TAKE OFF FOR THE USA WITH AMERICAN AFFAIR

New specialist US tour operator announces launch

17 November 2015

New tour operator American Affair launches today, offering a wide choice of holidays for UK travellers across the USA. With destinations from New York to New Orleans, the Deep South to the Big Sur, Seattle to Sonoma and Death Valley to Disneyland, American Affair covers the length and breadth of the USA.

American Affair is the sister company of long-established and award-winning travel specialist, Canadian Affair. The new operator has a team of experienced consultants with the knowledge and first-hand experience to create bespoke and inspiring holidays across the USA.

The tour operator launches with a superb range of holiday options including city breaks, fly-drives, escorted coach tours, cruise tours, rail holidays and motorhomes for hire.

Holidays with the new operator will include flights from a wide range of airlines, including Thomas Cook Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, Norwegian Airlines and Icelandair, with convenient departures points throughout the UK, including London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast.

Managing Director of American Affair, Kathryn Munro, said: “It has been our desire for many years to offer holidays across North America and we now start that journey with the launch of American Affair. Through our extensive network of USA holiday products and using partners and brands we know and trust, we can assure customers their holidays will be of the highest quality.

“Our experienced staff take the stress out of planning holidays in new destinations and offer great advice and added value to complete their holiday planning stage. We look forward to welcoming our first customers and offering excellent service for tailor-made holidays from coast to coast in the USA,” Munro added.

Examples of holiday packages available from American Affair:

The Canyons & Indian Lands escorted coach tour, from £1,519pp, including flights with Virgin Atlantic from London Gatwick to Las Vegas, based two travelling from 17 January – 24 January 2016

East coast by rail from £1,709pp based on two travelling and flying with Icelandair from London Gatwick via Keflavík International Airport to Washington, on 13 April – 21 April 2016

An 11-night Sunshine Trails fly-drive holiday from £1,059pp, with compact car hire, based on two travelling from London Heathrow to Miami on Virgin Atlantic, on 4 May – 15 May 2016

Los Angeles and Las Vegas multi-centre holiday, from £845pp, including flights from London Heathrow to Los Angeles, returning from Las Vegas with Virgin Atlantic, with accommodation for three nights in each city.

For more information, call American Affair on 020 7616 9949 or visit www.americanaffair.com. Download the brochure here.

All flight-inclusive holiday bookings made with American Affair which depart from the UK are ATOL-protected and customers will receive an ATOL certificate upon booking. ATOL protection does not apply to all holiday and travel services listed (e.g. car hire only, accommodation or flight only bookings). For more information, visit www.packpeaceofmind.co.uk.

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Charlie Hampton, Sarah Longbottom, Laura Apps, Tom Buchanan

American Affair Press Office

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Telephone: 020 3772 2536 / 2716

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About American Affair

American Affair offers tailor-made package holidays from all UK departure airports to destinations across the USA. As a North America travel specialist, American Affairs creates inspirational holidays to suit every customer, including city breaks, attraction and beach holidays, fly-drives, escorted coach tours, rail tour holidays, multi-centre holidays, cruises, ski holidays and more. For more information, visit www.americanaffair.com

American Affair, sister company to tour operator Canadian Affair, draws on more than 20 years of experience in offering the best flights and holiday products across Canada. 

American Affair is part of Transat A.T. Inc., an integrated international tour operator with more than 60 destination countries and that distributes products in more than 50 countries. A holiday travel specialist, Transat operates mainly in Canada and Europe, as well as in the Caribbean, Mexico and the Mediterranean Basin. Based in Montreal, Transat is also active in air transportation, accommodation, destination services and distribution.

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