Which luxury tour operators are best for a trip combining Laos and Thailand?

By Richard Jasinski·Updated 7 November 2026

These 5 luxury travel companies say on their own websites that they sell trips combining Laos and Thailand. Of them, Wexas Travel, Steppes Travel and Trails of Indochina 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 a trip combining Laos and Thailand?

The 5 luxury travel companies below say on their own websites that they sell trips combining Laos and Thailand; Wexas Travel, Steppes Travel and Trails of Indochina have the most Google reviews. Compare what each card says before you ask for quotes.

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 and 7 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 those days, says that it sells trips combining Laos and Thailand: 5 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 every line against its page before publication; where a page shows a trip's details in separate fields (its name, length, price or a short description), our line is built from them together; our record of the sentence divides them with a vertical bar. No company paid to be on this page.

Ampersand Travel

Best for: 21-day Mekong trip, four countries
Laos and Thailand: Sells Meandering Down the Mekong, a 21-day trip through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam from £11,200 for 2026; the page does not say per person.
Limits it publishes: Sets a minimum spend of £3,000 per person, covering accommodation, flights, transfers, guides, activities and sightseeing in the itinerary.
Money protection: ATOL number 6065 covers its air holiday packages.
Reviews: Google: 4.8 out of 5 from 6 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website: ampersandtravel.com

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: laos, about-us/faqs.

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Artisans of Leisure

Best for: 10-day Thailand and Laos tour
Laos and Thailand: Runs Highlights of Thailand & Laos, a 10-day tour.
Reviews: Google: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review; Trustpilot: 3.2 out of 5 from 1 review, newest 30 July 2025. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website: artisansofleisure.com

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: tour/Laos_tours_luxury_travel.php.

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Steppes Travel

Best for: 12-day Thailand and Laos holiday
Laos and Thailand: Sells Thailand and Laos, a 12-day holiday from £3,740 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

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: holiday-ideas/thailand-and-laos, financial-protection.

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Trails of Indochina

Best for: Northern Laos and Thailand adventure
Laos and Thailand: Runs Remote Adventures in Northern Laos and Thailand, a trip to off-the-beaten-track parts of northern Laos and Thailand.
Reviews: Google: 4.5 out of 5 from 8 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
Website: trailsofindochina.com

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: destination/laos.

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Wexas Travel

Best for: 14-day river journey, Laos to Thailand
Laos and Thailand: Sells A river journey from Laos to Thailand, a 14-day tailor-made holiday from £6,670 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

Read on its own website, 7 November 2026: holidays/asia/laos/itineraries, why-wexas/financial-protection.

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Which of these companies protect your money?

3 of the 5 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.

Ampersand Travel: ATOL number 6065 covers its air holiday packages.
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 trips combining Laos and Thailand?

Wexas Travel has the most Google reviews of the 5; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.

Steppes Travel: 12-day Thailand and Laos holiday
Trails of Indochina: Northern Laos and Thailand adventure
Ampersand Travel: 21-day Mekong trip, four countries
Artisans of Leisure: 10-day Thailand and Laos tour

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.

Ampersand Travel
Steppes Travel
Wexas Travel

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.

Laos and Thailand trips: 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 5 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Ampersand Travel, Steppes Travel and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.

Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?

1 of the 5: Artisans of Leisure. 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?

Wexas Travel, Steppes Travel and Trails of Indochina, 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 trips combining Laos and Thailand. 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.