The AirTreks Difference

AirTreks leads the way in providing personalized, efficient and affordable air tickets for around-the-world and multi-stop international travel. As leaders in the industry we know how challenging, even daunting, planning trips like these can be. Fortunately AirTreks is here for you. We've been helping travelers arrange complex international travel for over 20 years and do our very best every day to help our clients design and book the perfect trip, one tailored to their specific plans, priorities and dream destinations.

When you pick up the phone to call AirTreks, or submit a trip via our TripPlanner tool, you'll speak to a fellow traveler, one of our Personal Travel Consultants, not a disinterested call-center agent. Not only are we all seasoned travelers - collectively, we've seen over 125 countries on every continent in the world - but are also experts in our field, experienced in navigating the complex system of international airfares and routes. We answer all our clients' questions and pride ourselves on an extremely high level of personal service. When you contact AirTreks, you work with a "point person", the same consultant over your entire planning and booking process, so you have a partner and professional that knows you immediately and will greet you with the level of service you want. No need to waste time explaining your travel plans over and over to random people all over the world. Our travel consultants are there to evaluate your plans as the trip takes shape, hedging you into the best itinerary possible based specifically on what you want to do.

Over our two decades in the industry we've built an unparalleled, comprehensive fare database. We have access to low-priced seats for probably every destination you can think of, and can get you to not only the most remote spots on the planet, but also the world's common landmarks. We work with just about every airline in the world, and our trips are completely customizable to your specific plans and priorities. (No two trips are ever exactly alike.) And as an AirTreks customer you have access to our amazing partner companies who specialize in independent travel, offer unique accommodations, tours and insurance designed with you, the AirTreks customer, in mind.

AirTreks and Customer Service

AirTreks is here to help you if you hit snags while you're on the road, a service our competition continuously fails to provide. Our customer service department is dedicated solely to assist our clients in every way they're able, every time. If you miss a flight or need to make changes to your schedule while on the road, you'll feel comfortable in ways booking a ticket on your own will never allow. Your trust is something we value over anything else and continually strive to earn it.

AirTreks vs. Doing it yourself

We've seen over the last 15 years giant leaps in the technology used to book airline reservations online. Booking engines are now as ubiquitous as email providers, each touting better results than the last. Unfortunately, along with this growth there hasn't come a proportionate increase in ease or pleasure getting the actual tickets you want. In fact, the inconvenience associated with booking international travel has actually gone up - airfares are still as convoluted and mysterious as they ever were. AirTreks shines in the face of these issues. With us there are no unanswered questions, no loose ends, no wondering whether you're purchasing the least expensive ticket or doing the right thing. Our expert staff makes sure all the seams are sealed and you're getting a ticket best suited to what you want: an incredible, economical and problem-free trip.

If you're not an expert at booking complex travel a variety of things can slip through the cracks, and it's hard to know that you're booking the best optional out there. Often when you buy tickets one at a time, you can hit snags with minimum connection times and onward ticket requirements and often booking all segments of your trip separately leaves you missing out on combination rates that allow for additional stops or more direct flights. Since we've been doing this so long, we have an extensive knowledge of the airline industry's best products and routes and we love to pass this information on to our clients. This is part of the AirTreks advantage. Help yourself by letting us help you.

Are you trying to find the cheapest ticket from different websites for various legs of your trip? It can mean countless hours in front of a computer screen weeding through inexplicable fares and airlines. If time equals money, this is a losing proposition. Not to mention it's impossible to know just who's taking your credit card number, who's issuing your tickets and who you call if there are problems. Simply stated you have no recourse to your tickets or your money when all is said and done. Do you want to be worrying about this as you travel the world? Put your confidence in one company, with one number and one email address for all your tickets.

It's a simple as this: booking a complex itinerary online eliminates the luxury of speaking with an expert to address the many questions and concerns you'll have along the way, and to solve any problems that might arise.

Free Stops!

Want to see a little more of the world? An AirTreks ticket can allow for such perks as free stopovers in the places where you connect. Our staff will advise you where these are and ask if you have any desire to stop there or how long you can stay. It's a value-added service you won't see booking in other places.

AirTreks vs. The Alliances

AirTreks RTW tickets differ from those purchased with your standard airline alliance in a few key ways, most importantly, we're cheaper. About 80% of the time the AirTreks multi-stop or RTW ticket ends up beating an alliance ticket in price. This may be all you need to know.

Another comparison is our versatility. On an AirTreks ticket you can start anywhere, end anywhere, travel in any direction with any combination of cities and airlines at any time of year. It makes for a pretty open map. Travelers aren't limited to the cities served by the airlines in any one alliance. With alliance tickets, if your chosen partnership doesn't serve the city, you have to buy an extra ticket to get there and back on route again, which can add up very quickly.

Alliances give out RTW fares based on 3 things: how many miles you're flying, whether you have a minimum or maximum number of stops, and if you're flying the same general direction. The problem is, people often want more flexibility - AirTreks allows that flexibility, as a given, not an exception.

It's perfectly okay to travel on your own across land with an AirTreks ticket, and with no penalties or additional cost. This often isn't allowed with an alliance RTW ticket and if it is, you still have to pay for the miles you traveled on your own. And regardless of the airlines' advertised date flexibility, you can't hop on any flight at any time. Often you need to wait days or even weeks for the correct inventory to open up, putting you in a difficult position if you have somewhere to be. Plus you must contact the airline from which you purchased your tickets to make the changes, not necessarily the one your flight is on, whether that's convenient or not. Traveling with AirTreks, if you run into problems or need to make any changes on the go you can call or email our customer service department directly and they'll help out in every way they are able, every time.

To summarize, here are the ways you benefit with an AirTreks ticket:

1. It's cheaper. On average AirTreks clients save 10 - 20% over the alliances.

2. It's versatile. You can fly anywhere, in any direction with any combination of destinations, at any time.

3. You are not limited to only the cities served by one selected airline alliance.

4. It's okay to travel overland on your own, saving time and money by not having to get back to the airport from which you arrived, and without having to pay for the miles you traveled on your own.

AirTreks vs. The Others

At AirTreks we are constantly striving to come up with better ways of getting you around the world in the least expensive, most convenient fashion. Our TripPlanner tool is miles above the rest, the best in the industry for providing instantaneous and accurate pricing for complex journeys, one that no other site can imitate. Other companies that do what we do lag in resources and technology, forcing you to wait sometimes days to find out how much a trip will even cost, or else their prices are completely out of the ballpark, their automated fare algorithm completely unable to handle a complex route with prices ending up so high you won't even consider them. Our team is perpetually on the hunt to make your planning and booking experience the best you can possibly have and it shows in our overall customer satisfaction. With thousands upon thousands of trips of every shape, length and style sold over our 23 years in business, we'll make the magic happen for you as well.

If you happen to be tossing around the idea of using AirTreks to get your around-the-world ticket, call up one of our skilled Travel Consultants and get the skinny on the process. They've got answers for all sorts of travel questions.

Once you submit your itinerary through TripPlanner it gets assigned to a Personal Travel Consultant who will follow up to discuss the details of your trip - your questions, concerns and expectations are extremely important to us. Addressing all of this ahead of time will ensure your needs are met before you ever pay a dime. If you're not comfortable submitting a trip online, you can call us at 1.877.AIRTREKS or +1.415.977.7100 (from outside the US). We're waiting to help book your trip of a lifetime.