You realize how important a travel agent can be after you've experienced the confidence and…read moreconsequent joy when you're far from home and everything works like clockwork. Our travel agent Justyna Smith (Two Nights In) added her magic to our trip to the Greek Islands, down to the smallest detail. Arriving at the Athens airport, a bellhop met us as we debarked, led us to through the airport maze to baggage, grabbed our bags, walked us to our waiting van and driver, and minutes later we arrived at our hotel overlooking the Acropolis. This type of service continued for every flight within Greece. Meanwhile she arranged several walking tours, one at the Acropolis and one on the island of Santorini. Her contacts were excellent as both guides were top notch, friendly, spoke perfect English, and went out of their way to make sure that our tours were exactly what we wanted to see and hear about. Her AXUS app gave us a detailed itinerary available 24/7 on our phones. One click and we had all our flight info, while another click gave us a picture and details of the night's fantastic dinner restaurant in Santorini, and tomorrow's hike. And her recommendations have always proved spot-on perfect! Justyna makes travel fun and care-free. We love her, will use her for all our travel plans, and highly recommend her highly valued and friendly service.

Paris is honestly one of the most professional, outstanding and accommodating tour guide . This is…read moremy second time using his services and he always genuinely goes out his way to treat me special. Unfortunately, my partner could not make the trip so I had to go back and forth with Paris several times and surprisingly he was extremely patient, explained to me the variety of excursions and included notable suggestions knowing my personality and taste . He answered promptly whenever I messaged him ans made it a smooth process even though I was very stressed out the major changes to my vacation planning . He confirmed in timely fashion which was very professional as you feel a one on one basis and importance to him as a client. While enjoying the excursions and I was alone , he made it hus business to join me, bought me snacks, had an igloo with champagne , rum punch and more which made my day and made very happy throughout my trip . He showed me the difference areas and history along with the areas and yes he has a great music selection to keep you jamming and in a good mood. When an excursion situation didn't work out --- like under renovation without notice--- he was a quick thinker to make alternative plans to continue your special day and guess what the backup excursion was even more entertaining and fun ...was supposed to go to Appleton guide but eventually went to a Crocodile farm ... rode through Everglades and saw in person different crocodiles and endangered animals. Lawd it was wonderful while snacking on my St Mary's banana chips courtesy of Paris. He rode with me ...took pictures for me and yes he is a great photographer. Carried me to all my local spots I like KFC, jerk huts, Pelican bar in the middle of the sea and rode the boat with me even though he had his new Clark's on with sand and all. That's how far Paris will go. He made sure to see how you felt of the event and did regular checks to see if youre alright. We drove for hours and he never seems to get tired or frustrated --everytime having a warm smile and engaging making sure you have a great time which you normally don't see nowadays. Another major plus, his vehicle (which i assume everytime is a new vehicle) is spotless clean....seats are extremely comfortable and well padded. Everytime I see the vehicle it looks new so overall im impressed with the cleanliness, professionalism and one to one engaging experience. February is when I met Paris during my birthday for Valentines Day and he made me felt like royalty and was well taken cared of . I was so impressed by his professionalism I made him my personal your guide anytime going to Jamaica. I've already told him May 2026 im coming and February 2027. So he is booked and busy with me per se . I am honestly thankful and glad I met Paris because nowadays a lot of these tour guides are not professional and crooks and don't care putting you at some priority and have to common sense to make a plan A and b in the event something happens but guess what you get all of that and more with Paris-- you know why because he genuinely loves his job and takes pride in what he does. Thank you again Paris for making me have great memories and a fantastic time in Jamaica and can't wait for May 2026. Oh yes , last but not least , Paris knew I was traveling solo , he took the time both yesterday and today to message me to see if I reach home safely-- if it was anyone else they wouldn't care ans be onto the next one . If youre reading this , I highly suggest if you want a good time, treated like priority, taken cared of in a pampering style, reasonable rates, time efficient, professionalism and want to have a blast while touring Jamaica to chose Paris. You will reply to this posting and thank me later.

