Our idea of a small boutique travel adventure is to provide selective and very specially designed travel itineraries to a very small group of affinity travelers who appreciate a tour that goes way beyond ordinary tour expectations. When you first see and read closely one of our tours, you may find that there are some similarities to other tours, but read deeper. These tours are designed for discerning individuals and couples who appreciate a tour of true quality that educates as well as entertains.
Our experience level and quality cannot be matched. Please take the opportunity to read one of our tours and compare to others. We know we will see you on a tour very soon!
History
Private SelecTours was created in 1985 with antecedents Sanborns (Galleria Houston) and Sterling Travel (Downtown Houston) as travel agencies from 1972. Private SelecTours has an extensive history of environmental tours with fundraising clients such as the Lady Bird Johnson’s National Wildflower Research Center, the American Orchid Society, and the Garden Clubs of America. The company also designed quality custom tours written for National Geographic Magazine and alumni groups such as Rice University. Currently, the company offers very select special custom tours that are constructed for quality-of-the-experience for sophisticated individuals wanting to travel in smaller affinity groups of friends and family.
Our Future Plans
While travel agencies can sometimes offer normal airline ticketing, only a direct tour operator like Private SelecTours can offer specially designed custom tours geared for the discerning traveler. To properly plan such tours, it takes expertise and a lot of lead-time to set up. The result is an experience like no other. What you will always find is price-inclusive, quality, and in-depth tours from Private SelecTours.
Philosophy
Tired of seeing low-quality off-the-rack packages pushed off to the general traveling community as if they were something special? Quality, one-time-only opportunities, very special events, involvement in the destination community; one-time-only tours, probably not ever able to be repeated, are the standards we strive for…
Providing a safe and comfortable, quality up-scale travel experience.
i. Safe – Travel environments are selected that provide minimum general public exposure insuring that quests will not be ostracized for their activities, citizenship or presence in a foreign country.
ii. Comfortable – Locations are selected that allow guests to be themselves in their selected activities and not be looking for their shoulders. A special emphasis will be placed on making the tours as destination-friendly as possible. There are some destinations we will not operate due to the possibility of problems with local populations.
iii. Quality up-scale – Most of our clients are generally well traveled and have quite a few travel experiences. Our tour experiences will be selected that appeal to this discerning group and priced accordingly. Surprisingly, most of our tour packages are price competitive with the off-the-shelf tours due to our special customization process.
Our experience level and quality cannot be matched. Please take the opportunity to read one of our tours and compare to others. We know we will see you on a tour very soon!
History
Private SelecTours was created in 1985 with antecedents Sanborns (Galleria Houston) and Sterling Travel (Downtown Houston) as travel agencies from 1972. Private SelecTours has an extensive history of environmental tours with fundraising clients such as the Lady Bird Johnson’s National Wildflower Research Center, the American Orchid Society, and the Garden Clubs of America. The company also designed quality custom tours written for National Geographic Magazine and alumni groups such as Rice University. Currently, the company offers very select special custom tours that are constructed for quality-of-the-experience for sophisticated individuals wanting to travel in smaller affinity groups of friends and family.
Our Future Plans
While travel agencies can sometimes offer normal airline ticketing, only a direct tour operator like Private SelecTours can offer specially designed custom tours geared for the discerning traveler. To properly plan such tours, it takes expertise and a lot of lead-time to set up. The result is an experience like no other. What you will always find is price-inclusive, quality, and in-depth tours from Private SelecTours.
Philosophy
Tired of seeing low-quality off-the-rack packages pushed off to the general traveling community as if they were something special? Quality, one-time-only opportunities, very special events, involvement in the destination community; one-time-only tours, probably not ever able to be repeated, are the standards we strive for…
Providing a safe and comfortable, quality up-scale travel experience.
i. Safe – Travel environments are selected that provide minimum general public exposure insuring that quests will not be ostracized for their activities, citizenship or presence in a foreign country.
ii. Comfortable – Locations are selected that allow guests to be themselves in their selected activities and not be looking for their shoulders. A special emphasis will be placed on making the tours as destination-friendly as possible. There are some destinations we will not operate due to the possibility of problems with local populations.
iii. Quality up-scale – Most of our clients are generally well traveled and have quite a few travel experiences. Our tour experiences will be selected that appeal to this discerning group and priced accordingly. Surprisingly, most of our tour packages are price competitive with the off-the-shelf tours due to our special customization process.