Close protection · Older travellers

Senior Travel Protection


Your mother or father travels with someone capable, and you hear from them every evening.
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Point of contact
NDA
Every assignment
Same cabin
Officer on the flight
Daily
Word to the family
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Someone capable, for the parent who insists on travelling.

A mother who wants to see her grandchildren in London, a father who still flies to Geneva for his appointments, parents who will go on the pilgrimage this year whatever anyone says, a widow who will not give up her summer in Marbella. They are not patients and they do not want a nurse. What they need, and what the family at home needs, is a capable adult who travels with them: who handles the airport, the luggage, the forms and the stairs, who notices when something is wrong, who knows the city and the clinic if it comes to that, and who sends the family a message every evening.

Algoz places one licensed close protection officer, female or male as the family prefers, who meets your parent at their door and does not leave their side until they are back at it. Not a carer, not a guard: a well-mannered professional who reads as a family friend and is trained for the moment nobody plans for. Tell us where they are going.

  • One licensed officer, female or male, from door to door
  • Same flight, same cabin, same hotel, adjacent room
  • Airports handled: assistance, wheelchairs, fast track, the forms
  • A daily message to the family at home, or a call if they prefer
  • Medication reminders and clinic days handled, never medical care
  • If the journey needs a nurse rather than an officer, we say so
Three formats

The journey, the stay, or both.

Format A

The journey only

Door to door: the officer collects your parent at home, handles the airport at both ends, sits beside them on the flight and delivers them to the family, the hotel or the residence. Then returns, or waits for the journey back.

Format B

Journey and stay

Format A plus the time away: the hotel or the residence, the appointments, the shopping, the restaurant in the evening, the visit to the grandchildren, and a message home each night. The officer is present as much or as little as your parent wants.

Format C

A season

For the summer in Marbella, the winter in Dubai or the weeks of a treatment: an officer on a rhythm, a driver, the residence reviewed, and a plan for the clinic if it is ever needed. Quoted as a programme.

What we provide

Everything around the journey, done properly.

Airports

Assistance, done with dignity

Fast track, wheelchair or buggy where it is wanted, the luggage, the forms, the passport queue, the long walk to the gate. Handled, not fussed over.

Flights

The same cabin

The officer sits beside your parent, not in another class, and handles the connection, the delay and the moment they feel unwell at altitude.

Arrival

A car, a room, a plan

A vehicle at the kerb, a hotel that has been told what matters, an adjacent room, and the first evening without a single decision to make.

Health

Clinics, pharmacies and reminders

Medication reminders, the clinic chosen in advance, the pharmacy that is open, and a plan for the night it matters. We are not a medical provider; we make sure the medical provider is reached.

Family

A word every evening

A message or a call to the family at home every day, in English, Arabic, Russian, Portuguese or Spanish: where they are, how they are, what tomorrow looks like.

Dignity

A friend, not a minder

Well-mannered, well-dressed, patient and interesting at dinner. Your parent chooses what the officer is introduced as, and the officer never takes over.

01 —

Visiting children and grandchildren abroad

The most common journey: a parent in Riyadh, Moscow, São Paulo or Lagos flying to see a daughter in London, a son in Geneva, grandchildren in New York. The family at the far end cannot always meet the flight, and the parent will not admit the airport has become hard. The officer collects them at home, flies with them, delivers them to the family and, if wanted, stays in the city for the visit. See private travel.

Private travel
02 —

Pilgrimage, weddings and family occasions

Umrah and Hajj with an older parent, a wedding in another country, a funeral that cannot be missed. These are journeys with crowds, heat, long days and emotion, and they are the ones where a capable, patient adult beside your parent matters most. Officers are licensed where the journey happens, Arabic-speaking where it should be, and female where the family prefers. See Jeddah and Riyadh.

