Trailfinders is the UK's largest independent travel company with 28 travel centres in the United Kingdom and Ireland. There did used to be offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. The company specialises in tailormade travel worldwide.
Trailfinders was founded in 1970 by former SASofficer Mike Gooley with a staff of four. The company remains privately owned but today has a staff of over 950 and has made travel arrangements for over 11 million clients.
Trailfinders was Voted Best Specialist Travel Organiser by readers of the The Daily Telegraph in 2007 and has previously been awarded Best Specialist Independent Travel Company every year since the inception of The Telegraph travel awards. Also in 2007 they were awarded Best Tour Operator in The Guardian, The Observer and Guardian Unlimited Travel Awards and have previously won the Best Travel Agent category on seven separate occasions. In a 2011 poll of the best holiday companies, Which? magazine readers decided upon Trailfinders and Kuoni as their joint favourite holiday tour operators.[1]
Trailfinders is considered a very reliable company and has built up a good reputation in the UK and Ireland.[2]
Mike Gooley also owns Bloomfield Lodge, a boutique lodge set between the Daintree Rainforest and Great Barrier Reef in Far North Queensland, Australia, he is a fixture in the Sunday Times Rich List.