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Travellers

Travellers is the rum that put Belize on the map. It began in 1953 as a bar in Belize City, grew into a family distillery under the Perdomo name, and today is synonymous with Belize rum. Its molasses spirit comes off a hurricane-proofed column still in three different marques, and a deep stock of aged casks has made it a quiet favourite of independent bottlers around the world.

  • Signature coconut and cocoa profile
  • Naturally sweet, usually unsugared
  • Strong cask-strength independent bottlings
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As of September 2026

Community score
8.0/10
ratings
2,995
bottles catalogued
259
available to buy now
61
Travellers
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BottlingAgeABVCommunity scorePrice
Spirit Gallery Travellers Belize 2007 Column Still Rum14 years · 70,26%14 years70,26%8.8/10 40 reviews90 €
Swell de Spirits Travellers Co-bottling series #3 Bar 1802 2008 Column Still Rum14 years · 67,3%14 years67,3%8.7/10 65 reviews136 €
Swell de Spirits Travellers Private Garden N°5 (Caves Deymier) 2008 15 years · 68,1%15 years68,1%8.7/10 43 reviews113 €
Whisky & Rhum Travellers L'Esprit 2005 Column Still Rum11 years 10mo · 67%11 years 10mo67%8.7/10 22 reviews103 €
Travellers Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 41 2008 15 years · 66,3%15 years66,3%8.6/10 75 reviews199 €
Romdeluxe Travellers Wild Series Rum Belize No. 4 2009 Pot & Column Still Rum10 years · 71,8%10 years71,8%8.6/10 24 reviews—
Travellers The Nectar Of The Daily Drams 2006 15 years · 65,4%15 years65,4%8.6/10 11 reviews131 €
Travellers Flensburg Rum Company Selected by Jürgen Wiese BTJW 2006 Pot Still Rum15 years · 68,6%15 years68,6%8.5/10 64 reviews98 €

86 bottlings meet the minimum rating count; the 24 best-rated are shown. The rest are in the grid below.

Only bottlings with at least 10 ratings are included. Anything below that is not a sound basis for comparison.

Travellers vintages

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Community reviews: Travellers

Travellers Plantation Belize (Cherry Liquer Cask) Bottled for UK 2015

Review by Skyfly

Skyfly
Skyfly
Jul 2026553 reviewsGermany
7.7/10

Erstaunlich milder und ausgewogener Belize. Vielleicht hat das Cherry Liquer Fass dazu beigetragen, schmecken tut man es jedoch nicht. Sehr viele klassische Belize-Aromen und gut eingebunder Alkohol. Das PLV stimmt bei dieser Abfüllung

4 found this helpful
Swell de Spirits Travellers Private Garden #18 (Premium Spirits Belgium) 2008

Review by Timo Groeger

Timo Groeger
Timo Groeger
Apr 20261,872 reviewsGermany
8.7/10

Und dann doch noch einen ziemlich starken Rum im Glas heute. Bei diesem Belize darf man sich echt nicht beschweren. Hat ne leichte Süße (Karamell, Vanille und Schokolade), aber dank des hohen ABV sehr lecker.

20 found this helpful
Travellers The Nectar Of The Daily Drams Belize 2014

Review by Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰

Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Kevin Sorensen 🇩🇰
Jul 20255,612 reviewsDenmark
8.0/10

#5472 12.07.2025 Late tasting with a set of friends and I'm always happy when we meet up. Nose Light wood, faint smoke, light coconut, light coffee, dried fruit, faint banana. Palate Oily, fresh, wood, light roasted, clove, light coffee, raisin, light coconut, light chocolate, …

Travellers Belizean Blue Signature Blend

Review by StormAK

StormAK
StormAK
May 202545 reviewsCanary Islands
8.3/10

Добрый ром, сухой, бочка приятная. Фрукты, банан, травянистоять. После открытия бутылки развивается в лучшую сторону, через 2-3 недели становится более округлый.

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Bristol Travellers Rum of Belize 2005

Review by paulgi86

paulgi86
paulgi86
May 202566 reviewsUnited Kingdom
8.5/10

First time trying Bristol Spirits and now won’t be the last time - what a marked difference in flavour, aroma and mouthfeel Quite a lot of rums I’ve tried are either 40% or 43% ABV - something magical about 46% ABV that lower ABV’s just can’t deliver in terms of flavour and …

Travellers Belizean Blue Rare Blend

Review by Werni

Werni
Werni
Apr 2025191 reviewsGermany
7.6/10

Blind purchase in Duty Free for 36€. I was pleasantly surprised, the increased drinking strength preserves the aromas well. It has a lovely coconut nose, combined with baking spices and wood. In the mouth, it is very sweet (presumably with a little help), exceptionally round with …

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Travellers Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 41 2008

Review by LukaŽiga

LukaŽiga
LukaŽiga
Jan 2025798 reviewsSlovenia
8.3/10

8,2:On the first nose, the first impression we get is a quite rigid rum with some medicinal/roasted notes, as roasted nuts and nail polish. Alcohol is not integrated very well. The rum is dark with thick molasses, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, herbal with black tea and dry with dried …

Travellers Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 38 Belize Rum 2006

Review by cigares

cigares
cigares
Dec 2024933 reviewsSwitzerland
8.1/10

Avant RumX calendar, day 9. A nose that's both sweet (pastry, vanilla) and lively (alcohol), with fruit, acetone and varnished wood. The palate confirms the presence of alcohol, a pastry side with lots of vanilla that coats the mouth well. But then the alcohol rises and masks …

