Ingves Travel
A new-old company became a reality when Niclas Ingves and Tomas Ingves bought the travel agency business Ingsva Resor – Matkat Ab Oy from Ingves & Svanbäck Ab Oy. The company behind the travel agency is still called Ingsva Resor – Matkat Ab Oy, but from September 2025 the business will be marketed under the name Ingves Travel. In connection with this, a new logo is also being launched. The company’s colors will be primarily dark green and lime green from now on. The business will continue in the same spirit as before – with the same staff and the same travel production.
History
The new owners, Niclas and Tomas Ingves, are both grandchildren of Bertel Ingves, who founded Ingves Bussar in 1952. After 25 years of truck and bus operations, in 1977 it was time to open the travel agency Ingves Resor in Närpes and in 1984 an office was also opened in Vaasa.
The travel business grew and developed rapidly. The flower trips to Holland in the spring became popular and soon the company began arranging larger travel productions such as around-the-world trips and long-distance trips to Florida and Hawaii with large groups. At one point the idea was born to run its own buses to Central and Southern Europe during the spring and autumn seasons. In this way, customers could be offered an even better service with both its own buses and tour guides and drivers from its own ranks – a successful concept that still lives on today.
The years passed and much changed. In the travel industry, development has been rapid and the changes have been extensive. In 2014, Ingves Bussar and Svanbäcks Bussar merged to form the company Ingves & Svanbäck Ab Oy. The travel business continued in much the same way, but with more colleagues and a wider range of services.
Friday, March 13, 2020, was a day that no one in the travel industry will forget. It was then that a state of emergency was declared in Finland due to Covid-19 and a travel ban came into effect. Almost all travel agency staff were laid off, with the exception of a few who worked for a few months to cancel trips, refund customers and finally close down the business. Few believed at the time that the travel industry would recover, but the world slowly came back to life after a shocking period of illness and lockdowns. Travel agency operations restarted on a small scale; some old employees returned and new ones were hired.
Since then, the business has continued more or less as usual. On 1.1.2025, Niclas and Tomas Ingves bought the travel agency business from Ingves & Svanbäck Ab Oy. Today, the staff consists of seven people working in the offices in Närpes, Smedsby and Jakobstad. The business continues as before: we cooperate with Ingves & Svanbäck so that all bus trips are operated with INGSVA buses, and the travel offer is unchanged. We sell trips via our website and also arrange shorter and longer trips for groups on order – just as before.
Experience more!
As the personal and experienced tour operator we are, we offer you as a customer the most varied and comprehensive travel program possible. We want to be your natural choice when it’s time for your next trip. Whether it’s short or long, if you want help planning a group trip or a corporate event, we are always at your service.
Together with our employees, we promise to do everything we can to ensure that you have the most pleasant and safe trip possible, with many great memories and experiences. We warmly welcome all old and new customers and hope and believe that you will find your next trip with us at Ingves Travel.
Experiences for you
We offer shorter and longer bus trips and trips where you fly to the destination and then continue by bus – in short, round trips of various kinds. On the longer trips, we always have tour guides with us, which creates a pleasant experience and gives a real added value to the trip! If there is a large group on shorter trips, tour guides also follow.
In our selection you will find exuberant musicals and funny farces, colorful flower trips, magnificent views and food and wine-focused trips.
In short – there is something for everyone here and the range of offerings varies constantly depending on the season.
Safety and quality
Ingsva Resor-Matkat Ab Oy has a valid travel guarantee with the Finnish Consumer Agency (www.kuluttajavirasto.fi). This gives you as a traveler complete basic security throughout your trip.
“A trip brings joy three times over – in anticipation when you plan it, in the moment when you experience it, and in the memory when you carry it with you.”