Worldwide, designed from London

PelorusYachts, aircraft and specialists built around one brief

A family trip, a yacht voyage and a remote expedition all begin the same way here: with the objective. Destination, accommodation and the specialists who travel are settled progressively inside one plan, and the plan can cover a single yacht leg or the whole run from leaving home to getting back.

Based in London, designing private land journeys and yacht expeditions worldwide. Projects range from family holidays to remote-area assignments, so there is no fixed destination list to browse.

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PlaceWorldwide

TypePrivate journey design

SuitsFamilies, yachts, expeditions

Stay7-14 nights

The objective decides the route and the resources

Worldwide, designed from London — Private journey design studio.

Routes grow out of a specific request rather than a catalogue. A family holiday and an expedition may go to the same region and still use entirely different accommodation, transport and activities, because the days they are trying to produce are not the same days. Starting from the brief is what keeps the two apart.

The commission can be a yacht voyage, a celebration, or everything from departure to return. Describing the objective, the people travelling and the available time is what lets a team decide which parts are worth keeping. A vaguer brief produces a vaguer route, and more of it gets negotiated later.

It suits travellers who do not want to choose from ready-made packages, and who need either a highly personal plan or a complicated multi-country chain. It is not the cheapest way to book a good hotel, and it is not meant to be. The more specific the brief, the more of the plan can be settled early.

A helicopter in flight passing close to a single enormous sandstone rock standing in flat desert country — A helicopter passing a lone rock in desert

An expedition ship in grey water among white icebergs, the pale backs of beluga whales breaking the surface beside it — An expedition ship among icebergs and belugas

Three people in winter clothing standing on snow in front of a frozen waterfall, ice columns filling the frame behind

Designed backwards from the objective

Destination and pace get worked out from what the trip is for. A family's shared interests, a celebration with a fixed date, or an exploration with a specific target each push the route in a different direction. The place is a consequence of the purpose, and it usually changes once the purpose is stated clearly.

A lone traveller standing on a rock ledge at the edge of a deep blue alpine lake, grey peaks behind

A yacht as a moving base

Using the boat as the base rather than a series of hotels strings remote coastline, islands and dive sites into one continuous run, with the accommodation travelling with you. Where you can land each day depends on the vessel, the ports and the sea state, so the schedule keeps room for that.

A low green island ringed by pale reef and turquoise water, a yacht anchored offshore, no other vessel in sight

Logistics across several countries

Transport, permits and specialists across multiple countries sit with one team, so the joins between them do not land on the traveller. On a remote project, confirming that the handovers actually work matters more than adding another stop to the map, because the stops are the easy part.

Layered green mountain ridges receding into distance, cloud drifting between the ridgelines in horizontal bands

Route

The whole trip, or just one exceptional leg

The commission can cover an entire long journey or only the yacht, expedition or celebration segment. Most projects run seven to fourteen nights, with complex expeditions needing a much longer preparation period. Dates are set first around the core experience and the weather backup days come after.

Seven to fourteen nights, plus backup days

These are examples of what the studio can design, not a list of departures. Each one is a separate feasibility question.

Stay

Most projects run seven to fourteen nights. Complex expeditions need a considerably longer preparation period before departure, and that window has to be counted in the planning rather than fitted around it.

Getting there

The transport mix follows the project: private aviation, yacht, helicopter and local vehicles may all be involved in moving a group.

Season

Dates follow the destination, the yacht's cruising area, charter availability and the main experience window. Remote routes also need weather backup days.

Watch out

Everything shown is an example of design capability. Each element has to be asked about separately to establish whether it can be done.

Plan this into a journey

Describe the objective before the destination. What the trip is for decides where it can go.

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