Ocean & River Cruise Specialist : Carol Born

Family of 6 - Great Vacation

Reviewed By Mrs. M - Michigan | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

I just wanted to tell you what a great time we had at Disney World! Thank you so much for all of your help. The hotel was perfect and we all enjoyed the parks!

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No Worries!

Reviewed By Choir is Best! - Davisburg, MI | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

Carol took over all of the stress in planning this trip while we were trying to graduate a child, get her ready for college, and put on a musical. She loves Disney, and it shows. I would highly recommend her to anyone planning a Disney vacation!

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Enjoyed our vacation to its fullest extent!

Reviewed By Lindsay G - Michigan | Traveled to Universal Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA

Carol at Born for Travel LLC made our vacation at Universal and Disney amazing! All the details were taken care of in advance which allowed us to enjoy our vacation to its fullest extent. Thank you, Carol!

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We had a wonderful 40th Wedding Anniversary!

Reviewed By Scott B - Washington | Traveled to Caribbean

We had a wonderful 40th Wedding Anniversary celebrating on the NCL Escape. The recommendations for the drink and internet package was perfect. We appreciate the personalized attention, checking in along the way and wonderful knowledge helping us book such a grand vacation!! Highly recommend "Born for Travel".

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Make your next trip enjoyable and stress-free.

Reviewed By Mary B - Michigan | Traveled to Florida ~ USA

I had an Herb Conference to go to in Florida. We live in Michigan. I thought it would be a nice trip via car so we could see the progression of spring as we traveled south. Born For Travel made our trip very easy and enjoyable. We decided to do the trip in 3 days each way and I'm so glad we did.
Carol helped us figure out hotels and how to divide the trip up so we had plenty of time to stop along the way. We are approaching 80 years old and needed to stop every couple of hours to stretch our legs.
We highly recommend going through Born For Travel to make your next trip enjoyable and stress-free.

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Everything was simple and easy

Reviewed By Steven D - Florida | Traveled to Caribbean Sea ~ At Sea ~ At Sea

It was a great and fun experience. Everything was simple and an easy step by step process

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Amazing cruise

Reviewed By Chris C - Florida | Traveled to Caribbean Sea ~ At Sea ~ At Sea

Amazing cruise. 10/10 would recommend!

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Repeat clients! Can't wait to travel again!

Reviewed By Mrs. W - Michigan | Traveled to Universal Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA

My family and I worked with Carol Born in 2016, 2017, 2018 to plan our vacation trips. She wonderfully helped us with travel to Disney World, Universal Studios in Florida, then Universal Studios again. Working with Carol was a delight. She was very understanding and did a great job working with not only me, but with my daughter, and my 11 year old grand daughter. We all loved her and were impressed by her expertise and unlimited knowledge.

When I can start traveling again, I will be very excited to rely on Carol again.

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We had an absolutely perfect time!

Reviewed By Lisa and Larry - Oakland, MI | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

Carol was an excellent resource for us. Planning for Disney for the first time can be a daunting task, but Carol provided excellent guidance through every part of the process, including which rides to obtain fast passes for, and which restaurants to eat at! She made the purchase of our tickets, and hotel seamless. She even assisted us with our one day journey to Universal Studios, which she made extra special by sending an official “Hogwart’s Letter” to my boys. A week before our trip we got a detailed folder with everything we needed to get us started on our adventure. I would highly recommend that you rely upon Carol’s assistance.

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Lifelong Disney Dream

Reviewed By Krystal C - Ashville, NC | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

I’ve never been to Disney and it was a lifelong dream of mine to go. When the plans were official that my husband and I were going, my excitement level skyrocketed and I wanted to plan the best trip possible. Carol started helping me and I was so incredibly thankful. I was busy with finals week at school and there was so much that I didn’t know about Disney. Carol not only added to my level of excitement but helped me with every detail I asked her help with. She’s an expert at Disney so not only did I feel extremely confident in her advice but when I was at Disney I kept thinking how grateful I was for her tips and tricks. My husband and I had so much fun…it was hard to leave. I can’t wait to go back to Disney again. Thank you, Carol!

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Family Cruise with Disney

Reviewed By Candice and Waneen - Columbia, SC | Traveled to Bahamas ~ Caribbean

I just wanted to thank you again for all that you have done in making this process easy for us. Candice and I received the documents for our trip. We will be sure to send you pictures when we return.

I want to thank you on behalf of my sister, nephew, niece and daughter for the wonderful job that you have done in planning our first Disney Cruise. We were all very impressed with the cruise and had an excellent time. I will definitely recommend you to my family and friends. I look forward to staying in contact with you.

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First time at Disney!

Reviewed By Cheryl - Pontiac, MI | Traveled to Florida ~ USA

Absolute perfection ! I will definitely go to her again.

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The Harry Potter trip was AMAZING!!

Reviewed By Ginleoanna - Belmont MI | Traveled to Universal Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA

Carol was amazing and easy to work with! Everything was taken care of for me. She explained it well and answered any questions.

