For most golfers, a trip to Scotland, Ireland, England or Wales isn’t just another vacation. It’s a bucket list trip, and often a once-in-a-lifetime one. It’s the trip you’ve talked about with friends for years, on courses you’ve watched on TV for decades.
A trip that meaningful deserves to be planned by people who do this every day. Here’s why handing it off to a golf travel company is the easiest way to make it everything you’ve been dreaming of.
A Once-in-a-Lifetime Trip Deserves Expert Planning
When you’ve waited years for a trip, every day of it matters. The courses you play, the order you play them in, where you stay and how you get from one place to the next all shape the experience.
It’s natural to think you can plan it yourself. But a trip this big isn’t one you want to figure out as you go. When you hand it to a team of experts, every detail is planned with care, and you get to simply enjoy it.
What Goes Into Planning a Golf Trip Overseas
Planning a golf trip abroad is very different from booking a weekend away. Behind every seamless trip, someone has taken care of:
- Securing tee times at championship courses
- Navigating the St Andrews ballot, if the Old Course is on your list
- Booking caddies who know every inch of the course
- Finding hotels and bed and breakfasts that fit your group and your route
- Reserving dinners at the right places
- Arranging airport greeters and drivers between hotels and courses
- Building an itinerary where every piece fits together
- Finding meaningful cultural activities such as private tours of towns or castles, whisky tastings, distillery tours, etc.
That’s a lot to manage on your own, especially from across the ocean. For us, it’s what we do every day.
Why Golfers Hand It Off to Royal Links
OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
We’ve been doing this for over 30 years, and we know this industry through and through: the courses, the hotels, the drivers, the caddies and all the little details that turn a great trip into an unforgettable one.
We Know the St Andrews Ballot
Getting on the Old Course can be a lot to navigate. We understand the ballot inside and out, and we put our golfers into the St Andrews ballot every single day.
We Truly Handle Everything
From the moment you walk off the plane, you’re taken care of. Depending on where you fly into, Alan or another member of our team will be there to greet you at the airport. Our drivers take you from the airport to your hotel and from your hotel to the course. We reserve your tee times and book your caddies.
Our thinking is simple: we handle everything, so all you have to worry about is reading the greens.
Your Entire Trip in One App
Our golfers love our trip app. Every detail of your itinerary lives in one place, so you can manage your entire trip right from your phone while you’re over there. You’ll also have our phone numbers and contact information, so if anything comes up, you can reach us directly.
You Get to Enjoy Every Moment
When the planning is handled, all that’s left is the best part: great golf, good company and stories you’ll be telling for years.
How It Works
- Tell us about your dream trip. Share when you’d like to travel, how many golfers are coming and where you’d love to play.
- We get to know you. On a call, we learn about your group, the courses on your list and the bucket list moments you’re hoping for.
- We build your itinerary. Championship golf, hotels and bed and breakfasts, and dinner reservations, all mapped out day by day.
- You just show up. We take care of the rest.
What Our Golfers Say
“Absolutely amazing ! We loved every part of it. The service everywhere was outstanding, the drivers, the people at the hotel, and on the courses... It really was an unforgettable experience. Thanks to Hayden Moore to put together this amazing trip for us. I will recommend Royal Links Golf Tours to all my golf buddies. It really was a 5 star treatment. ” — Jorge M.
“Jeff recommended us going in April, which was way earlier than I was initially thinking. The reason was he felt like it would give us a great chance to get on the Old Course, and he was right. All eight of us got on… I got quotes from 3 other golf booking agents, and the personalization I got from Jeff was what made me go with RLGT.” — Danny A.
Ready to Start Planning?
If a golf trip to Scotland, Ireland, England or Wales is on your list, the first step is easy. Fill out our vacation customization form, and we’ll set up a call to start building your trip together.
You bring the clubs. We’ll take care of the rest.