I've traveled all over Asia during the past 20 years and so far had the best experience with Air &…read moreSea Travel. Compared to other travel agencies I've tried... Air & Sea Travel seemed to always give me the best "bang for the buck". They manage to find the best hotels and restaurants one can find at a fair price. So far the Air & Sea Tour Leaders who accompany the group on the tour have been courteous, organized, and careful. They look out after everyone in the group and always give helpful "heads up" suggestions about the place we are visiting next... and sometimes suggest what items are good to buy and bring home. I've done some Air & Sea tour packages going to Japan and China. I just recently came back from the Silk Road Xinjiang Tour and had a blast. For this tour, we had IMO the best local guide, her name is Risa. She spoke passionately about Uyghur culture and was one of the few local guides that I did not notice anyone falling asleep to on the bus (at least from where I was sitting in the back of the bus). In contrast with other different tours... the local guide will speak in a monotone voice and give text-book like lectures on the bus. People will then start to tune out and fall asleep. The company tour leader would then have to interrupt and tell a joke to wake everyone up. Pleasantly... this was not the case with Risa and this Air & Sea Xinjiang tour. The group also found Risa fun to hang out with on this tour. The Air & Sea Tour leader for this particular Silk Road Xinjiang tour, Derrick K., was outstanding and organized. He kept everything together like super glue and made things go as smoothly as possible. Having great local guides and tour leaders are what help make any tour successful. Actually... all of the other Air & Sea Tour leaders on my previous trips (Ryan, Mike, Derick S.) were outstanding as well. What I like about Air & Sea overall is that their tour itineraries are carefully thought out. They don't try to cram too much stuff into one day like other companies do as that can be tiring. Air & Sea tours give one the experience to try foods that are not usually found in Honolulu. I've been on their Tibet, Kyushu, Hokkaido, Harbin, Niigata, and lately Xinjiang tours. All were great. These Air & Sea tours have been a culturally educational and fun experience for me.

My family and I got our China "L" Visa through Air and Sea Travel without all the hassle to go to…read morethe nearest consulate in person, which is in California. So that means no need to spend more money to fly out there if you live in Hawaii!!! The process was fast and easy. It took about a month to receive our visa. We worked with Ina Lin. She was very helpful and answered all of our questions. I highly recommend them if you need to apply for a Chinese visa! And eventually will book a travel package in the near future!!

We traveled to Hokkaido in October with Tohoku. Restaurant selections were excellent. Siteseeing…read morewas good and explanations met our expectations. Guides and support staff were OUTSTANDING.

4 stars- I follow their Facebook/social media pages. Love looking at all the beautiful places and…read morefoods that they post. I've talked to other friends who's been on tour with Tohoku. They had nothing but good things to say, prices are reasonable for all that you do and get. They have been around for many years. Family ran! Got to support small businesses... I am looking forward to traveling with them soon.

Dirk was a great tour guide! He's fun and knowledgeable! Enjoyed the tour immensely.read more

This tour was pure magic from start to finish, and that's saying something coming from someone with…read moreIBS! Dirk, our driver and guide, deserves a standing ovation. He was hilarious, full of fascinating stories, and somehow managed to make every bathroom stop feel like part of the adventure. The views were jaw-dropping: Diamond Head glowing in the morning sun, waves crashing at Halona Blowhole, and those movie-perfect cliffs near Kualoa Ranch. Dirk kept us entertained between stops with island legends, trivia, and a soundtrack that could make even a restroom break feel cinematic. Leonard's malasadas? Heavenly. Macadamia nut farm snacks? Dangerous in the best way. Tanaka's garlic shrimp? Worth every bite and every burp. Turtle Beach was the crown jewel--relaxing, peaceful, and filled with lazy sea turtles living their best lives. Dirk's timing was perfect, his humor was infectious, and his love for the island made every mile memorable. I laughed, I learned, I ate too much, and I never once regretted it. If you want a full day of Oahu beauty, good vibes, and an expert guide who'll keep you smiling and on schedule, this is the tour. Mahalo, Dirk, you're the real MVP of island adventures!

Need a VISA to enter China?…read more Just get it here - it's so quick and easy! Karen, Ken, and I were walking through Chinatown Cultural Plaza (in Honolulu) on our way to lunch when we saw this travel agency right across from the parking lot elevator. Out of curiosity, I went in and asked if they could process my application for a VISA. The knowledgeable man said that they would be able to assist and gave me information on what documents were needed. One week later (on St. Patrick's Day), after I got my passport photo, copy of my Drivers license and valid passport, I returned and presented these documents. I was in and out of the office within 5 minutes! I didn't even have to pay for parking in the Chinatown Cultural Plaza! Less than 2 weeks later, I got a phone call that informed me that my Visa had arrived. I got cash at the bank ($185) and picked up my Visa in less than 15 minutes so I didn't have to pay for parking again! I received clear instructions on the use and terms of the Visa and prompt, courteous service. I am very ready for my next adventure!

