About Swords Travel

Jersey

Travel has always been my passion, and I consider myself incredibly fortunate to spend my days curating and booking bespoke, luxury holidays for my clients.

Jersey born, lived and worked on Jersey all my life, I established my travel business in 2009 because I understand and appreciate the importance of holidays. Many people consider or talk about a holiday as being a luxury, but from my personal experience and talking with my clients, I know they are a necessity, and a well-earned one at that. Holidays are the only time everyone can enjoy quality time together without unwelcome interruptions from the outside world.

With today’s busy lifestyle, with professional and personal commitments, many people do not have the time to plan their holidays, often, they will not have the time to spend hours or days off visiting a high street travel agent, sometimes waiting in a queue. Nor is it everyone’s idea of fun to spend their evenings and weekends searching the internet, especially when there will be little or no service to back up their proposition.

This is why I offer a truly dedicated, professional, and personal travel service. With 28 years of experience in sales and management in the travel industry in Jersey, I have learned that exceptional service, in-depth knowledge, and attentive after-sales support are vital.

I specialise in creating tailor-made itineraries and bespoke, luxury holidays anywhere in the world and these cover all types of holidays including sun, adventure, cruise, ski, and city breaks.

My impartial advice and recommendations stem from my personal experiences and the strong relationships I have built with quality travel partners and tour operators. I take the time to understand my clients’ holiday requirements by listening to them closely, ensuring that the destinations, hotels, tours, and experiences I suggest will meet their expectations perfectly.

Company founders Mark and Stuart Swords have been in the travel industry since they were 19 years old. Between them, they’ve taken on almost every job in the business; managing hotels and retail stores, and working in the touring, cruise and flight sectors, as well as, of course, creating tailor-made holidays.

With a knack for understanding clients’ needs, Mark was always a top seller, and decided to set up on his own in 2017. Stuart joined a year later, and the duo have spent the last seven years building the business into one of the most successful boutique luxury travel agencies in the UK. Their strategy of personal service has proved a roaring success, and they have a stable of happy repeat clients. With a new retail store in Wimbledon village where they can host events as well as welcome clients, the business is going from strength to strength.

Why choose Swords Travel

Jersey?

  • I offer a truly personal travel service and take great pride in delivering exceptional customer service.
  • Clients can contact me at their convenience – whether by phone, email, or messaging service. I am available during the day, evenings, weekends, and for home or office visits.
  • I have loyal relationships with trusted travel partners and tour operators. Once I’ve crafted and booked an itinerary for my clients, they can relax, assured that they’ll be well cared for from the start of their holiday until they arrive back home.
  • I manage all the little extras for you, such as restaurant reservations, sports lessons, childcare, and more. These can all be pre-booked before your departure.
  • I frequently travel to explore new destinations and hotels. With my laptop and mobile always at hand, I work on the go and stay in constant contact with my clients.
  • 28 years experience working in the travel industry in Jersey.
  • My service and time come at no additional cost. All I request from new clients is a little of their time, whether in person or over the phone, to get to know them and understand their holiday preferences.
  • Associate Partner of Swords Travel, giving my clients the added security of a trusted and ethical brand, along with ensuring full financial security and peace of mind.
  • Swords Travel are:
    • Preferred partner of all the major luxury travel brands.
    • Part of the prestigious Virtuoso programme.
    • Members of Four Seasons Preferred Partners, Mandarin Oriental Fan Club, the Rosewood Elite programme, Belmond Bellini Club, and the Hyatt Prive invitation-only programme, among others.
    • These partnerships allow me to offer my clients exclusive savings and added benefits such as complimentary breakfasts, room upgrades, early check-in and late check-out, welcome amenities, and hotel dining and spa credits. These perks wouldn’t be available if booked directly or through a non-member agency.
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reviews

Michelle Le Fevre
Spoke with Dani to arrange a special holiday for me and my girls next year. Dani obviously loves what she does and is so passionate about creating the best holiday for her clients. She is honest and knows every detail about the destination. We wanted to ensure we went to a safe secure resort with a few wants from the tick list. Dani came up trumps with a wonderful resort and we cannot wait to experience this holiday I would absolute recommend using her to book your dream holiday x
Sharon Katrina
DANI IS AMAZING We tried to book Lapland a few weeks ago but the company wasn’t taking bookings at that time. She made sure to call them on the same day they opened their bookings to ensure we could go on the holiday of my daughters dreams (not that she knows yet). We have now booked and couldn’t have done this without Dani’s expert help. The hardest part for me now is keeping this a secret from my 6 year old for 14 months. Thank you so so much Dani. Xx.
Michelle Feighan
I can’t recommend you enough Dani after planning our special holiday for my 50th so meticulously. It was unfortunate that this was later cancelled due to the current Covid pandemic. However, you totally handled every detail so efficiently to enable our refund which otherwise would have been such a headache to handle had we booked online ourselves. Totally agree that today’s environment has never been a better time to use an ATOL/ABTA travel agent. Truly a 5* service with you 👍 thanks a million xx
Florence McKay Hall
A big thanks to Dani for coming up with fantastic options for our Honeymoon. We had a wonderful time in Rome & Venice and our hotels were exceptional, ideally located with helpful and considerate staff. Dani prepared all our travel and from departure to return our trip was faultless. Should you be looking to treat yourself to a little luxury break then I would highly recommend considering Dani Jewell as your Personal Travel Agent.
Sonia Poignand
We recently returned from an incredible honeymoon in Kenya, and we couldn't be more grateful for the amazing service provided by Dani. From the very start, she was super helpful and went above and beyond to ensure our honeymoon was absolutely perfect. She provided us with so many options, and when we needed to stick to a budget, she tirelessly researched alternative choices until we found the perfect balance. Her thoroughness and dedication really stood out.
Suzy Davy
Hi Dani, I hope you are well. I wanted to drop you a note following our amazingly memorable holiday that you organised. We came back from SA and Zimbabwe buzzing! It was such an amazing trip, with stunning hotels, beautiful smiley people, scrumptious food, unbelievable safaris and lifetime memories. I could not think of better… Founders Lodge was just exceptional, the whole team and experience was amazing! I have no words to describe it! The time in Franschhoek was perfect to chill and recharge before heading up to Zimbabwe to Victoria Falls. The hotel choices in the 3 locations were just exceptional. The flights and transfers were spot on including the internal flights. Thank you so much for organising such an amazing trip for me and my boy!