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How much does a tailor-made luxury holiday cost per person per day?

By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026

This page works out what a day costs on the trips 25 luxury operators publish with a length and a price, read on one day: the published price divided by the days, trip by trip.

How much does a tailor-made luxury holiday cost per person per day?

It depends on the operator and the trip: the median per day for the trips below is worked out from what 25 luxury operators publish, by currency, with every trip named.

Kirkjufell mountain on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland
Kirkjufell mountain on the Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland. Photo: Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At a glance: what a day costs on the trips these luxury operators publish

Across all the trips these luxury operators publish with a length and a price, the median works out as below, by the currency each company prices in. The trips counted mix private trips planned to order with group departures, cruises and some trips that include flights. Each figure is the published price divided by the days, worked out here, not a figure the companies publish.

  • Priced in USD: 35 trips from 16 companies; median about US$911 per person per day, from about US$309 (Enchanting Travels, European Capitals: History and Culture) to about US$4,000 (Blue Parallel, Greece private tour)
  • Priced in GBP: 21 trips from 8 companies; median about £699 per person per day, from about £133 (Wexas Travel, Highlights of the Basque Country) to about £5,038 (Inspiring Travel Company, TCS Legends and Empires private jet tour)

Read 3 November 2026. Some trips include flights; each card says what its trips are.

Who is on this page and why. The Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table holds 141 companies: the luxury and premium tour operators ChatGPT names most often when asked about tours. Their own websites were read on 3 November 2026, with their Google and Trustpilot listings matched by name. This page carries every company in the table whose own website, in the pages read that day, publishes a trip with its length and price: 25 companies. Only companies that meet the Uncompromised Travel definition of luxury are on this page: they mainly sell private trips planned to order at a luxury standard, publish prices of about US$500 per person per day or more, run groups of 16 or fewer in luxury hotels, or run their own small expedition ships or yachts. Cards are in alphabetical order. Each line gives what the company's own website says, as read on that day, with a link to the page it came from; a second reader checked a tenth of the table's rows against the pages. No company paid to be on this page.

Ampersand Travel

Best for
About £730 to £1,290 a day
Price per day
Laos and Cambodia with Song Saa private island, 10 days from £8,870 per person for 2026, about £887 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Group Diving in Raja Ampat, 12 days from £8,720 per person for 2026, about £727 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Group Diving in the Komodo Islands, 10 days from £12,880 per person for 2026, about £1,288 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 6 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Aracari

Best for
About US$910 a day
Price per day
The Story of Peruvian Textiles, 13 days from US$11,830 per person for two travelling together with domestic flights, about US$910 a day, worked out from the published price.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: the-story-of-peruvian-textiles.

Black Tomato

Best for
About £780 to £1,830 a day
Price per day
Alhambra and La Mezquita in Andalucia, 9 nights (10 days) from £7,800 per person without flights, about £780 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Tokyo, Kyoto and Takayama, 12 nights (13 days) from £16,500 per person without flights, about £1,269 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Rwanda gorillas and Zanzibar private islands, 8 nights (9 days) from £16,500 per person without flights, about £1,833 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 101 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Blue Parallel

Best for
About US$2,430 to US$4,000 a day
Price per day
Machu Picchu luxury tour, 7 days from US$17,000 per person when two travel, about US$2,429 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Costa Rica luxury tour, 7 days from US$25,500 per person when two travel, about US$3,643 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Greece private tour, 9 days from US$36,000 per person when two travel, about US$4,000 a day, worked out from the published price.
Founded
2003

Butterfield & Robinson

Best for
About US$1,170 to US$1,830 a day
Price per day
Portugal Alentejo Biking, 6 days from US$6,995 per person, about US$1,166 a day; Sri Lanka Biking, 9 days from US$15,495, about US$1,722 a day; Turquoise Coast Biking, 9 days from US$16,495, about US$1,833 a day, worked out from the published prices.
Founded
1966
Reviews
Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 33 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 209 reviews, newest 29 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: home page.

