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An established heritage. A new expression

Travel has the power to change how we see the world. It introduces us to extraordinary places, remarkable people and experiences that stay with us long after we return home.

Our heritage stretches back decades, bringing together extensive professional experience in international travel with a distinctive understanding of the people taking the journeys.

We have experienced the world as travel professionals. We have experienced it as travellers. And we have experienced what happens when life changes the way someone imagines their place in it.

Between Inclu Travel’s Directors – Richard Thompson, Alison Pearson and Ian Carter, there is more than half a century of combined professional travel experience. Decades driving change and innovating. Each has built careers in an industry they love. Each understands how catastrophic injury can change the practical and emotional dimensions of travelling.

Three lifetimes of experience. One world of possibility.

Their shared philosophy is central to Inclu Travel: The person comes before the itinerary. The aspiration comes before the arrangements. And the experience should be designed around the individual, rather than expecting the individual to fit the experience.

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Distinctive journeys. Every person considered.

Exceptional service takes time, care and professional attention. At Inclu Travel, we build the relationships and expertise to give each journey the consideration it deserves, at every stage of our growth.

We design journeys people won’t find elsewhere: longer or shorter, iconic or intimate, to the ends of the earth or close to home, rustic, retro or royally opulent. Each is imagined personally and designed professionally around the people travelling.

We begin with the person whose requirements need the greatest consideration, then shape an experience the whole party can treasure.

Not just more journeys. More attention to every one.

Alison Pearson
Director of Travel Services

Richard Thompson, co-founder and CEO of Inclu Travel Group

Richard Thompson

Founder & CEO, Inclu Travel Group

Richard Thompson’s career in travel began in 1977. Since then, he has travelled to more than 70 countries, built specialist travel businesses and dedicated much of his professional life to understanding how the world of travel can better serve the people who wish to experience it.

Spinal cord injured since 1986, Richard’s personal experience has informed a career that brings together travel expertise, human understanding and a determination to look beyond conventional assumptions about what is possible.

Today, as Founder and CEO of Inclu Travel Group, he brings that experience together in a business dedicated to creating extraordinary journeys and elevating the understanding of people throughout the travel industry.

For Richard, luxury is not simply defined by where someone stays or how they travel. It is also the confidence that comes from knowing they have been understood.

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Alison Pearson

Director of Travel Services

Experience. Understanding. Personal attention.

Alison Pearson brings 30 years of travel industry experience to her role as Director of Travel Services at Inclu Travel.

Having joined Inclu Group in 2017, she has played an important part in the development of its specialist travel services and the personal approach that defines the business today.

Following a catastrophic injury that resulted in the amputation of one leg, Alison also brings a personal understanding of how life-changing circumstances can influence someone’s relationship with travel.

Her professional experience and lived understanding inform a deeply personal approach to helping people discover the world. As Director of Travel Services, Alison helps shape the way Inclu Travel approaches its clients, their aspirations and the details that contribute to an exceptional journey.

 

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