Company Biography - Travel Planning

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The A-B-C’s of Travel Planning

For us at King Travelways ‘Travel Planning’ is one of our most exciting tasks!  We are happy to tackle your smallest request – from a car rental; to a short stay at a hotel; to a lengthy and very involved itinerary for yourselves or with your family and friends. Even just a motorcoach excursion for the day is a refreshing and exciting event. We work with the finest tour operators, and can book almost anything, anywhere. Let our expertise guide you to the trip of a  lifetime.  

A - To Africa – Australia – Asia - Alaska.     Have you ever been on a King Travelways Safari to East Africa ? We have been planning and leading groups to Kenya & Tanzania for over 25 years. We trek the Serengeti in search of the Big Five, those magnificent animals: the Lion, the Elephant, the Rhino, the Leopard, and the Cape Buffalo – to observe and photograph. This is raw nature at its’ most glorious! It is an unbelievable experience, staying in beautiful lodges and tented camps where we are pampered with elegant service. This can be the best tour of your lifetime. (Most people want to return, once they have traveled with us!)

B – To Bermuda , or the Bahamas.             A get-away that is so near, but seems far away. You can travel by cruise ship, or fly down from many US airports on an easy direct flight. The islands breathe British influence, and yet have the look of the Caribbean with pretty pastel colors. Not too bad to take, on an island in the Atlantic as you are surrounded by beautiful blue/green ocean and sparkling pink sand!  

C – To the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Or a trans-canal itinerary! There are so many magnificent ships sailing these waters, both the incredible mega-ships, with every kind of activity aboard, as well as on the sun-soaked beaches of the islands during your ports of call. A cruise is probably your most economical vacation with so much included, and cuisine to die for! Then again, why not fly down for a lazy week at a beautiful resort. We can even arrange camping on St. John in the Virgin Islands! What about a villa, for the whole family, with a cook and a maid. 

I am sure that we could travel the rest of the alphabet!

Europe, both Eastern and Western -  Ireland, Great Britain, Iceland, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal – we’ve done them all! A river cruise through European waterways – what an ideal way to go, in comfort and style, taking your ‘hotel’  along with you. We have explored the Rhine, the Moselle, the Seine, the Soane, the Elbe, the Volga, the canals of Holland and Belgium, and the beautiful Danube. Why not visit the great capital cities of the world for a short get-away. The possibilities get better and better!

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A profile view of KING TRAVELWAYS:
Renowned specialists in worldwide travel since 1977

Established as a full service travel agency in 1977 by principals Jean J. King and Roger W. King. The initial objectives were to serve the traveling public in the areas of Corporate, Leisure, and Group Travel.

Their son, William J. King joined the agency in 1982 as Manager of Corporate Accounts, as well as handling much of the Group business. With his youth and energy this evolved into an Adventure Travel Department. To our great dismay and relentless grief, Bill King left on his greatest life journey in September of 2010, when he passed away with an incurable and devastating cancer. As we look ahead to the future of King Travelways, we draw upon our new Dream Team – the younger Kings who have enthusiastically joined us to continue the tradition. There will still be Kings at King Travelways to carry on.

The company has grown from its humble beginnings in a store-front location to a much revered entity in a new/old building in downtown Meriden CT with the purchase and renovation of the old Butler Street Firehouse. Roger was instrumental in its careful redesign as a functioning business facility, still able to keep the original concept of the historical architecture. The building was accepted by the National Register of Historic Places, and proudly displays the blue plaque affixed to the exterior. It makes the perfect headquarters and centerpiece for the travel business from near and far.

We have passed from the 20^th into the 21^st century. With this the business balance has evolved and changed from the traditional travel agency to a larger proportion of specially designed and operated group tours, individual vacation and leisure bookings, as well as FIT or foreign individual tours. We have filled the void left by the downward spiral of the airline ticketing division. The solidity of internet self-booking procedures has spawned a wave of do-it-yourselfers, (sometimes with great personal success, and many times resulting in disaster for the passenger). We have countered this with an attractive agenda of motorcoach tours, for the traveler who wants a short, economical little get-away. However, the solid background of global travel and knowledge of how the world ‘works’ gives our current professional staff of travel counselors a real edge in their ability to seek out interesting destinations worldwide and put together stunning itineraries for both the group and individual.  We work closely with universities, church and club groups, family celebratory events, and continue with our selected corporate accounts of business travelers.

Try us - we can create the most intricate and challenging itinerary to almost anywhere in the world. There is nothing to compare with the experienced travel agent.