Co-Founder
Mankaran Singh Gill
Tour Manager. Every route, stay, and transfer is arranged in person before you arrive.
Long imagined. Finally lived.
Where Mindful Luxury Meets Unhurried Wandering.
Always the guest of honour.
The heart of Gill Travel Retreats
For the parents who gave us the world. It is time we gave a little of it back.
Some journeys are about seeing the world. Others are about knowing someone is looking after the people you love.
Somewhere in these moments, you might just see your own parents.
Our story began in London, where we came to understand something that many families living across borders quietly experience.
Parents may have beautiful homes, comfortable lives and everything they need, yet the one thing they often lack is someone to travel with. Their children are building lives overseas, and although the love remains as strong as ever, being there for every little thing is not always possible.
We created Gill Travel Retreats to bridge that distance.
Every journey is personally hosted by Mankaran Singh Gill and Pravjot Kaur Gill. We travel alongside our guests, looking after the little details, sharing conversations, offering reassurance and making sure nobody feels they are travelling alone.
For parents, it is the freedom to discover somewhere new, with companionship and care at every step.
For their children, wherever in the world they may be, it is the comfort of knowing their parents are in thoughtful, familiar company.
Because when your parents travel with us, they are not travelling with strangers. They are travelling with family.
Always the guest of honour.
Upcoming Departures
Journeys now welcoming guests
Booking Open
₹30,000 onwards
The Kashmir Sanctuary
Dal Lake houseboats, Gulmarg meadows, and Pahalgam valleys: a soulful valley retreat for guests aged 45 to 65.
Booking Open
₹30,000 onwards
Majestic Northeast Retreat
Monasteries, tea gardens, and Kanchenjunga sunrises: a Himalayan wellness journey for guests aged 45 to 65.
Booking Open
₹30,000 onwards
The Royal Retreat: Udaipur & Mount Abu
Lake Pichola palaces, City Palace, and Mount Abu calm: a royal Rajasthan escape for guests aged 45 to 65.
Booking Open
₹30,000 onwards
The Southern Sanctuaries
Isha Foundation, Nilgiri hills, coffee estates, and Mysuru heritage: a year-end South India retreat.
Your hosts
Hosted by the founders, every journey
Mankaran Singh Gill, Tour Manager, and Pravjot Kaur Gill, Happiness and Spiritual Life Coach, travel with every group.
Co-Founder
Pravjot Kaur Gill
Happiness and Spiritual Life Coach. A calm presence on the journey, from the first morning to the last farewell.
The GTR Difference
What travelling with us feels like.
Unhurried luxury, by design
Slow-paced retreat travel is our foundation. Fewer transitions, longer mornings, and room to settle into each place, so beauty and comfort are felt, not rushed past.
Twelve guests, never more
With intimate groups, every journey becomes more personal. Conversations go deeper, logistics stay seamless, and the retreat feels shared, not crowded.
Personally hosted, every journey
We host you the way we would host our own parents: with patience, honesty and warmth. From your first message to your final farewell, you are always the guest of honour.
Thoughtful stays, chosen in person
Five-star stays we have walked ourselves, so the rooms, the table and the quiet corners are known before you arrive.
Begin the conversation
Your next chapter deserves to be lived beautifully.
Tell us where your heart is set, who is travelling and when. One of the founders will personally reply within a day.