Carol Born responded

"I had so much fun helping you plan for your visit to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter! Whenever you are ready to go again I am ready to help!"

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Wonderful River Cruise!

Reviewed By CM - Michigan | Traveled to Europe

Born for Travel - Carol did a great job helping us plan our 1st Rhine River Cruise with AMAWaterways. Carol is a pleasure to work with, always responds quickly to questions, does research if she doesn't know the answer, and provides many helpful suggestions! It took a lot of stress out of the planning, and we had a wonderful trip. We also really enjoyed the AMAWaterways cruise line. We highly recommend Born for Travel and look forward to working with them again on our next trip! Cindy and John

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Our trip was wonderful!

Reviewed By EM - Ortonville, MI | Traveled to Greece | Europe

Our trip was wonderful. We all loved the ship (the Sun Princess), the cruise (Mediterranean with Greek Isles & Turkey), and the private excursions. No hiccups with anything. Thank you again for your great planning!

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We created memories to last a lifetime.

Reviewed By Amy E - Washington, DC | Traveled to Walt Disney World | Florida | USA

Born for Travel helped us plan the most amazing family trip to Disney World. I was very overwhelmed initially with the idea, and Carol was great at answering our questions, walking us through different resort options, pricing, and the pros and cons of our travel dates and schedule. She also helped us with a planning timeline, so we didn't have to think about everything all at once. Thank you for everything - we created memories to last a lifetime.

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Fantastic Alaska Cruise

Reviewed By Sally C - Ortonville, MI | Traveled to Alaska | USA

Carol suggested three excursions for our Quantum of the Seas Alaska Cruise, and they were great. Also, a dinner in Wonderland, which was really fun. Thanks Carol

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Every Detail Taken Care Of!

Reviewed By David M - Michigan | Traveled to Universal Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA

Carol Born was awesome. She was very present, accessible, and took care of every detail, which allowed me to enjoy a great vacation with my kids. Highly recommend and will be using her services again! Thanks Carol!

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Amazing Disney Trip

Reviewed By Kate W - Boston, MA | Traveled to Disneyland ~ California ~ USA

Carol and the team at Born for Travel helped make our family vacation to Disney truly amazing!

I appreciated the attention to detail, guidance/advice, and overall dedication to making sure our trip was magical. This team knows all the tips and tricks to make your vacation easier and a little more special!

We’d definitely use their services again, and would recommend them to anyone looking to optimize their Disney vacation.

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We had a great time!

Reviewed By Grace B - Michigan | Traveled to Universal Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA

Thank you, Carol! We had a great time and appreciated all of the extras Born forTravel provided including valuable insider information, paperwork/app assistance, sincere customer caring and genuine enthusiasm. WE WILL REFER AND, OF COURSE, WORK WITH YOU AGAIN. The Boldman Family

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Our experience was magical!

Reviewed By Dawn C - Florida | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

Thank heavens for Carol Born & the Born For Travel team. We had one day to enjoy Animal Kingdom at Disney World. We had never been and when we started looking at options we were quickly overwhelmed. We had no idea that we needed to choose a specific day, purchase a ticket AND make a reservation!! Then there’s the app, the Genie, Genie Plus, lightening passes, dining reservations, WHAT!?!?!
Given the cost to spend a day at the park and enjoy the food options, we highly recommend Carol to help you get the best bang for your Buck to say the least. She navigated our day for us & as a result we were able to see EVERYTHING we had hoped & then some. Our experience was magical with our longest wait time at 45 minutes only one time by following her recommendations. We even communicated several times with her while we were at the park. It was truly great fun. Many thanks, Carol!!

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Over the Top Special

Reviewed By Scott A - Florida | Traveled to Caribbean Sea ~ At Sea ~ At Sea

Thanks for your help and handling all the details to make our weekend over the top special.

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Carol was very helpful

Reviewed By Jacob S - Florida | Traveled to Caribbean Sea ~ At Sea ~ At Sea

Carol was very helpful. Can't count how many times I had to change some things around and she responded very quickly.

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Had an amazing trip

Reviewed By Greg L - Florida | Traveled to Caribbean Sea ~ At Sea ~ At Sea

Had an amazing trip thanks to you! 10/10

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Easy Bachelor Party Cruise

Reviewed By Christian A - Florida | Traveled to Caribbean Sea ~ At Sea ~ At Sea

Carol helped plan my Bachelor cruise. There were 13 of us and as you can imagine it got very stressful trying to get all of the boys to sign up and how to do it. Carol & her company made the process so much easier on myself and all of the guys. Thank you for everything and we plan to use you in the future for other extravaganzas!

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Great trip on short notice

Reviewed By L - Michigan | Traveled to Universal Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA

Carol was great at helping with our travel plans to Universal Studios and Island of Adventure on relatively short notice. She booked our resort at the most reasonably priced place as requested that was beautiful and very accommodating. Carol also assisted with getting our park tickets. This was our second time using Carol as our travel agent and I would definitely use her again in the future for any of our upcoming travel needs!