So Far, So Good! We…read morejust met with Negin again to hammer out our September trip to Iran! So looking forward to it!! Negin was very helpful every steps of the way and gave us very good hour to hour agenda for our two weeks stay in Iran, What I love the most about their tour is mostly cultural than just visiting the tourist attractions. Negin was one step ahead of us and answered all our questions!! Stay tuned for some beautiful pictures from our once in a life time trip to iran!!! Yapppy ;)

We were referred to HAUS OF NOMADS by a friend. Once we chose our destination of The Arctic Circle,…read morePatrycia handled everything from flights, to transport from the airport, accommodations and even activities and excursions. Everything was on one itinerary that we were able to print out and take with us, and included detailed descriptions and instructions including where to meet our driver at the airport. Booking through HAUS OF NOMADS was very easy and made our lives so much easier. The ship was extremely organized. It was impressive. The food was very good. .... Overall it was a great vacation and definitely our best. We are all happy we did it and I'd recommend it to anyone.

We arrived home early Wednesday morning from our amazing trip to Southern Italy. I can't speak…read morehighly enough about the entire trip.......the hotels, private car transfers, guided tours and locations in Southern Italy were all excellent. We very much liked the Hotel Continental in Sorrento. Great location and very comfortable and scenic room. Perfect for the week in Sorrento. Also loved the Masseria Villa Verde in Fasano and the Borgo delle Pietre in Agrigente. Lovely rooms and great service. Of course, the food throughout Italy was amazing, however we had one of our most memorable lunches at Borgo delle Pietre. A big plate of sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, basil and bread and paired with a bottle of local red wine. A very simple meal ---- entirely delicious! All of the guided tours were led by excellent guides and all private car transfers were on time (always about 15 minutes early). It was a very good decision to hire the private car service throughout our trip so we could relax and enjoy the scenery. This was a dream trip come true!

If I could give 0 stars I would... she's only in it for the money & is very unreliable if you're…read morenot going to make her a fortune. My family was very excited to work with her and invested a lot of time and effort into planning a trip with her. We were all very excited for this trip because of all the activities she offered us at first. All of the sudden (VERY LAST MINUTE) she told the family member that was planning it for our group, that "she cannot understand" them. My family member is an immigrant but has lived and worked in the US for many years and speaks perfect English. With everything going on politically it did not give us a good feeling that ALLLL of a sudden she backs out and completely wasted our time and made us feel like we weren't important enough for her. She even went ahead and made a few derogatory comments about the questions and details my family member was asking about. After talking to many other people that have traveled with her...they have NOTHING nice to say. She will get your hopes up and leave you stranded last minute if she notices you will not make her a lot of money. I would definitely not recommend traveling with her. She says she plans trips for "all over the world" but she can't even follow through for a trip within the country. VERY disappointed.

Suzie Q's Fun Facts:…read more This is a branch office of a larger travel agency chain (apparently) based out-of-state. If you're not careful, they will pawn you off on another branch, even if you ask for someone specific at this office...... =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ .... .which is exactly what happened to me when I called this office, asking for Jim Berkeley (who has high reviews on Yelp). I have a big birthday coming up, and am in the early stages of planning a trip to Mexico with my girlfriends to celebrate. But knowing little about Mexico, and feeling not at all like putting work into planning this trip myself, I decided to splurge on a travel agent to do the work for me. I stumbled upon Destinations & Adventures randomly on Yelp. Since it was highly rated, I decided to give them a shot. But when I called to ask for Jim Berkeley, I was told he was out of the country leading a trip. Instead of Jim, I got a call back only from a random woman in Nashville, TN (Arlene Santos, with the high-falutin' title "Director of Client Services"). This, despite having specified that I'd be willing to wait for Jim to call back once he'd returned. Arlene and I chatted. I explained what I was looking for, and she offered to assist with a distinct lack of enthusiasm. (I think she may have even said something like, "that's a bit of a difficult one.") Now, I know what you're thinking: Why bother with a travel agent who isn't enthused about helping me? I guess I like to give people the benefit of the doubt, sometimes to my detriment. But then, the first red flag: Arlene later e-mailed me that she'd have me an initial quote and some package ideas by a certain date. But that date came and went, and no quote. When I followed up with her several days later, Arlene promised a quote "by the end of the day" - but then, she only sent the names of two hotels, without any pricing or explanation (with pricing to follow later). When I finally got pricing 1.5 weeks after Arlene and I had first spoken, the pricing didn't include anything but just hotel rates (which I could have looked up myself on Expedia). No explanation of how or why she chose those two options, and she said activities weren't included. Also, I'd specifically asked her for daily pricing, since not everyone in my party would be staying for the full trip duration.... but her pricing was weekly, not daily. Amusingly, Arlene's e-mail had added tersely: "Kindly advise which one you are interested in," as if there were absolutely no room for discussion on the matter. It was these two random hotels or nothing. It was clearly time to cut bait. I responded that I thought there was a disconnect, and added: "As it took you 9 days to provide pricing for two hotels, I'm wondering whether you may be too busy to assist me? If so, I'd rather not waste your time, and instead I'll move on to another travel agent. Please let me know." Arlene's frosty response: "Sorry for not being much help. I believe it will be best for you to work with someone else." This "Director of Client Services" should be locked away in an office and never be permitted to assist clients again. Just saying. Buyer beware!

