Published 5th Aug. 2025
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Last week, we were delighted to learn that we have been nominated for the ‘Best Luxury Tour Operators’ category in The Times and Sunday Times Travel Awards 2025. While we’re honoured to have been nominated for the fourth year on the trot, it would be fantastic to come out on top this year: so, if we’ve had the pleasure of crafting an unforgettable holiday for you, we’d love it if you would vote for us. Not only would you be supporting us, but The Times is offering voters the chance to win one of ten incredible prizes, worth a combined total of over £100,000. Did someone say a seven-night stay in St. Lucia? Read on to find out more…
The Times and Sunday Times Travel Awards were launched as we know them in 2014 and have been going strong ever since. Consisting of 17 different categories, the publication allows its readers to vote for their travel favourites, from the best short-haul airline to the best country in the world (you’ll have to scroll to category 14 to find us in the ‘best luxury tour operator’ category). The newspaper reported a whopping 470,000 voters in 2024, showing that every vote counts in this race to find the top-tier travel providers.
Unlike other travel awards, The Times compiles its shortlists exclusively from the feedback of its readers and travel writers, so to even be nominated is a heartwarming testament to our clients’ continued satisfaction and support. We couldn’t do what we do without you, so a massive thank you to everyone who made this possible.
Alongside tailor-made holidays for our clients, we have also had the pleasure of arranging incredible trips for several journalists from The Times over the years. Whether they were out exploring the mountains in Montenegro or learning about Sumbese culture in Indonesia, we’re proud to work with such fantastic journalists to create holidays worth writing home about.
Voting for the 2025 awards closes on August 31, 2025, so if you’d like to help us cinch the top spot, you can vote for us here.
We truly love what we do, so we can’t thank you enough for your support – it means the world to all of us here at Original Travel.
Written by Emma Begley | Header image by Stefan Volk/LAIF-REA.
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