Cazenove+Loyd

Best for
About £1,060 to £1,580 a day
Price per day
Rift Valley Hike Through History in Tanzania, 13 days from £20,500 per person, about £1,577 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Truly Bespoke Chile, a privately guided trip of 16 days from £16,950 per person, about £1,059 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 9 reviews; Trustpilot: 4.8 out of 5 from 114 reviews, newest 18 June 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Elevated India

Best for
About US$570 a day
Price per day
Fabrics of Southern India, 19 days from 2 to 20 January 2027, from US$10,900 per person twin share, about US$574 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: fabrics-of-southern-india.

Enchanting Travels

Best for
About US$310 to US$910 a day
Price per day
Kenya and Egypt: Big Five Safari and Human History, 17 days from US$15,490 per person, about US$911 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
European Capitals: History and Culture, 10 days from US$3,090 per person, about US$309 a day, worked out from the published price.
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.

Enigma Peru

Best for
About US$450 a day
Price per day
Short Inca Trail group trek, 2 days and 1 night at US$908 per adult for 2026, about US$454 a day, worked out from the published price.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: inca-trail-to-machupicchu/2d-group.

Hitotoki

Best for
About US$1,000 a day
Price per day
A 7-day Tokyo and Kyoto trip from US$7,000 per person, about US$1,000 a day; a 14-day trip west to Kanazawa, Hiroshima and Osaka from US$14,000, about US$1,000 a day, worked out from the published prices, without international flights.
Founded
2016
Reviews
Trustpilot: 4.7 out of 5 from 32 reviews, newest 13 August 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: pricing.

Inside Egypt

Best for
About US$530 to US$820 a day
Price per day
8-Day Golden Highlights from US$6,585 per person, about US$823 a day; 14-Day Around Egypt from US$7,985, about US$570 a day; 17-Day Long Nile Cruise from US$8,985, about US$529 a day, worked out from the published prices.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: how-much-does-it-cost-to-go-to-egypt.html.

Inspiring Travel Company

Best for
About £620 to £5,040 a day
Price per day
Ulusaba Private Game Reserve and Mont Rochelle in South Africa, 7 nights (8 days) from £4,990 per person, about £624 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
French Polynesia's Society Islands private sail and island hop, 12 nights (13 days) from £8,799 per person, about £677 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
TCS Legends and Empires private jet tour, 17 nights (18 days) from £90,689 per person, about £5,038 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 745 reviews, newest 27 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Juniper Tours

Best for
About US$400 to US$650 a day
Price per day
Japan cherry blossom small group tour, 12 days from 5 to 16 April 2027, from US$7,850 per person double occupancy, about US$654 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Thailand small group tour, 12 days from 18 to 29 October 2027, from US$4,750 per person double occupancy, about US$396 a day, worked out from the published price.
Founded
2020
Reviews
Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 214 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Lightfoot Travel

Best for
About US$750 to US$1,140 a day
Price per day
Culture and History in Saudi Arabia, 6 nights (7 days) from US$8,000 per person, about US$1,143 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Journey Through History in Berlin, 5 nights (6 days) from US$4,490 per person, about US$748 a day, worked out from the published price.

Metropolitan Touring

Best for
About US$930 to US$1,200 a day
Price per day
Galapagos cruise on the yacht Isabela II, Northwestern tour, 5 days from US$4,650 per guest in 2026, about US$930 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Galapagos cruise on the yacht La Pinta, Southeastern tour, 5 days from US$6,000 per guest in 2026, about US$1,200 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 4.5 out of 5 from 549 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Peter Sommer Travels

Best for
About £620 a day
Price per day
Exploring Rome, 8 days at £4,995 per person, about £624 a day, worked out from the published price.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: tours/exploring-rome-tour-italy.

Pomegranate Travel

Best for
About US$500 to US$1,000 a day
Price per day
Classic Jordan, 10 days from US$4,999 per person, about US$500 a day; Speedy Egypt, 6 days from US$3,999, about US$667 a day; Luxury Oman, 10 days from US$10,000, about US$1,000 a day, worked out from the published prices.
Reviews
Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 14 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: home page.

Red Dot Tours

Best for
About US$340 a day
Price per day
Simply Rajasthan, 9 nights (10 days) from US$3,384 per person, about US$338 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 4.6 out of 5 from 94 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: home page.

