8 Unbelievable Around-the-World Private Jet Trips
Private jets have become a new standard for travelers all over the world. There’s nothing which beats their convenience or luxury when it comes from getting from one place to another. But what to do once you get there? That’s the question many airlines are now answering. Rather than being just a vehicle to get to a destination, jet charters have started partnering with hotel chains and tourist agencies to bring people to destinations with a purpose.
This new kind of high-end luxury tour is conducted as normal once the plane lands, but in the air you have all the access to the finest services that private jets can offer. Luxury doesn’t have to end once the plane lands. These 8 tour packages will take guests around the world without feeling like they ever left cloud nine.
Why Fly Private?
These offers have always existed. Travel agencies partner with airlines all the time, and even these private jet deals come with group offers where many strangers take up space on the same big plane. What makes them stand out from the competition is the unmatched convenience. Private jets have nearly no downtime at the terminal. You get there, you check in, and you board your plane. Everything else like customs and luggage are handled separately while you’re already lounging in one of the comfort-designed seats on board.
Private jets are able to consider hygiene and safety against the pandemic better than commercial flights can. They’re also much faster, from the short time to liftoff to the maximum cruising speed, private jets are built for both speed and comfort. Many international or long distance touring companies use commercial jets or on-ground transport that is cramped, not built for luxury travel. It makes guests dread the time they intend to spend together traveling instead of enjoying every minute of their precious time out in the world.
Private jets treat travel as more than just the means to an end. They treat the time between locations as a location itself, and something worth doing. There should be no part of a vacation or journey that is looked down on. That is why private jet journeys are king.
1. Four Seasons Private Jet Ancient Explorer
Four Seasons Hotels offer tours of some of the worlds oldest and greatest wonders. From Chile’s Easter Island full of ancient heads to the Great Pyramids of Giza and every stop in between. This is a world trip for a world audience - 52 lie-flat seats on a Boeing 757, with an executive chef on board to provide gourmet meals miles off the ground. The 24-day travel is $190,000 per person, and happen twice a year.
2. Abercrombie & Kent Private Jet Journeys Wildlife Safari
Take a tour of the natural world rather than the manmade wonders on a global safari to see and learn about all the great, rare animals still left in the wild. Indian Tigers, Rwandan Gorillas, the Big Five in Kenya and other cultural experiences you can only find abroad. The A&K Boeing 757 has free wi-fi so you can update your travel log as you go and nights not spend in the bush are hosted in exclusive, private accommodations. The month-long safari costs $160,000 per person, once per year.
3. National Geographic Expeditions
This 24 day journey is guided and hosted by some of National Geographics top experts who will give you every known detail about the 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites on the itinerary. You’ll be touring some of NatGeo’s best volume covers, from Washington D.C. to Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat and the Taj Mahal. This trip hosts 75 guests at $94,995 per person. If you miss one, there are six that happen each year.
4. TCS World Travel: World Less Traveled
There’s more to world exploration than the most popular, most photographed and most well known sites and scenes. If you’re looking for something a little under the radar, the TCS World Less Traveled itinerary is set to please. It focuses on “emerging destinations”. The 15 day round trip begins in London and visits Dakar, Salvador, Lome, AlUla and Tunis to see what people have overlooked for too long. The trip costs $150,000 per person.
5. Road Scholar
Travel from London to see some of the world’s greatest monuments from antiquity onward, starting at Stonehenge and reaching all the way to the Amber Fort of Jaipur in India. Along with historic monuments, you will be set to visit luxury resorts, including The Oberoi in New Delhi, Golf in Cambodia and other exclusive setpieces to enjoy in your downtime. The 21 day trip starts at $62,999 per person in a Boeing 767 with 53 other world touring guests.
6. Aman, The Grandest Tour
Luxury hotel Aman wants to compete with itself by offering you comforts on the ground so good you’ll want to stay when the plane is ready to take off. Visit the world class luxury accommodations in places like Japan, Bhutan, an unplanned and surprise stop through Europe and anywhere in between where Aman has made its mark. The 21 day hotel tour costs $152,888 per person, which is to say, $305,776 for couples. This is a romantic tour, for up to 9 couples at a time. Traveling stag has a higher cost, but hopefully you’ll meet someone on the trip.
7. Smithsonian Journeys: A Classic Journey
The Smithsonian Institution invites explorers on a nine-stop historic tour of the world’s oldest, greatest landmarks. The Pyramids, Petra, Angkor Wat - timeless connections with a history that has passed us by over two-thousand years ago. Learn about the history of the world the best way - by being there, seeing it, and taking it all in. The trip lasts for 24 days across multiple countries, hosts up to 52 travelers and happens three to four times a year for $109,950 per person. A small price to pay for viewing the world as it was before we were ever here.
8. Art in Voyage: 28-day Magellan Odyssey World Tour
Magellan, famously, was the first to travel around the entire world, to go west until he rounded the planet and came home again in a time when belief that the world just suddenly ended at some point was still around. In his travels he saw many great and wondrous things, inspired an age of travel like there had never been before, and established the greatness of our world. Now you can see what the journey entailed in a 28 day itinerary of the modern world. From the Atacama desert, New Zealand’s white-water rafting, vintage Ferrari drives in the Bordeaux of France, and many more stops away. See the art of the voyage for $105,611.
