My fiance and I booked a trip to South Korea and Japan last year with Charming Travel Destinations. We had the privilege of working with David, who kept in contact with us from the initial booking until we went on our trip. David was amazing! He is very prompt, professional, and helpful, which helped to put our minds at ease taking this tour (which was a first for both us). Our entire trip occurred just as planned. We participated in all of the events/activities planned at the locations on the itinerary listed on their website. If there are any changes, they will email you an updated itinerary or the tour guides will update the tour group the day before or day of. The hotels included in their tour packages were just as described. They were clean, well kept, and cozy. The hotel staff were amazing as well. As stated on their website, some meals are included. A buffet breakfast is usually included with each hotel stay. Lunch and dinner may or may not be included, just double check your itinerary. Our tour guides for both Japan and South Korea were amazing! Han is hilarious, personable, and very knowledgable of both Korean history/culture and American culture/history. Oba-san is very respectful and also very knowledgable of Japanese culture/history. Both were very unique, interesting tour guides that kept our tour group together and entertained. I wouldn't mind booking another trip with Charming Travel Destinations! read more

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Horrible person and you can get a lot better deals using someone else. Would highly recommend using someone else. She is a disgusting and rude person. read more

I would like to recommend this tour, from the beginning Davis was so nice and He helped us to pick everything, David was a very good help. I called him many times and he always answer in a good manner. He always was telling us in detail about this tour. As we arrived to Osaka, our guide Brian was waiting for us. We were very lucky to have him as our guide. He was very professional, nice and responsible. we had a very good time, we were a group of 5 and my husband and my kids enjoy all the tour. The hotels in Osaka and Kyoto were plus, the one in Tokyo was very well located but the room very small, that was the only complain that we have. The tour was very well planed and very organize as we were a big group. Brian always was on top of everything and everyone. All the places that we went were the main places to know. Thank youDavie and Brian, We hope that you will get a kudos for you job as it was very well done, above we were expecting. read more

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I was really looking forward to this trip for a glimpse to japan. While David A was very helpful in answering my questions before the trip, which I appreciated, the trip itself felt like a let down in several ways. There were 45 people on my tour and they only allocated one tour guide for all of us, I felt he was very overwhelmed at times with such a large group. At one of the sights we spent 2 hours at a pearl factory for shopping and only 40 mins at Kyoto sightseeing. I'm sorry but I didnt pay over 1k a person to stand waiting for people to shop for pearls. The next day we were supposed to go to Mt Fuji and our bus broke down our tour guide had no idea what was going on because he was waiting for a call back from the agency. Instead of leaving at 8am our bus didnt get fixed until after 1pm and by time we got to Mt Fuji it was 5pm, dark and rainy we couldn't see anything. Rather then reimburse any of us for the day they gave us a voucher for a buffet at the hotel. Many of the sites felt very rushed we couldn't really enjoy it and had to keep rushing just to take pictures. I felt very overwhelmed and stressed, as did many other travelers in the group. I would not recommend this tour company for traveling to Japan. I travel usually 4 times or more a year for leisure, and havent experienced anything like this before. read more

From the outset, my husband and I decided to suspend our disbelief that such a well-planned and inclusive tour of China could be offered at such a price, but we were very pleased!  The tour guides were awesome and extremely helpful; they went out of their way to accommodate our needs and were able to deal with fluctuations in itinerary, as the professionals they are! It is a lot to pack in to a few days in Beijing, but our guide Alan was great at getting us from here to there!  Our only comment would have been to possibly include a little more time for higher level shopping...  (He did manage to carve out an extra hour for us to visit the market near the Temple of Heaven. I think he realized that this became one of our group's favorite stops, but our scheduling was too tight to shop more than an hour!)  I speak for most of our newly found friends from Mexico, that we had a fabulous time touring and dining in Beijing... and our visits to the Great Wall, Summer Palace, Forbidden City and and shopping. The Yangtze River cruise was wonderfully serene, even though we happened upon all of the tour sites during the week of May Day holiday excursions. Food was plentiful and gave us chances to experiment with a new cuisine without trepidation. Regardless, everything came off without a hitch. The high speed train to the Yangtze cruise was great, as was the short visit to Shanghai. I think we were also fortunate in the small size of our group as a reason that we had so much fun. We would certainly consider Charming Travel for future tours! read more

