I heard about Eric Goldring and his travel agency many years ago from a cruise messaging site. I'd…read morebeen following his blog (https://goldringtravel.com/blog/) for many years because it is so informative and his travels are so wide-ranging. Back in July 2020 I contacted Eric to book a cruise for the fall of 2021 with friends. He answered all my questions about that cruise line, which I had never sailed with before, and provided details that my friends (who had cruised that line before) were unaware of. We unfortunately all canceled that cruise but I have since booked two other dream destination cruises with Eric, one for 2022 and the second in 2023. He walked me through all the options and recommended cruise lines and ships that he felt would match our expectations most. I look forward to our upcoming cruises and hope one day to meet Eric in person since he's so personable on the phone.

From the owner: World's No. 1 selling travel agent of Seabourn cruises, but also has great relationships with all…read moreluxury cruise and river cruise lines.

I planned a bachelorette party for a girlfriend a couple months ago and I am still blown away by…read morewhat Splendid Stay Services pulled off. We wanted to decorate and make our rental special for our friend, but had no way of beating her to the house. We were coming in from out of town, and all traveling together. I found Emily through a friend with a similar conundrum and voila! She made it all happen. She knew exactly how to handle it with the people we were renting from, getting keys, etc. I sent her a few photos of the decor we were looking for, and then she asked if we wanted the fridge stocked(!!)...I hadn't even thought of this! We sent her a list and I cannot believe how much stress and time was saved by having everything setup when we got arrived. When we showed up, the place looked better than we imagined, our friend was shocked and so happy. It was like a Magic Party Fairy had come and gone. This saved us so much time and allowed us to spend more quality time together. Thank you, Emily! We will definitely meet again.

Pulled a last minute weekend vacation with a group of pals. Short trip, didn't want to be…read morebothered with gathering food or any other accouterments. Gave Splendid a ring and sure enough they took care of all we requested. Less time running around more time with friends. Can't recommend them enough.

I absolutely adore working with Anne! She has planned over 5 trips over the last 10 years for our…read morefamily. A month in Italy with such attention to detail and itineraries... great local restaurants and tours to 3 weeks of an unbelievable trip to Australia most recently. She super collaborative and makes the planning a fun experience. I would highly recommend her... she's awesome!

From the owner: International travel. Speciality: Africa and Italyread more

I took my 2 grandsons, ages 12 and 16 on the tour. What a blast and very well organized. We started…read morewith a safety talk which included how to raft, what to expect and then introduced to our guide. Our guide, Simon, was the AWESOME! She was our captain and kept us on the best course for an awesome experience. OMG, we all had so much fun, got wet laughed, dipped in the calm water, then wooshed around the rapids, repeatedly. The trip was from Boca to Floriston with class I-III rapids. They also have a photographer who captured just about everything. I highly recommend this company. We will definitely do this again. Thanks Tahoe Whitewater.

My neighbor told me about this place and I had no idea. She had taken her grandsons on it the week…read moreprior and when she told me about it I said let's go! We made reservations for 1:15 and got there at 12:30. We checked in and pretty soon we had more people show up. A young man, his name is Adam, started us off by handing out life jackets and helmets. Adam then told us how to put them on and telling us a little about the rafting. We then headed down to the River and he then started telling us about safety issues. At the end he started separating everyone into groups of 4 and 6. Since it was just my neighbor and I we were very lucky to get not just Adam, as our guide, but his girlfriend Reese(who is also a guide) and Reese's sister. It was a prefect day, no wind, it was hot and all I wanted to do was jump in. We started out, got a little ways down and we were able to jump in. Water was cold but felt really good. I went to get back in and the 2 girls knew exactly what they were doing just hoisted me in. Very impressive. We went down some really good rapids and Adam was very good on directing us on when to paddle and when to stop paddling. At one of the rapids we stopped at the bottom to wait for the rest of the boats in our group to make sure everyone got thru safely. One boat turn on its side and everyone fell out except the guide. Adam had already told us what to do if something like this should happen. So my neighbor and I put out our oars and pulled one person close to the boat and hoisted her in. We felt like pros! We had a really good time. Everyone was so friendly. My neighbor and I are already planning another trip! Sorry I don't have any pictures. I couldn't take my phone with me. There was a photographer there and he was on the shore at different places. At the end you could pictures if you would like

Kim the agent did not return emails so after 2 weeks we booked our cruise through another travel…read moreagent. Seems like they didn't want our business.

