Tell Tale Travel
At Tell Tale Travel we specialise in holidays with a difference. We guarantee you'll end up with plenty of memories to cherish and tales to tell for years to come.
We are a UK-based company, in London, with local offices and representatives in the countries we offer holidays in. We also have a bookings partner in the USA.
Former colleagues Dee and Chris started the company in 2005 as they could not find this style of travel. We launched at the Destinations Show in London in 2006. Whilst we've evolved since then (and it's been a lot of work!) we still believe there is nothing else quite like it.
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We're even here till 9pm (UK), 7 days a week.
Tell Tale Travel's cooking tours in Thailand including the private tour for 2, the Lemongrass Trail, featured in the Times. "If you'd like to explore the country while learning to do justice to its culinary traditions, Tell Tale Travel organises tours that are, basically, foodie master classes on the move. You'll be taught family recipes in working kitchens, visit organic farms, go fishing and learn how to forage. The Lemongrass Trail is the tour to beat all tours, covering Bangkok, the central plains, the northeast and the Andaman Coast."
Tell Tale Travel's small group tour, Tamarind and Spice, is one of the Telegraph's top 10 best food holidays in Asia. (It's also previously been one of the Telegraph's top 10 holidays for solo travellers) "There are many complexities in Thai cuisine and mastering the range of dishes takes skill and practice. Participants can upgrade their recipe book on this two-week cooking tour of Thailand, stopping at Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Chiang Mai and Krabi, with time to explore the Andaman Sea on a boat. The colourful food and culture quest includes instruction on a stable of classic Thai dishes such as tom kha gai. There is a mix of fragrant market tours, formal cookery schools and cosy home cooking groups."
In at number 11 of Wanderlust magazine's round of the world's most mouth-watering foodie trips "Pack your chef's hat and take The Lemongrass Trail with Tell Tale Travel to Thailand..Learn the secrets behind sticky rice and som tam (papaya salad) in north-eastern Isan and make the catch of the day yours on the Andaman coast."
"Tracking jaguars in the wild..Stay at the camp run by the BBC wildlife crew's favourite guide, Ailton Lara - on a 16-day trip with Tell Tale Travel"
In at number 8 of Wanderlust magazine's top 50 trips for 2017 "Journey to remote parts of the Brazilian wetlands in search of big cats on Tell Tale Travel's Jaguars, the Pantanal and Iguacu Falls".
The travel agents' bible, TTG, recommends agents book their clients onto Tell Tale Travel's Tamarind & Spice cookery tour to Thailand in "Straight to the sauce: Top holidays that help clients cook up a storm".
In Moneywise's feature for families and foreign holidays, Tell Tale director Dee Edwards offered this gem of a top tip: "Start your trip in the first few days in July if you can. On a trip to Thailand, it would save a minimum of �800 on a family of four to start a trip in early July rather than late July." Talk to us for other tips!
"Really get to know the country with Tell Tale Travel." One of our family adventure holidays in Thailand was featured in a roundup of school summer holidays getaways on the MSN travel portal. That's what happens when your family can have your very own private family adventure tour with Tell Tale Travel.
feature. How do they suggest you do that? On Tell Tale's special small group departure to Sri Lanka.
Elaine Hutchinson of Scotland reflects back on her very first Tell Tale trip, as part of Woman Magazine's "My First Time..." feature. (she's been on a few since then!)
One of our occasional small group departures featured in the newspaper "Those once-in-a-lifetime safari-style trips make fantastic honeymoons. But if you don't have the excuse of a wedding, there's no need to miss out. Tell Tale Travel has a trip to Thailand to celebrate the Surin Elephant Festival. You visit two of the country's leading elephant sanctuaries, as well as tracking the creatures in a vast wildlife reserve. Designed as a group trip of solo travellers, it is the perfect chance for wildlife buffs to share their binoculars and get back to nature."
Rio, Recife and Olinda (our favourite) carnivals in Brazil make the no 1 slot in Travel & Leisure magazine's worldwide carnivals round up - with recommended trips from Tell Tale Travel.
"Tell Tale Travel (020 7060 4571, http://telltaletravel.co.uk) runs a 15-day Real Thailand tour taking in lesser-known areas, including Isan."
One of our nature tours (private tour for two) in Thailand makes AOL's Top 10 "Tell Tale Travel's Gardens of Paradise takes in private gardens, world-renowned botanical gardens, a nature walk with an orchid expert and a visit to the Ratchaphruek exhibition."
Tell Tale Travel recommended in Footprint Travel Guides. Footprint have been publishing travel guidebooks since 1921, all of which are written by genuine experts and aimed at independently-minded travellers looking to get off the beaten track (sound familiar?).
Tell Tale Travel named runner up best tour operator. "Its website alone reveals everything you need to know about Tell Tale's breezy brand of service. There are insider travel tips, a gratis e-newsletter offering exclusive deals and a free advice line (0800 011 2571), 12 hours a day, 7 days a week"
"Unique cooking holiday that's perfect for couples, Tell Tale Travel offers the Lemongrass Trail in Thailand where you'll have a two-week private tour feasting on local delicacies, learning from local people and picking and catching produce before you cook it. From Bangkok to the Central Plains and Isan to Krabi, you'll travel across Thailand on a real foodie trail."
Tell Tale Travel featured in the Sunday Times's travel guide to Rio de Janeiro.
Cover story of the February issue of Wanderlust magazine, based on a Tell Tale Travel trip. Southern Thailand, beaches, trains, tiger-haunted jungles and more.