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We enjoyed our trip - Glimpse of Japan Tour! Everything went smoothly. Were pleased with the hotels and our tour guide. Thank you to Charming Travel Destinations! Lyudmila Blinova read more

A bit over due on this review, but better late than never. Came back from Thailand after booking a Traditional Thailand tour with Charming Travel Destinations. I not only had an amazing time, but really liked how this tour had a little of everything. Got the big city experience, then mountains and beach. Finally got to see what all my friends had been talking about, Thailand beaches are absolutely stunning. I've been to Hawaii and thought those were nice, but went island hopping in Thailand and spent time in different beaches and its impossible to compare, there is nothing like the beaches of SE Asia! On the return flight, the airline lost my luggage, but Charming Travel Destinations team helped resolved that too!. I finally got my luggage 4 days, and CTD had took such great care of everything and that was just icing on the cake. Absolutely worth every penny and can't wait to book my next vaca with them! read more

I loved my Peru trip. It was a wonderful trip. I enjoyed all the meals. The guides were informative, friendly and super knowledgeable. I went for 10 days all over and everything was superb. Our hotels were really nice and the locations were spot on. 10/10 would recommend this trip with this company. I liked how they split our group according to the intensity of our fitness and age when we were in Machu Picchu. read more

Just came back from Japan and saw the beautiful cherry blossoms. It was a crowded due to high season but for the price and 4 Star accommodations I got for the tour you can't beat it. read more

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David was working with Thea from 'All Inclusive Vacations' in Colorado for what should have been a romantic honeymoon package for us. They took in no consideration that it was our honeymoon. We decided we wanted to go with a Travel Agent because my husband and I had never been to Asia, we didn't know distances from locations (apparently neither did David) and we trusted them to put us in nice, romantic spots for our honeymoon. We would have been better off planning this trip ourselves from the start... From the moment we arrived, we stayed at the D Varee Diva Bally Silom in Bangkok for 3 nights (unfortunately) to a room with NO windows. Talk about traveling 40ish hours to be in a small, claustrophobic room with no ways of looking out! (while it's our first time in Asia), outlets that didn't work, and a bed light that was broken, and a mattress which was broken with collapsed springs that felt like you were sleeping on a rock. Not sure how this hotel managed to receive a 3 star rating, it really should be a 1-2 star. After being really frustrated, we got switched to a larger room with (condensation on windows) but at least we got day light - still no view. We went to take showers and the cheap, crappy towels ripped instantly as we dried off. The hotel was located right next to all the "nightlife" which mostly included men trying to hustle us into sex and ping pong shows... this was not a nice area to send a honeymooning couple, and frankly, it was an insult. We are not fraternity bros in college looking to objectify people to set the mood. David suggested a dinner cruise to be added to our itinerary with candle light. Which was a misleading description of the river cruise, we were on the bottom level without candlelight and had to rest on a railing next to a loudspeaker to be up on the deck to enjoy the sights. All the activities we enjoyed from this trip (I can thank myself for) No recommendations from David. I literally thought of the elephant treks, my husband thought of visiting the temples, I thought of visiting the tigers, and all of the locations. No thanks to him, we found a romantic dinner in Phuket (Ban Rim Paa Restaurant on Patong Beach). However, yet again, we were stuck in the ping pong district/ bar central. This time we stayed at the Aim Patong Hotel where we had a balcony, which faced the Bangla Boxing Area which over the loud speakers every 5 mins would BLAST "TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT, BIG FIGHT, BIG FIGHT, BIG FIGHT 9 PM 9 PM....." OVER AND OVER for hours!! talk about romance, right??! Our hotel room was right off the elevator and had no shower! It has an extendable shower head but it was a tub. We spent literally all day traveling 4 hours outside of Phuket to ride the elephants which we'd requested to do and was super fun, but a very unexpected journey without any communication about how long it would be, and coming in the night before, being gone all day, left no time to see Phuket and the beach. Why did we even go there? The tour guide didn't understand too much English either so whenever we would ask how much further she would reply "half hour" "40 mins" etc... that's because we made multiple stops along the way so the entire time we were just left in the dark how long it would take to arrive at the sanctuary. Once we got to the sanctuary, we were confused as to why we were being asked if we wanted to change and to wait in the car. The biggest surprise at the elephant place was that they also had us signed up to bathe with them? Instead of what was included in our itinerary to trek with them. Luckily we could all communicate just enough to get off of the van in time before they took us to the watering hole and we would have missed out on our super cool trek. We wanted to see a Travel Agent for this reason, so we could see what we wanted to and they could help connect the trails, know the right hotels and areas, and help us decide how to make a nice trip. Instead we are still doing everything we planned but with what seems like little to no effort in professional and knowledgeable planning from Charming. We could have planned this whole thing online with most likely better results since being an expert in the area didn't apply here. We also specifically asked David about snakes. As I have a fear of them and didn't want that to be a part of our honeymoon. We went to the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, where we saw 8 huge boa constrictors. Our guide informed us they are always there. Meanwhile, David made it seem like we would be in the clear of snakes. It would have been nice to been warned, and told about the ways you can walk around them. In conclusion, I recommend Asia Trails...they were very knowledgeable travel company in Thailand that we enjoyed doing our tours with. I would avoid Charming at all costs considering we wrote numerous emails about our frustration and complaints to have it drop off and be ignored! Not even an apology from them or check in! read more

