Purple Light Vacations was recommended to us by Brand g Vacations, when we were planning our first…read moretrip with them - a river cruise on the Seine. Jonathan responded to my email inquiry immediately, and I was speaking with him by phone within two hours. We were pleased that he had extensive experience booking clients on Brand g tours, and was very familiar with hotels and tours in Paris. Within a day he had us booked on the Brand g tour and found flights that included a discount on our hotel stay in Paris after the tour. He also help select and book day tours in and around Paris. On the morning we were to fly out of Palm Springs and connect to Paris, we found that our first flight was six hours late! The result was that we would miss our connecting flight to Paris. I contacted Jonathan early in the morning and he coordinated with the airline to rebook on flights that still got us to Paris the same day and only six hours later than we originally planned. His help saved our trip and we still made our boat cruise departure on time. Throughout the planning and during our trip, Jonathan was always available by text or email. He consistently sent us reminders and updates about our tours and flights. With his help our trip was a great success, and it eliminated a lot of stress and work on our part. We definitely intend to us him again to plan future trips.

The at-a-glance overviews were the best part. I liked having the highlights for my community right…read morenext to the highlights for every traveler.

We asked Michelle, the chief organizer at Just Escape Travel to create a 5 star trip to the UK for…read moretwo weeks to celebrate our granddaughters obtaining her Master's Degree. The itinerary Micehlle created for us for us was extremely detailed, including the best hotels throughout England and Scotland with private limos, drivers and guides. She obtained all of the necessary tickets for every attraction so we didn't have to worry about anything. She also partnered with a UK travel agency who checked in with us every day to see how our trip was going and reminded us of the next day events. It made us feel that Just Escape Travel really had our backs and was with us every day. Very professional and accomplished to make a trip exactly to our specifications. We really appreciated Michelle's very professional efforts to make our trip with our granddaughter very memorable. Thanks for everything Michelle! Frank A.

We started with a plan to go to Costa Rica and quickly found that, despite years of travel…read moreexperience, we didn't want to do the usual research and planning. A friend recommended Michelle at Just Escape after her family trip to Fiji. We told Michelle our interests and budget and she tailored a fantastic, and affordable, experience for us. Everything from flights, accommodation, adventure activities, and private transportation between each area we visited. Everything was easy and seamless. Best holiday in years. We highly recommend Michelle and plan to seek her help for future trips.

My 5 stars with Cindy was a result of just one (1) phone call. But after getting the run around…read morefor a bit from various travel agents, airlines etc. etc., I called Cindy . . .and she listened to me for about 40 seconds and then stopped me while I was in mid-ramble and she kindly said, "If I may interject, I don't issue flight tickets anymore but I can direct you to who you need to talk to." And that she did!! . . and so far I'm loving my new agent. But Cindy is straight and to the point; can listen to your sitch and quickly determine if she can get you what you need and if not, where to send you! Thank you Cindy!

I'm beyond grateful for reading a review on yelp about travel agent Cindy Newman and giving her a…read morecall. She made my life so incredibly easy planning our first trip to Italy. She did not over look one single detail. I expressed to her what we wanted to do and she helped me find the perfect tour and planned a dream trip for our family. Everything was planned so well. Every little detail was well covered and taken care of. Not one single complaint. The trip, the tours and all the accommodations exceeded all our expectations. I will forever be grateful to her for the attention to detail, the experience her knowledge and above all the genuine care Cindy Newman gave us. She definitely knows her craft and she's amazing at it. She was an absolute pleasure to work with. Looking forward to our next trip and planning it with the help of Cindy.

Five full stars. We love love love our travel agent Aimee! Aimee has helped us plan multiple trips…read morenow that range from full-service where every last detail is thought of and planned to less managed trips where you just need hotels and a few tours and book everything else on your own and she shines in every way. On our full-service trips to Scandinavia and Japan, she took care of every detail from when we got off the plane with a private driver taking you to our first hotel, dinner reservations, private sushi classes, food tours, cultural heritage site tours, transfers between cities and hotels, to when we left our last hotel and go home (in style of course!). We have been privileged to have unique experiences such as riding a bike through Copenhagen with a private chef with a kitchen-bike, to learning how to make sushi with a sushi chef, to private city tours of Stockholm, Kayaking in the Lulea River in Sweden, taking a rigid inflatable speedboat to a Fjord in the Norwegian arctic circle, and touring the most beautiful temples and shrines of Japan with a private guide who can share details and educate you on the history and the culture that you could not find on your own. Travel agents make money when they book you things, but Aimee is never pushy with booking something every single day, and gives you time to decompress and discover on your own if you so choose. (If you want to do something planned every day you definitely can!) While our experiences are not the cheapest (The Four Seasons is always so expensive!) , our vacation time is limited, and we appreciate how we get a full experience of a city / country / culture and make the best use of that one resource that none of us have unlimited amounts of -- time. We also feel like even though the expense is high that we are getting decent value for our hard-earned money. We were with a different travel agency previously who we felt like did not provide as much value for our money and are happy we switched to Avant Garde. When a snag happens on a trip, like the plane delay that got us to Copenhagen 3.5 hours late last summer, Aimee or someone on her team from SD or Denmark jump into action and make sure that we reconnect with the trip and get back on track as soon as possible. We have declined some of her choices for hotels and had her book a hotel that we heard about or read about, and she has never given us any trouble or made us feel like she was pushing us to have to stay at any property that was more advantageous for her business. Her focus is to design a trip that YOU want to take, and we really, really feel like she is in our best interest all of the time. We've also booked less-managed trips with Aimee, where she helps us with hotels and maybe a couple of things in cities we understand and know. A memorable trip we took last year was when we went to Paris and Madrid to see Taylor Swift. We didn't want or need (or necessarily have the budget for) a full-service trip with action-packed private tours but she was happy to book our hotels, provide recommendations on what to do, and let us book other things on our own. From what I understand, Aimee has a team of professionals that work with her who help coordinate and plan and cater to many price points, but she specifically specializes in high-end travel with unique experiences. I love the fact that she always does a post-trip call (our previous high-end travel agent didn't do this) and wants to know what we loved (almost everything) and what can be improved (a few things) and feel like she really cares about your experience and uses the feedback to help us plan our next fabulous vacation and to avoid pitfalls that prior clients maybe have experienced. We are already dreaming of our next trip (with Aimee's help, of course!) and would highly recommend her for anybody who wants a customized, high-end experience (with prices to match!) that provide a good value for money spent.

