We asked Michelle, the chief organizer at Just Escape Travel to create a 5 star trip to the UK for…read moretwo weeks to celebrate our granddaughters obtaining her Master's Degree. The itinerary Micehlle created for us for us was extremely detailed, including the best hotels throughout England and Scotland with private limos, drivers and guides. She obtained all of the necessary tickets for every attraction so we didn't have to worry about anything. She also partnered with a UK travel agency who checked in with us every day to see how our trip was going and reminded us of the next day events. It made us feel that Just Escape Travel really had our backs and was with us every day. Very professional and accomplished to make a trip exactly to our specifications. We really appreciated Michelle's very professional efforts to make our trip with our granddaughter very memorable. Thanks for everything Michelle! Frank A.

We started with a plan to go to Costa Rica and quickly found that, despite years of travel…read moreexperience, we didn't want to do the usual research and planning. A friend recommended Michelle at Just Escape after her family trip to Fiji. We told Michelle our interests and budget and she tailored a fantastic, and affordable, experience for us. Everything from flights, accommodation, adventure activities, and private transportation between each area we visited. Everything was easy and seamless. Best holiday in years. We highly recommend Michelle and plan to seek her help for future trips.

Mike was very helpful in the planning of our Alaskan cruise. He was available by phone,text or…read moreemail. Thanks Mike !!

Mike Holmes did a great job helping us find an eastern Caribbean cruise. It's very easy to…read morecommunicate with him via email and phone. He showed us multiple cruise options to select from multiple cruise lines. He had insight that was not easily available when searching for a cruise online.

We were planning our honeymoon to Spain and knew what cities we wanted to visit but were…read moreoverwhelmed by all the planning. A friend suggested Purple Light, and Jonathan got on a Zoom call with us that helped is organize our thoughts and priorities. We discussed our budget and within a couple days he had drafted a detailed itinerary for us, listing just enough hotels that we felt we had options but not enough to overwhelm us again. After a few days we decided on hotels and he booked them for us. Then he helped us with a car service and flight suggestions within Spain which was really helpful. He really knew how to time our transportation, which was impressive. Soon before we departed he sent us travel guides for each city designed by Purple Light. Again, really helped us narrow down our excursions and restaurants. When we were actually on our trip I was surprised how hands on Jonathan was. Checking in with us daily to make sure we were OK. Replying quickly to questions we'd ask via email, even though we were 9 hours ahead of him. We loved every hotel he found for us and I can't imagine our trip going as well as it did without his help. And his services don't cost a dime, in case you didn't know!

Purple Light Vacations was recommended to us by Brand g Vacations, when we were planning our first…read moretrip with them - a river cruise on the Seine. Jonathan responded to my email inquiry immediately, and I was speaking with him by phone within two hours. We were pleased that he had extensive experience booking clients on Brand g tours, and was very familiar with hotels and tours in Paris. Within a day he had us booked on the Brand g tour and found flights that included a discount on our hotel stay in Paris after the tour. He also help select and book day tours in and around Paris. On the morning we were to fly out of Palm Springs and connect to Paris, we found that our first flight was six hours late! The result was that we would miss our connecting flight to Paris. I contacted Jonathan early in the morning and he coordinated with the airline to rebook on flights that still got us to Paris the same day and only six hours later than we originally planned. His help saved our trip and we still made our boat cruise departure on time. Throughout the planning and during our trip, Jonathan was always available by text or email. He consistently sent us reminders and updates about our tours and flights. With his help our trip was a great success, and it eliminated a lot of stress and work on our part. We definitely intend to us him again to plan future trips.

We used Carefree Vacations to book our honeymoon trip to Kauai (Hawaii), which took place this past…read moreNovember. We worked with Cathy and while trying to decide on a destination (we had several on our list), were impressed at her in depth knowledge of what seemed to be everything related to traveling. She's very passionate and experienced as a traveler, as well as in her field as an agent. Her advice and insight definitely led us to feeling confident in all of our planning decisions. Cathy put together several itineraries for us and was always available, with a quick turn around time whenever we had any questions. Working with a travel agency can also be really pricey, but Carefree will work with you to customize a package that will fit within your budget. I especially appreciated Cathy's patience and all of the time she spent with us, whether it was communicating in person, on the phone, or email. Thank you again, Cathy, for making the planning of our honeymoon such a breeze.

Please stay away from this place. I went in to ask for help regarding a booking I'd done with…read moreExpedia. The woman who said she could help me didn't even let me finish stating my problem (not even halfway through) when she just started nodding her head vigorously and saying she wouldn't help me. I walked out less than 5 minutes after I walked in. It was rude, disrespectful, and unprofessional to not even let me ask her my question. Not to mention that when I walked in, there were about 4 people there but no one attempted to help me until after a solid 30 seconds of standing there like a deer in the headlights. I took my business elsewhere (to VeryBest Travel in Bonita, CA) and they were not only willing to solve my problem, but did so in less than an hour. It doesn't cost anything to be nice and to hear a customer out to see if you can help them. Obviously, my problem wasn't so "impossible" to solve that less than an hour later another travel agency was able to help me and did solve my problem. Needless to say, I will NEVER be returning here.

