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Welcome to Bair Travels Welcome

We are a Finnish company offering a range of budget tours from Finland, Sweden and Estonia. Our main destinations are Russia and Lapland.

We have the best contracts with service providers, so we offer the best prices and service quality in Scandinavia. 

We are happy to provide standard and tailored travel services to companies, groups and individuals.

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Schedule of summer student trips to Russia added!
Our office is closed June 19-June 21. Happy Midsummer to all!
 
18-06-2009
  • Schedule of summer student trips to Russia added!
  • Our office is closed June 19-June 21. Happy Midsummer to all!

 


Our office is closed during Vappu holidays May 1 - May 3. On Thursday April 30th our office is open 10.00-13.00. Happy Vappu holiday to all! 
Some places are still left on May 21-24 trip to St Petersburg. Hurry up to reserve them!
28-04-2009
  • Our office is closed during Vappu holidays May 1 - May 3. On Thursday April 30th our office is open 10.00-13.00. Happy Vappu holiday to all!
  • Some places are still left on May 21-24 trip to St Petersburg. Hurry up to reserve them!

Peterhof Summer Gardens open on May 8, join our hostel trips in May to see this wonder of Russia! 
Our Siege of Leningrad postcard set is added to the Gallery section.
Summer hostel trip is added to our webpages!
16-04-2009
  • Peterhof Summer Gardens open on May 8, join our hostel trips in May to see this wonder of Russia!
  • Our Siege of Leningrad postcard set is added to the Gallery section.
  • Summer hostel trip is added to our webpages!

Navigation season is officially opened in St Petersburg! Boat tour is available on all trips starting from week 16! All aboard!
There are still some places left on the hotel trip 23-26.4.2009. Welcome!
10-04-2009
  • Navigation season is officially opened in St Petersburg! Boat tour is available on all trips starting from week 16! All aboard!
  • There are still some places left on the hotel trip 23-26.4.2009. Welcome!

Due to high demand, more places on St Petersburg trip April 23-26 are opened! Accommodation: hotel Moscow.
Schedule of May hostel trips to Russia is ready! More information >> 
EASTER WEEK: WE ARE CLOSED FROM FRIDAY APRIL 10 TO MONDAY APRIL 13. The first working day is Tuesday April 14. Happy Easter!
04-04-2009
  • Due to high demand, more places on St Petersburg trip April 23-26 are opened! Accommodation: hotel Moscow.
  • Schedule of May hostel trips to Russia is ready! More information >>
  • EASTER WEEK: WE ARE CLOSED FROM FRIDAY APRIL 10 TO MONDAY APRIL 13. The first working day is Tuesday April 14. Happy Easter!
Some of the trips are already sold out, so hurry up to sign up! Addtional places are available on trips: 

April 14-19 Moscow - St Petersburg 
March 30 - April 5 Moscow - St Petersburg 
April 2-5 St Petersburg
ESN-TYY students who travel to Russia on Week 17: Baltika Brewery Tour is added to your control panel! Time of the tour: Thursday April 23, afternoon.
11-03-2009

Some of the trips are already sold out, so hurry up to sign up! Addtional places are available on trips:

  • April 14-19 Moscow - St Petersburg
  • March 30 - April 5 Moscow - St Petersburg
  • April 2-5 St Petersburg

ESN-TYY students who travel to Russia on Week 17: Baltika Brewery Tour is added to your control panel! Time of the tour: Thursday April 23, afternoon.


Due to cancellation of trains Helsinki - Moscow on March 17, schedule of Moscow - St Petersburg trip is changed in week 12. The new dates are March 19-24. 
Hermitage audio guide part 1 available in Download section
28-02-2009
  • Due to cancellation of trains Helsinki - Moscow on March 17, schedule of Moscow - St Petersburg trip is changed in week 12. The new dates are March 19-24.
  • Hermitage audio guide part 1 available in Download section

Sales of additional places opened for Moscow + St Petersburg 21-26.4 and St Petersburg 23-26.4 trips! 
ESN Tallinn Lapland trip
17-02-2009
  • Sales of additional places opened for Moscow + St Petersburg 21-26.4 and St Petersburg 23-26.4 trips!
  • ESN Tallinn Lapland trip's program added. More information >>
  • Hermitage Guide Version 1.1 is now available in Downloads section!

