Introducing Loyalty Rewards
Our way of saying thanks …
Rewarding your loyalty — the more you’ve travelled with us, the more you save.
Over the last 17 years, so many of you have joined us on our adventures, trusting us to show you the world in new, inspiring ways.
Your loyalty, your stories, and your willingness to embrace the unknown have made Creative Escapes what it is today.
We’ve been thinking long and hard about how to properly thank you — not with words, but with something meaningful.
Introducing Loyalty Rewards.
For every long-haul trip you’ve taken with us over the years, we’re giving you £100 off a long-haul holiday.
And if you’ve joined us on shorter 5-day trips, you’ll receive £50 off.
There’s no limit, no cap — the more adventures you’ve shared with us, the more we want to give back.
This is our way of saying thank you for being part of the Creative Escapes family, for trusting us to create experiences that matter, and for letting us do what we love: helping you see the world in a little different way.
If you’re new here — welcome. November’s the perfect time to join us. Book any 2026 trip this month, and you’ll be part of our biggest celebration yet (and yes, you’ll get something special too).
To make sure we can calculate and apply your 2026 Loyalty Reward correctly, please book by 30 November 2025 — this gives us time to verify your travel history and issue your reward.
Every November, we hit pause to celebrate you — our loyal travellers. It’s our annual thank-you, wrapped in a little adventure and a lot of gratitude.
If you would like to join us in 2026 ...
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Book a 2026 Long Haul trip as normal before 30 November – the price you see online is the standard price (tech-wise, it’s easier for everyone!).
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Trip confirmed – you’ll get an automated email confirming your booking.
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We check your history – if you’ve travelled with us before, we’ll send a follow-up email summarising your loyalty discount.
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Discount applied – your final payment will include the discount, and we’ll issue a new booking form that supersedes the automated confirmation.
 
If you have any questions about the Loyalty Program, please email us at inbox@creative-escapes.co.uk
2026 Loyalty Rewards – Terms & Conditions
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Eligibility:
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The loyalty rewards discount applies only to travellers who have previously completed a Creative Escapes holiday.
 
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Applicable Trips:
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Discounts are valid only on long-haul tours taking place in 2026.
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Discounts cannot be applied to trips outside 2026.
 
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Booking Deadline:
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To qualify, bookings must be made by 30 November 2025.
 
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Discount Value:
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For each long-haul trip previously taken with Creative Escapes, you will receive £100 off a 2026 long-haul trip.
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For each short (5-day) trip previously taken, you will receive £50 off a 2026 long-haul trip.
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There is no limit to the number of discounts; the more trips you’ve taken, the larger your total discount.
 
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Application of Discount:
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Discounts will be applied to the final payment once your loyalty is verified.
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An updated booking form reflecting the discount will be issued and supersedes any automated booking confirmations.
 
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Non-Transferable & Non-Cashable:
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Discounts are personal to the traveller and cannot be transferred, sold, or exchanged for cash.
 
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Combination With Other Offers:
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Discounts cannot be combined with any other offer, promotion, or early-bird discount.
 
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Non-Carryover:
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Discounts cannot be carried forward to trips in 2027 or beyond.
 
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Amendments & Technical Issues:
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Creative Escapes reserves the right to correct any technical or administrative errors in discount calculations before final payment.
 
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Standard Terms Apply:
 
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All bookings are subject to our standard Creative Escapes Terms & Conditions, including payment, cancellation, and travel policies.
 
Our story ...
How time
flies
I think it was crossing the border into Senegal when the penny finally dropped. The queue of dusty trucks, oil tankers and (our) procession of ‘bangers’ snaked back as far as the eye could see, and the already four hour wait looked like it was going to be some while yet.
Roger Norum (Creative Escapes co-founder) & I, having signed up for the London – Banjul Rally the previous year (a charity version of the famous Paris – Dakar, but using cars that cost no more than £200), found ourselves reminiscing about precisely how terrible our art degree tuition had been. And now, having ‘grown up’ how utterly dated the majority of photography and writing courses were, cut from similar cloth.
The idea that we could really do something better had been bubbling for months, so with some time to think, we set to work outlining our manifesto. How we thought things should be done.
First, all the tech heavy stuff had to go. My lecturer had made sure I knew the precise angle of the blades inside the lens, the type of glass used, even the location of where the damn thing was manufactured. But did I know simply which lens to use at any given moment? Nope.
Next, how come all of the courses only taught you just how to use your camera? How many weeks can you spend just learning about all the switches, buttons and dials? What about actually taking pictures, composing, working your subject. The interesting, creative, reason-why-we-do-it-bit?
Also, I’d lost count of the amount of microsleeps I’d had in the lecture hall. Is it really possible to talk without stopping for an hour? Can we join in? Can we have a go?
And so it
began
We spent the summer in the south of France trialling our new ideas – and the feedback was so positive we decided to go for it – with France, Spain & Morocco our first trips.
And just a couple of months later, we opened the weekend editions of the broadsheets and saw our writing holidays had been voted Five Best Writing Holidays by the Guardian and our photography holidays Six Best Photography Breaks by the Telegraph.
Not bad for our first ever press.

More than ten years later, we’ve travelled the world, had stacks of amazing press and experienced some unforgettable adventures with you.
And that manifesto we put together then is still proudly pinned to the wall of our HQ. Of course, we’ve expanded the ethos of non-tech, creative tuition, and folded in lots of lovely boutique hotels (well, we may as well stay somewhere nice), restaurants only the locals know about and some unique experiences not available elsewhere – from meeting Fidel’s photographer in Havana to shooting a living goddess in Kathmandu.
Along the way, we’ve published over 50 of your pictures in various magazines, newspapers and journals. And from our very first trip to France, with Jay winning The Guardian ‘Photograph of the Month’, many of you have won awards from shots you’ve taken on the trips. We’ve been blessed to attend numerous awards ceremonies for super-prestigious photography competitions, including Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year, National Geographic Traveller Photography Competition (the two biggest photo comps in the year). A few of you have even turned pro, and won awards to boot!
But the best thing is we’ve been to places we never thought we would go to, learnt the art of photography, made some friends for life, and acquired travel stories to wow any dinner table. So …
THANK
YOU





