Arika GroupHolidays

Holidays & Bespoke Itineraries

No fixed departures. Ever.

We do not sell bookings — we sell access.

Mist moving through a Dolomites valley at dawn
The Dolomites, at dawn

The desk

Designed once, for you.

Arika Group's Holidays practice is a bespoke international trip planner in Goregaon East, Mumbai, that designs every itinerary once, for the people travelling on it — tailor-made, not a fixed-departure tour package. There are no fixed departures and no seats to claim. We source through our own destination partners in each country and hold the visa, forex and ticketing desks in the same office.

Why this desk

One house, not three vendors.

Six things that separate a designed journey from a package.

  1. I

    No fixed departures — bespoke only

    Every itinerary is built once, for you. There is no coach filling up and no average traveller who does not exist.

  2. II

    Our own DMC network per destination

    Local partners on the ground, quoted against the aggregators and chosen on merit, not convenience.

  3. III

    Visa, forex and ticketing in the same conversation

    One house, not three vendors and three timelines.

  4. IV

    Hotel relationships thirty years deep

    Upgrades that come standard, suites that appear when none are listed.

  5. V

    A named specialist per journey

    One person who knows your itinerary without reading the file again.

  6. VI

    Support while you are travelling

    Not only while you are booking.

Straight answers

What people ask before they travel.

Four questions the holidays desk hears every week, answered the way we answer them on the phone.

  1. 01

    Do you run group tours with fixed dates?

    No. Arika does not run fixed departures. Every itinerary is designed for the people travelling on it — including private groups who travel together by choice, on dates of their own choosing.

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    Fixed departures are a different business — inventory risk, marketing-led selling and seat-fill economics — and we chose not to run one. That decision shapes everything: your dates, your pace, your hotels, and a specialist who knows your itinerary because they built it.

  2. 02

    How is a bespoke itinerary actually built?

    A conversation about how you want to travel, then a draft itinerary, then revisions until it is right, then documentation, then support while you are away. Our destination partners' quotes are compared against the aggregators for every itinerary.

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    The draft is priced two ways for every itinerary: through our destination management partners on the ground and through the aggregators. We show you the better of the two. Visas and forex are opened as files alongside the itinerary, so documentation and currency are ready when the flights are.

  3. 03

    Can you plan a Europe trip from Mumbai, including the Schengen visa?

    Yes. The itinerary, the Schengen visa, the forex and the flights are handled in the same office by the same house, so a Europe trip is one conversation rather than four vendors.

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    Multi-country Europe itineraries are the most common brief we receive from Mumbai. The holidays desk builds the route and books through our own destination partners in each country; the visa desk files the Schengen application for the country of longest stay; forex and ticketing sit down the corridor. One named person holds all of it.

  4. 04

    Is a bespoke holiday more expensive than a package?

    Not necessarily. We compare our local destination partners' quotes against the aggregators for every itinerary, and the local partner is frequently cheaper as well as better.

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    Because we compare a local partner's land quote against aggregator rates for the same requirement, the bespoke route is frequently the cheaper one — and the hotel relationship built over thirty years is what produces the upgrade, the late checkout and the suite that was not on the list.

The Amalfi coast from above, one boat on turquoise water
Amalfi, one boat
The client lounge with its pinned world map
The lounge, where journeys are drawn
Fixed departures
0
Years designing journeys
32
Designing since
1994
Services
  • Custom International Itineraries
  • Family Holiday Planning
  • Honeymoon Planning
  • Private Group Tours
  • FIT Travel
  • Multi-Country Itineraries
  • Luxury Hotel Bookings
  • Airport Transfers
  • Sightseeing & Activities
  • Local Guides
  • Travel Documentation Support
  • Domestic Holiday Packages
  • Cruise Arrangements

Questions

Asked often.

Short answers. If yours is not here, the holidays desk picks up.

01Do you run group tours with fixed dates?

No. Arika does not run fixed departures. Every itinerary is designed for the people travelling on it — including private groups who travel together by choice.

02How does a bespoke itinerary get built?

A conversation about how you want to travel, then a draft, then revisions until it is right, then documentation, then support while you are away.

03Can you handle visas and currency too?

Yes — the visa and forex desks are in the same office. Most clients treat this as the main reason to use one house rather than assembling a trip from three.

04Is bespoke more expensive than a package?

Not necessarily. We compare our destination partners' quotes against the aggregators for every itinerary, and the local partner is frequently cheaper as well as better.

05Do you plan honeymoons and family holidays from Mumbai?

Yes. Honeymoons, family holidays, multi-generational trips and friends' groups are each designed once, for the people travelling, from our Goregaon East office.

06Do you arrange domestic holidays?

Yes — domestic hotels, transfers and ground arrangements across India, including cars with drivers in most cities.

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Your message goes straight to the Holidays & Outbound desk and is acknowledged by email. A named person replies.

  1. 01It lands on the deskRouted to the department you choose, copied to our central record, acknowledged by email.
  2. 02A named person reads itNot a queue. The person who will handle your file replies, usually the same working day.
  3. 03The hard part firstA checklist, a written fee or a held date — whichever your enquiry needs before anything else.
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