Two excellent trips ??
Reviewed By Barbie&Ken - Hudson Wisconsin | Traveled to Paris | France | Europe
Kate planned our driving trip through Southern England and most recently a ten day trip to Paris France. She is excellent. She carefully listened to us, made great suggestions, and followed through on everything. The only way she could have made it easier would be to come with us. Alas, she has a family and a life.
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Trip for 6 for 50th Birthdays
Reviewed By Dawn - Stillwater, MN | Traveled to Dominican Republic | Caribbean
Jeff and Kate helped our group of 6 design our 50th birthday trip to the Dominican. From day one Kate answered every email and call with professionalism and promptness. Our group started with a list of must-have's for our trip and Kate put together a lengthy list with resort specifics and prices. So much research went into creating our amazing birthday trip and we had the best time. Everything went off without a hitch! We had a few special requests that we needed when we arrived in the Dominican and Kate reached out to our resort ahead of time to see what they could do and relayed that information to us. This Team of Kate & Jeff were just great! I would highly recommend them for your next travel adventure! Thanks so much!
Kate Smith responded
"Dawn,
You are so welcome! It was such a pleasure planning this very special 50th birthday trip for your group! We are so happy that you all had a wonderful time! We look forward to helping with any other future trips you may have!
Kate "
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Loved the support!
Reviewed By Defender - St. Paul, MN | Traveled to Alaska | USA
It's wonderful to know that we have local travel agents that strive to provide top-notch service and ensured our journey was smooth and hassle-free. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experiences and knowledge of best-rated excursions to choose from.
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you so much!
We enjoy working on all the parts of a trip to make the overall experience the best it can be for our clients! We look forward to working with you again in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Our most amazing trip ever!
Reviewed By Barb - Cottage Grove | Traveled to Europe
Kate and Jeff helped us plan an amazing trip to Europe to celebrate my daughter's graduation from law school. We traveled to France, Switzerland and Germany on an unforgettable, action-packed adventure of our dreams. Kate found us wonderful boutique hotels and most importantly, helped us book train and car transportation throughout the 2-week journey so we could move easily between our many locations. I highly recommend Dream Travel by Design!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you Barb!
Your trip was super fun to plan and I am so glad you had a wonderful time making tons of cherished memories! I am looking forward to seeing some of your pictures and hearing some of your travel highlight stories.
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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The best adventurous trip of my life!
Reviewed By Char - Woodbury, MN. | Traveled to Europe
Kate was so engaged in our trip. She was efficient down to the last detail. She was caring and professional and handled everything in an excellent way. Even in the middle of the night when we had a slight problem, she was there and took care of everything. She is one of the most caring people I have ever met!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you Char!
It was my pleasure to create this trip of a lifetime for you! Thank you for sharing your scrapbook of the trip with me! I loved seeing all that you were able to see and do. Until we meet for coffee again.... :)
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Bucket List Vacation!
Reviewed By Barb - Stillwater, MN | Traveled to Italy ~ Europe
Kate helped us plan our dream vacation to Italy and Greece. She was very knowledgeable and thorough. She took her time in making sure all of the details were covered. When we had an issue with one of the hotels Kate was right on top of it and got us transfer to a new hotel. Since this was our first time traveling abroud it was good to know that Kate was available for any issues or questions that we had. The trip was amazing and we would definetly use Kate's services again.
Kate Smith responded
"Barb,
Thank you so much! I really enjoyed planning this trip for you and I look forward to helping with the next one!!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Honeymoon Trip
Reviewed By Customer - Minneapolis, MN | Traveled to New Zealand ~ Australia & New Zealand
Kate was friendly and always followed up with questions we had. All the requests we had Kate was very accommodating.
