The Starter's Hut
Your Journey Begins Here
When traveling across the pond, every round of golf begins with a conversation with the Starter.
These stalwarts provide an introduction to their club, a general overview of what’s ahead during the round, and a nugget or two about the course which often prove to be invaluable to the final tally.
The H&B Starter’s Hut serves the same purpose.
You’ve arrived at the first tee of your journey excited and ready to swing away. Before you tee it up, however, we offer this briefing as an introduction to H&B, an explanation of what sets us apart from other golf travel companies, and an outline of what you can expect ahead of and during your Expedition.
In the three decades since Sam Baker founded our company on his kitchen table, we’ve helped the members of over 1600 private clubs enjoy Golf at its Finest overseas. Although much has changed during that time, the bedrocks of our company remain the same.
Custom Golf Travel That's Genuinely Custom
Have you ever noticed how some golf travel companies talk about custom planning, yet their website is mostly comprised of pre-packaged itineraries? If you’ve arrived at our corner of the web expecting to find the same, allow us to save you some time: those packages don’t exist here. That’s because a truly custom golf trip can never come wrapped in a 7 day/6 night/5 round package.
Your trip should be uniquely yours.
You can play ten rounds of golf or just two. You can unpack once at a single destination or visit a few regions around the country. You can play every round of golf scheduled for your group or not at all. You can discover the heritage and culture on your own or allow a personal guide to show you the way.
Whatever the combination, you can.
Your Itinerary Starts with a Conversation
Before we begin crafting your experience, your journey usually starts with a phone or video call with one of our Expedition Planning Managers.
Yes, we recognize that calls are a bit passé in our digital world, but it’s still the most effective way, short of meeting in person, to understand the nuances of you and your travel companions.
Perhaps your group has a few golf architecture buffs who would enjoy a delightful, yet unheralded, links down the street from Muirfield. That’s the kind of detail which requires expertise beyond a pre-packaged set of bucket-list courses, but it’s also the kind of detail which is often lost in the brevity of email.
For these reasons, the opening drive of your Expedition takes place with a real conversation. We promise this small investment of your time will pay major dividends later.
Golf at its Finest Meets Life at its Best
Throughout our three decades in business, nothing has distinguished H&B more than our steadfast belief that the time off the fairway is just as important as the time on it. We call it the Good Life and there’s an entire page on our website dedicated to our philosophy on the topic.
We understand, however, that some travelers wish to play as much golf as humanly possible, with little concern for where they sleep, eat, or what they miss along the way. There are plenty of other golf travel companies who will cater to just such a trip, and they’ll most assuredly be cheaper as well.
For this reason... H&B is not the right choice for everyone.
Our company is for those who care about every aspect of their travel experience; who want to stop and smell the roses; who want to enjoy accommodations and restaurants which meet their expectations precisely; who want to connect with the local history and culture; who understand that Benjamin Franklin had it right…
“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after
the sweetness of low price is forgotten.”
The H&B Starter now steps aside and encourages you to consult our Yardage Book, where many of the answers to the most frequently asked questions are found. If at that point you believe H&B is the right choice, then visit our Let's Talk page and swing away.
