We were in San Jose for Labor Day weekend 2026 and looking for something to do. I googled what to…read moredo in San Jose and the only thing that came up was the Winchester Mystery House beside shopping. They have some good shopping the Westfield Mall and Santana Row. We're good on clothing and other goods so we weren't really looking to go shopping. I've heard of the Winchester Mystery House, but have never been. This seemed like my best chance. My husband has been twice. When he has 12 and then again when he was 42 so it wasn't new to him. I looked them up on their website and was shocked to see how expensive it was to make a single 1 hour tour, but it's really the only thing to do in San Jose besides eating and shopping so we took the plunge and decided to go. I looked and there was plenty of tickets on Friday so we figured we could just show up and go. For some reason I was inspired to look Sunday night to recheck the ticket prices and ensure they were going to be open Labor Day. To my shock the 10am slot was sold out and so were most of the morning slots. There were tickets at the 10:05am tour time. I didn't want to commit so soon at the same time I didn't want to miss our opportunity to see the house. In the end I took the gamble that we'd be up and ready to go by 9am to ensure we would make it to the 10:05 tour time. It cost $92.22 for 2 people including taxes and fees. Wow!!! Steep. I'm glad there were tickets left and I was able to snag 2 for the early time as we needed to make the journey home afterwards. We arrived at around 9am and thankfully found parking. On their website they said they were under construction and parking was limited and you may have to park at Santana Row. I didn't want to have to walk that far so we my husband humored me and we arrived extra early and were first in the parking lot. Good for us. We hung out in the car till 9:40am and then headed to the gate to get in line. There was a crowd forming, but no actual line. They opened the gates at around 9:45am to get everyone through security. They inquired if we had any weapons including pepper spray and inspected our purses. Good thing I left the pepper spray in the car lol. After entering in the court yard we were directed to the gift shop. We were informed that the most important room of the house, the bathroom was though the glass doors and through the inner courtyard. Also look for the green and red sign as that is where you go for your tour. At 10am sharp they called the first group in. They scanned your ticket and then took your picture agains the side of the house and give you a card to look at your picture after your tour. In addition after your tour they email you a link to your picture in addition to being able to look up your picture via the QR code on the card they gave you. I didn't look at the pictures till I got home as I took a really good one of us in the garden. When I got home I used the QR code to look at our pictures and I was shocked that they looked so good. They superimposed a picture of the house behind us. It was a super fun pose and my husband actually smiled in the pictures. They are only $35 for the set of digital prints. I'm not sure how it works if you get the printed copy at the gift shop, if they also give you access to the digital prints as well. I sure hope they would as these days everyone wants it digitally so they can post it on social media and send it to friends and family via email or text. I'm still tempted to buy the picture set. We'll see how long they leave it up. We just look so good in the pictures. I'm a total picture person and a real sucker for photo ops, especially photo booths. To add to it they did have a Photo Booth in the gift shop that looked fun, but as I said we did take some really cool selfies so we really don't need more pictures. The first cool thing you see is the door with the stairway that goes nowhere. So cool. Excitement from the very start. I got a cool picture of the staircase. The house is huge, but the room inside are tiny and I mean tiny. It's like you're walking into a closet. You are walking in and out of a room before you realize it. We visited I belive 110 rooms in 1 hour. After the tour we took a tour of the gardens. I am so glad that we did as you can walk around to the front of the house and grab a. Great pic in-front of the house. A totally instagram worthy shot. The grounds are beautiful. With lawns, hedges, and flowers. In addition in back was one of the workers quarters, a really nice house out back. When you walked by it talks to you and tells you a bit about life working for Sarah. There is also a fruit cellar where they dried fruit and that talked to you too about the process.

Had been wanting to go visit ever since I was in 3rd grade. Was so excited to go, even though it's…read more$50, but was deeply put off by a gift shop full of junk that has nothing to do with the beautiful house and the shooting game attraction. Signed on for the optional self guided attic and basement tour and I'm so happy I did. Got to speak with a guy named JT who works there and he was so full of knowledge regarding Sarah and the house. He really gave such a new perspective to the designs I had never thought of before. I understand the tour guides have a script and they like to lean into the paranormal but Sarah is such a character, just like her house. It almost felt disrespectful walking through and hearing they had 'ghost' noises playing in part of the basement. This woman was highly intelligent and did so many great things just to be painted as a crazy woman. Winchester needs to do better. Major shout out to JT, if he ran that place I just know it would be spectacular.

Maria Agredano was making excuses on why she didn't want to return my money in full when the trip…read morewas cancel. She was difficult to deal with. I will not recommend this travel agency.

We booked all of our services with them. We went on a 3 week trip in July and Maria was super…read morehelpful in booking us connecting flights from Cancun to Mexico City. Not only that but helped us booked the hotels and provided my parents with a lot of recommendations. We wanted to stay at a specific hotel in Mexico City but was booked, however, this woman made it happened and we ended up staying in the hotel we wanted. She made this process very easy. She booked our tickets for Xcaret and Chichen Itzá in Cancún. We literally did not have to worry about anything. Everything was taken care of. Not only that but Maria and Silvia were very accessible via phone when we needed something. We could always rely on them. I highly recommended their services

2019 Dec 21 - 2020 Jan 3 We had a great tour of…read moreWith tour guide Aldo (he's great): Cusco, Sacred Valley, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu. Jose was always there, attentive, hiking in front, back, side, showing us extra ruins on side trails. It was great! For the Amazon, we switched to great naturalist and super birder Jose Antonio and hiked and birded in Manu National Park. Jose Antonio has memorized 3000 bird calls, we tested about 50. He has a crazy ability to spot birds, animals and insects all over the place. Then we went to Nazca (lines in the desert), then an oasis for dune buggy and fun sandboarding. Next day in Paracas to see the sky darken with birds. Had an absolutely great time where we saw a huge sampling of Peru. I ate tons of carbs for the high altitude (you should probably get a Diamox prescription ... and chew coca leaves (San Pedro Market in Cusco), but with the hiking and activities, I lost 4lbs.

