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.
FAQ
How long does Explera take to return a private tour itinerary? Usually within 24 hours. Brief us with the client, the dates, the interests and the budget, and we return a costed, day-by-day private itinerary, net in your currency. You brand it and add your margin.
Will Explera contact my client directly on a private tour? No. Signature tours run white-label under your brand, and we never contact your client. You sell a one-of-a-kind journey and keep the margin, while we handle guides, vehicles and rail logistics behind the scenes.
How do clients get around on a private Japan tour? Signature tours combine private vehicles with English-speaking drivers where rail does not reach and rail logistics where it does. Luggage forwarding lets clients travel light, and airport meet-and-greet is arranged, all coordinated by our 24/7 desk.
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 TIDS-registered 96215733, ASTA member 900408341, operating the whole of Japan, strictly B2B and white-label.
