“My goal when I started Byway in lockdown 2020 was to help people easily create wonderful multi-stop journeys by land and sea, bringing flight-free travel to the mainstream,” Jones said in a statement accompanying Byway Maps’ launch.
The B corp, which bills itself as a flight-free travel specialist, has just released a map-based route planner that will help customers discover the UK and Europe in a whole new way: that is, by any way that doesn’t involve planes.
Currently, the site includes Byway’s top 160 most-loved places across 20 countries, with more locations set to come soon – ones which prioritise the company’s ethos of prioritising enjoyment over speed.
“Byway Maps makes that simpler than ever, helping you discover places that are both wonderful and feasible to visit overland based on where you’ve started, how long you’ve got, and where else you’re stopping.
In this growing market, rail travel is becoming a winner: trains emit 70 per cent fewer emissions than planes over the same distance.