Have used their services for travel on several occasions they provide some of the best customer…read moreservice i have received, also their knowledge of travel destinations is outstanding, have recommended some of the best travel destinations i have been to.

From the owner: We specialize in the 'Art of Travel', serving our clients with over 30 years of experience. A…read morefamily owned and run business, our attention to service and detail, combined with competitive prices and being part of one of the worlds leading luxury travel network, Virtuoso, takes us far beyond your typical travel agency. Our team has traveled throughout the world in order to bring you first hand knowledge of what you can expect from your future trips.

Five full stars. We love love love our travel agent Aimee! Aimee has helped us plan multiple trips…read morenow that range from full-service where every last detail is thought of and planned to less managed trips where you just need hotels and a few tours and book everything else on your own and she shines in every way. On our full-service trips to Scandinavia and Japan, she took care of every detail from when we got off the plane with a private driver taking you to our first hotel, dinner reservations, private sushi classes, food tours, cultural heritage site tours, transfers between cities and hotels, to when we left our last hotel and go home (in style of course!). We have been privileged to have unique experiences such as riding a bike through Copenhagen with a private chef with a kitchen-bike, to learning how to make sushi with a sushi chef, to private city tours of Stockholm, Kayaking in the Lulea River in Sweden, taking a rigid inflatable speedboat to a Fjord in the Norwegian arctic circle, and touring the most beautiful temples and shrines of Japan with a private guide who can share details and educate you on the history and the culture that you could not find on your own. Travel agents make money when they book you things, but Aimee is never pushy with booking something every single day, and gives you time to decompress and discover on your own if you so choose. (If you want to do something planned every day you definitely can!) While our experiences are not the cheapest (The Four Seasons is always so expensive!) , our vacation time is limited, and we appreciate how we get a full experience of a city / country / culture and make the best use of that one resource that none of us have unlimited amounts of -- time. We also feel like even though the expense is high that we are getting decent value for our hard-earned money. We were with a different travel agency previously who we felt like did not provide as much value for our money and are happy we switched to Avant Garde. When a snag happens on a trip, like the plane delay that got us to Copenhagen 3.5 hours late last summer, Aimee or someone on her team from SD or Denmark jump into action and make sure that we reconnect with the trip and get back on track as soon as possible. We have declined some of her choices for hotels and had her book a hotel that we heard about or read about, and she has never given us any trouble or made us feel like she was pushing us to have to stay at any property that was more advantageous for her business. Her focus is to design a trip that YOU want to take, and we really, really feel like she is in our best interest all of the time. We've also booked less-managed trips with Aimee, where she helps us with hotels and maybe a couple of things in cities we understand and know. A memorable trip we took last year was when we went to Paris and Madrid to see Taylor Swift. We didn't want or need (or necessarily have the budget for) a full-service trip with action-packed private tours but she was happy to book our hotels, provide recommendations on what to do, and let us book other things on our own. From what I understand, Aimee has a team of professionals that work with her who help coordinate and plan and cater to many price points, but she specifically specializes in high-end travel with unique experiences. I love the fact that she always does a post-trip call (our previous high-end travel agent didn't do this) and wants to know what we loved (almost everything) and what can be improved (a few things) and feel like she really cares about your experience and uses the feedback to help us plan our next fabulous vacation and to avoid pitfalls that prior clients maybe have experienced. We are already dreaming of our next trip (with Aimee's help, of course!) and would highly recommend her for anybody who wants a customized, high-end experience (with prices to match!) that provide a good value for money spent.

Jennifer at Avant-Garde Travel was so helpful in planning my trip to Paris. My sister and I had a…read moregreat time. We had so many "bucket List" things to see and do and she was able to fit all of them into the time we had. Jennifer found us 2 great boutique hotels to stay in in Paris before and after the Disneyland part of our trip. She also arranged the day tours to see the sites of Paris. I was so happy to discover she was also in my home town and I was able to meet her in person. She set me up with their Travel App and the What's App that made following the itinerary and communicating in Paris so easy. I will definitely ask her to help me with my next vacation. Jennifer P

I've been buying my round trip tickets to S&S Travel Agency for a long time. Osie Santos is the…read morebest. Always find the best airfare deals, short layover and easy to talk to.

We have been getting our travel ticket at S & S Travel for over a decade now. We like doing…read morebusiness with Osie of S & S Travel because she is very diligent. Osie's customer service is above and beyond. Our family highly recommends S & S Travel for your travel needs.