protects your money and the number to check it.
Driving holidays: the questions people ask
What should I ask a tour company before booking?
What the price includes, line by line; the deposit and when the balance is due; what you lose if you cancel; and which scheme protects your money.
Do these companies publish prices?
Some do on their trip pages and some quote only on request. The cards give what each company says; ask for a written quote with the same inclusions from each.
Can I book with these companies directly?
Yes. Each card links the company's own website; ask for a written quote that lists what the price includes.
Does every company here offer the same thing?
No. Each card gives what that company's own page says; what is offered, where and at what price differs, so compare the cards before you ask for quotes.
Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?
3 of the 6 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Black Tomato, Steppes Travel and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
3 of the 6: Enchanting Travels, GeoEx and SA Expeditions. Each card gives the TrustScore, the review count and the newest review date, read 3 November 2026.
Which of these have the most Google reviews?
SA Expeditions, Enchanting Travels and Black Tomato, in that order. A count says how many people reviewed a company, not whether it fits your trip; each card gives the rating and count, read 3 November 2026.
Where can I check these facts myself?
Each card links the pages of the company's own website its lines were read from, with the date they were read.
How were these companies chosen?
Each one is in the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table, built from the luxury tour operators ChatGPT names most often; its own website says that it sells self-drive or driving holidays. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.
Is any company on this page paying to be here?
No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be on it.
Read next
Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: what each company published on its own website, read on 3, 5 and 7 November 2026, with links to the pages read, with its Google and Trustpilot figures where the listing carries the company's own name, from the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table. Cards are in alphabetical order. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel. How this site earns · How we work.