In short
What Avellera does
Avellera creates once in a lifetime trips: private, luxury and high-end tailor-made journeys through Europe’s heart: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and their neighbours. Every journey is built from scratch around you, with hand-picked hotels, first-class rail, private guides from our own network, signature experiences you cannot book online and our own team on call day and night. Journeys start from US$ 600 per person per day, and your first trip idea is free.
We are a team of ten travel designers in Vienna, led by founder Clemens Sengwein-Réti and co-founder and COO Kamilla Sengwein-Réti. Since 2016 we have organised more than 10,000 trips in Central Europe. We travel every route ourselves, know the hoteliers, winemakers and guides by name, and plan each trip the way we would plan it for our own family.
What makes a trip high-end
- Hotels we know personally. Grand hotels, alpine spa hotels and small boutique houses, chosen for the room, the view and the welcome, not the star count alone.
- First class, door to door. Railjet, ICE, the Glacier Express and the Bernina Express in first or panorama class, private transfers and luggage handled for you.
- Our own guide network. Historians, art experts, mountain and ski guides we have worked with since 2016, rated by more than a million guests of our sister brand Prime Tours.
- Experiences you cannot book online. A private orchestra in a Viennese palais, palaces before opening, cellars behind the label, a gondola to yourselves. See all 36 signature experiences.
- One team, 24/7. The people who planned your trip are on WhatsApp while you travel, day and night.
Private tailor-made trip, group tour or do it yourself?
| Avellera private journey | Luxury group tour | Planning it yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Route and dates | ✓Built around you, start any day | ✕Fixed departure dates | ○You research everything |
| Who you travel with | ✓Only your own party | ✕A group of strangers | ✓Your own party |
| Experiences | ✓Signature moments you cannot book online: private concerts, palaces before opening, cellars with the winemaker | ○Standard sightseeing for the group | ✕Only what is bookable online |
| Guides | ✓Private guides from our own network, built and rated since 2016 | ○One guide for the whole group | ✕Audio guides or none |
| Hotels | ✓Hand-picked 4 and 5 star and boutique hotels we know personally | ○Chosen for the group | ○Review sites and luck |
| Getting around | ✓First-class rail, private car, luggage handled | ○Coach | ✕Tickets, connections and luggage on you |
| Help during the trip | ✓Our own team, 24/7 on WhatsApp | ○The tour leader | ✕None |
| Price guide | From US$ 600 pp per day | Often similar per day | Lower, more of your time |
✓ best ○ partly ✕ not included















