Background Ultitude is a privately-held company that provides customized luxury travel programs to couples and small groups to virtually anywhere on Earth. Ultitude travel programs are personalized to meet the wants and needs of discriminating luxury clients traveling together as a couple or in very small groups. The service is characterized by extraordinary levels of service in transportation, accommodations, private sightseeing, dining, and personalized ground transportation service.
Ultitude’s clients Ultitude caters exclusively to the high net worth luxury traveler, primarily in the United States, defined as:
high net worth individuals with investable assets of one million dollars
This market is primarily comprised of travelers in the U.S. and U.K, who seek unique, authentic experiences, accented by personalization and privacy. This market also seeks cultural authenticity that reflects attributes and experiences most sought after or associated with a particular destination, e.g. French cuisine, Argentinian tango, African nature and animals.
Ultitude client Ultitude is designed primarily to serve traveling couples. Small group
characteristics traveling together (no more than six) can also be accommodated.
Although Ultitude caters to the luxury traveler, the style of travel can be described as comfortable, as opposed to the most expensive mode or style of transportation. Ultitude’s itineraries are based on providing value and are not necessarily the most expensive programs available in the marketplace.
Itinerary elements Couples or small groups traveling together are provided customized itineraries that include:
· Business Class air
· Superior lodging accommodations
· All or most meals
· Private sightseeing
· Private experiential arrangements (e.g. guided tours, trips, showings)
· Car with private driver
Customization Ultitude currently offers 360 programs in 45 countries; more countries
and cost and programs continue to be added. These programs offer a wide variety
of experiences and have suggested departure dates. In most cases the
departure dates can be altered to meet client needs. Once an initial non-refundable deposit has been received, other changes in duration, hotel selection and airfare can, within reason, be accommodated. Each client is assigned a personal trip coordinator who acts as their “account executive” through the booking process. Custom itineraries can also be accommodated subject to the payment of a non-refundable planning fee which is credited to the cost of the booking when confirmed. The initial deposit and the planning fee are both $1,000 per person or $2,000 per couple.
Payment terms The initial deposit or the planning fee may be charged to most major credit cards. The final payment is due a minimum of 70 days prior to departure. Cancellation penalties from suppliers are passed on to the clients and Travel Insurance is both recommended and offered
Travel industry Ultitude tours are commissionable to accredited travel agents.
Management Ultitude is headed by veteran travel industry marketing and publishing professional Graeme Clarke, who has spent the majority of his career in key management roles with American Express, the American Automobile Association (AAA), and other globally respected travel organizations.
Clarke is assisted by a five -member Executive Committee comprised of travel industry executives and leaders who have worked with such travel industry leaders as The Walt Disney Company, Hertz, Sea Goddess Cruises, TWA and Pan Am .
Web site www.Ultitude.com
Telephone 888-844-3639 (toll free)
Management Graeme Clarke
contact info Chairman & CEO
Ultitude
Ste. 104-138 4044 W. Lake Mary Blvd.
Lake Mary, Florida 32746
Tel: 407 549 5640
E-mail: g.clarke@ultitude.com
Press Rod Caborn
information Tel: 407-463-0927 (cell phone)
E-mail: r.caborn@ultitude.com
Sample Itineraries illustrative of the personalized itineraries Ultitude’s clients
Itineraries can undertake are available on request. Representative photos and
graphics illustrative of the type’s destinations and experiences
undertaken by Ultitude clients are available on Ultitude’s Web site Press
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