Sawday's

“As a business, Sawday’s promotes slow and responsible travel. It’s vital we also make this possible for our team. We all need holidays and recognise time is precious, so using holiday days to travel responsibly can be a hard decision for people to make. By removing this barrier, we hope to encourage more rail and ferry trips amongst our team, reducing emissions and changing mindsets.

Colleagues have already taken trips to Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden and France, and an adventurous trip to the fjords of northern Norway.

“Last month I travelled from Bristol to Denmark to visit family. Whilst the rest of our family flew, we opted to take two days to travel on four trains. We loved travelling through multiple countries, watching the world go by and pulling up in the centre of cities for a spot of lunch. Having the extra paid leave to make the journey allowed us to spend more time with family without draining all the year’s holiday. We used an Interrail pass to get the cheapest tickets which gave us more flexibility. We’ll absolutely be taking our next trip by train and can’t wait to sample some of the European sleeper trains.”

Tessa Holmes, sustainability & impact manager, Sawday’s