Portage helps loved ones travel safely.
What are Professional Travel Companions and Medical Escorts?
Portage provides Professional Travel Companions and Medical Escorts who accompany people who can't safely travel alone - older adults, travellers with cognitive or mobility challenges, and patients returning home after a hospital stay. From securing documents and delivering medical care to air and ground transport, Portage confidently moves travellers from point A to point B, with peace of mind.
When someone can’t travel alone the risks add up quickly.
Mobility challenges, medical considerations, confusion in transit, missed connections—these aren’t minor inconveniences.
Families, healthcare teams, and professionals are often left trying to coordinate something they don’t do regularly.
We reduce uncertainty by managing the journey, end-to-end.
Who needs a Travel Companion?
For travellers who can't safely travel alone but don't need clinical care along the way — older adults, and people with mobility or memory challenges. We manage the journey and stay with them until they've arrived.
Who needs a Medical Escort?
For travellers who can't travel alone and need clinical care or monitoring on the way. Escorts are qualified clinical professionals, including Registered Nurses and Advanced Care Paramedics.
Why Portage?
Behind every Portage journey is a team that has spent decades bringing people home from hospitals and interrupted trips around the world. Our founder brings years of senior leadership in emergency services, where a plan has to hold when circumstances change, and we bring that same rigour to every trip we take on. The journey is planned thoroughly, the traveller is cared for the whole way, and everyone involved knows what is happening. That’s the power of Portage.
Who is Portage for
Portage travels with people whose health, mobility, or memory makes a journey hard to make alone, and works with the families, caregivers, and care teams arranging it for them.
No two journeys are exactly alike.
Some travellers simply need an experienced companion and some basic support. Others require more clinical care from a registered nurse or advanced care paramedic. We assess every situation individually and recommend the level of support that best fits the traveller's needs.
If you're not sure which service is appropriate, we're happy to talk through the situation and help you determine the best approach.