Excellent responsiveness. Good detail, helpful advice and customized service for a complicated…read moreitinerary. Highly recommended. They were even careful to follow up and respond while I was traveling. They suggested alternatives and a way to adjust plans mid way through our travels.

I contacted L&B in a pinch, Sebastian came through immediately, helped us even though most of our…read moretrip was already booked, and did it for a VERY modest price. We were so impressed with the way they helped us through everything, even while traveling, that although we are seasoned travelers who generally have booked on our own, we're realizing the benefits of a travel agent and would not hesitate to use L&B again. In fact, we plan to!

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.

Me and my husband had a great experience with this tour to China recently…read more Professional tour guide, five stars hotel and organized daily tours. We also went to japan, Argentina Brazil, France Italy and also local trips with Amiri travel before. I definitely recommend Amiri travel.

I was very impressed by Amiri Travel once again on a trip to Vietnam and Cambodia after traveling…read morewith them last year in Costa Rica. The hotels in Hanoi Sieam Reap and Saigon were outstanding and meals just as excellen. Loc al tour guides as well as our Persian guide Daryouch were excellent South East Asia exceeded our expectation. Finally what pushed me to write this review is how hard they worked for me to get my visa last minute Vietnam. Thank you to all their staff at their LA office.

I just had a really great call from Miguel S. who was calling to offer me some incentives to renew…read moremy membership. I had been thinking that I would renew, but the past couple weeks have been busy and I had to ask Miguel to call me back a couple times when I couldn't speak with him at that moment. Today was the day, and Miguel called back at the time I had requested. The incentives are great, but I'm waiting to hear on a new client. He offered to take my planned 1 year renewal for now, and call me back after the date I expect to sign the new deal if the incentives for the multi-year (a really good deal!) were still available. During our call I asked him a lot of questions about how to get the most out of my membership. Miguel was super helpful and knowledgeable about website and walked me through all of the answers. He was graciously accommodating if I asked another question that came to mind during that process as well. Like anything, Travel Transparency is a tool for specific travel discounts and solutions and when they align with your personal travel plans, it's really super! I like to take road trips so booking a night here and a couple nights there fit me well, and I can get great hotel prices using Travel Transparency. It's also great for friends, because I bought the membership that allows up to six specific family members, or friends, to book through the site as well, with their own profile.

It's a scam! All their positive reviews are their own…read moreemployees and people they Paid to leave a positive feedback to combat all negative reviews They're getting . There's a lady there who supposed to be the manager and when I showed up with my wife, she kept saying that this isn't your wife. She's too old for you. Allies entire job is to try to fight all these negative feedbacks they have . After they scammed me, I'm still getting constant calls from the their call center that barely speaks English with an incredible heavy accent, repeating the same words reading off of a script trying to ask me to come back. I've asked several times not to be contacted and they start getting an attitude And using profanity in their broken English. "Hello siiirrr, by the way sir, by the way, in regards to a gift for you sir, by the way are you married sir? In regards to this call sir, btw, sir, .... Paid $1350 for tickets and hotel that the airline and hotel don't honor! Non of their offers or gifts are valid! Don't waste your time! I don't know how they're still not shut down !

I got my passport in 2 days. I sent over docs and forms in the evening via email and next morning…read moreAPVS gave me an appointment and i picked up my passport the next day. They gave me very clear directions and it was easy and stress free. Worth every penny!

What can I say about American Passport Visa Services... The best!…read moreI was in a bind, my passport was expired, and I needed to fast-track it to have it renewed. I started looking for ways to do this online, and even called a couple of places, and I didn't feel any confidence with the companies I found. I was talking about my plight with my work associate, and he reminded me he had his passport fast-tracked and gave me the name and number of Alida from American Passport Visa Services, whom he used. I called Alida and we were on our way. She was very direct about what we needed to do (and avoiding wasting each other's time). We met up and we took care of business. I felt fully confident in Alida and her work. We talked about timing and to make sure there were no false expectations. I did pay for the expedited services, because of my time frame, and it was worth it! My Passport arrived a couple of weeks later. My anxiety was relieved. I highly recommend Alida and American Passport Visa Services!

I recently went on a trip with friends that Alexis booked for us. 5 out of 5 stars, from planning…read morewith Alexis- picking out the location, etc. to the location itself- everything was handled professionally and in a timely manner. Planning our trip was so easy. And the cabin we booked was fantastic. It had everything we wanted and so much space. I highly recommend booking your next stay through Alexis!

I went to Tampa Bay for a bachelorette and we had THE best time! On top of having a house with a…read morepool Alexis booked a hunk-o-mania show for us on Saturday and a brew tour for Sunday for were great picks. We found out the original place we booked was having plumbing issues when we were boarding to head to Tamp and by the time we landed she already had us moved to a different house that was even bigger than we needed and still with a pool with no extra charges and we didn't have to worry about anything. You can tell she just really wants people to enjoy a vacation with to stress or hassle.

This place got the highest conversion rates for money exchange. Me and my wife are frequent…read moretravelers and before we ever visit a country. We make sure to stop by LAcurrency before we depart.

Disrespectful staff…read more I'm sure they handle currency just fine, but their treatment of people is bottom-tier. On April 10th at 5:20 PM, I was verbally attacked and yelled at by a male employee just for trying to throw something away in their trash can to keep their own storefront clean. It was a bizarre and demeaning experience. If this is how they treat people trying to help the community, I'll take my business elsewhere, and so should you.

Our family has travelled extensively and used a number of travel agents. Sabrina is the first we…read morehave been motivated to review due to her exceptional and refreshing reliability, responsiveness, connections to lodges and tours that might otherwise be fully booked, and recommendations for activities, restaurants and hotels. Even when issues arose on our trip with flights being overbooked, she immediately jumped in and had her local contacts secure seat assignments to relieve the stress.

If Brazil is your destination, Sabrina is the key to a perfect and unforgettable adventure!…read more I have been using Sabrinas travel services for almost 30 years. I starting when she worked for another Brazilian specialty travel company and I stayed with her as she started her own business almost 20 years ago. Ive been to Brazil over 100 times and she is always there to help when problems or changes appear or to give me great advice about Brazil, especially when I was still traveling frequently during the pandemic. The help I've gotten from Sabrina with her knowledge and experience with Brazil is something you would never get from a website or a big box store agency.