Secure Travel & Advance Work
Arriving somewhere new should never be a risk you have to weigh.
Travel is where a private life is most exposed and least in control: new ground, unfamiliar people, and a schedule others can see. Ashenden takes that off your desk: the work is done before you leave, so arriving somewhere new is routine, not a risk.
We plan ahead of the itinerary, routes, venues, transport and the local picture, and put a trusted presence on the ground to meet it. Your chief of staff, your pilots and your protection are all briefed from the same intelligence, so nothing is improvised at the gate.
It is coordination as much as protection: a single office holding the whole trip, from the risk packet before departure to the quiet hand-off on arrival.
Held to one standard, end to end.
Pre-trip risk packets
Destination climate, crime, medical and on-ground contacts, read in minutes before you leave.
Advance & venue reconnaissance
Hotels, venues and aircraft checked ahead of arrival.
Secure ground transport
Vetted drivers and vehicles, with secure comms and alternate routing.
Protective presence
Close protection sized to the trip, coordinated with local partners.
Contingency & extraction planning
Alternate routes and a way out, mapped before they are needed.
One coordinated picture
Staff, pilots, medical and protection briefed from the same intelligence.
- Executives with international travel
- Principals moving through higher-risk regions
- Families travelling privately
- Anyone whose schedule is visible to others
- Do you arrange transport and drivers, or just protection?
- Both. We coordinate vetted ground transport, secure routing and the protective detail as one, so the whole movement is planned and held by a single office, not stitched together on the day.
- How far in advance do you need to plan?
- Ideally days ahead, so advance work and reconnaissance can be done properly; but for short-notice travel we can compress it and still put a briefed presence on the ground.
- Can you cover travel to higher-risk destinations?
- Yes. For more exposed regions we add deeper intelligence, contingency routing and, where warranted, medical and evacuation readiness, coordinated with our Protection and Intelligence teams.
Speak to us, in confidence.
Tell us what you are weighing up. The first conversation is private and unhurried, with the people who would actually hold the work, not a sales desk.