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The Balkan's best kept secret
The HULA Christmas charity drive is on!
This year we will once again be raising donations for Hula Animal Rescue. Please donate any spare cat or dog food (or toys) by bringing them into our Leighton Buzzard office. We will be [...]
Join our Wellingborough Team
We have a rare opportunity to join our Wellingborough Office as a Travel Consultant. We are looking for an individual with experience working in a travel for a full time role, in return we [...]
Touring Turkey
Simone from our Wellingborough office visited Turkey last November as part of an 'educational' tour with Titan Tours. Turkey has long been a favourite beach destination but could it potentially be your next tour [...]
Australia’s Ultimate Wildlife Safari
Australia Ultimate Wildlife Safari Australia is rightly famed for its abundant and unique wildlife and we have designed this itinerary around some of the best places to see and experience it. From Ningaloo [...]
A Canadian adventure – your own way
An organised tour is a great way to explore Canada. Itineraries develop and evolve as a result of customer feedback so you know that you will be spending the right amount of time [...]
Incredible Costa Rica
This small, breathtakingly beautiful country is a laid-back and peaceful democratic republic (there is no army), without much of an indigenous culture or colonial heritage but exuding a warm, authentic Latin personality.
Getting to know Guyana
Guyana isn't Latin: it sits alone on the continent of South America as an ex-British colony, sharing a Caribbean flavour where English is the first language and cricket the national sport. Culturally it's a [...]
We’ve added a new hotel to our Bailey’s Select range…
We've just added a brand new hotel to our Bailey's Select range. Spread out in lush grounds, The Verandah Resort & Spa has a laid-back vibe and never feels crowded. One of the beautiful [...]
Yes, we can book TUI holidays, but…
With TUI reducing their high street presence we have seen lots of regular bookers who are coming to us for the first time, asking whether we can book TUI holidays on their behalf. Our [...]
Travel Consultant Vacancy
We have a rare vacancy for an experienced, full-time, Travel Consultant to work from our vibrant and ever-busy Wellingborough Office. As a Travel Consultant you will help make our clients travel dreams into a [...]
This time, travel really is back!
For the first time in almost two years, the road looks clear for overseas holidays to return – in full with very few restrictions. So unlike previous updates where we have had to carefully [...]
Finally, it’s time to think about your next holiday!
Finally, it's time to think about your next holiday! Whether you are looking ahead to 2022, eyeing up a trip to a European beach this summer or even considering a UK break, the [...]
What is it like to go on holiday at the moment?
We caught up with one of our customers who has just come back from Turkey to give you a sense of what to expect if you book a ‘Winter Sun’ package this Autumn. ‘Firstly, [...]
Book 2021 with added flexibility today
With the current travel uncertainty it can be hard to know where is safe to travel to and where is still recommended against – let alone predict what the situation might be next year. [...]
Amend your holidays until 7 days before travel with Kuoni Flex
Mindful of the changing circumstances and uncertainty around worldwide travel at the moment, our partners Kuoni have launched a new 'Flex' product which allows people to switch their holiday to alternative travel dates without [...]
Tutankhamun group tour (last few tickets)
This is the last ever chance to see the boy king outside Egypt! Join us at the Saatchi Gallery to explore and visit the 100th anniversary exhibition. To celebrate the 100 years since the [...]
Carol’s New Zealand adventure
New Zealand North Island in 7 days. Auckland to Wellington. When you get offered a familistration trip you never want to turn it down normally it involves lots of hotel visits and plenty of [...]
Bailey’s Travel flying high 30 years on
Check out this lovely write up from the Northamptonshire Telegraph... Take an oil-palm cloning specialist and mix with an aerospace development engineer and what do you get? Probably not a Travel Agent. But that's [...]
Thomas Cook
Everyone at Bailey's Travel is incredibly saddened to learn of the collapse of Thomas Cook overnight. The travel sector is a community of people with a passion for travel and many of us have [...]
Ethiopia & Uganda – A customer blog
Ethiopia & Uganda - A customer blog Ethiopia, The Roof of Africa. The high rise buildings of Addis Ababa poke up from the purple mists as the landing gear thuds into place (a welcome [...]
Touring the Mediterranean
Complete relaxation Kempinski Hotel San Lawrenz, Gozo Located close to the iconic ‘Dwejra Bay’ on Malta’s idyllic sister island Gozo this 5-star hideaway resort is set amidst 30,000 square miles of semi-tropical gardens, and [...]
