The company "specialises in tailormade travel worldwide"[1] including Europe, Australia, New Zealand, North and South America, Asia and Africa.
Trailfinders was founded by former SAS-officer Sir Mike Gooley[2] in October 1970 in an office on Earls Court Road in west London.
[4] In 1979 the company became the first travel organiser to be IATA-licensed and to be granted an ATOL licence by the Civil Aviation Authority.
[5][6] Trailfinders is the largest independently owned travel company in the United Kingdom[7] and employs over 1000 staff.
[17] He was granted the rank of Knight Bachelor for services to Business and Charity in the Queen's 2021 Birthday Honours List.