How would you like it if your travel agent just plain dropped the ball and forgot you?…read more That's exactly what happened with Kelly Hyatt of Welcome Abroad Travel and us. Both Kelly and we invested a good amount of time discussing a potential vacation trip to Mexico. Kelly promised to email us particulars within the next day or in two days at most. About six weeks later, we still have never heard another thing from her. Hopefully she is not terribly sick or passed, but if not, she would hardly inspire us to put our time, money, and more in her hands if she is unwilling or incapable of carrying through. (Yes, we could have called her, but we also wanted to see how reliable this agency is.) We ended up planning the trip ourselves.

I contacted this company to see if they knew of any single day winter activities in the Tahoe…read moreregion. Even though they now focus a bit more on multi-day tours, Jeff sent an insanely nice and informative response about the options in the area. This was super valuable because it was really difficult to find information on my own on the internet. To top it off, Jeff also recommended some alternative activities that might be fun. Communicating with Jeff was prompt, professional, and informative.

This was by far the best experience I have ever had in the water! I came across Le Grand Adventure…read moreTours by doing a Google search and confirming their reputation on Yelp (which is 5 stars!). After choosing the location and date/time for Paddle Board the company got in contact with me in a short amount of time via email with all the information I needed. Chris responded to all of my questions very fast as well. What to say about Chris? She is fantastic! Very patient, calm, in touch with nature and knows what she is doing. She is the perfect instructor and I felt safe, comfortable and never in a rush! While paddling her husband joined us and both of them were friendly and provided lots of information on the area. When the lesson was over they gave me tips of where to go and I ended up at Sand Harbor (State Park) where i played volleyball on the beach and got a nice tan by a wonderful and breathtaking beach! Thank you Le Grand Adventure for the unforgettable experience! Wish you much success! Valeria

Great service! Our driver Peter went above and beyond waiting into the wee hours of the night for…read moreour delayed flight and gratuitously retrieving our bags that United had waylaid the next day.

I was looking for a car service that would drive me and my friends to Tahoe from the bay. Review is…read morebased solely on their customer service btw** Received a quote back and decided not to proceed. They were incredibly prompt and polite though - more so than other services I've contacted.

I was recently near Truckee, CA for 8 days with my girlfriend. She had expressed interest in…read moremountain biking... and considering I'm heavily into mountain biking (11+ years) and want to mountain bike with her, I didn't want to mess up this opportunity! I called every mountain biking shop in Truckee. I decided to go with Dirt Gypsy Adventures and a private mountain biking clinic and mountain bike ride with our instructor (Mark). I couldn't have asked for it to go any better... my girlfriend learned a ton (and I learned a handful of things too) and it helped her feel more confident on the trails. At first, I didn't understand how we could spend 2 hours learning how to ride a bike - I quickly realized what I didn't know and how patient Mark was. I particularly loved his analogies and the way he articulated these concepts. We also rented a bike for the following morning and went out by ourselves, too. She's now riding with friends in the Bay Area this weekend and we've looked at a couple bikes for her. Mark, our instructor, did a great job - lifetime of experiences racing and teaching. I couldn't have asked for more. The whole process facilitated by Ryan went extremely smooth. Thank you!

The overall experience for rental was great: I found a suitable bike online, then gave a quick call…read moreto make sure my thinking was correct. All paperwork came via email, simple. Upon arrival my bike was ready to go in 5 minutes. We did a quick fit and, this is clutch, they spent time looking at my planned route and gave some feedback. For my return, same took about 5 minutes. The bike itself was in great condition.