Ms Alice Wang, the BEST travel agent of all I have ever met. Due to the Covid-19 and the computers…read morebecome available for online booking, it almost make the travel agent absolute. There are two types of people: first type are ones that they preferred to do everything themself and the second group of people are ones preferring the booking by the good old style of travel agent style. The first style are who would just login into computer and look for the cheapest seats available on line, book the best available seats next to each other if possible and ASAP try very hard to reduce the connecting flight time, avoiding stay at airport until the next day. Type one people would have so much pressure put so much pressure on yourself since there are so many people are seeking the same destination and seats are together. It becomes much more difficult when booked with 2 international airlines together, the walking distance of an unknown gate to the connecting flight, try to make the long stop over short and avoid overnight stay in a hotel because you will pay for it. Alice has booked us in a section that seats were not together, reduce to the waiting time to minimum, no hotel needed and got us almost $1,000.00 cheaper. She checks the seating configuration daily, change our seating arrangement to a cheapest seats.....in a total of 3 weeks. This is how wonderful Alice Wang is by arrange out seats, no overnight stay between with cheapest tickets. I have already told her that she can work on our tickets yearly. SHE IS AWESOME PERIOD and spent 3 weeks to get all my request done while other travel agents would just tell me that this is the best I can do. It's so sad that almost all the travel agents are closed for good. Booking your own tickets is not as easy as you think. When there is no connecting flight or overnight stay and travel within the USA booking by yourself maybe OK, but international route maybe much easier on yourself. One thing most of us can't do is to put the seat(s) on hold to exchange for better and cheaper ones next day. Booking on line is more difficult on international route with more than Honolulu to Las Vegas. THANK YOU for all of your hard work to make our flight much easier. I am more than happy.

The staff was very helpful! And the process was very fast…read moreThe place is located at the second floor of the building Will 100% recommend

Lianne is a Godsend! She was so on it every step of the way in obtaining international flights for…read moreour group of 8. She was very diligent in meeting our needs and budget, and always responsive. Excellent service!

I wanted to go on a special trip with my niece for her 18th birthday and high school graduation. I…read moretried someone that was suggested for booking travel, but she limited my travel dates and scheduled me with things that was not flexible, for what I wanted to do. I was not looking for a pre set tour with people I was stuck with for the whole trip, Getting discouraged, My husband suggested I use someone local. And thanks again to Yelp, I found Stephanie. She listen to everything that I wanted to do. I wanted to do a few tours, but I didn't want to feel like cattle. I didn't want to be stuck with a whole bunch of people. And I wanted some relaxed days and some days to ourselves to explore on our own . She came back with a whole plan. She said at two options and said I can mention match an ad on. I sent her videos of things that I wanted to do . she was very flexible and the research and added those things to my She booked my flights, she scheduled cars for all our pick ups and drop offs, from hotels, to train stations and airports. She arranged our activities, pre-book them, so no, waiting in line, and or dealing with money exchanged . She thought of everything and has us repaired. I was so comfortable knowing that I was looked after during my trip. she said that, she would be on call from the beginning to the end of my trip, and she was. Everything was just a email or a app away and every thing was printable and arranged per day. I might've had to call her once or twice, to fix or change something, but other than that, everything ran smoothly. I thoroughly enjoyed my trip, and I definitely will be asking her to plan my next one.... We went to a Barcelona, which I'm totally in love with. We went to a Sevilla, and we went to Paris for a day.

Awesome customer service and extremely knowledgeable travel agent. Stephanie organized/planned our…read moreentire unforgettable trip to Morocco . Everything went as planned from the day we boarded our flight till the day we got back home. I will use this service again for my future travels and recommend to anyone who wants to taste the world.

We had an amazing 100 hour tour to Waterfalls and Black Sand Beach and a Coffee Farm. The time went…read moreby really quick because the tour was so exciting.

The presentation they give is great and seems like they will save you tons of money when in fact…read moreyou can get most of the same hotel rates on Travelocity or booking.com. paid $2000 and was never told that we would need to pay another $199 a year to keep the membership! DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR SALES PITCH!!!