Regions of Speciality

United States, Canada, Mexico

Explorer of the “unGoogleable”

Dane has been a traveller since birth and his lived and worked on five continents. He joined Butterfield & Robinson in 2012 as full-time guide and has led trips everywhere from Newfoundland to Ireland and Sri Lanka. From the awe-inspiring architecture of the world’s finest hotels to the artful, homespun table settings of his epic B&R picnics, design and creativity play an integral role in his trips. Having spent years on the road as a solo backpacker and a B&R researcher, his grit and savvy on-the-ground have given him a knack for crafting ‘unGoogleable’, outside-the-box experiences that are once in a lifetime.

Fun Facts

Prior to joining B&R, Dane worked in a TV newsroom in Toronto, for an NGO in Togo, as an ocean safari guide in Mozambique and as a fashion writer in London.

During his decade-plus tenure at B&R, Dane has done stints in Planning, Sales, Marketing and Operations. One of his first roles was doing odd jobs—cleaning bike helmets, transferring vans and luggage—for B&R’s office and atelier in Beaune.

Dane was born in Austria, where his dad played professional hockey. He comes from a family of a DIYers, including an architect mom who refurbished heritage farmhouses in rural Ontario. He’s completed three home renovations himself. He does not play hockey.

Dane Tredway's Top Trips

If we wanted to see an iceberg, Dane found an iceberg. We wanted to see a moose, so Dane found a moose. We asked to see puffins and poof there was a colony of puffins. Interested in Carabou? There were three of them. The tour of the crab factory was amazing. Dane found all the best of Newfoundland.

— Anne C; Delaware, US