As a long-time Yelper, I'm used to taking charge when it comes to planning vacations. What's a…read moredouble black badge Yelp Elite to do when she can't use her trusty app/website to organize her honeymoon? Turn to Audley. A friend-of-a-friend recommended their services and I'm so glad we were able to connect. An African safari is the vacation of a lifetime and this isn't one of those trips where you wing it and hope for the best. Amy was my husband's and my primary contact, as she specializes in East African vacations. Each of Audley's employees has a specific geographic region that they focus on to maximize the client's experience. We had a few phone calls with Amy to discuss budget, length of trip, what we wanted to see/do/experience, and what to expect with such journey to another continent far, far away. Through Amy and Audley, we booked our flights through Qatar Airways, all of our overnight stays (we moved around Tanzania throughout our 2-week adventure), and she gave us a printed and e-version of our detailed itinerary. It wasn't a cheap vacation, but hey, we're not talking about a last-minute weekend getaway on points. Amy also checked in with us to make sure we had all the necessary visas, trip insurance, and immunizations ahead of time, even the week before our trip was to begin, we had a nice phone chat to go over everything and answer questions. During our trip, we had no issues! However, Audley had someone available on-call 24/7 in case there were questions regarding anything related to the planned trip. At one of our stays near Ngorongoro, they even arranged for us to have the "honeymoon" dome. In East Africa, Audley likes to work with Asilia properties and we loved the locations, the staff, and the food/drink. It was upper end luxe, but still felt like we were part of nature. We saw SO MANY animals (my #1 ask) and still found time to relax and enjoy Tanzania. I would love to return to Africa, maybe Kenya next time? And when booking a trip without Yelp, I would 10000% recommend Audley.

I rarely leave negative reviews, but this experience was disappointing enough that I feel compelled…read moreto warn others. My husband and I previously used Audley Travel for our honeymoon to Vietnam and had a good experience, which is why we confidently recommended them to my parents for their retirement trip to California. My parents are not experienced travelers, and the entire reason we hired a luxury travel company was to ensure a smooth, stress-free trip with knowledgeable planning and support. Instead, while my parents are currently on their trip, we have already had to front over $2,000 in unexpected costs because of Audley's mistakes. Audley has acknowledged some of the errors and agreed to reimburse approximately $685 plus resort fees that should have already been prepaid. However, we were then forced to pay an additional $1,100 out of pocket because Audley apparently failed to use the funds we already paid them to pay for my parents' final hotel stay. To make matters worse, no one answered their emergency support line when we tried to resolve the issue in real time. Unfortunately, this was not an isolated mistake. We booked this trip more than 14 months in advance because my parents specifically wanted to stay inside Yosemite National Park, where lodging often needs to be booked exactly 12 months out. Before paying a deposit, we made it explicitly clear that we would only move forward if Audley could secure one of the hotels inside Yosemite. Their specialist assured us multiple times that Audley had the ability to book earlier than the general public. That turned out not to be true. Audley did not even attempt to secure the hotel until roughly six weeks after reservations had already opened to the public. By then, the hotel was sold out. Essentially, they held our deposit for months while failing to make the booking they had specifically promised they could obtain. Audley ultimately told us there was nothing they could do. I personally spent days constantly checking the Yosemite reservation website until I was able to piece together all three nights myself through separate reservations and room changes. While Audley eventually refunded the hotel cost, I still had to do the work they were hired to handle. There was another issue with a scheduled guided day tour. The original guide apparently canceled the week of the trip, and Audley replaced it with an entirely different backpacking-style excursion that required my parents to drive themselves and was completely inconsistent with the leisurely guided experience originally booked. Once again, I had to step in myself and find a replacement tour company. Audley refunded that portion as well, but by that point it felt like I was functioning as the travel agent. At a certain point, repeated refunds do not undo the stress, time, and disruption caused by these mistakes -- especially when they occur during an active trip and require family members to front thousands of dollars unexpectedly. The entire purpose of hiring a premium travel planning company is reliability, expertise, and support when issues arise. Unfortunately, this experience delivered the opposite. (As an additional note, this emergency 24/7 number has still not returned my call.) Based on this experience, I would not use or recommend Audley again.

I booked a vacation package through Atlantic travels and had an amazing experience from the first…read moretime I called to get information. They were all very professional and helpful with questions I may of had. They made sure my vacation was flawless and everything was booked for me and my family before leaving.

This travel agency is where to go if you want to waste money, time, and end up doing things…read moreyourself. At first everything seemed great and they were very helpful but once everything was paid for we were just a number. The day of travel our flight was delayed due to "maintenance issues " and Delta said they weren't able to contact us because our information wasn't provided by the agency needless to say it became a blaming game between the two. On the day of our return once again the flight was delayed and we were NOT notified. I once again give the agency the benefit of the doubt and it was the same situation all over again. They didn't follow up with us to make sure everything was fine and I am still waiting for a call back from the Agency to help me figure things out. Other than payment arrangements we had absolutely no benefit in booking with them. Save yourself some time. If you want things done right do them yourself.

