The French Promise team has been featured in the world’s finest and most prestigious travel publications, recognised as the leading experts in France luxury travel design experiences. Founder, Philip Haslett, has proudly been awarded as France’s top luxury travel advisor for 2025 and over consecutive years by: Travel + Leisure’s A+ List, Condé Nast Traveler and WendyPerrin’s Wow List. We are also distinguished and accredited members of the elite luxury travel groups: Duco, Pure, Do Not Disturb, Serandipians and Wine Paths. Learn more about our luxury travel accreditations below.
Travel + Leisure’s A List: Philip Haslett has proudly been selected to the annual Top Travel Advisors A-List for France & Monaco from 2022-2025, an official directory of the most influential vacation specialists in the world, vetted by the editors at Travel + Leisure.
“With 36 years of experience in luxury tourism in France, Philip Haslett can open doors. That may mean an after-hours visit to the Louvre, a last-minute tour of top Burgundy vineyards, or a balloon ride over the Loire Valley (he was a commercial pilot, after all). He also has extensive contacts in Monaco.” – Source: Travel + Leisure
Condé Nast Traveler Top Travel Specialist: Philip Haslett, France & Monaco.
What is one of your all-time favorite experiences you’ve been able to pull off for guests?
“One experience that made me smile at the time is the privatisation of a river for a VVIP client. They wanted to go canoeing in a popular spot in Provence, but wanted a private experience so we basically contacted every canoe supplier operating in the area and bought them out for the day so that our client and family could enjoy some alone time.”
– Philip Haslett source Condé Nast Traveler
Wendy Perrin’s Wow List: Philip Haslett has been selected to The WOW List for France from 2017-2025. The WOW List is a collection of exceptionally knowledgeable and well-connected trip planners and travel advisors around the world. Each has been rigorously road-tested, based on Wendy Perrin’s decades of experience as a travel journalist and based on the latest trip reviews from travelers.
“Philip can unlock the Palace of the Popes at night, unlock most doors in Bordeaux, helicopter you in to hike with shepherds in the Pyrenees, or ensconce you in a chic beachside villa whose guest list looks like the Oscars seating chart. From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, he excels at trips that focus on food and wine or adventure (often a bit of both): enjoying oysters fresh from the sea, wine tasting with world-class sommeliers, canyoning in the Verdon Gorge, or surfing in Biarritz.” – Source WendyPerrin.com
Serandipians by Traveller Made member DMC agencies for France: members represent the finest in travel design. Representing a community of passionate and excellence-oriented travel designers willing to provide unexpected, exceptional and seamless experiences to their clients; sharing values embedded in service, elegance and highly skilled craftsmanship.
Wine Paths – Certified Members for France:
Drawing on over 30 years in the luxury tourism industry in France, Philip’s French roots are Burgundian and the vast majority of family vacations were spent exploring the region. His professional experience in the tourism world began in Burgundy in 1987 in Beaune, Philip spends his time scouring the region for new experiences and best-kept secrets to share with savvy travelers.
Philip is a regular keynote speaker on conferences addressing professionals on luxury tourism, marketing and specific global markets. He is recognised as one of the world’s leading travel designers for France by some of the most prestigious travel experts in the USA.
Pure Member: representing the world’s leading experiential travel community with the attitude, commitment and the belief that travel can be more than just an industry. Experiential travel connects every industry in the world. It has the power to transform ourselves, our communities and the planet, which is why PURE is all about igniting the passion of experiential travel’s brightest minds and providing them with the relationships and inspiration to change worlds.
Do Not Disturb Founding Member: Do Not Disturb is the global private travel community dedicated to seclusion, sustainability and true exclusivity. From private islands to secret groves, your property or service offers pure escapism – both physical and mental – from the real world.Committed to protecting people and the planet, you place green principles at the core of your ethos. Private travel has often been at odds with sustainability: you know they can peacefully coexist. Masters of discretion and avoiding crowds, privacy is your specialty – and deeply personal, sky’s-the-limit service comes as standard.
Relais & Chateaux Preferred Partner: Established in 1954, Relais & Châteaux is an association of more than 580 landmark hotels and restaurants operated by independent innkeepers, chefs, and owners who share a passion for their businesses and a desire for authenticity in their relationships. As a preferred partner when you book with us, you can expect preferential treatment, flexibility in the cancellation policy, and access to exclusive experiences that will make your trip, truly memorable. Our clients will receive free room upgrades, daily breakfast, plus food and beverage credits.
The Bespoke Travel Club is a consortium of small luxury travel specialists providing a tailored travel service for discerning clients to a wide range of international travel destinations. Each member of the Bespoke Travel Club has extensive and well earned recognition in their field and has been operating as a specialist travel agency for a number of years. The French Promise travel team is known for: “opening doors that remain firmly closed to most is their speciality, as well as, revealing the lesser known parts of fascinating France to discerning travellers.”
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