Meet George Duffy

Tourworld Travel Company at Envoyage in Medicine Hat, Alberta

About Me

What's in The Secret Sauce of a Great Trip?

I've been designing and selling travel all my adult career which started after personal travel in Central America and the South Pacific. Since then I have been all over Canada and the US, South America, Europe, way up north to the Yukon and Alaska and into the Caribbean. The more I travel, the better it gets. I am a dual citizen of Canada and Great Britain. I speak fluent English, passable Spanish and enough French to get into trouble.

In my career, I have priced, quoted on and closed trips for thousands of people. Adult groups, independents, seniors, retirees, school groups, university groups, hundreds of individuals of various budgets and special interests.

My specialty is in helping people have the very best experiences, where ever they travel. To describe my role I often say to people, "you do the photos, we do the details." I also often say "car free is care free" when travelling in a country that is not your home.

But the secret sauce? Let me give you a hint I learned from a great Italian chef, "always start with quality local ingredients, then season to taste." I am a great believer in using local talent to help you get more out of your trip than you'd get on your own. It doesn't have to be expensive to be excellent.

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Specialties

Destinations

Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Cuba, USVI, BVI, Canada, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico.
France, Spain, Slovenia, Italy, Greece, Portugal
The United Kingdom, Ireland and Channel Islands
Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana
Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific

Travel Style

Specialty Accommodations: ecolodges, agriturismos, villas, paradores
Photography Tours and Programs
Birding and wildlife.
Archeology.
Food adventures.
Farm and garden tours, including bee tours.
Music
Specialty Cruising: Small Ship Coastal Cruises, River and Canal Cruising, Expedition Cruises
Immersive land tours.
Active trips including cycling, hiking, and walking both guided and self guided.

Client Testimonials

George understands how to create genuine travel experiences to benefit the dreams of the adventurer and the needs of remote communities. His vision to promote the best living and natural histories through responsible tourism is a model that if followed, would build greater understanding and greater pride through travel.

Christopher Fisher

Firstly, I wish to express our gratitude to Mr. George Duffy of Envoyage for the significant contribution he made to the planning and logistics of this undertaking. His experience, expertise and sage advice eased the inevitable complexity of world travel and was reflected, for example, in ideal flight arrangements and first-class accommodations throughout.

Finally, no report on a visit to Spain would be complete without a reference to ‘food, food, glorious food’. For example, Instructions on the preparation of paella followed by the enjoyment of this delicious fare were superb as was an evening where the magnificent aria from Puccini’s opera ‘Madame Butterfly’, sung by the servers, was a glorious, uplifting and emotional experience – Ole'

William Brown

Since the beginning of our business relationship (now turned into personal friendship) I've always admired not only the passion he puts into his work, but also his constant seeking of new products and services with which serve his clients better.

I would strongly recommend George to any person planning a trip overseas.