Charming Travel Destinations - Travel Agents Near Me - El Monte, California

My boyfriend and I just got back from a 9 days trip in Japan. We went to Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. We had such a great trip and our tour guide, Leo was incredible! I am always fascinated with Japanese culture. The temple we went and structures we saw are fantastic! I definitely want to go to Japan again next year! Our tour guide told us Hokkaido is another great place to visit in any season! Well...We met great people there in Japan. It's an awesome vacation overall. read more

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I want to say that David A. at Charming Travel Destination was quite patience in helping me plan my three-city trip (Bangkok, Chiang Mai and Siem Reap) to Southeast Asia this past month In May. He assured me the dates and the accommodations would be great and the flights he arranged through his company would be acceptable. I am giving a high rating because I also added extra days these city trips but I also asked to travel as a single person and the price for the whole trip was very reasonable. David never compIained about me changing my plans for 3 weeks. I had a great time in all three cities, the bonus part of the trip was the Patara Elephant Farm (which is an option tour in Chiang Mai) it was recommended by the local guide, Angie. I would travel with Charming Travel Destinations again in the future. read more

Charming Travel Destinations helped us arranged a private escorted tour to Seoul & vicinity in April. It was a wonderful trip. We were pretty particular about where we want to go & what we want to see. The agent David A. was very patient & responsive to work with me to customize the itinerary to my satisfaction. The hotel & coach were both very nice & comfortable. The tour guide was very knowledgeable. The tour turned out exactly what we would want. My family was all very happy. Thank you, CTD! read more

My husband , two sons and I just came back from the tour "Beautiful Korea and Japan."it was the unforgettable trip for us! It was more than what we expected. Not only two beautiful countries must see, Foods, hotels were first class. The tour guides were very helpful, and entertaining us during moving from point a to point b which made the driving seemed short. In addition to our trip, David Arriaga, the Charming Travel agency has been very helpful. He helped us planning the trip a lot easier. To tell you the truth, this is my first time using online to planing the trip, for four people was a lots of money for my world, I was a little nervous, but David has made me feel I can trust him. I am very please and has asked David to help us planning for next trip. Thank you! read more

The Latin America Tout was great! I experienced the greatest parts of Latin America like Brazil and Peru from the landscapes to its culture. The staff were also really helpful in helping me out with the trip. Definitely would travel with them again! read more

My mother and I attended a 6 day tour with Charming Travel Destinations back in October of 2016 to Beijing, China and it was a great experience. This was my first trip to Asia and they definitely helped alleviate any stress or fear of traveling internationally especially when you don't speak the language. Everything was taken care of from the time we were picked up at the airport. The accommodations surpassed my expectations. The days were packed with historical tours, shopping adventures, food excursions. I enjoyed every minute of it. I would definitely book with Charming again. read more