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Customized Luxury Vacation Packages
Here's how to find customized luxury vacation packages
I've worked with clients who prefer to avoid the vacation package deal of the month crowd. While they do offer some great deals, you can't help but feel like part of a herd, where every location is overrun with providers eager to make a fortune off the tourists. Enter the solution: customized luxury vacation packages. Here are some area specific providers that will help plan a luxurious vacation on your own terms:
Hawaii Travel Bureau (http://www.hawaiitravelbureau.com/). This is the place to for customized trips to Hawaii. Their website is chock full of information, and they help guide you through which islands you want to visit (they give expert summaries on each island) as well as the recommended activities on each island. For example, luxury packages tend to include Lanai but may overlook a resort on Maui. The travel Bureau will put together customized packages for you, and negotiate lower air and hotel costs. On their website they boast that the average client saves 37% on their vacation package.
Ultimate New Zealand (http://www.ultimatenewzealand.com/) An absolutely first class experience. I spent a semester traveling New Zealand, and must admit that if you intend to experience all New Zealand has to offer, these are the guys to do it with. You can fill out an online questionnaire where you select your main interests, such as arts, gardens, diving, hiking, beaches, fly-fishing (New Zealand has some of the best in the world) and golf. Then, you select your preferred transportation (self-driving, hired driver, etc.) and accommodation (bed and breakfast, boutique, condo, etc.) and submit. They take care of the rest, and provide you with several customized luxury package options. Highly recommended.
Destination Europe (info@destinationeuropeonline.com ; 888.882.4088) A quality operation that specializes in customized luxury vacations to (you guessed it) Europe. While their website is not as robust as the previous two (you have to contact them directly with a travel request) their service is top notch. There is a strong case to be made for using them rather than booking a standard group package, as Europe has so many different flavors within a day's drive. Rather than shuffle along to see the "highlights" you can zig zag and change your itinerary at will. There is nothing worse than loving a city (such as Paris) only to be forced to move on to another city that you dislike (such as Venice, just my opinion!) and be stuck their for two days.
These are three companies that have provided customized luxury vacation packages for years, and come highly recommended from discerning travelers.
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