Book your tour

The British & Irish Lions have appointed four Official Licensed Operators (OLOs) for the tour to South Africa in 2009. Supporters can purchase official travel and hospitality packages through these four companies.

The four Operators were appointed after a competitive tender process and are able to sell official ticket-inclusive travel and/or hospitality packages.

The four OLOs are England Rugby Travel, Gullivers Sports Travel, Sportsworld and Thomas Cook Sport.

Details of each of the OLOs are above. The Official Licensed Operator programme ensures that supporters can book packages to the Lions tour in South Africa with complete confidence in the company they are booking with.

Each of the OLOs is a fully bonded member of ATOL and ABTA and hold IATA membership to ensure that Lions supporters are booking with reputable companies who offer the correct licenses and memberships needed to operate tours to South Africa.

In addition to this, all tickets that are supplied by OLOs come through the official channels, thus ensuring entry into the stadiums for each of the Lions matches.

British Lions Limited and Lions Tour Limited recommend that all Lions supporters who are thinking of travelling to South Africa for the tour, do so through an Official Licensed Operator.

Please also note that the four Official Licensed Operators (OLOs) can appoint sub-agents to sell packages on their behalf. Sub-agents need to clearly display who they are a sub-agent of and they are not permitted to use the Official Licensed Operator logo that is displayed on this page.