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you!! I loved planning your Anniversary trip! I look forward to working with you again in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Our visit to the Big Apple
Reviewed By Karen - Cadott, WI | Traveled to New York City ~ New York ~ USA
Kate found and booked a wonderful bus tour of NYC for us after I thought they were all sold out. She helped us check in for our flights and she found an unbeatable price for the musical we attended. Thank you, Kate, for your all-star service and VIP treatment!!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you Karen! I am so glad that you had a wonderful time in NYC and that we were able to get you all the tickets you wanted!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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The ultimate dream escape
Reviewed By Steve - Cadott, WI | Traveled to Quintana Roo ~ Mexico
Kate helped us find the best resort that fit our vision and met our needs. She landed the best deals for us and was always on standby, answering any questions we had domestically and internationally. We are so appreciative of Kate's legwork, 24/7 assistance, and support in making our dream vacation possible!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you Steve! It was my pleasure! I am so pleased that your vacation was fabulous! Making my clients happy and being there to help if an issue arises are my top priorities!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Wedding Trip
Reviewed By Diane - Trego, Wisconsin | Traveled to Tasmania ~ Australia ~ Australia & New Zealand
She was always available to answer any questions via phone or email and assist with any last minute changes.
Kate Smith responded
"Thanks Diane!
It was my pleasure working with you on your vacation. I am looking forward to finalizing the details of your next trip!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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A Very Merry Hawaiian Christmas
Reviewed By Crip - Lakeville, MN | Traveled to Kauai Island ~ Hawaii ~ USA
Kate took the time to get to know us and find out what we wanted out of our vacation. She provided multiple options and different price points that met our budget and desires. She was patient and willing to help us make minor changes at what we considered to be last minute. With her help we had a flawless experience/vacation!!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you so much! It was a pleasure working with you and I am so glad that you had a wonderful Christmas vacation! I look forward to assisting you again in the future!
Kate"
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A trip of a life time.
Reviewed By Kevin - Rochester Minnesota | Traveled to Tasmania ~ Australia ~ Australia & New Zealand
Kate was great to work with every step of the way in planning our trip. She was very organized and gave us different options to help us decide exactly what we wanted.
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you Kevin. I really enjoyed working with you to design this amazing trip! I look forward to working with you again in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Once in a lifetime trip of perfection!
Reviewed By Christie - Lakeville, MN | Traveled to New Zealand ~ Australia & New Zealand
Working with Kate to create our dream 10 year wedding anniversary trip was wonderful from the moment we first met with her. She listened to what we wanted and built an amazing trip based around what we desired along with what she found on her own to elevate our trip. Kate communicated with us during every step of the process. She is professional and approachable. We will definitely contact her again with any big travel plans in the future!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you so much Christie! Your amazing trip was so fun to plan! I am so glad that you both had a fabulous time! Looking forward to working with you both again!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Disney World Dream Vacation
Reviewed By Mandy - White Bear Township, MN | Traveled to Florida ~ USA
Kate is an excellent travel agent!!! Kate worked with us in designing our family's Disney World vacation. Our vacation also included going to Clearwater Beach and Universal Studios. Kate helped us maximize every moment of our vacation! Her recommendations for lodging both in Clearwater and Disney World ensured that we were close to the beach and the four Disney Kingdoms. Kate had many fantastic tips for items to bring with us to the Disney Kingdoms and how to use Disney Genie and Disney Genie+ for booking rides. Our family was extremely satisfied that we were able to experience the best rides at Disney World! I appreciate that Kate responds immediately to emails, text messages and phone calls! She also was available for a variety of meeting times, so meeting with her fit into our busy family's schedule well. Due to Kate's outstanding travel planning skills, we will always remember this vacation as one of the best ones our family has taken!!!
Kate Smith responded
"Mandy,
It was my pleasure to help you with your family vacation to Florida (and other trips as well). I appreciate your kind words as I strive to make each and every trip as enjoyable and stress free that I can. You having a wonderful time on your trip is the biggest thank you that I can get. I look forward to helping your family again in the future!
Kate"
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Fantastic at Helping Create an Awesome Trip for Us
Reviewed By Caleb - Braham, Minnesota | Traveled to California ~ USA
Great! Would highly recommend!
Kate Smith responded
"Thanks Caleb!
I appreciate your review and look forward to helping you again in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Disney Delight!