Protection in Jeddah
03 —

Appointments, treatment and the season away

A father who still goes to his specialist in Geneva, a mother spending the winter in Dubai, parents taking the waters in Germany. The officer handles the journey, the appointments and the days between, with a driver and a residence that has been looked at. Where the stay is medical, it is planned with the same discretion as any treatment abroad. See medical travel protection.

Medical travel protection
How it works

Brief, officer, door to door.

Step 01

The brief, under NDA

Who is travelling, where, when, how they are, what they need and what they would hate. Held under NDA before a name is shared.

Step 02

Officer matching

Female or male, the language your parent is comfortable in, the temperament that suits them. The family sees the profile first, and the parent meets the officer before the journey where possible.

Step 03

The plan

Flights, assistance, cars, hotel, the clinic if ever needed, the daily message, and what happens if something changes. Written down for the family.

Step 04

Door to door

Collected at home, the airport handled, the same cabin, the arrival managed, delivered to the family or the room.

Step 05

The stay

Present as much or as little as your parent wants: appointments, outings, dinner, the grandchildren, the evening message home.

Step 06

The return

The journey home with the same care, and a final word to the family when the front door closes behind them.

Excellence, Discreetly Delivered

“She will tell you she does not need anyone. She will also tell you, afterwards, how nice he was at dinner.”

Algoz Group
Indicative cost

What senior travel protection costs.

A licensed close protection officer is from EUR 850 per day in Europe, the market base, and from USD 900 per day elsewhere, for twelve-hour cover, plus the officer's travel at cost: the same cabin as your parent and an adjacent room. A journey-only assignment is quoted as the days of travel; a stay is quoted against the rhythm you want; a season is quoted as a programme and costs less per day.

Airport assistance, drivers and any clinic arrangements are passed through at cost. You receive one figure before you commit, with no obligation, and we will tell you honestly when the journey needs a nurse rather than an officer.

Protection for older travellers

Tell us where they are going.

Share who is travelling, where and when. We reply with a plan for your parent and a figure for the family, under NDA from the first message, and the officer can be female or male as you choose.

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Where it applies

The journeys families ask us about most.

Long haul

A flight they should not take alone

Collected at home, the airport handled, the same cabin, delivered to the family at the far end. The journey that worries everyone, done once properly.

Mothers

A female officer for a mother

For families who prefer it, a female officer who reads as a younger friend, through the flight, the hotel and the days away. See female travel protection.

Pilgrimage

Umrah and Hajj with a parent

Crowds, heat and long days with a capable, patient adult beside them, licensed in the Kingdom and Arabic-speaking.

Clinic

The appointment abroad

The specialist in Geneva, London or Munich: the journey, the appointment and the days between, handled with discretion.

Season

The summer or winter away

Marbella, Dubai, the Alps: an officer on a rhythm, a driver, a residence looked at, and the family at home informed.

Occasions

Weddings and funerals abroad

The journeys that cannot be missed and cannot be made alone, with the emotion and the crowd handled around them.

Where we deliver

Wherever your parents want to go.

Licensed partners in London, Paris, Geneva, Milan, Marbella, Dubai, Jeddah, New York and Miami, and across Europe, the Gulf, the Americas, Africa and Asia. See how our close protection works.

Important Legal Notice — Security & Close Protection

Algoz FZ-LLC (Trade License 5033995 | TRN 105119056700001) is licensed by RAKEZ for Businessmen Services and Lifestyle Development Consultancy. We do not directly provide armed or unarmed security, bodyguard or close-protection services. All operational execution is performed exclusively by licensed third-party partners holding the necessary local permits. We provide direct assistance and support in partnership with regulated local providers, in compliance with local law. Clients remain responsible for obtaining any required approvals. Armed services require a minimum 30-day lead time for authorisation, which may be refused. All activities comply with UAE law and RAKEZ regulations.

Good to Know

Senior Travel Protection: Frequently Asked Questions

Can someone travel with my elderly mother or father?

