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Reluctant Cancellation of Tasmania Trip
Throughout the process of determining the itinerary for the trip and the subsequent cancellation,the assistance of Nikki and Skye has been been exceptional .
No doubt many others have had their travel plans upended by COVID-19 and demands upon the agents time and skills have been heavy. I fully appreciate the the opportunity to express my satisfaction with the service I have received and the refunds that have been negotiated
John
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KezzaCanberra 2600, ACT
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Fabulous Experience
Ben helped my friend & I organise a trip to Venice & tour that took in Bosnia, Croatia & Slovenia. He found the perfect tour with Kompass that went to all the places we had on our list of wanting to visit.The tour was excellent, the guide, the driver, the hotels & all the local guides for city tours were all excellent.We had a wonderful time. There were some last minute changes to our flights but Ben worked hard to get us a great alternative with just a slight extra cost. The hotel we stayed at in Venice was very well situated, we only had a s...Read more
hort walk from the water taxi stop which was greatly appreciated. It was right in the middle of restaurants, shops etc. We had a problem with our flight from Venice to Sarajevo, when the local airline suspended it's flights but Ben & Skye did a great job of getting us on another flight with another airline with no real interruption to our travel plans & no extra cost. We had a stopover in Kuala Lumpur on the way home which was a good way to end our trip. Having used Australian Escapes for previous trips, was extremely happy with this one & Ben did a great job of finding good accommodation & exactly what we needed to really enjoy our trip.1 comment
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Revisiting New Zealand
There were no additional fees. We booked a small organised trip plus stays in hotels at Christchurch and Wellington. All very comfortable and central. A couple had stairs to encounter but staff helpful with luggage. Everything more than expected! Did not need to cancel or change. The hotel in Auckland ( Bayswater VR Takapuna ) had a beautiful view.. Staff very efficient. Was isolated but on bus and ferry routes. My congratulations to Ben Brooker for his interest in meeting our individual needs and taking us on a journey through those important memories. He made us comfortable and well looked after. Would recommend Australian Escapes to any potential traveller.
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Actually I gave it all five stars!
John G.Australian Escapes
Hello Noray, Thank you for your feedback. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your New Zealand trip. Such a lovely destination! We look forward to assisting with your future travel plans. Kind regards
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HelenGIllawarra, NSW
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Friendly and different - that's Darwin!
Skye organised our recent Ghan trip to Darwin from Adelaide and then some excursions while staying for 6 nights in Darwin. We appreciated very much the thoroughness of the information she provided and the transport transfers wherever possible. The Ghan was great and excursions from the train were varied and suitable for all ages and fitness levels. We probably would not extend to the paid fixed wing flight from Tindall airport over Katherine Gorge again as it didn't seem really value for money ($400 each) but I believe it could be spectacula...Read more
r in the wet season. The accommodation in Darwin was very comfortable and the two park days (Kakadu and Litchfield) were extremely interesting. We also added a day to Bathurst Island where we learnt a lot about the Tiwi culture and art. Everything Skye organised ran like clockwork and we hope to use her considerable skills for planning our next trip soon. (Just one quick warning - the compulsory park entrance fee for Kakadu is $40 each but no doubt put to good use.)1 comment
John G.Australian Escapes
Hello Helen, thank you for your feedback. We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your trip. It sounds like you really made the most of it. We look forward to assisting you with your future travel plans. Kind regards
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Bucket list
Booked our GHAN TRIP with Skye. She was helpful from the start,it was well organized and planned.We loved Catherine gorge as we experienced our first time in a helicopter. Thanks very much for making our first trip to Darwin so easy and wonderful
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Hello Clinton, thank you for your feedback. We are so happy to hear you enjoyed your experience with Australian Escapes and we look forward to assisting with your future holiday plans. Kind regards,
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Magical Darwin - Can't Wait to go back
Can't thank Claire, Skye & all the team at Aussie Escapes for organising an amazing holiday package to
Darwin & Kununurra. Weather was perfect, Litchfield National Park AWESOME especially swimming under a waterfall & in rock pools. Car hire was great for exploring places like the Zebedee hot springs in El Questro Wilderness Park (but make sure with outback places a 4WD is always needed). We were delayed because we had a town vehicle. Besides that everything went according to plan. Accommodation in both Darwin & Kununurra were exceptional & th...Read more
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John G.Australian Escapes
Hi Robyn, we are thrilled to hear that you had such a wonderful time. We have noted the car delay and look forward to assisting with your future travel plans. Kind regards
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Our trip on the Ghan and our stay in Darwin was just amazing
The only additional fee we had to pay was when we went into Kakadu National Park but this was stated on our information so we new about this and this was payed on our conformation the day before we did this tour.
