John Coles

U Bein Bridge, Myanmar

My passion is to help inquisitive, adventurous people create inspiring journeys. Each journey designed for you personally, carefully crafted with a personality that matches your own.

I want you to savour unique experiences and enjoy enriching travels that leave you with fond and lasting memories.  I’ll share my own experiences and the knowledge of our trusted partners to ensure you have refined, safe, dependable holidays to appreciate the diverse riches of our wonderful world.

We each have a finite number of holidays… let’s make every one count.

My story...

I travel with a sense of curiosity and a desire to understand how geography and nature, history and culture have created our world, gifting us the opportunity to experience such a rich diversity of places and people.

Travel was a feature of my career and a passion that has shaped my life… and it still does!

I remember my first business trips to the stately grandeur of Washington DC, and the colourful chaos of Seoul. Later, on a trip to Singapore, I was introduced to Eleanor who would later become my wife. Our cross-cultural marriage forged an inquisitive outlook and a desire to explore the world.

We arranged holidays in faraway places on all seven continents and shared magical experiences: walking alongside devotees around the Barkhor circuit in Lhasa, driving across the majestic Rocky Mountains under the winter’s first snowfall, stepping ashore on South Georgia to be greeted by twenty thousand king penguins.

These travel memories are my most treasured possessions and prompted me to establish my company, Kew Bridge Travel, an affiliate of Colletts Travel. 

I want to work with my clients to create their own unforgettable inspiring journeys. I love the satisfaction of hearing about their holidays and sharing the joy of their special moments.

Since the pandemic, many of my clients have been fulfilling their lifetime travel ambitions, having not been able to travel for over two years. Many of these involve cruising, which has always been a speciality of mine. These involve not just the major ocean liners, but smaller ships and river boats which take you to smaller ports where you can explore intriguing destinations. So, whatever, your cruising dreams, let me help you make them come true.

Please call me... and let's create your inspiring journey.