Jennifer at Avant-Garde Travel was so helpful in planning my trip to Paris. My sister and I had a…read moregreat time. We had so many "bucket List" things to see and do and she was able to fit all of them into the time we had. Jennifer found us 2 great boutique hotels to stay in in Paris before and after the Disneyland part of our trip. She also arranged the day tours to see the sites of Paris. I was so happy to discover she was also in my home town and I was able to meet her in person. She set me up with their Travel App and the What's App that made following the itinerary and communicating in Paris so easy. I will definitely ask her to help me with my next vacation. Jennifer P

Their service for the visa to China was good. Staff were very friendly and knowledgeable.read more

Great service. Super fast and professional. I have used Phoenix Vacation for getting Chinese visas…read morea couple of times for family and friends. Way more efficient than DIY and going to the embassy. Highly recommend!

Crystal is the best! The hubs and I are scheduled to travel…read moreto Italy from late August-early September 2020 and in the midst of this Covid 19 issue, Crystal was thoughtful enough to reach out to us and just keep us informed of our reservations (flights/Cruise/train travel, etc) and has put our minds at ease. Crystal is not only thoughtful and kind, she is truly passionate about what she does and incredibly sincere.... she is truly salt of the earth. We are so grateful we found Crystal. Thank you for all you do Crystal! We truly appreciate you & Kahala! Stay safe and healthy everyone!

If I could give 10 stars I would!! Tracy is amazing and the best travel agent. She booked our…read morehoneymoon to Bora Bora and everything was planned to perfection, anywhere we went transportation was already set up and ready. It was an effortless trip since Tracy had everything planned out. We used her again for a cruise and something went wrong with the booking and she got the cruise line to fix it and actually give us additional credits. I had never used a travel agent before her and always did everything myself and I can tell you it feels so nice to have someone like her to take of everything for you!!! 10 Stars !!!

My husband and I love working with Heathre Foster Travel. She booked and planned the most…read moreincredible vacation for us in Bora Bora last year for our 10 year wedding anniversary and it was the trip of a lifetime. She suggested hotels, restaurants and even did the work in researching how we could use our loyalty points from Marriot. She helped us maximize the points and got us the best service and deals while we were traveling. She set up our transportation for each destination including boat transfer, small flights, and private cars to make sure we got to everything on time. There were absolutely no delays and no issues. She had thought of everything! She went above and beyond by customizing and personalizing every aspect of our trip. When arriving at our hut on the water at the St Regis in Bora Bora, we were greeted with photos from our wedding and a bottle of champagne. This was so unexpected and so appreciated that she would take the time to do something so special and unique for us. The surprises continued throughout the trip and it was just so incredible to think that someone would have made such an effort to make our trip so special! Heathre brought so much piece of mind to us while we were so far away from home. If we had a question she was right there with a quick reply even though she was on vacation herself! She is absolutely INCREDIBLE and I would recommend her to anyone interested in taking a vacation.

My wife and I love Heathre Foster Travel! She has booked our…read morelast 3 vacations without a hitch. We no longer book any of our staycations or vacations. Heathre Foster Travel has earned our business for life.

3 stars because the support staff is so nice. Shout out to the friendly man who greets at the front…read moreand the main desk attendants- super friendly and welcoming. However,the notary, Lorena, needs to educate herself on what identification is acceptable. She attempted to turn me away with a passport card and also lectured me on the importance of knowing the exact location of my drivers license is (yawn, who hasn't misplaced their DL?) trying to tell me I needed to go find it and come back. I said it didn't really matter where my license was or why I didn't currently know where it was (none of her business anyways.) she finally stopped her rant called the 'hot line' to confirm, using passive aggressive language smugly stating ' the member has requested that I call (I did not ask her to call) When the call center confirmed my passport card was adequate identification she responded with ' Well, when did that come into law?' I've worked as a notary, Lorena may need to take a refresher course and also consider changing her attitude to more closely mirror her coworkers.

I needed to have my Mercedes-Benz towed from my garage to the dealership without turning on the…read moreignition. Kusay from AAA arrived with a flatbed tow truck and was blocked with a painting crew on a commercial building next door. He was kind to wait 10 mins for them to move. Then he came, put the car in neutral and we pushed it out of the garage with a neighbor's help in the driver's seat. He gave exact directions to guide us through the whole process. He then took professional control of the situation to get the car on the flatbed. So skillful. Thank you Kusay! You're the best! Stuart T.

Sandy tutored my daughter and I with math. Sandy is an excellent tutor and made learning math fun…read moreand not so scary!!! I highly recommend her.

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