Playbill of Mariinsky Theater for March added.
Due to numerous requests of our travellers, Hermitage Museum Tour added
Prices for Additional excursions are unchanged since last year.
10-02-2009
  • Playbill of Mariinsky Theater for March added.
  • Due to numerous requests of our travellers, Hermitage Museum Tour added
  • Prices for Additional excursions are unchanged since last year.
We are back from holidays and ready for the new season! Main news:

New trip Tallinn - Riga 4 days by bus and boat is ready for a bargain price.
Schedule of spring trips to Russia is added.
We have significantly improved the itinerary of Lapland trips.
Discount system for return customers is available.
Webpages have been overhauled and many new pictures added to Galleries section.
Train trips to Moscow (2 nights in train 2 nights in hotel) are coming in spring 2009, follow our updates!
Bair Travels Oy is now the official partner and sponsor of APK-1 War Museum on the Karelian Isthmus. More updates and press-releases coming soon!
Bair Travels Oy continues the charity project jointly with Tilausliikenne Tuominen Oy and Hylätyt Lapset Ry
21-01-2009

We are back from holidays and ready for the new season! Main news:

  • New trip Tallinn - Riga 4 days by bus and boat is ready for a bargain price.
  • Schedule of spring trips to Russia is added.
  • We have significantly improved the itinerary of Lapland trips.
  • Discount system for return customers is available.
  • Webpages have been overhauled and many new pictures added to Galleries section.
  • Train trips to Moscow (2 nights in train 2 nights in hotel) are coming in spring 2009, follow our updates!
  • Bair Travels Oy is now the official partner and sponsor of APK-1 War Museum on the Karelian Isthmus. More updates and press-releases coming soon!
  • Bair Travels Oy continues the charity project jointly with Tilausliikenne Tuominen Oy and Hylätyt Lapset Ry

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all! 
We would like to thank all who travelled with us in 2008. 
More exciting destinations in Russia will be available in 2009 and beyond! 
We would like to thank all who took and take part in the joint charity project with Hylätyt Lapset Ry and Tilausliikenne Tuominen Oy. We are continuing the charity project in 2009 
Our office will be closed till January 7, 2009. We read and answer emails, but answers might come slower than usually.
17-12-2008
  • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
  • We would like to thank all who travelled with us in 2008.
  • More exciting destinations in Russia will be available in 2009 and beyond!
  • We would like to thank all who took and take part in the joint charity project with Hylätyt Lapset Ry and Tilausliikenne Tuominen Oy. We are continuing the charity project in 2009
  • Our office will be closed till January 7, 2009. We read and answer emails, but answers might come slower than usually.
Bair Travels Oy, Hylätyt Lapset Ry (Abandoned Children Chairty) and Tilausliikenne Tuominen Oy start charity project of delivering children clothes to orphanages and families wtih low income in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
19-11-2008
Bair Travels Oy, Hylätyt Lapset Ry (Abandoned Children Chairty) and Tilausliikenne Tuominen Oy start charity project of delivering children clothes to orphanages and families wtih low income in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.
Galleries "St Petersburg at Night" and "Karelian Isthmus Trips" are updated.
11-11-2008
Galleries "St Petersburg at Night" and "Karelian Isthmus Trips" are updated.
New service: rent of apartments for small groups in St Petersburg and Helsinki! A perfect budget solution - one room, two room and three room apartments available! Contact us at bair@bair-travels.com for details and availability.
10-11-2008
New service: rent of apartments for small groups in St Petersburg and Helsinki! A perfect budget solution - one room, two room and three room apartments available! Contact us at bair@bair-travels.com for details and availability.
Yes! The first snow came to Rovaniemi area! Winter fun is about to begin!
07-11-2008
Yes! The first snow came to Rovaniemi area! Winter fun is about to begin!
Moscow Metro Tour in pdf added to Download section. Recommended for all travellers to Moscow!
27-10-2008

Moscow Metro Tour in pdf added to Download section. Recommended for all travellers to Moscow!


pdf-guide about Savior on the Blood Church added to Download section.
Google Earth images of Palace Square, St Petersburg and Red Square, Moscow with surroundings and important landmarks added to Download section.
We now accept payment by Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard and Maestro in our office.
20-10-2008
  • pdf-guide about Savior on the Blood Church added to Download section.
  • Google Earth images of Palace Square, St Petersburg and Red Square, Moscow with surroundings and important landmarks added to Download section.
  • We now accept payment by Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard and Maestro in our office.

Information meeting for HANKEN students is tomorrow in the student union building on  Thursday at 18:30. It
15-10-2008
  • Information meeting for HANKEN students is tomorrow in the student union building on  Thursday at 18:30. It's in Cafe Nord, which is situated in Casa Academica at Sanduddsgatan 7 A, 2nd floor. Directions: www.matka.fi
  • Schedule of additonal excursions is upgraded in your control panel.
  • Additional excursion for Lapland trips - snowmobile safari - is added.
  • Most of our trips are getting sold out very quickly, do not linger to make reservations!