Feti knows what they are doing and they do it well. I obtained a visa in one week (paying for…read moreexpedited service) and had the pleasure to meet Christie, who was managing my visa application. She was efficient, knowledgeable, and responded to all correspondence between us quickly and also offered fixes along the way. Definitely highest rating for both Christie and Feti. I will be a return customer!

Very welcoming and helpful. Shirley was helping me with obtaining a Chinese visa. She was so nice…read moreand even took my appointment during Chinese New Year. Highly recommend

THIS is THE place to go for traveling to JAPAN…read more I booked a trip to Japan in the middle of my summer back at home in the SF Bay Area. Luckily, i found a round trip ticket for just under three weeks to Tokyo from SF for under a grand. Still, I wanted to backpack through Japan, visit at least 4-5 cities, and fit everything into a modest budget. After some research online (and Japanese tourism has awesome research available), I stumbled upon IACE travel. The staff is SO nice. Honestly, I had no idea what I was doing, and the girl that helped me out Ritsuko, sat with me for about 40 mins going through various sample trips and agendas, despite the fact that I had not bought a single thing! She walked me through where to eat, where to stay, how long to be there....just awesome. I walked in needing a JR Rail Pass, and when I got down to it, she was so efficient and helpful in getting me one. And I walked out with it. Even after, I emailed her my ideas and she helped me plan my trip around them. After the trip, my 17 days visiting Tokyo, Hiroshima, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Sendai, Yokohama, Nara, and Mt. Fuji were amazing. And even though I could have gotten the JR pass somewhere else, I don't think I could have gotten better advice and trip planning help than here.

iace rules! Dec. 29th tickets purchased…read more My friend from Japan (an amazing plane ticket scammer, she came to Boston 2 January's ago for $600 even, round trip!) recommended the link to iace. I looked all year at the rise and non-fall of ticket prices to Tokyo. Her Tokyo wedding is in Jan. So, when Nov., Dec, rolled around, I felt like a bad planner. Who knew (well, perhaps baby Jesus knew?) that on Dec. 25th bored at my families gathering- I would click the link to find "round trip airfare to Tokyo Jan 3rd to Feb (something or other) $500*plus fuel!" This was cheaper than the $860-$1200 tickets I stalked all year round. The total came to $740 for a Jan. 17Th-Jan 27Th (Thurs- Sun) visit. I must declare that In my last minutes of planning there could be no deal finer. * will be updated after flight experience, potential problem's, etc...... **4 stars and not 5, why? because 5 stars would be a free ticket.

I have been using this travel agency for a few years now. The trip planning has been flawless…read more Stacy is wonderful

I had such a weird interaction with Annette Medina! I reached out with several destinations,…read moreflexible dates, and what I thought was a somewhat generous budget ($1500/person) and got a response simply saying "we will not be able to assist you". I wish they had told me why! Are the destinations more expensive than my budget? Are the dates unavailable? I referenced "my partner" - do they not work with same-sex couples? I also said I was open to other destinations - did they not care to look into other destinations for the dates I provided? I would have been happy to increase our budget or look into other destinations - but I guess they didn't care about offering me other options. It just seems so weird that they wouldn't want to work with me. For a company with such good reviews I'm disappointed that they don't want my business. I hope others have a better experience!

Every time my family and I go to Brazil on vacation we don't even check with any other agency…read morebesides Mendes Travel! They are always achieve ours expectations and go beyond being efficient! We really appreciate all the care given!

Mendes Travel got a really good deal for a last minute flight ticket! They made me save a couple…read morehundreds dollar! Their staff was really helpful!

Mark was supposed to help up plan a trip & he just left us hanging! We ended up booking the trip…read moreourselves. We will NEVER use them again for any travel plans.

Very helpful! I've had amazing vacations & great deals through Travel Reports! Marc & Pam are…read morewonderful!

Janice Ackerman put together the trip of a lifetime to Italy for us. It was absolutely perfect and…read morethere is no way we could have planned a trip like this ourselves. We will definitely be using her moving forward for all of our trips.

Betsy Bouche at Vista Travel is FANTASTIC! I have used her for several years to plan complex…read moreinternational trips-- and she has always been a wealth of information! She provides amazing service-- whether it's scoring a great deal at a luxury hotel in Paris or finding the best value for your budget in Reykjavik. Betsy is thorough and obsessive about helping you find exactly what you want. If you're planning business or leisure travel, I can't recommend her highly enough!

Fabio has helped me plan a few trips the passed few years for me. He takes his time to make sure…read moreeverything is carefully planned and perfect for me. Awesome affordable hotel/tour/ride/flight package deals!

I have used the Americas Travel several times for different destinations, and some of the time I…read morenoticed about my trip with a very short period of time, Fabio, who runs the business was always able to find a great price, and filled all my requirements, I can definitely how hard he worked for me and for the other customers for I have seen finding the perfect flight, or vacation plan. I really like to use them when it comes to planning my trips, it makes my life so easy, cos I don't have to worry about anything I know they will take good care of every detail.