Yes. Algoz places one licensed close protection officer, female or male as the family prefers, who collects your parent at their door, handles the airport, sits beside them on the flight, manages the arrival and stays for the visit if wanted, with a message to the family every evening. Not a carer and not a guard: a well-mannered professional who reads as a family friend and is trained for the moment nobody plans for.

Is this a nurse or a carer?

No. We are a protection and concierge house, not a medical provider. The officer handles the journey, the logistics, medication reminders, clinic days and the unexpected, and makes sure a medical provider is reached when one is needed. Where a journey genuinely needs a nurse we say so and arrange one through licensed medical partners, with our officer alongside.

How much does it cost?

A licensed officer is from EUR 850 per day in Europe, the market base, and from USD 900 per day elsewhere, for twelve-hour cover, plus the officer's travel at cost in the same cabin and an adjacent room. A journey-only assignment is the days of travel; a stay is quoted against the rhythm you want; a season is a programme. You receive one figure before you commit.

Does the officer sit with my parent on the plane?

Yes, in the same cabin, beside them. An officer in another class is no use at the moment your parent feels unwell at altitude or a connection is missed. The officer also handles assistance, wheelchairs, fast track and the forms at both airports.

Can the officer be a woman?

Yes. Female close protection officers are a standing part of our network, and for a mother a female officer who reads as a younger friend is often the right answer. The choice is the family's, and the parent meets the officer before the journey where possible.

Will my parent accept it?

Usually, once it is framed correctly: not a minder, but someone the family arranged so that the airport is easy and the family stops worrying. The officer is introduced however your parent prefers, never takes over, and is chosen for temperament as much as training. Most parents are glad of the company at dinner by the second evening.

Can you take my parents on Umrah or Hajj?

Yes. For families whose parents will make the pilgrimage, an officer licensed in Saudi Arabia, Arabic-speaking and female where the family prefers, travels with them through the crowds, the heat and the long days, with protected transfers between Jeddah, Makkah and Madinah. Access to the holy cities is for Muslims only and our arrangements respect that.

What happens if my parent becomes unwell abroad?

The clinic has been chosen in advance, the officer knows how to reach it and speaks the language, the family is called, and the officer stays with your parent through the appointment or the admission. Where a medical flight is needed we arrange it through licensed partners. See our medical travel protection page.

How will I know how they are?

A message or a call every evening, in your language, from the officer: where they are, how they are, what tomorrow looks like. More often if you prefer, and immediately if anything changes.

Can the officer stay for the whole visit?

Yes. Many families book the journey only and have the officer return; others want the officer present through the stay for appointments, outings and dinner, or on a lighter rhythm with a driver. For a season away it is quoted as a programme.

How much notice do you need?

At least seven days, which is the time it takes to match the right officer, book the same cabin and plan the airports. For a pilgrimage, a wedding or a season away we ask for more, because the best officers are booked early. Under 48 hours carries an urgency fee and no guarantee, and nobody places a licensed officer in 24 hours.

Why Algoz rather than an airline assistance service or a local agency?

Because airline assistance ends at the gate and knows nothing about your parent, and because from outside a family cannot tell a well-licensed, well-run firm from one that merely says it is. Algoz places one vetted officer from door to door, under NDA, chosen for temperament as much as training, with one responsible contact for the family in their own language.

A Trusted Single Point of Contact

Close protection, handled by one accountable team in London.

Principals and the people who plan for them - executive assistants, personal assistants, chiefs of staff, family offices and the agencies and producers who book on a client’s behalf - brief Algoz once and we coordinate the rest. We speak the operational language of security leads and the discretion language of private offices, so nothing is lost in translation between the two.

Every detail in London is delivered by accredited, locally licensed close protection officers (male and female), armoured transport where the threat picture warrants it, and 24/7 operations - coordinated and quality-controlled by Algoz under NDA. UHNWI and HNWI principals, royal and family offices, executives, celebrities and public figures rely on Algoz as a credible, trustworthy first call.