Bespoke Cuba Travel; Cuba as seen by few

Bespoke [bəˈspōk]   Custom-made product or tailored service; couture, exclusive, singular edition; a one-off

Cuba [kyo͞obə]    The Antilles’ largest island is actually an archipelago of 4,000-plus islands, islets and cays traced by hundreds of miles of white powder beaches uniquely surrounded by the Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Cuba’s impressive ecosystem includes natural biosphere reserves, fauna refuges, crystal clear lagoons, rolling mountains and rainforests additionally to the world’s second pristine coral reef. Nevertheless, the island nation tops two of the travel industry’s most disparate lists; the shrinking list of Emerging Destinations and the list of Endangered Destinations at risk of losing their rich cultural heritage in the face of rapidly increasing tourism.

Cuba plays a complex role in the cultural and political lexicon of the United States. Americans relate to her classic American automobiles, baseball, boxing, Hemingway, the Cuban missile crisis and of course Fidel Castro. The island nation’s superlative education system, UNESCO sites and exemplary achievements in medicine are internationally renowned.

Believing he discovered a new route to India, Christopher Columbus arrived at Cuba’s Guarda La Vaca (hide the cow) beach in 1492 and purportedly remarked, “the most beautiful land human eyes have ever seen.” Remarkably, he was some 10,000 miles off-course.

Full of romance and magic, an intriguing history of smugglers and slavery, buccaneers, sugar barons, conquistadors and communism, few islands in the world can boast such a profound yet enigmatic identity.

Travel [travəl]   a trip, voyage, pilgrimage or expedition; to find

About Us

For nearly 20 years the virtuoso team of Cuba travel designers at Bespoke Cuba Travel have created unparalleled encounters with Cuba, one of the world’s remaining travel frontiers. Our petite-sized semi-guided group journeys, maximum 8 travelers, provide guests opportunities to tailor their own voyage away from their group. For explorers accustomed to a more resplendent style of travel, Bespoke Cuba Travel also crafts breathtaking one-off Private Designer Expeditions.

We ardently listen to our guests, meticulously plan and rehearse the logistics of your voyage and tend to details overlooked by most luxury travel providers. We are prepared to anticipate your needs and realize your wishes, no matter how rare or challenging,in order to redefine your notion of what is possible on a holiday.

Our ethos is to improve the lives of the Cuban people. The adventures we offer provide you a multitude of opportunities to share your professional skills and knowledge to empower them with the necessary tools so they may improve their own standard of living.

If your wanderlust yearns for a Cuba far beyond the reach of other travel companies, where the Cuban people welcome you instead of entertain you, we invite you to join us and discover a Cuba, as seen by few.

To learn more about us, contact us.

What BCT Offers You

Traveling alone guidebook-in-hand, or on a prepackaged motor coach tour of Cuba alongside 25 other strangers will result in an insulated cartoon-like perspective of this precious island. BCT offers You a better way to savor Cuba.

Our Expeditions afford you the opportunity to experience the complex tapestry of Cuban life among its unique people. Realize unimaginable moments and exceptional memories as You gain firsthand insight into their mastery of hope, resiliency, daily obstacles and curiosities. Be welcomed at local birthday parties and weddings. Join them as they collect their food rations, walk their children to school, visit them at work, and cook meals together.

Included in all our tours;

• All meals with no menu limitations
• USB with a fully chronicled tour history confirming Your trip, “directly benefited the Cuban people.” (US Govt. requires You keep this information for 5 years)
• A carbon offset donation of Your Journey benefiting The Nature Conservatory
• All Taxes and Gratuities
• Artisanal bon voyage gift

Chelsea London Phillips

Petite Group Journeys

Petite Group Journeys are premium theme-based excursions. Guests are social, tend to travel often and range from millennials and retirees to honeymooners and solo travelers. A maximum of 8 travelers per journey provides an intimate environment that affords each guest ample personal attention and keeps the group under the radar providing it access to locations and events inaccessible to traditional tour groups. All BCT journeys are semi-guided providing guests unique opportunities to break off from the group and realize Cuba in their own special, bespoke way.

