Russian Gateway (UK) Ltd  has been specializing in creating tailor made adventures for a wide variety of private groups for over 10 years.  Over this time, we have specialized in taking many small private groups and families to destinations all over Russia  With all this experience under our belt, we’re well suited to develop an itinerary perfectly suited to the needs of your private group.  Russian Gateway's  office staff are also very experienced and regularly travel on our journeys so we can pass on tips and first hand knowledge gained in the field. 

What is a Private Group Travel?
Private Group Travel is based on you forming your own group of friends, family or club members and embarking on a holiday to Russia, where you’ve chosen the destination, date of departure and the itinerary.  We will liaise closely with you to work out the best itinerary visiting all the places you wish plus advise on the best time to depart, the duration of your trip and what you’ll need to take with you. Whether the basis of your trip is cultural, educational, or you just want to have fun – we can design the perfect itinerary and take care of all the details.

Benefits of travelling in a private group
There are many benefits of private group travel.  Though probably the benefit you’ll love the most is whilst you get the holiday of a life time, you don’t need to worry about organising it all, as that’s our job.   And it’s a job we do well.  These holidays do not feature in our brochure or on the website, so the only people on the trip are those within your group.  You choose the style of travel, the class of accommodation and the inclusions so the journey perfectly suits you and your group.  Plus it’s totally up to your group to determine when and where you wish to travel, offering you greater flexibility and independence. Also as you’ll be travelling as a group, you can rest assured we’ll secure a great price which will be cheaper if your group did the same itinerary without our assistance.  Travelling with us also means we can take you safely to remote places and get you off the beaten track giving you a greater experience of the destination than a regular tourist. 

Organising Private Group Travel
Organising a private group is as easy as picking up the phone or coming into our office.  Just let us know where you wish to travel to, how many are in your group and an estimated date of departure and we’ll start researching and investigating your itinerary. Once you’re happy with the trip, we’ll then put together a full set of detailed Trip Notes outlining the daily itinerary, the trip highlights, trip inclusions & exclusions, fast facts about Russia, visa requirements as well as some other helpful info.  These Trips Notes can be distributed to your group, so everyone has a clear idea of the holiday. 

Types of Private Groups
We’re pretty flexible in what constitutes a “group”…here a just a few examples:

Family & friends
Corporate groups 
Sporting groups
School / Scout groups 
Social Clubs
Photography clubs
Charity groups 
Company Social clubs 
Special interest groups
U3A groups
Rotary Club groups
Pensioner Associations
Journalists
Government groups

Groups You Can Join
We also offer set itinerary tours where you can join together with like minded travellers on set itinerary tours - our Royal Russia Moscow & St.Petersburg tour for example departs on a monthly basis and is excellent value for money. On these tours, we form the group, not you ! See http://www.russiangateway.co.uk/tours.html for more details and scroll down to 'Tours With Shared Guide'

Interested?.....
If you are interested in an informal discussion about forming a group on your own and travelling to Russia, just give us a call on 01926 426 460 to speak to one of our Russian expert group organisers. Alternatively e-mail us on groups@russiangateway.com