We could have done better with Expedia. He found no better flights than we found. When we asked…read morehim about booking connections for transportation from airports to hotels or from Rome to Florence. He said he could do that . . . for a price. And the hotel he booked for us in Rome was a $30 cab ride each way between the hotel and any of the major tourist attractions. When we got there, we contacted Tor, who told us it was our fault for not checking in advance. What did we need a travel agent for, if not for things like making sure we were well located?!

A friend recommended Tor to arrange our travel plans to Havana, Cuba. We met with Tor so he could…read moreget a sense of what we were interested in doing on our trip. Tor put together an itinerary to try to maximize our time to see the sights for the three days that we were there. Tor has been to Cuba many times so we had lots of questions about the process. Tor was easy to work with and returned phone calls and emails promptly. Tor couldn't have made planning this trip any easier for us. He took care of everything!

I paid $250 up front for Robyn Cohen from t100g to research options for 9 family members to stay at…read morethe beach for a week. A few days later she sent me 3 links to 3 resorts. No pricing. No specifics. I responded that of the 3 links, the first link was the best and asked what else she could recommend in that area. I didn't hear back so I ended up doing the research myself and booked a beautiful beach house on VRBO. I think I paid Robyn $250 for maybe a half hour of research. Live and learn.

Very unresponsive. Have been waiting weeks to hear back from them for plane tickets. Very…read moredisappointed

Recently I needed help with repairing my Buick Lacrosse, so it was towed by AAA towing service to…read moreSkokie Car Care location. John Britton - Assistant Facility Manger took good care of my car. He was very attentive and very kind., Thank you Mr.Britton!

Posted hours say 6:00 PM. I arrived at 5:30 -- thirty minutes inside their own posted hours -- and…read morewas turned away and refused service. The staff member told me he has to "initiate closing procedures thirty minutes before close," which means they effectively stop serving customers at 5:30 despite advertising until 6:00. If your real cutoff is 5:30, post 5:30. Sending a paying AAA member of 20 years away during your stated open hours is a waste of people's time and a poor way to treat long-time members. Fix your posted hours or honor them.

Thank you for the attention to details on our motorcycle weekend trop. The accommodations were very…read morewell received by all of us that went to the round-up in Springfield Illinois. I'd recommend Bee Travels for all of my traveling needs.

Mandee is the best travel agent! She gives great recommendations, then backs them up with the best…read moreway for you to save as much money as you can for vacation costs. She also answers questions promptly and knows her recommended properties/cruise lines well.

Just came back from a 3 week vacation destination Paris, Athens, Samos, Tinos and Santorini!…read more Decided to use Olympia Express since this was the travel agency my parents used for many many years to and from Greece. Jimmy did a wonderful job! The hotels he chose for us at each destination were perfect! The Ferry rides from island to island which can be intimidating even for a Greek went without a hitch! Jimmy even found us a last minute hotel in Athens on a Sunday when their office is closed when we couldn't stay with relatives ....Thank you again Jimmy and Olympia Express!:) Kathy M

We just returned from a ten-day trip to Greece--our first visit there--and it was wonderful. Jimmy…read moreat Olympia Express arranged all of our transportation (air and ground), hotels, and tours, and all were excellent. All went smoothly, with highly informative tours and some of the best hotels in Europe. Every hotel was beautiful, comfortable, and clean as a whistle. Best of all, the personnel at every hotel were warm and friendly and deeply hospitable. We were always made to feel like honored guests, and we are grateful to have been treated with such graciousness. Olympia Express did a great job for us, and we already look forward to our next trip to Greece.

My GF and I purchased a Groupon for the Chicago Photo Safari and we chose to shoot at Millennium…read morePark. Unfortunately, about 15 minutes into the session, it started to rain so the group (around 10 of us) fled into the Chicago Cultural Center for the remaining time. I thought the CCC was interesting for about an hour but definitely did not have enough interesting areas to fill up a 3 hour photo shoot. This brings me to one of my complaints-the safari was supposed to be 3 hours, but it was only about 2 hours and 20 minutes. I'm sure it would be a better experience in Millennium Park but if you are planning to make the safari rain or shine, you should have a better back up plan. Also, b/c the CCC isn't brightly lit, this limited the settings people could use while taking pictures. Our instructor - Scott - is a student at Columbia and he had a good personality and did his best to engage the students and help them. I thought it was helpful that he had an iPad that allowed him to pull up a picture that illustrated the concept that he is explaining. He also was knowledgeable re photography. The one complaint regarding Scott is he clearly was out late the night before and still smelled like stale beer. Not a big deal to us, but I can see how that might bother some people. I think this class would be useful for someone that has a DSLR and only shoots in automatic mode or in program mode without understanding what is actually happening in the program mode. I'd say the majority of the class fit into this description. But, if you have a basic idea of how to set the exposure, what depth of field and what ISO are, I'd skip the safari and just walk around Millennium Park. The 3 stars is based on the Groupon price and if you are an absolute beginner. If you paid full price the rating would be a 2 stars.

My Mom and I bought a Groupon and did the Millenium Park daytime safari. I live out of town, and…read morethought this would be a fun way for us to spend time together while I was visiting for the holidays, and it was! The MP safari was beginner level, which worked well for my mom who was borrowing one of my DSLRs for the first time. As a more intermediate DSLR photographer, I got more familiar with my new camera and was able to talk lenses and other advanced topics with the instructor and students with the same DSLR Rebel I had. But the most beneficial thing for me was the fact that we spent so much time photographing the same subject (the Cloud Gate) over and over. Other yelpers lamented that there wasn't enough subject matter to photograph, and although that is true, the real benefit to the repetition is that you can take the same shot over and over and adjust your settings each time. Then when you go home, you can load the shots into the computer and compare the settings for each picture, and try to learn more about what settings work in which conditions. "Setting intuition" is something that I struggle with and having a slow tour through MP has already helped me to better predict how to set my camera for different lighting conditions. I would certainly recommend Chicago Photo Safaris to (1) beginners who own or have access to a DSLR camera or (2) intermediates who are either looking to become more familiar with their DSLR or use the safari as a way to experiment with settings, take home the shots, and critically evaluate them. The MP safari was NOT for folks who (1) want to take a bunch of pictures of different things, (2) don't own a DSLR or other digital with shutter speed and aperture controls, or (3) are easily bummed out by being outdoors on one of Chicago's many less-than-perfect days or indoors in one of our many old, under-lit buildings. As for me, I would seriously consider another Chicago Photo Safari when I'm in town in the future.

Amazingly helpful!!! I am going home and am a supreme procrastinator and Maria got me across the…read morecountry for 266 dollars including tax! I will never use expedia again, Two phone calls ten minutes and my travel was booked for me and my baby!

Through the years Alicia and her associates have helped my family travel to Uruguay, Chile, and…read moreplaces South. She is responsive and conscientious, and even in these times of fast and direct accessibility of Airline websites, she manages to do a better job than any of us could do on our own. She will do better than Expedia and Travelocity as well. La recomiendo sin reparos.