Which luxury travel companies are best for a road trip through the American West?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 4 November 2026
These 8 luxury travel companies name a trip through the American West on their own websites, from the national parks of Utah and Arizona to Yellowstone. Of them, Natural Habitat Adventures, Backroads and Black Tomato have the most Google reviews.
Which luxury travel companies are best for a road trip through the American West?
The 8 luxury travel companies below name a trip through the American West on their own websites; Natural Habitat Adventures, Backroads and Black Tomato have the most Google reviews. Compare the routes and lengths on each card, then protection and reviews.
Backroads
- Best for
- Bryce and Zion walking tour
- American West trip
- Runs Utah's Bryce & Zion Hiking & Walking Tour, six days from $4,099 per person (the page names no currency).
- Founded
- 1979
- Reviews
- Google: 4.2 out of 5 from 123 reviews; Trustpilot: 2.3 out of 5 from 12 reviews, newest 28 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- backroads.com
Black Tomato
- Best for
- 13-night Utah, Colorado and Wyoming drive
- American West trip
- Sells Utah, Colorado & Wyoming: A Wild West Road Trip, with 13 nights as its ideal length, from £15,990 per person based on two 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
Inspiring Travel Company
- Best for
- 18-night California trip
- American West trip
- Sells California Stars & Scenery, 18 nights from £6,355 per person.
- 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.
- Website
- inspiringtravel.co.uk
Kensington Tours
- Best for
- Nine-day Utah national parks trip
- American West trip
- Sells Utah's Mighty 5: Explorer's Edition, nine days from US$15,382 per person, double occupancy.
- Reviews
- Google: 3.9 out of 5 from 46 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- kensingtontours.com
Natural Habitat Adventures
- Best for
- Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion trip
- American West trip
- Runs Grand Canyon, Bryce & Zion, an eight to nine day national parks trip from April to June and September to October.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.9 out of 5 from 299 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- nathab.com
Tauck
- Best for
- Eight-day canyonlands escorted tour
- American West trip
- Runs America's Canyonlands, an eight-day escorted tour of national parks of the American West, from $5,290 USD per person for March to October departures in 2027 and 2028.
- Limits it publishes
- Requires at least one guest in the travelling party to be 21 or older to make a reservation.
- 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
VBT Bicycling Vacations
- Best for
- Six-day Bryce and Zion bike tour
- American West trip
- Runs the Bryce Canyon & Zion Bike Tour in Utah, six days from $3,895 per person (the page names no currency).
- Money protection
- Shares the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program with affiliates of Xanterra Leisure Resort Holdings, which posts the US$1 million with USTOA; the shared sum may be sufficient to provide only a partial recovery of payments if VBT fails.
- 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
Wexas Travel
- Best for
- 16-day California and Las Vegas self-drive
- American West trip
- Sells Best of the West: California & Las Vegas, a 16-day tailor-made self-drive from £3,090 per person including flights, based on two people sharing, for Standard accommodation in April to May and September to October.
- Money protection
- Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, but 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 8 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.
- VBT Bicycling Vacations: Shares the USTOA $1 Million Travelers Assistance Program with affiliates of Xanterra Leisure Resort Holdings, which posts the US$1 million with USTOA; the shared sum may be sufficient to provide only a partial recovery of payments if VBT fails.
- Wexas Travel: Holds ATOL and ABTOT licences, but where it acts as agent protection comes from the tour operator or cruise line; no ATOL number is shown.
Which of these publish a price for an American West trip?
7 of the 8 give a price in the line quoted on their card; ask the others for a written quote with the same inclusions.
- Backroads
- Black Tomato
- Inspiring Travel Company
- Kensington Tours
- Tauck
- VBT Bicycling Vacations
- Wexas Travel
Which other companies on this page plan trips through the American West?
Natural Habitat Adventures has the most Google reviews of the 8; these 4 have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Backroads: Bryce and Zion walking tour
- Black Tomato: 13-night Utah, Colorado and Wyoming drive
- Wexas Travel: 16-day California and Las Vegas self-drive
- VBT Bicycling Vacations: Six-day Bryce and Zion bike 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.
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.
American West road trip companies: 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.
How were these companies chosen?
Each is a company in the Uncompromised Travel luxury table whose own website says it plans or sells this trip; the box on this page gives the rule and the days the websites were read.
Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?
3 of the 8 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Black Tomato, VBT Bicycling Vacations and Wexas Travel. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
3 of the 8: Backroads, Inspiring Travel Company 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?
Natural Habitat Adventures, Backroads 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 it plans or sells trips through the American West (such as Utah, Arizona, California, Wyoming and Montana), with the trip's name, length or price where the page gives one. 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 and 4 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.