Finally, sales of Trip Moscow + St Petersburg Nov 4-9 are opened! 
KY Trip to St Petersburg is added, you are welcome to sign up!
Some videos from our trips on the Trans-Siberian Railway added to Video section, including fantastic singing by the Russian Old Believers.
09-10-2008
  • Finally, sales of Trip Moscow + St Petersburg Nov 4-9 are opened!
  • KY Trip to St Petersburg is added, you are welcome to sign up!
  • Some videos from our trips on the Trans-Siberian Railway added to Video section, including fantastic singing by the Russian Old Believers.
Some additional places are available on the trip Oct 23-26 to St Petersburg. Hurry up if you would like to go on those dates!
Schedule of Mariinsky Theater for October - November 2008 is available! Don
07-10-2008

Some additional places are available on the trip Oct 23-26 to St Petersburg. Hurry up if you would like to go on those dates!

Schedule of Mariinsky Theater for October - November 2008 is available! Don't miss the fantastic performances:

Buy tickets from theater webpages or order them in your control panel!

Hermitage Guide Version 1.0 added to Downloads section! More guides on major museums of St Petersburg to arrive soon!
30-09-2008
Hermitage Guide Version 1.0 added to Downloads section! More guides on major museums of St Petersburg to arrive soon!

Russian train guide added to gallery.
Russian train overview added to video gallery. Scroll down the video.
29-09-2008
  • Russian train guide added to gallery.
  • Russian train overview added to video gallery. Scroll down the video.

Program of ESN Tallinn tour to Helsinki and St Petersburg added. See details here.
Video section opened! Some videos from our past trips added. More videos are to come, including many videos from St Petersburg.
23-09-2008
  • Program of ESN Tallinn tour to Helsinki and St Petersburg added. See details here.
  • Video section opened! Some videos from our past trips added. More videos are to come, including many videos from St Petersburg.

Prorgram of SSE Trip Stockholm - St Petersburg added! Click here for details
PLEASE NOTE: the reservation system does not work in Firefox. Please use good old Internet Explorer. We apologize for inconveniences and are working to solve the problem.
22-09-2008
  • Prorgram of SSE Trip Stockholm - St Petersburg added! Click here for details
  • PLEASE NOTE: the reservation system does not work in Firefox. Please use good old Internet Explorer. We apologize for inconveniences and are working to solve the problem.

The reservation system for additional tours is now fully operational. In case of any problems, please report them to bair@bair-travels.com
19-09-2008
  • The reservation system for additional tours is now fully operational. In case of any problems, please report them to bair@bair-travels.com

Additional places on the trip Moscow - St Petersburg Sept 30 - Oct 5 are opened due to high demand! St Peterbusg trip Oct 2-5 is getting quite full, please make reservations fast if you are interested in these dates! 
Sales of excursions and theater tickets for October trips are open on our webpage! Register for a trip and manage your reservations and orders for excursions yourself!
12-09-2008
  • Additional places on the trip Moscow - St Petersburg Sept 30 - Oct 5 are opened due to high demand! St Peterbusg trip Oct 2-5 is getting quite full, please make reservations fast if you are interested in these dates!
  • Sales of excursions and theater tickets for October trips are open on our webpage! Register for a trip and manage your reservations and orders for excursions yourself!

Schedule of autumn trips to Moscow and St Petersburg added! The best prices in Finland as usual :)
Schedule of student trips to Lapland added
02-09-2008
  • Schedule of autumn trips to Moscow and St Petersburg added! The best prices in Finland as usual :)
  • Schedule of student trips to Lapland added
The second Grand Train Adventure trip to Lake Baikal is completed with success! See the best pictures in the Gallery section.
Programs and schedule of Trans-Siberian Train Trips for summer 2009 will be available on our webpages in September.
27-08-2008

The second Grand Train Adventure trip to Lake Baikal is completed with success! See the best pictures in the Gallery section.

Programs and schedule of Trans-Siberian Train Trips for summer 2009 will be available on our webpages in September.

After busy summer period, here are the news:

Gallery is now fully operational, pictures from the Grand Train Adventure to Baikal Lake are added. Some galleries from past trips are also added
Schedule of autumn and winter trips will be announced in September 
Videos and downloads will be available in September
14-08-2008

After busy summer period, here are the news:

  • Gallery is now fully operational, pictures from the Grand Train Adventure to Baikal Lake are added. Some galleries from past trips are also added
  • Schedule of autumn and winter trips will be announced in September
  • Videos and downloads will be available in September
The first Trans-Siberian train trip was a success. Pictures and videos will be available on our webpages soon.
17-07-2008

The first Trans-Siberian train trip was a success. Pictures and videos will be available on our webpages soon.

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