Longford, Ireland
Based in Longford, Ireland. Tailored global holidays, luxury escapes, corporate travel management, and guided tours, arranged in person by a licensed travel agent that has been on the Irish register for 48 years.
Kanes Travel Agency Longford Limited holds Travel Agent Licence TA 0145 from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), under the Transport (Tour Operators and Travel Agents) Act 1982. Every register entry, with links.
Itinerary planner
This is a planning tool, not a quotation. This is a planning tool. It is not a quotation, not an offer and not a booking. No payment is taken anywhere on this website. The price you pay is the price on the written quotation we issue for your actual dates, with every charge itemised, and it is confirmed before any money changes hands. How our prices work.
Sun holidays and island escapes. Typically 7 nights. Sun season April to October, Canaries all year.
A child is counted at 70 percent of the adult planning band. Real child pricing varies sharply by supplier, room type and exact age on the date of travel.
Four star or well-reviewed apartments, checked baggage, private transfer.
Indicative planning band
€1,928to€6,850
Total for 2 travellers over 7 nights · roughly €964 to €3,425 each · Classic level.
| Component | Band |
|---|---|
| Flights and long-distance carriage | €288 – €1,008 |
| Accommodation | €1,008 – €3,696 |
| Transfers and ground transport | €294 – €840 |
| Experiences and inclusions | €294 – €1,176 |
| Insurance and documentation advisory | €44 – €130 |
Cheapest month for this shape of trip is January, from €1,382. Moving the dates is usually the single biggest saving available, which is why we ask about them first.
Not included in the band above: Airline and supplier surcharges that are set after the date of enquiry; Visa application fees payable to a government, which we never collect; Optional excursions and spending money at the destination; Any amendment or cancellation charge applied by a supplier after booking.
What we arrange
We are a retail travel agent. We sell travel put together by airlines, hotels, cruise lines and tour operators, and our job is to know which of them suits you, what their terms actually say, and what the trip will really cost before you commit to it.
How a booking actually goes
Roughly where, roughly when, how many of you, and what the budget has to stretch to. A month is enough to start with; exact dates come later.
Live availability with licensed suppliers, on your dates, for your party. Not a brochure price from six months ago that nobody can book.
Each option priced in full, with what it includes, what it does not, and the supplier whose terms govern it. No pressure and no deposit at this stage.
You accept a quotation, we book with the supplier, and you have a named person in Longford to ring if something changes before or during the trip.
This website takes no payment at any point. How our prices work sets out what a written quotation contains, what is excluded, and the cancellation position before you are asked to commit to anything.
Where we send people
Short breaks, close to home
City breaks, spa escapes and family weekends within an hour or two of Dublin, Knock or Shannon, the trips our Longford counter has arranged longest.
Typically 3 nights · All year
Cities, culture and Christmas markets
Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Vienna and the rest of the short-haul map, booked as flight-plus-hotel or as a fully planned multi-city route.
Typically 4 nights · All year, busiest April to October
Sun holidays and island escapes
Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus and the Canary Islands, from all-inclusive family resorts to quiet adults-only boutiques.
Typically 7 nights · Sun season April to October, Canaries all year
Winter sport and summer mountains
Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland, with lift passes, equipment hire and transfers arranged alongside the flights and the chalet or hotel.
Typically 7 nights · Ski December to April, summer June to September
Northern lights and long summer light
Iceland, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, aurora departures in winter, fjords, midnight sun and road trips in summer.
Typically 5 nights · Aurora November to March, summer June to August
Cities, parks and theme parks
The United States and Canada, including Orlando and the national parks, with internal flights, car hire and park tickets handled together.
Typically 12 nights · All year, school holidays busiest
Why a licensed agent still matters
Anyone can put a card number into a website. What you are buying from a travel agent is what happens when the flight is cancelled, the hotel is a building site, the connection is ninety minutes and the airline says that is your problem.
Kanes Travel has been on the Irish register since 27 July 1978, which is 48 years, and holds Travel Agent Licence TA 0145 from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA). That licence is a legal requirement for selling travel in Ireland, it is checkable in a public register, and it is not something a booking site without an address can show you.
Start a conversation
You do not need dates, a budget or a destination pinned down. Most of the best trips we have arranged started with somebody saying they had a week in October and wanted to be warm.
We read enquiries at the counter at 27 Ballymahon Street and reply in writing, normally within one working day.
A consultant at our Longford counter reads this and replies with options in writing, normally within one working day. Nothing is booked and no payment is taken until you accept a written quotation.