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How the crew scored it Travellers

RumX’s 0–10 scale is strict: 8.0 sits in the “Very good” band. 84% of tasters rate it Good or better; only 1% rate it below average. See the full rating guide →

Flavour profile of Travellers

Top aromas · nose & palate
Vanilla61%
Woody60%
Coconut44%
Caramel38%
Chocolate36%
Dried fruit · nose only27%
Sweet · palate only26%

163 of 259 bottles have detailed tasting notes · Click an aroma to explore similar rums

The RumX Guide to Travellers

From a Belize City bar to a distillery

In 1953 Jaime Omario Perdomo Sr. opened a bar called Travellers in Belize City, then the hub of the colony, named for the international guests who passed through. He sold local rum and blended his own, but struggled to secure a consistent supply, so in the 1970s he partnered with Luis Alberto Espat to upgrade a pot-still operation to column distillation. His sons Romel and Myito joined the business, with Myito now master blender. The family took full ownership in 1989 and rebuilt the distillery in the 1990s around a new three-column still.

Two sites, one of them a museum

Travellers runs from two locations. The distilling happens in the foothills of the Belize Maya Mountains near Belmopan, the capital. Aging, blending and bottling take place at the original Belize City facility, which doubles as a heritage rum museum and tasting room for visitors. Most new-make travels by tanker from Belmopan to Belize City, where it is reduced to 70 percent before going into cask.

Molasses, marques and a hurricane-proof still

The molasses comes from Belize's two sugar mills and is pasteurised to kill wild yeast before a 36 to 40 hour fermentation with dry baker's yeast in six closed tanks, reaching an 8.5 to 9 percent wash. The Katzen International still from 1990 is logically one column but built as two shorter ones, a clever adaptation to limit hurricane damage. It yields three marques by collection plate: a very light spirit at 95 percent, an aging rum near 90 percent, and a high-ester marque at 85 percent.

The independent bottlers' secret

Beyond its own labels, Travellers is a bulk supplier whose rum reaches the world under other names: Holmes Cay, Cadenhead's, S.B.S., Cane Island and the Tiburon brand among them. New-make goes into ex-bourbon casks at 70 percent, with same-vintage barrels occasionally consolidated to slow an angel's share of around 7 percent a year. The aging stock is small by Caribbean standards, about 3,000 casks, which is part of why well-aged Belize rum is sought after.

What the RumX community drinks

The official faces are the Belizean Blue Signature Blend, the most reviewed Travellers bottle, and the Don Omario's Vintage named after the founder, with One Barrel the long-standing local staple. But the highest scores come from independent bottlers of Travellers casks: the Spirit Gallery Belize 2007 at 8.8/10, the much-reviewed Rum Artesanal Belize 2007, and the Rumclub Private Selection Ed. 41. The pattern is clear: modest house range, prized distillate.

Frequently Asked Questions about Travellers

The Perdomo family, privately. Founder Jaime Omario Perdomo Sr. started it in 1953; the family took full ownership in 1989 after buying out partner Luis Alberto Espat. His son Myito is the master blender.

One Barrel is Travellers’ best-known expression, a long-standing staple of the range. Travellers also bottles the Belizean Blue blend and the Don Omario’s Vintage, among others.

It is a hurricane adaptation. The Katzen International still is logically a single column, but configured as two shorter columns so it is lower and more resistant to storm damage in Belize’s hurricane-prone climate.

From Belize’s two sugar mills. The molasses is pasteurised to remove wild yeast before fermentation with dry baker’s yeast. Travellers makes molasses-based rum, not agricole.

The Belizean Blue blend or Don Omario’s Vintage are the accessible official entries. For the highest community ratings, seek out independent bottlings of Travellers casks from labels like Spirit Gallery, Rum Artesanal or Rumclub.

RumX offers the world’s largest selection of rum through our innovative shop-in-shop marketplace, similar to Amazon. For Travellers rums, we currently have 137 offers starting from €21.32 across 29 partner shops including delicando, Armagnac.de, Slijterij & Wijnhuis Zeewijck, Rum Piraten, Whiskysite.nl, Rum & Co. Our platform compares prices in real-time from specialized rum retailers worldwide, ensuring you always find the best deals.

The RumX database currently contains 259 different rums from Travellers. This includes various expressions, limited editions, and bottlings across different age statements and proof levels. Our community has contributed over 2995 reviews for Travellers rums, making it one of the most comprehensive resources for exploring this brand’s full range. New releases are added regularly as they become available.

According to the RumX community, Spirit Gallery Travellers Belize 2007 14yr 70,26% is currently the highest-rated Travellers rum with an impressive rating of 8.8/10 based on 40 reviews. This expression has earned praise for its exceptional quality and represents the pinnacle of what Travellers has to offer. However, taste is subjective, and we encourage you to explore the full range to find your personal favorite.
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9.0–10.0 Excellent Stash as many as you can afford. Tell no one.
8.0–8.9 Very good Bank a backup. Tell everyone you meet.
7.0–7.9 Good Buy one and recommend it to your friends.
6.0–6.9 Pleasant Solid, super glad I drank it.
5.0–5.9 Average Totally acceptable.
4.0–4.9 Drinkable Not vocally complaining.
3.0–3.9 Poor Wish I was drinking something else.
2.0–2.9 Very poor Nothing nice to say.
1.0–1.9 Unpleasant No, that's not for me.
0.1–0.9 Inedible Pour it out.