WE booked a trip on the Ghan 2 nights 3 days and had an apartment Ramanda Suites by Wyndham Zen Quarter Darwin for 9 days . All our excursions were book for us before we left. WE told SKye what we were looking at and she came back with a package, we looked at it made a couple of adjustments and all was good. WE would book with Skye from Australian Escapes again . The expectation was over and above.
The Ghan is a must trip.
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Thank you for your feedback. It was a pleasure to put together your custom travel plan for such a special destination. We are very happy to hear that you enjoyed your trip. Kind regards
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DebOSydney, NSW
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Amazing adventure
Booked Ghan Expedition including 6 nights in Darwin. Fantastic experience. First time in NT so was great to get a taste of some of it’s highlights. Loved Darwin.....not what we expected. Enjoyed our visits to National Parks. Kakadu is such a long way from Darwin so a very long day but worth seeing a small bit of it and Lichfield was spectacular. Definitely need more time to explore both parks at your leisure. Ghan was everything we expected plus more. Every detail was taken care of. Compartments comfy, Food and beverages excellent & plentiful. ...Read more
Staff were amazing.....always smiling and helpful. Loved all the off train excursions especially Katherine Gorge cruise and Coober Pedy. Few surprises were also lovely bonus. Loved it all. Our agent, Skye from Australian Escapes was great to deal with. Nothing was a problem as we added extra tour in Darwin & extra night in Adelaide. Always quick to respond to questions we had.1 comment
John G.Australian Escapes
Thanks Deb. It was a pleasure organising your holiday for you and we are very pleased to hear you enjoyed it so much. The Ghan experience really is something else. We look forward to assisting with you with any future holiday plans. Thanks again
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Leah G.North Queensland, QLD
Disgusted with the treatment and service.
Have booked cruises with and have had nothing but trouble. Extras that were supposed to be included were not and didn't find out until we were on the cruise. This cost a further $$$$ Can never contact directly. Will never use this company again. Not worth all of the money you pay them.
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John G.Australian Escapes
I refer to our written requests for you to immediately remove this review on the basis that your assertion regarding inclusion of alcohol package, alcohol costs incurred by you, and service quality are substantially false.
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Margaret HarrisHunter Region, NSW
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Scandinavia and Paris
John, our agent, was always readily available to discuss plans.
With the exception of the Paris hotel ( we thought it could have been closer to more attractions) all accommodation was very very good. All other accommodation was close to attractions and of desirable quality.
All flights both international and internal were clearly outlined and the flight times were well chosen.
Transfers at airports were also on time and easily accessible. Transfers for some low mobility travel companions was also well organised.
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John G.Australian Escapes
Thanks very much Margaret, that car hire in Stockholm was certainly a headache. The agent we used could not provide us with a city option. We now have some direct booking arrangements there. Point taken about the Paris hotel. Thanks again.
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Patricia
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Amazing Danube River Cruise
Thanks to John and Skye we had a most amazing cruise from Linz in Austria to the Black Sea! John was readily available to help when our train was delayed in Passau and gave advice on what to do. Our transfers went without a hitch as did our flights. Our ship, Vivaldi, was beautiful! The food on board was just amazing! The tours we booked once on board were very interesting and the guides were very knowledgeable and made it very interesting. Our accommodation in every city we stopped over at were superb - especially The Boutique Hotel in Buchare...Read more
st and in Dubai where we were upgraded! Great location at The Sofitel. I always received prompt responses to any questions I had before we left - John was very helpful. I have already recommended Australian Escapes to others that were on our same cruise!1 comment
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Wonderful, thanks Patricia. We're so pleased you enjoyed your holiday and very much appreciate your feedback. Thanks again.
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European adventure
We had quite a complex booking, staying in multiple different cities over a one month period. Our trip included an 8 night cruise on the Danube which exceeded our expectations and was the highlight of our trip. Our accommodation was in great locations, within walking distance or short drive of major tourist sites. We made several itinerary changes as our plans took shape, and none of this was a problem. Staff were very helpful when we encountered flight delays and disruption to transfer arrangements. There were no additional fees after the booking was finalised.
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John G.Australian Escapes
Thanks Deborah, Your comments are very much appreciated and it was a pleasure organising your holiday for you.
Thanks John, we really appreciated all the effort you put into making our holiday a great experience.