My husband and I have been traveling with Jim Berkeley and DAI Travel since 2004…read more We've been on several cruises and land tours. We've eaten in a Monastary in Russia and a goat cheese farm in France. We've been kayaking in Croatia and snorkeling in Tahiti. I can't say enough about the staff at DAI. Any last minute changes are always handled without any problem. Our last cruise was supposed to end in Athens, Greece the day of a strike so Jim Berkeley got us off the ship a day early and flew us to Istanbul for 4 days. Our hotel and tours and meals all arranged at the last minute and all wonderful. We will be traveling with DAI for years to come and would recommend you do too.

Wonderful service!…read more If you're looking for stress-free travel arrangements, call Terry.

Terry planned such a "WONDERFUL" Italy vacation for us. Words cannot express what a great time we…read morehad. Her recommendations, hotels and tours were exactly what we needed. I recommend her and look forward to working with Terry to plan my next vacation. She is definitely the "BEST"!!!!!

Lily is amazing. We had a family of 12 vacation in Italy. From the moment we arrived in Venice…read moretill we got on our plane for return everything was perfect. The time and effort Lily put in to get our plane tickets, car transport to our hotel, train travel was amazing, I can not say enough good about her service. I highly recommend Lily at Victory Plaza Travel.

Was referred to Victory Travel through family and am SO happy we did. Lily is THE BEST. She planned…read moreour entire Europe honeymoon itinerary (3 countries, 7 cities) for 2 weeks. Booked us the best flights, world class hotels, and private transportation and kept us in up-to-date on all COVID traveling requirements. Not only was she professional but she was a friend and knew so much about everywhere we went. Her recommendations were top notch and I can't wait to use her again for our next trip. What a gem. Thank you Lily!

One could argue that the internet has made travel agencies redundant - you can just type in your…read moreflight requirements on Orbitz, Travelocity, Expedia, Kayak, et al. and buy a ticket. However - sometimes travel requirements are just too complicated to type into a search box. You need the help of a knowledgable individual with access to consolidator airfares to help reduce the cost of the trip and is seasoned enough to help you plan out a trip quickly and easily. I ran into such a situation when planning a trip for my wife that required her to travel to India via the Middle East with multiple stops. After dinking around with various internet travel sites and coming up with umpteen variations of itineraries (some which were absolutely ridiculous - like flying from the US to Europe to the Middle East to China and then back to India), economy ticket prices ranging from $1,500 to $10,000 and pricing that was not always accurate on the travel engine (when you click on an itinerary that you liked, it would check pricing and the system would tell you that it would cost $400 more than what was originally quoted) - I decided to call a professional. I spoke with Shaheen at Aakash Travels and laid out my specifications. Shaheen listened intently and was quickly able to identify the airlines that would likely offer the best fares and most convenience (e.g., limited stops, connections, etc.). After our initial conversation, Shaheen quickly got me an itinerary that worked well (limited number of connections; adequate time between connections for immigration, customs; and no long layovers), and for about $100 less than the lowest internet travel engine prices (and about $200 less than an internet consolidator). Completing the transaction was easy, Shaheen made the reservation and sent me the itinerary via a link to a website. After approval, I simply charged it to my credit card. I had a great experience working with Shaheen at Aakash Travels. She was professional, knowledgable and easy to work with. If one finds themselves taking an international trip - it is worth a few minutes to check with Aakash Travels to see if they can either save you some money through a consolidator airfare or come up with a more convenient itinerary.

I always speak to Shine here when I need to book anything travel related! She's awesome and has…read moresooooo much patience! All the agents here are super energetic and always get back to your calls and emails if they are not available. Anytime I go to India, i just call any one of the agents here, give my dates & preferences and that's it. I get the best rates in the market and I don't need to compare with the direct airlines website or any other travel agencies. The best part? No matter how many changes I make in the itinerary, shine is always nice and friendly. I highly recommend the Aakash travels for any hassle free vacation. Thank you shine!!!