Everything we do at Cirella Travel is guided by three core values, Personal, Expert, and Trustworthy.
Personal, because we believe every client deserves to feel like our only client. Expert, because our deep knowledge of Britain and Europe is what sets us apart from every online booking platform. Trustworthy, because you are placing your dream trip in our hands and we never take that lightly. Every payment you make is held in a dedicated trust account through our Travel Trust Association membership, and we are available seven days a week throughout your journey.
Every journey is tailored entirely around you. From destination to experience, no detail is overlooked in creating a trip that reflects your personal style.
From your first enquiry to your return home, every part of your journey is managed with care, ensuring a smooth and stress-free experience.
We go beyond the booking, offering access to private transfers, curated experiences, event tickets and more all designed to elevate your travel.
Cirella Travel was founded by Katie Nixon to do one thing exceptionally well: create bespoke, beautifully considered travel for clients who want more than a booking, they want a journey shaped around them.
Before founding Cirella Travel, Katie spent years working across the global travel industry, gaining hands-on experience with the systems and suppliers that power world-class travel planning including deep GDS expertise across Sabre, Amadeus and Galileo.
Her career has taken her through some of the industry's most respected names, including American Express Global Business Travel, CTM, Global Travel Collection.
That grounding means Cirella Travel isn't a hobby business or a career pivot from an unrelated field — it's the result of someone who has worked inside the machinery of the travel industry and understands exactly how to get the best outcomes for clients, from fare rules to supplier relationships to the small details that make a trip feel effortless.
While Katie is the face and founder of Cirella Travel, she doesn't work alone.
Every trip is supported by a trusted network built specifically for the kind of travel Cirella Travel specialises in — private Blue Badge guides for UK and Cotswolds touring, and an expanding roster of destination management companies (DMCs) and ground partners across Europe and further afield.
This means clients benefit from specialist, on-the-ground expertise in every destination, not just one person's knowledge stretched thin.
It's a model built deliberately: small enough that every client gets Katie's personal attention, but backed by the right specialists so nothing is ever a guess.
Cirella Travel's roots and reputation are built on the UK — particularly on crafting exceptional Britain and Europe itineraries for American clients with a deep love of England, from private Cotswolds touring to bespoke London days.
But that specialism sits alongside genuinely worldwide reach.
Years working within global travel systems and supplier networks gave Katie exposure to destinations far beyond the UK, and that knowledge extends into Cirella Travel's private client planning — including hands-on, first-hand experience arranging luxury travel to Latin America, a region that demands the kind of nuanced, on-the-ground knowledge that generic booking platforms simply can't offer.
The result is a business that can plan confidently anywhere in the world, while remaining genuinely expert — not just familiar — with its UK and European specialism.