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Neil Queensland
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Outback Experience Central Australia
Had a great trip to Uluru and Alice Springs. All accommodation was as expected, comfortable and serviced. All the tours were fantastic made easy as we didn't have to drive. ATT Kings were professional and the drivers/guides were very friendly and shared their knowledge of the area. Highly recommend this tour as it covered a lot of must see places . Very special place out there in the Red Centre. Thanks to Skye for organising this trip.
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ng was organised and as per itinerary. A minor hiccup at the end but was sorted out in 10 minutes. This is a great package the tours were all fantastic. The scenery was amazing. It was a full on tour but absolutely worth it. Thanks to Skye for organising this for us.1 comment
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Thanks Neil, We appreciate the feedback. Central Australia indeed a special place and I have passed on your thanks to Skye.
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Martin AbblittIllawarra, NSW
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Great trip organised for a Swiss Rail Pass
We had a great trip to Switzerland and an 8 day rail pass, Ben organised the accommodation and then the flight transfers to the UK. All went very well, and the whole thing was a smooth process. The only complaint is that some of the accommodation could perhaps have been closer to the main railway stations in the cities, rather than a little along in the suburbs. We had a great time and thanks heaps to Ben for his hard work.
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John G.Australian Escapes
Thanks very much Martin for such a great review. I will pass on your comments to Ben and note the point about hotel location. Thanks again.
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WendyTSouth East Queensland, QLD
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The ultimate trip- the Canadian Rockies and a cruise to Alaska
Friends who had done this same trip recommended us to Australian Escapes and we were not disappointed. We told Ben what we thought we wanted to do and he took care of all the details, such as getting us great seats on our long flight from Brisbane to Vancouver and getting us an upgrade to a balcony stateroom on the cruise ship. No hiccups with any of the arrangements which was perfect. Thank you we appreciated your effotts on our behalf.
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Thanks Wendy. This is a terrific review and so glad everything went well for you. We work hard to make sure everything goes smoothly and we're very happy that you enjoyed your holiday. Thanks from Ben and the team.
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Gary Mansfield Murray Region, NSW
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A Great holiday experience
Everything was as expected no surprises. all went to plan, all the tickets for trains & flights were perfect,
all the hotel bookings were correct, tours and airport transfers were spot on.
The holiday was above our expectations.
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Thanks Gary, Thanks for the great review. This was your second trip with us and I'm pleased that everything went well and you enjoyed it.
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Maureen South East Queensland, QLD
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N.T. ADVENTURE
We have recently returned from a trip to Uluru and Alice Springs organized by Skye. We had some great tours and were very appreciative of the way Skye gave us free days to relax after the 10 hour long full day tours . Skye managed to cover all the major attractions and we had a great insight into the Red Centre. We had one hiccup where an Operator cancelled a tour but within an hour Australian Escapes had us booked on the same tour with another company.
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John G.Australian Escapes
Thanks Maureen and Ralph, we're very glad everything worked out. It was also great to hear that you really enjoyed the day tours. Thanks also for taking the time to post your review.
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DiTCentral Highlands and Goldfields, VIC
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Norfolk Island Break
Big thank you to Australian Escapes consultant Skye for organizing such an enjoyable trip to Norfolk Island for ourselves and our friends.
We enjoyed all the inclusions, learning about Norfolk history and the people, and the boys even managed a fishing trip catching a lot of big fish.
Everything was very easy for us to manage and the views over Kingston to the ocean from our accommodation were beautiful.
A very relaxing slow paced holiday.
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John G.Australian Escapes
Thanks for the review Dianne, I heard the fishing is first class there, very jealous. Great feedback on the accommodation. Thanks again.
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DamienVGippsland, VIC
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NT ADVENTURE
Australian Escapes consultant Skye bremer done a fantastic job every tour we done which was arrange by Skye was interesting. Also climbing the rock was a thing to tick of my list. The accommodation was first class thanks Skye we will be booking our next trip through Australian escapes soon
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Hi Damien, Thank you for taking the time to do this lovely review. I am looking forward to assisting with your next holiday as well. Skye.
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It's amazing
My experience of this holiday on the Ghan was amazing would recommend it to anyone who wants to go, Australian escape we're very good in organizing everything, only thing I didn't like was the seafood dinner experience, no seafood
Thank you Skye
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John G.Australian Escapes
Thanks very much Laura. The feedback is appreciated. We've crossed that restaurant off our list. John G
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Hello Kezza, thank you for your feedback. We are thrilled to hear that you had such a great experience and that you got to see all of the place you wanted to visit. It was our pleasure making this tri... Read more
p run as smoothly as it did even with the last minute flight change. We look forward to assisting with you with your future travel plans. Kind regards