Four Seasons has announced a new private jet itinerary that will take up to 48 guests from San Francisco to Hampshire in May 2028. The trip, called Coastlines & Culture, starts at $238,000 (about €213,000) per person. Guests will visit eight destinations in 23 days, with three nights at most stops. Four Seasons began offering private jet journeys in 2012 and introduced its first branded jet in 2015. Several Four Seasons hotels will feature on its private jet itineraries for the first time in 2028. Among them are its property on the shores of West Lake in Hangzhou and its resort in Sharm El Sheikh on Egypt’s Red Sea coast.
The published itinerary begins with a night in San Francisco on 4 May. Guests cross the Pacific and arrive in Seoul on 6 May, before flying to Hangzhou in eastern China. From there, the route runs south to Sri Lanka and then west across the Indian Ocean to Zanzibar. Four Seasons expects its resort on the Tanzanian island to open in late 2027, just months before the group arrives. After three nights in Sharm El Sheikh, guests fly to the French Riviera. They stay at the Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat before crossing the English Channel for the final two nights in Hampshire.
In Hangzhou, guests can join tea masters at the Meijiawu tea plantation. They can also take a day trip to Shanghai, where historian Patrick Cranley will guide them through the city. In Sri Lanka, the group will visit a cinnamon estate to see how workers turn the harvested bark into the tightly rolled sticks known as quills. Two excursions take guests back onto the water. A chartered yacht will follow the Egyptian coastline from Sharm El Sheikh, while another will take guests along the French Riviera to Cannes. The final stop includes a private visit to Hampton Court Palace, once home to Henry VIII.
The aircraft is an Airbus A321neo-LR, a long-range version of the single-aisle aircraft used by commercial airlines. Four Seasons has fitted it with 48 seats that turn into beds, giving passengers room to sleep on the Pacific crossing. An executive chef oversees meals on board, and a doctor travels with the group throughout the journey. A concierge also accompanies guests and can help arrange activities at the next stop. Four Seasons previously offered the aircraft for private charter on selected dates in 2024. On the May 2028 departure, travellers book individual places and share the aircraft with others following the same route.
For all its private flights and yacht excursions, the trip follows a familiar holiday model. Guests make one booking for their flights, accommodation and activities. On a route with eight stops, that also means someone else coordinates each flight with the next hotel stay. Several companies share that work. Four Seasons provides the hospitality, TCS World Travel sells and runs the tour, and Titan Airways operates the aircraft. The same idea is behind a 28-day private jet journey across all seven continents by Abercrombie & Kent, which combines flights and hotel stays with a chartered expedition ship for the Antarctic leg.
The starting price applies to each of two adults sharing a room. A guest travelling alone pays an extra $23,800 (about €21,300). Meals are included from the welcome dinner in San Francisco through breakfast in Hampshire on 26 May. Guests pay separately for extras such as a private car and driver or a round of golf. They also cover any passport and visa fees. Anyone joining the trip will need to budget for two further journeys: the flight to San Francisco and the journey home from England.