Reviewed By Julie - Ellsworth, WI | Traveled to Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA
I enjoy planning our family vacations. However, I knew I was in over my head tackling a Disney World summer vacation this year. With crazy busy kids and work schedules, I couldn’t pull this one off without help.
This is where Jeff and Kate with Dream Travel by Design was our vacation-planning superheroes! Kate took the overwhelming amount of information and distilled it into the key points that applied to our family, budget, and timeframe. She presented us with a very detailed hand-curated vacation itinerary with several options considering all the unique aspects we wanted to fit into this vacation. Kate let me delegate to her the stressful parts of the travel planning (like waiting on hold with the hotel to request adjoining rooms), but I still did the aspects I enjoyed. I was amazed at how much insider knowledge she had of Disney World that she readily shared with us. I could never have done all this without her! A very memorable Disney family vacation, thanks to Kate!
Kate Smith responded
"Julie -
Thank you so much! I thoroughly enjoyed helping to design your family Disney vacation! I am thrilled you all had a wonderful time and that I was able to share some of my knowledge to make it a little easier and hopefully more stress free! I look forward to helping to design more fun vacations for you and your family in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Great Disney Trip
Reviewed By Audrey - Fridley, MN | Traveled to Orlando ~ Florida ~ USA
I’m a Disney fan and while I’ve been to Disney World many times, traveling to the park following COVID I knew was going to have many changes. We wanted help understanding what to expect and booking through Kate was very easy and made the trip so much easier. It was an incredible experience and I have nothing bad to say! Thank you for giving us ‘things to know’ before traveling, guidance on what to expect, how to use the Disney app to our benefit, and making this another great Disney vacation. Appreciate you!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you so much Audrey!
It was my pleasure to guide you with all the new Disney changes. My goal is always to make things easier for my clients and for them to have the best vacation ever - so happy that this was your experience on your Disney trip! I look forward to helping you again in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Satisfied Repeat Customer
Reviewed By David B - Chanhassen, MN | Traveled to Mexico
This is my second time working with Kate and the service was once again 5 stars! We traveled out of the country and she was there to help us as soon as we landed when we had questions. Thanks Kate!
Kate Smith responded
"Thanks David!
I enjoyed designing each of your trips and look forward to helping you again in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Awesome Experience!
Reviewed By Ann - Ellsworth, WI | Traveled to Sweden ~ Europe
Jeff and Kate were true lifesavers when helping my friend and I travel to a few countries in Europe. We had a frustrating experience with the airlines cancelling tickets the day before our flight, but Jeff and Kate made the experience way less stressful than it could have been by waiting on the phone for hours to ensure that we got our tickets for our trip. On top of that, they touched in with us every so often during our travels to make sure that everything was going well. It was so comforting knowing that they were there to handle any situation, and it took a load off of our shoulders. Thank you!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you Ann!
We really enjoyed working with you on this trip and we look forward to working with you again in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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The getaway our family needed!
Reviewed By Varsity Coach - Cadott, WI | Traveled to Quintana Roo ~ Mexico
Jeff and Kate are excellent! We hired them as travel agents for our last vacation, and they are currently assisting us in researching possibilities for our next family getaway. We have hired other travel agents in years past, but they don't measure up to the time, devotion, knowledge, organization, and accessibility Jeff and Kate offer. They helped us discover our last destination, which aligned beautifully with our vision. In addition, Jeff and Kate prepared us for traveling overseas amidst the new COVID protocols. We immensely enjoyed our vacation with ultimate peace of mind because we knew we were in good hands with their service.
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you so much!!! It is our absolute pleasure to create these fabulous trips for you. We strive to make each trip you take the best!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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Wonderful trip!
Reviewed By Sister - Stillwater, Mn | Traveled to Marthas Vineyard ~ Massachusetts ~ USA
Very knowledgeable and helpful. Everything went perfectly!
Kate Smith responded
"Thank you! We are so glad you had a wonderful trip and look forward to helping you in the future!
Kate"
✓ I would recommend this agent to my family and friends.
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