Touring East Africa
A once in a lifetime safari to East Africa culminating with a mountain gorilla trek There is no doubt that one travel’s richest experiences is an African wildlife safari, and if you were to [...]
Touring Tuscany
A Princely Place – Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte, Viareggio. Built in the early 1920s, the renovated Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte, a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World, [...]
Africa discovery evening
Thursday 31st May saw our Leighton Buzzard office host our first Discovery Event, focussing on Africa. We were joined by African Expert, David Holland who took us through highlights as well as tips and [...]
Group departures
Bailey's Travel have just released our latest batch of group departures. Our group departures are exclusive to Bailey's Travel customers, so you will collect a coach from either Leighton Buzzard or Wellingborough and know there [...]
Chris Bailey Blog – Where will your ‘why’ take you in 2018?
A new year and a whole new set of possibilities open up. There is, I’m told, a shift in people’s behaviour, away from accumulating things, and into expanding their life experiences. After all, if you’ve [...]
Happy families – the Mediterranean’s favourite child-friendly resorts
A successful family holiday delivers a fine balance between bringing the family together and at the same time letting everyone get a chance to do the things they want as well! Normal pressures like juggling [...]
Essence of Japan
Few countries in the world can match Japan for its fascinating juxtaposition of old and new. To main ‘gaijin’ (foreigners) this national identity is manifested in visions of white-gloved attendants jamming passengers into commuter trains [...]
Surf’s Up – Ayada Maldives is kicking up a splash in the Indian Ocean
When considering a getaway holiday to the Indian Ocean, Ayada Maldives has certainly excelled in creating a private island resort with superlative facilities, and where the surrounding waterscape is fully appreciated. Included in Conde Nast [...]
Leighton office on the move
Not content with sending the people of Leighton Buzzard on trips around the world, our Leighton office is moving next week - three doors down! We will be moving to a larger office opposite Superdrug [...]
Bailey’s Travel the best in Leighton Buzzard (again!)
Bailey’s Travel has once again received plaudits for outstanding knowledge and customer service in a mystery shopper activity by industry magazine Travel Weekly. The magazine sent a bogus customer into a number of agencies [...]
Christmas opening times
December 19th - 23rd - Open as normal Christmas Eve - CLOSED Christmas Day - CLOSED Boxing Day - CLOSED December 27th - CLOSED December 28th - Open as normal December 29th - Open [...]
UAE – A cultural alternative
THE United Arab Emirates, six hours flying time from the UK, are a magnet for sun-worshipers and seekers of extravagance. Dubai is the best known. Home to the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. At [...]
Bailey’s raises money for Willen Hospice
Bailey's Travel in Leighton Buzzard would like to thank our customers who helped us to raise over £400 for Willen Hospice. The team ran an Easter Fun Day on 19th March which included a raffle, cake [...]
Visit Cuba… Just leave Uncle Sam at home
Chris Bailey I used to say to people that Cuba was a place they needed to go to sooner rather than later, for a very good reason. The Americans will be coming back soon, and [...]
Bailey’s Travel teams up with Hula Animal Rescue
Bailey's Travel Leighton Buzzard are delighted to announce that we will once again be collecting for Hula Animal Rescue over the Christmas period. From the 1st December 2015 to 7th January 2016 we will be collecting pet [...]
New Bailey’s Travel website
We hope you are enjoying the new look Bailey's Travel website! We have updated the site to allow you more opportunity to connect with us online. We want to be able to tell you about latest [...]
Gran Designs in Spain
Grand city hotels and sophisticated resorts Spain remains by far the most popular European destination from the UK. The lure of year round sunshine and ambient temperatures draw visitors to the Costa del Sol and [...]
Bailey’s Travel gets ‘RAVE’ review for Ibiza enquiry
Ibiza may conjure up images of nightclubs and 18-30s party scenes but it was the other side of the sun-kissed Balearic Island that mystery shoppers from national travel industry publication ‘Travel Weekly’ were interested in. [...]
Where would we recommend?
We book thousands of holidays every year – this gives us insight into destinations around the world. Here our experienced Travel Consultants tell us their favourite destinations / hotels, these are places which we [...]
The Top 10 Ski Resorts In North America
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Beautiful South America Expeditions
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Top 10 Mountain Retreats You Must Visit
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