Be a guest at your own party
Setting up a bespoke luxury camp in a remote Utah canyon with a DJ-led light show for a friends’ celebration. A proposal on a mountaintop reachable only by helicopter. Company exits celebrated with a round-the-world yacht voyage, going behind the scenes of grassroots conservation projects your new foundation is looking to support.
Or, a milestone birthday where the guest was surprised with an island resort takeover, filled with all her friends and favourites – from theming dedicated to her love of New York’s iconic Studio 54 to her former yoga teacher from ten years prior.
Throughout, we’ve got to know our clients to deliver one-of-a-kind celebrations, just for them. It’s a full-service approach, going beyond just an epic party to deliver perfectly paced peak moments that surprise and delight across a full range of experiences.
Media taken on Cookson Adventures trips
[Cookson Adventures’] Utah stag do ended with a mini–Burning Man-style festival in the desert. It was taking paintballing to the next level
More than just a party
We put together whole trips, not just an event that’s over in a matter of hours, weaving in special experiences – from heli rides out to secret geothermal hot pool parties to restorative breathwork sessions in saunas flown onto glaciers. We’ve even brought clients home to find their house filled with friends and transformed into a disco-themed afterparty, complete with Kool and the Gang performing.
The best network in travel
Whether it’s top event curators and A-list performers or rope specialists to string up a drinks platform in the jungle canopy – wherever your interests lie, we’ll bring in leading experts to bring the vision to life. We offer a truly end-to-end service, from putting together epic itineraries and seamless travel logistics to full event management.
Ultimate accommodation
We have unrivalled access to the best in off-market properties – leading private homes in special locations that are open to only an inner circle. That’s alongside building bespoke luxury camps for dancefloors in the African bush or multi-yacht charters to island-hop in style.
Immersive experiences
We’ve bought out Scottish castles and brought in a cast of actors to platform a murder-mystery Traitors-style experience, complete with paragliding missions and high-stakes round-table discussions. We’ve also set up Christmas narratives, with children fishing for presents in frozen lakes, meeting stranded musicians for a live orchestral performance to accompany The Snowman, and – of course – meeting the man himself.
Media from Cookson Productions
We’ve set up a production arm to be able to serve our clients in capturing incredible photos and video – think everything from epic event sizzle reels to hand-made photo books at a top photography lab in the UK. Our award-winning team have even premiered documentaries at London’s Royal Geographical Society and New York’s Explorers Club.
A global event calendar
Flying up to a mountaintop to experience the midnight sun in Iceland. Private audiences for Bhutan’s great spiritual festivals. And, whole carnivals laid on for a client in Cuba. We’ve designed celebrations that integrate the world’s great festivals.
Design
With our in-house media team, we’re able to design a full visual language for your celebration. That could be curating whole themed events, or simply ensuring your invites, cloakroom tickets and event literature fit your style.
A few sample events
Milestone celebrations
Serious fun
A ceilidh party in a leading Scottish distillery complete with bagpipes and expert-led tastings. A top Kenyan house DJ for a celebration at a luxury camp in the bush. Or a West-End actor to play Santa Claus in a Lapland lodge, cued with conservation about your children’s favourite hobbies. Whether big birthdays and festive holidays or special life moments, we’ll organise something truly special.
Bachelor & bachelorettes
Definitive friends' trips
From waking up to a tribal chorus at a luxury camp on a private reserve to heli-paintballing where the team tries to escape on quad bikes, we’ve organised some of the world’s most ambitious friends’ getaways, always tailored to our guests’ tastes. That might just mean taking tandem yachts out for a party on a desert island, complete with competition-winning mixologists.
Professional landmarks
Celebrating achievement
This could be a company exit, retirement or simply a long-awaited success. Favourites include group trips, such as wellness- or fitness-focused escapes that might start by skydiving into an Arctic archipelago and end with saunas floating atop frozen lakes. Round-the-world yacht expeditions also offer the chance to experience the world’s remote reaches in comfort, from tracking all-white spirit bears in British Columbia to island-hopping in Papua New Guinea to enjoy special tribal invitations. We’ve also introduced clients to grassroot conservation programmes, going behind the scenes to evaluate for their support.
Romantic journeys
Engagements to honeymoons
From heli-assisted proposals atop Kenya’s iconic Mt. Ololokwe and engagements among the quiet beauty of Norway’s Arctic islands to expansive, multi-continent honeymoons that include island-hopping by yacht in the Pacific and remote paddleboarding in Canada. Of course, it also might be an engagement party to remember. We’ve organised epic getaways to private islands with waterfall-side parties and one-off bespoke camps in the desert, complete with musicians and magicians.