Contact Us to learn more about our Petite Group Journeys.

Private Designer Expeditions

There are those who enjoy bespoke travel and those who look ahead to once-in-a-lifetime extravaganzas. When it comes to delivering the voyage without equal, the paramount factor is turning Your dream into a reality. Whether it’s To’ak chocolate and veuve clicquot marshmallow smores while camping on one of Cuba’s 3000+ uninhabited islands and cays, or calling on Cuba’s many ports on a chartered catamaran; the opportunities are endless. We are committed to make the Cuba we love and cherish as memorable and precious to those who experience it with us. Share Your curiosities, imagination and travel requirements with us and we will design a one-off Cuba encounter that will amaze.

Contact Us to discuss your private custom Cuba Journey.

Reasonable Pricing

Price Matching

If you find another Cuba travel company that offers a less expensive and similar package, BCT will match their offer plus give you a $500 discount.

Generous Discounts

We offer generous discounts to members of AAA and AARP, young ‘explorers’ under the age of 12, public school teachers, small groups, cherished members of the U.S. Military, first responders & their friends and families .Full and partial scholarships are available to select students. Kindly inquire with your Travel Designer to see if you qualify for a price reduction consideration; you never know.

Price Markdowns

If before your journey begins you find on our website that the price you paid for your journey has been reduced, we will refund you the difference.

We do Good

At every turn we work independent of hotel chains, airlines and attractions owned by Cuba’s communist government and contract instead directly with entrepreneurs, owners of casas particulares, drivers, chefs, farmers, etc.

 Positive Footprints

Beginning October 15, 2018 BCT’s organic traveling program and support for various nature preservation organizations will permit us to offset approximately 25% of each guests CO2 emissions. We strive to leave behind a better Cuba for its people.

Meaningful integration

Other Tour companies take tourists to Cuba’s most popular cities. BCT also takes you into small villages where you get to know the Cuban people on a more conscientious level. 

Conscious Giving

The tenor of our business is focused on sharing our guests’ skills, hobbies and knowledge with the most under-resourced Cubans so they may improve their own standard of living.

Giving Back

In 1996 BCT guests provided 400 children suffering from Celiac-disease with multivitamins. By 2003 they distributed over 3500 musical instruments, children’s books and emergency medical kits.

Seeking to do more than filling shipping containers, Guests wanted to experience first-hand the outcome of their goodwill. We subsequently pivoted to giving consciously back to the Cuban people; whereby guests share their professional skills, hobbies and knowledge in order to empower the most marginalized Cuban people with the necessary resources so they may improve their own standard of living. Regardless of age and capacity you can provide pivotal and prolific impact on the lives of the Cuban people while working side by side with them.

Testimonials

• We experienced Cuba in a way that was more authentic than the one our Lonely Planet guide presented. Amber
• They pampered us lots! And we helped Cuban teachers improve their English. A Great trip! Gabe
• We spent 3 days at rosa’s house in Havana learned how to make frijol colorado+paella. Debbie Cohn
• The professors and specialty guides were first-rate. Music & food also were terrific. Toni Novembre
• The Cuban lamb pastries and the paella were delicious and Ben & Jerry should get their hands on these folk’s recipe for candied mamey fruit ice cream. There was so much delicious food, off the beaten path experiences and a great group of other travelers to share it with. August and Melissa Pitt
• It’s cool there was no fixed schedule, there’s a schedule but its flexible depending on what interests you. We indulged in their delish menu experience. Jason Carbonell
• The evening meals were spectacular, we still keep in touch with a few of the Cuban friends we made on the tour. Émlie Truffaut
• I enjoy trekking alone and I chose them because they do not charge solo travelers a supplement. It was a fun trip & the food was on point! Kyle Paez