SA Expeditions

Best for
About US$920 to US$1,150 a day
Price per day
Private Galapagos island hopping, 6 days from US$5,490 per person, about US$915 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Iceland's Ring Road in Private, 11 days from US$12,590 per person, about US$1,145 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Great Inca Trail: Trekking the Royal Road, a private expedition of 20 days from US$20,200 per person, about US$1,010 a day, worked out from the published price.
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.

Steppes Travel

Best for
About £370 to £570 a day
Price per day
Central Anatolia small group tour, 10 days from 22 April 2027 at £3,695 per person, about £370 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Lessons of a Long Memory, a Balkans group tour of 12 days from 12 May 2028 at £4,995 per person, about £416 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
India group tour led by Ursula Weekes, 15 days from 13 February 2027 at £8,500 per person (shown as full), about £567 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 23 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Tauck

Best for
About US$670 to US$930 a day
Price per day
Classic Italy, Small Groups, 14 days from US$12,990 per person, about US$928 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Grand Alaska guided tour and cruise, 15 days from US$9,990 per person, about US$666 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Hidden Gems of New England, 8 days from US$6,990 per person, about US$874 a day, worked out from the published price.
Founded
1925
Reviews
Google: 3.4 out of 5 from 40 reviews; Trustpilot: 2.7 out of 5 from 93 reviews, newest 13 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website
tauck.com

The Luxury Holiday Company

Best for
About £260 to £770 a day
Price per day
Cinque Terre in Style, 7 days from £1,845 per person, about £264 a day; Highlights of Japan, 9 days from £5,170, about £574 a day; Machu Picchu & the Galápagos, 14 days from £10,765, about £769 a day, worked out from the published prices, without flights.
Reviews
Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 6 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Read on its own website, 3 November 2026: holiday-types/history-culture.

VBT Bicycling Vacations

Best for
About US$500 to US$1,490 a day
Price per day
Acadia Self-Guided Bike Tour, 4 days from US$1,995 per person, about US$499 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Chianti Bike Tour in Tuscany, 7 days from US$5,595 per person, about US$799 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Iceland Guided Walking Tour by Yacht, 8 days from US$11,945 per person, about US$1,493 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 4.1 out of 5 from 48 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website
vbt.com

Walk into Luxury

Best for
About A$510 to A$2,070 a day
Price per day
7 Day Annapurna Private Walking Tour from A$3,585 per person, about A$512 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
13 Day Nepal and Bhutan Private Trek from A$11,850 per person, about A$912 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
14 Day Best of Norway private journey from A$28,995 per person, about A$2,071 a day, worked out from the published price.
Reviews
Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 72 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.

Wexas Travel

Best for
About £130 to £700 a day
Price per day
Highlights of the Basque Country, an 8-day self-drive from £1,060 per person with flights, about £133 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Kenya Safari & Coast, 15 days from £4,940 per person with flights, about £329 a day, worked out from the published price.
Price per day
Chile & Argentina: Patagonia's Glaciers & Fjords, 16 days from £11,180 per person with flights, about £699 a day, worked out from the published price.
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

Who to contact first

Start with the 10 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.

Luxury holiday cost per day: the questions people ask

Where do these figures come from?

From each company's own website, read on 3 November 2026; every card links the page its line was read on.

Do the terms change?

Yes: companies change their terms, so check the terms in your own booking before you pay. The date each was read is on every card.

Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?

10 of the 25 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Ampersand Travel, Black Tomato, Cazenove+Loyd, Lightfoot Travel, Peter Sommer Travels, Red Dot Tours, Steppes Travel, The Luxury Holiday Company, VBT Bicycling Vacations and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.

Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?

7 of the 25: Butterfield & Robinson, Cazenove+Loyd, Enchanting Travels, Hitotoki, Inspiring Travel Company, SA Expeditions and Tauck. 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?

Metropolitan Touring, SA Expeditions and Juniper Tours, 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 publishes a trip with its length and price. 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.

Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: what each company published on its own website, read on 3 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. Photos show the places named in their captions, not any company's trips. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel. How this site earns · How we work.

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