British Travel Awards Winners 2023

We are pleased to announce that we were named as ‘Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays’ at the British Travel Awards on November 28. It is the third year in a row that we have won this prestigious award.

Established in 1997, we provide rail-themed holidays in the UK, Europe and worldwide, as well as organising over 80 main-line steam day trips each year.

Voted for by the travelling consumer, the British Travel Awards are an annual event. Travellers are asked to vote on customer service, product offering and the best holidays across various categories.

Commenting on this year’s win, our MD Kelly Osborne said, “It’s a tremendous accolade for the team who work so hard to research, plan and lead unique holidays combining great rail journeys and interesting destinations. What makes this win so pleasing is that it a result of our holiday clients voting for us - we can’t thank them enough.”

British Travel Awards director of events and partnerships, Lorraine Barnes Burton, said, “This year saw more than one and a half million votes cast to determine the winners and competition was fierce. The Railway Touring Company is therefore to be sincerely congratulated on the achievement of winning the Best Small Travel Company for Rail Holidays Award. Ultimately it is the travelling public who decide the winners by voting for the travel companies they consider the best in the business. The British Travel Awards is the largest awards programme in the UK and to win is truly an achievement.”

It has been quite a year for us here at The Railway Touring Company. The National Railway Museum selected us as its partner to run main-line steam excursions to mark famous locomotive 60103 Flying Scotsman’s Centenary.

2024 will see us taking travellers on escorted holidays around Scotland, the Lakes, Ireland and other scenic parts of the British Isles and further afield to countries including Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Canada, Colorado and the Rocky Mountains and Sri Lanka, on holidays featuring great railway journeys.

A full schedule of our 2023 and 2024 steam days out can be found on the website.