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3 Generations and a Magical Trip

Reviewed By Dian - Beverly Hills. MI | Traveled to Universal Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA

It was amazing, to use Olivia’s word!! It was extremely hot of course and very busy, but we didn’t let that stop us. She LOVED the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!! The magic wand worked wonderfully. She and Sharon were in the Parks for at least 13 hours both days; I joined them for about 8 hours each day; it was a job to get her to leave the Park. The vans, the pickups, the meal plan, the fast passes –everything worked great, thanks to you. Much appreciation for your planning and organization. We all felt kind of sad to be back in the non-magical world.

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Family Vacation to Walt Disney World

Reviewed By Melisa M - Lake Orion, MI | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

I approached Carol because we didn’t have time to research how to find characters, what character dinners are good, where to have nice dinner with Animal Kingdom theme, how to make the most of our day. She knows just which things to go on first in order to avoid long lines, and which things need a fast pass. We went to 4 parks, and never had a significant wait. Carol was so helpful. We just told her what we wanted to see and she figured out how to make it happen. Her plans are easy to follow. And she gives enough info so if a ride goes down or the lines are unexpectedly busy, you know what to do. As a result, we interacted with 34 characters and saw maybe a half a dozen more. We feel like for the cost of our Disney ticket, we got way more out of it because of Carol’s help. Definitely got the biggest bang for our buck! I found the experience so much nicer. It took a load off of me, I didn’t have to become a Disney expert.

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3 Birthdays and 1 special 51st Anniversary

Reviewed By Lisa - White Lake, MI | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

Thank you, Carol, so very much for being our Disney consultant. We cannot thank you enough for the marvelous job you did setting up our family celebration. We followed your suggestions and schedule and we were able to see and do everything we had hoped to do. You helped us make our Disney trip full of Magic. We are blessed to know you!

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Sisters Tea Cup Adventure

Reviewed By Debbie & Denise - Michigan | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

We had a very nice time. Weather was not the best our first 2 days and it didn’t even matter! We still enjoyed ourselves! For me, the most wonderful part was having someone else make the plans. I’m not normally the type that trusts someone else to do that! But everything you did for us was perfect. We were very happy with our hotel, the service, and the ease of everything! I also loved the literature that arrived every few days that addresses us personally. It made the excitement grow daily! Thanks for your hard work. It was a real gift.

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Spectacular Cruise with Grandkids

Reviewed By JC - Washington | Traveled to Alaska ~ USA

I want to express my appreciation to Carol for her excellent service toward my Princess Alaska cruise with my 4 grandchildren ranging in age from 15 to 18 years. There is no way the cruise would have happened without her skills and knowledge. I especially want to say thank you for the above and beyond tech services she provided for me as I live in an area with poor to no internet service.
Due to her planning and guidance, we had a spectacular time and I would highly recommend Born For Travel to other travelers.

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Very low stress trip!

Reviewed By Sally C - California | Traveled to Aruba ~ Caribbean

I went on an 8 day Royal Caribbean cruise to the southern Caribbean. It was the first time I had used that cruise line and Carol made it all very easy. She helped me plan my excursions and gave me suggestions about what reservations to make on sea days. She walked me through the pre-boarding Covid tests, and even gave packing suggestions! Her attention to the little details made my trip very low stress. I can't wait for her to plan my next adventure.

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Got back from Disney World — it was great!!

Reviewed By Dian - Michigan | Traveled to Walt Disney World ~ Florida ~ USA

Got back from Disney World — it was great!! Olivia loved the attractions and events that you scheduled. We all loved the Japanese restaurant — superb. We also liked Tusker House; my daughter Sharon loved it the most. It’s cafeteria style, with very good food. It was pretty warm in Orlando, but 90 was the hottest it got, so not too bad.

One of our highlights was the incredible multi-cultural experience throughout both parks. Olivia made friends from France, Australia, etc. Thanks for everything, Carol — it was a wonderful vacation.

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Able to Eat on Vacation!

Reviewed By Candice C. - Napa, CA | Traveled to Disneyland ~ California ~ USA

Carol helped put together a wonderful weekend at Disneyland/California Adventure. She shared great tips and was able to enjoy some dining options with having some complicated food restrictions. Thank you Carol!

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Amazing Universal Studios & Disney Long Weekend

Reviewed By Lindsay - Franklin, MI | Traveled to Universal Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA

We had an amazing time! Thank you so much for everything you did!

Both VIP’s were super friendly and made for a great experience.

Universal- never had to wait and went on every ride we wanted
Disney- we hit all 4 parks in 7 hours. Never had to wait more than 5-6 minutes.

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Family Memories ??

Reviewed By MD - Michigan | Traveled to Caribbean

Carol is a wonderfully organized travel expert. She listens and made our large family trip amazing.

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