In 1990 he bought a few hundred buttons from the King Elementary 5th grade button factory (I was in…read more5th grade and our class ran the button factory). I got to meet Mr. Colin and he ordered much more than we expected.. I was nervous that we couldn't fill the order. But we did. And my class got to have a pizza party or something with the money. Whenever a kid I know asks me to buy some stupid girl scout cookie or Vitamin water, I order a lot (even though I hate the product) because of THIS PLACE!

My partner and I went to Conlin in person to talk about travel to Machu Picchu. We spoke to a…read morewoman named Sandy, who said that she would be emailing us within the hour with some options. We never got an email from Sandy or Conlin. Also, even as she was getting information from us (estimated budget, location destination, dates of travel, etc), she never once asked for our names. It was only after I asked for her card, about 30 minutes into the conversation, that she introduced herself. Totally unprofessional. No wonder that the office was empty. PS. The other review is hilariously off the mark.

We picked Journeys International while looking for affordable family friendly tours. We booked a…read moretrip to Belize and I couldn't have been happier. We were able to take their trip and customize by adding a day and then adding the ATM cave to the tour (worth the trip alone). We worked with Lene and she was able to handle all of our pre-trip questions and make our trip go off without any issues. She also opened up our trip so we went with a another family. Our trip had a Mayan guide who was very knowledgable in everything Belize. The tour had a busy day then a relaxing day to not try and overdue it as we were travelling with kids. This strategy worked very well for us. Highly recommend using Journeys. I have nothing but good things to say about them. They also told me they give a discount for return business.

We picked Journeys International for a recent trip to Morocco because they offered the most…read morecomprehensive tour of the country that we could find. They contract with a Moroccan agency that takes care of everything on the ground and we were generally very satisfied with the guide and the driver. They were thoughtful and caring people and had good information. During 12 days we saw a LOT of the country. Most tours hit the big three cities: Casablanca, Marrakesh and Fez. This is like going to Beijing, Shanghai and Honk Kong in China. The Journeys tour also includes the fabled blue city, Chefchaouen, Meknis, Esouria and Merzouga, the gateway to the Sahara. They are all worth seeing, but it involves a lot of driving, and there were at least 2-3 days where we we spent 4-6 hours in the van to get to places and this is something you need to think about before signing up. The tour is very reasonably priced, in the $3600-3800 range. accommodations are in riads which are cozy, former wealthy peoples' homes re-converted into small, boutique hotels, usually located in the inner cities. On an international hotel scale I would say they are 2-3* accommodations. They are charming and you definitely get a feel of the cultural history of the country, but their locations are often down, narrow, dark streets in the medinas, the old shopping districts and "old towns," so there is a sense of claustrophobia and wandering about at night is not very inviting. In fact our guide in Fez cautioned against venturing out at night! For those who want the international luxury of the Four Seasons, this is not the tour for you. I would say the major disappointment for our group was the food. At a couple of places, generally the more remote ones, dinners were included and tended to be tagine or couscous. Both of these are unique to the country and worth trying, and at our riads were served in a beautiful setting by very thoughtful riad personnel. However, as we were usually on the road to somewhere during the day, lunches were at casual roadside restaurants where the same limited faire was offered and it got tiring. Further the luncheon restaurants seems to have been chosen as much for their dependable, clean bathroom facilities as for their food. It is also possible that dining out in the countryside is pretty basic with few options. Pour guides would be the experts on this. Further, the majority of nights we arrived at 7 or 8 o'clock at our riad and while we certainly were free to try and spontaneously find someplace to eat, we were not given any options, nor did the guides, local or the Journeys International representative on the tour, seem to know or have much interest in better quality restaurants. For those on a budget, our dinner expenses were about $10 per night. Most guidebooks will tell you that covers "basic" category food and better quality dining can be had in the $20 range. It certainly can go up from there in the largest cities. While I do now feel I know what traditional tagine and couscous are, it is a pity that we never dined in a restaurant where a real chef could show what he could do with the indigenous ingredients. If you go on this tour, you will come back with great memories and the overnight trip to the Sahara in luxury tents will be a highlight of your adventure.