Our story began in Exeter, Ontario in 1980. Doug Ellison, at that time, a secondary school teacher who had developed a love for travel and saw it as important part of education – left his teaching career and opened a business running student tours. Four decades later, Doug and the Ellison Team have expanded into other travel divisions and 3 office locations (Exeter and London, ON; North Vancouver, BC) employing over 100 people today across Canada … and after 40+ years, haven’t looked back! Now into the second generation of the family business, Marcie Ellison Outerbridge, Paulo and Michelle Branco have taken over the leadership of the Ellison Team – sharing Doug’s love of people and places, and his vision of opening minds and hearts through travel.

As a Full-Service Travel Agency and Tour Operator, Ellison Travel & Tours is a unique travel company – with in-house brands focused on Vacations & Cruises, Business Travel, Customized Group Tours including Student Travel. Ellison is one of the few Canadian owned and operated companies that specialize in fully customized tours – typically customizing over 600 tours each year both internationally and within Canada. With divisions curating special interest tours such as Women’s Travel, Senior’s Travel, Musical Performance, Culinary & Wine, History, Battlefield & Remembrance and other areas of interest – the depth of expertise of our travel professionals is unparalleled, and our passion for travel is contagious.