We had a great time in Peru. We saw the Sacred Valley, hiked the 26 mile Inca Trail for 4 days from…read more8,000 to 13,800 feet to see the ancient stunning Machu Picchu, learned about Incas, went to the exciting Amazon Rain Forest to see Macaw birds in the wild, shopped at San Pedro's Market in Cusco, celebrated New Year's Eve in yellow hats in Cusco, went on an exciting ATV ride in the desert, flew in a small plane over the ancient Nazca Lines, & went on a boat trip to the beautiful Peruvian Galapagos to see Penguins there. We had a great adventurous time there as a family. We highly recommend you all visit Peru too! We booked our trip with a wonderful travel agent named Natalie Conde her email is tourleadersperu@gmail.com and website is https://www.tourleadersperu.com/ Aldo Quispe was a wonderful main guide in Peru & Jose Antonio Padilla was a bird knowledgable guide in the Amazon. Here are some facts about our trip: We trekked the Inca Trail, one of the top 5 treks in the world! We were very lucky that permits were still available. In 2007, Machu Picchu was declared one of the Seven Wonders of the World. We travelled to all 3 regions of Peru: The Coast- Paracas and Huacachina, Andean Highlands- Cusco and The Jungle- Amazon Manu National Park. The Nazca Lines were the same ones that were portrayed in the Indiana Jones movie (Crystal Skull). Huacachina Oasis is the only desert oasis in South America.

We felt so lucky to have Tara organize our March 2024 trip to India which included Delhi, Jaipur,…read moreSamode Palace, Shahpura, Sarnath, and Varanasi. It was my second visit to Delhi, but I had a much deeper and more meaningful experience this time under Tara's thoughtful guidance. She listened to what we were most interested in seeing and doing and planned our itinerary accordingly. I appreciated having both an overview and a detailed description of each day's adventures in writing. Tara took us to restaurants, shops, and sites that we never would have found on our own. It was a grand adventure with opportunities to interact with locals, and I felt very safe and secure at every step, even as she navigated us through the teeming crowds of Old Delhi. Tara works with local guides who are very experienced and professional. The guide who shepherded us through Varanasi was especially good. He timed everything just perfectly and provided very thoughtful explanations of that mystical, awe-inspiring city. Tara is a lovely, gracious, and extremely knowledgeable travel agent who is clearly dedicated to providing her clients with a high-quality, personalized travel experience. She patiently answered our many questions and provided us with the kind of practical advice that made all the logistical details of travel go smoothly. I would highly recommend her services for any travel adventures!

Tara Gupta is a great travel agent. This was our 6th trip to India that she planned and hosted…read more This one was a private tour to South India for one month in March, 2024. We spent three weeks on tour with Tara, finishing with just us for one week in a resort. Exceptional planning, flexible when it came to our preferences, extremely knowledgeable, and a great host. Southern India...land of temples and some western European influence. We visited the church and Tomb of St. Thomas in Chennai, gazed on the Bay of Bengal (and saw, through a telescope, a lighthouse across the strait in Sri Lanka), crossed and paralleled the Western Ghats mountain range, and visited the very southern tip of India. Along the way we visited a spice and a rubber plantation and many other beautiful and interesting sites. And saw spectacular temples.

We had an awesome Mediterranean vacation due to the guidance and help provided by Patty. We had…read morenever been on a cruise so we didn't know what to expect, Patty helped us choose a trip that perfectly matched what we needed. We explored, relaxed, saw new places and most importantly created memories for a lifetime. I would definitely used their services again.

I cannot recommend Patty Crespo enough! She recently planned our honeymoon cruise to Southeast…read moreAsia, and it was hands-down the most seamless travel experience we've ever had. Planning a wedding is stressful enough, so having Patty take the stress of travel planning off us was a lifesaver. From the perfect hotel selection to the smooth transfers, everything was executed flawlessly. Because of her expertise, we didn't have to worry about a thing--we just focused on relaxing and enjoying our honeymoon. If you want an stress-free, expertly curated trip, look no further! Patty is also very well-versed in Ecuador tourism! She knows a ton!

We recently went on a 12 day trip with Echo Rails and Trails to Switzerland. We had a wonderful…read moretime; the other people were a ton of fun, the guides are beyond knowledgeable and so organized. We stayed at very nice, convenient hotels and ate like kings and queens. The train, bus, boat and funicular trips were so coordinated that we never sat around waiting at all. The local guide was easygoing and fun to be with and Rene (a Swiss native) and Suzanne made everything interesting and fun. It was a perfect trip. I would highly recommend Echo Rails and Trails for people who like to see different sights and are looking for an active vacation.

D'arcy Lore planned us an amazing trip all throughout Europe. It made traveling so easy and made us…read morereally appreciate the whole experience provided! She took us to some amazing places that I never wouldve thought to go. The experience was seamless and easy. Would recomend for anyone thinking about needing a travel agent.

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