Reality and sometimes facts don’t always get in the way when it is related to marketing hype. In the luxury travel market, powered by continued strong growth and new entrants, there is plentiful ...

Subscribe now using your favorite service: Imagine a guided tour, and your transportation is a Boeing 757 outfitted with 50 first-class seats. And the plane will fly you around the world in ultimate ...

When travel tycoon Geoffrey Kent launched a world tour by private jet—priced at $105,000—he wasn't sure how it would sell. But the tour, which included feasts on the Amazon, spas in Samoa and wildlife ...

Want to tour China by private jet for 17 days? Sounds great, but it's going to cost a bit of cash-to the tune of $85,500 per person under one sample itinerary. Imperial Tours, a boutique operator ...

ST. LOUIS -- Intrav introduced its first three private jet tours for North America in response to the growing consumer demand for domestic destinations. Intrav CEO David Drier said, "We listened to ...

PHOTO: Cuba and South America by Private Jet with Special Guest Geoffrey Kent will conclude with a farewell party in Rio de Janeiro. (Photo by David Cogswell) Abercrombie & Kent's product development ...

While the average consumer may get irked over the latest $5 airline fee increase, new travel company Intrav is going after an entirely different breed of passenger: the kind that can afford a $109,450 ...

Smithsonian Journeys, the Smithsonian Institution’s travel program, announces a new departure of the popular “Around the World by Private Jet” tour. This 22-day private jet adventure (Nov. 1-22, 2011) ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Doug Gollan covers private aviation and the business of luxury travel. This article is more than 6 years old. Travel is the ...

Smithsonian Journeys, the Smithsonian Institution’s travel program, announces its 2011 “Central and South America by Private Jet” tour (March 26-April 10, 2011). This 16-day private jet adventure will ...

THE TERM "group tour" doesn't connote glamour—unless, that is, the group is traveling on a private Boeing 757, along with a personal chef. More and more travel companies are offering private-jet tours ...