The most profitable Japan bookings are rarely off-the-shelf. They are private, tailored and built around one client's interests — and they are exactly what a destination management company exists to deliver. As your ground operator, Explera designs and runs signature private tours under your brand, so you sell a one-of-a-kind journey and keep the margin.
Why private tours win
A private tour removes the compromises of group travel: your client's pace, their interests, their start times, their guide. It commands a premium because it is genuinely bespoke, and it converts enquiries that a fixed itinerary would lose. For repeat visitors, it is the obvious upsell from a first, classic trip.
What goes into an Explera signature tour
### A guide who unlocks Japan Every private tour runs with a nationally licensed, multilingual guide briefed on your client — history, food, gardens, photography or family-friendly, matched to the brief and the source market.
### Private movement, door to door Private vehicles with English-speaking drivers where rail does not reach, rail logistics where it does, luggage forwarding so clients travel light, and airport meet-and-greet — coordinated by our 24/7 desk.
### Access money alone cannot buy After-hours culture, a tea ceremony in a Kyoto machiya, a maiko dinner, a sumo-stable morning, timed teamLab entry — the moments that define the trip.
### A pace that fits Slow mornings for honeymooners, packed days for first-timers, dietary and prayer-friendly scheduling built in. We design around the traveller, not a template.
How to sell it
- Brief us with the client, the dates, the interests and the budget.
- We return a costed, day-by-day private itinerary — usually within 24 hours, net in your currency.
- You brand it and add your margin. We never contact your client.
Signature tours pair with our FIT packages and full destination network.
Start a bespoke itinerary
Reach the Explera trade desk at b2b@explera.jp or +66 93 656 8090, or register on the B2B portal. IATA-accredited 96215733, JATA member, operating the whole of Japan, strictly B2B and white-label.
