What sets Diverse Travel apart?
Ten reasons to book your holiday with Diverse Travel Limited
Diverse Travel is a Member of the
(TTA), part of The Travel Network Group, the UK’s largest consortia of independent travel businesses. This means that when you book your holiday with us, we give you a guarantee that 100% of your money is protected against our or our suppliers’ failure, under our
* By law, every UK travel company which sells air holidays and flights is required to hold an ATOL, which stands for
. If a travel company with an ATOL ceases trading, the ATOL scheme protects customers who had booked holidays with the firm. It ensures they do not get stranded abroad or lose money:
If the company collapses while you are on holiday, the scheme will make sure you can finish your holiday and return home.
If the company collapses before you leave the UK, the scheme will provide a full refund for the holiday.
We will provide you with additional legal protection from the TTA against us acting in a fraudulent manner, through a
** Should we become insolvent, in most instances your money will still be held within our Trust Account and available to pay for your holiday. If because of fraud or dishonesty the money is not there, then the guarantee is available to reimburse your loss. In some cases, your holiday may continue as the providers or suppliers have already been paid. Where you have only paid a deposit and still have an outstanding balance, your holiday maybe unaffected and by paying the balance your holiday will continue as planned. Where possible, attempts will be made to ensure that you can carry on with your original holiday arrangements.:
Through our Membership of the TTA, Diverse Travel is contracted to many of the top names in travel, meaning we’ve got the buying power to bring you a huge range of specialised holidays at the most competitive rates.
We employ only highly experienced divers (including a PADI IDC Staff Instructor and two PADI Master Instructors). We’ve got the first-hand knowledge to be able to better discern between an average dive service and an exceptional one. We’ve worked in diving for over twenty-five years, as instructors and also managing dive centres, dive resorts and liveaboards. We know exactly how to “kick tyres” arguably better than anyone else in UK dive travel. When you book with Diverse Travel, you can be confident that we’ve selected only the safest, most organised, environmentally responsible, service-oriented dive operators, resorts and liveaboards, so you can just relax and enjoy your well-earned break.
7. Close, Established Business Relations with Our Suppliers
Because we worked in the industry and understands what it takes to run a first-class dive operation, we’re uniquely well-placed to gain the trust and cooperation of our suppliers. The benefit of these relationship is yours, as suppliers will go out of their way to look after all your needs during your stay. It also means that Diverse Travel is often the first (and sometimes the only one) to receive special offers for our clients. (To receive news on our special offers, sign up for our newsletter at the bottom of this page.)
Our smaller size means that we don’t try to offer everywhere, we only offer what we know well. Because we’re not a mass tourism company, you’ll get a highly personalised service. Think of us as your personal travel consultant – don’t be shy, ask us for anything and leave the rest to us.
“The team at Diverse Travel were professional and super efficient. They recommended a great dive location and accommodation that took into account my experience and personal circumstances. I was travelling on my own and they sourced a small and very friendly hotel with great food and views. They also knew the dive company who would look after me the best. I will always use Diverse Travel for all my future dive adventures.”
“Holly was extremely efficient making our booking run smoothly. Great friendly service.”
Discover what makes Diverse Travel different
A few moons ago, Jim was General Manager of Emperor Divers Red Sea, where Cary was Senior Instructor. Later they moved to Indonesia to establish and run an award-winning dive centre and resort management company, Eco Divers, before returning to the UK to launch Diverse Travel.
Cary also runs a photographic business and is the Photo Pro, often leading photographic trips to different exotic destinations, most recently to South Africa and Mozambique.
Jim and Cary’s driving passion, simply put, is to deliver the best personalised travel service available. Their personal philosophy has remained unchanged throughout their time in diving; to be honest and courteous and provide a caring, professional service, giving what people pay for – and a bit more. That same philosophy shines through Diverse Travel and sees clients return again and again to book their next holiday.
Since 2002, when Bridget returned to the UK having dived her way around the world, she has worked in dive travel spending seven years with a leading dive tour operator. Sharing her vast knowledge and experience is a great help when coordinating group and individual travel arrangements and she’s rather good at putting together complex itineraries.
“I’ve been lucky enough to have dived in some of the world’s best dive places and love the challenge of helping clients to design their perfect itinerary.”
Having joined the company as Administrator, Kirsty works alongside Jim, Cary, Holly and Bridget. She is responsible for ticking the boxes for guest’s dream holidays whilst making sure everything runs seamlessly.
With an enviable reputation in fine travel planning, Stuart is the ‘go-to’ person for all things travel in South Africa. He manages our Representative Office, located in Johannesburg. With Stuart’s massive local knowledge, Diverse Travel’s clients are assured of the very best advice on tailor-made itineraries and will also benefit from our full support “on the ground” throughout their holidays in Southern Africa.
