Portugal Experience

In the pursuit of a vacation style we were unfamiliar with, we needed help and Karen was great! Her professional and knowledgeable efforts resulted in a wonderful experience which occurred without issue or inconvenience. We will certainly recommend her to our friends and will be using her for all our upcoming adventures!

Karen is a joy to work with and a consummate professional. She always has the answer to questions I don't even think to ask.

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Very professional and helpful with everything. If she didn't know at first she found the answer quickly.

Karen was responsive and efficient in getting all we needed for our trip. From private drivers to train tickets to great hotels, she handled everything. She listened to our requests and made it happen, as well as offered suggestions, based on her own experience, for us to consider. We had a wonderful time thanks to all of her pre-planning.

It was very easy working with Karen.

Karen is absolutely amazing and has she has traveled the world herself she is a great resource for ideas of places to travel to!! She is ALWAYS quick to respond to my emails....even when she was in Tanzania!!

We have benefited from Karen's expertise and attention to detail on multiple trips and will continue to rely on her. She takes the time to understand our desires and makes recommendations to meet them. We did a Zoom call to discuss our most recent trip which was snorkeling and relaxing on the beaches in Hawaii. Total success!! Her resort recommendations are always excellent. Karen also provided information to effectively guided us through the COVID travel process and she is always keeping us informed of travel changes/updates. We have benefitted from Karen's travel industry affiliations with resort upgrades and complementary services. We are looking forward to our next trip!!

Karen has always guided us in directions that suit or family perfectly! She thinks of all the little things to make our trip easy and enjoyable. We really value her experience and advice especially in the places she's been to.

Karen has planned several trips for our family: family cruise, couples trip to Italy, anniversary celebration in Costa Rica, daughters honeymoon to Greece, and upcoming trip to S Africa. She Is exceptional in communication and working with us on our wish list and budget. Our accommodations and excursions have been amazing. Karen has so much expertise and knowledge that I know our trips will alway be stress free, unique and memorable.

We have used Karen for many years, and have always been incredibly happy with the fruits of her work. She is professional, knowledgeable, responsive, friendly - all in all, perfect! I would recommend Karen (and I do!) without any reservation (no travel pun intended!). She is the best!

Karen was absolutely amazing to work with! I reached out to her with an idea for a trip, my budget, and dates and she was able to put together the perfect package for myself and the friend I was traveling with. She asked just a few questions about our interests and planned perfect excursions for us. When we were looking at flights, hotels, and tours on our own it was very overwhleming and much more costly. Karen was able to highight the best cities to see and the best sites to see in those cities. She was always very responsive throughout the booking process and even while we were away. We had some flight issues upon departure and she was on the phone after we emailed her at 10:30 pm trying to make sure we had the best flight and still had the seats we wanted. When things changed on the trip because of weather she was there to help us find other options and made sure we got a refund for the tour we were unable to go on. She definitely made some last minute changes less stressful!

She was a valued partner in all aspects of travel planning for our 28 day trip to New Zealand and Tahiti. She presents suggestions and options with insights gained from her personal experience and from reports from her prior customers. She is prompt and thorough in her research on suggestions we made to her based on input from friends of ours who had been there previously. She tailors physical activities (treks, kayaking, biking, glacier climbs) to requested exertion levels. She suggested a few upgrades in accommodations that proved to be well worth the added cost as she was able to obtain room rates below those I was able to find by going direct. I have done most of our travel planning without the assistance of an agent. I found the assistance Karen was able to provide as clearly value-added.

Karen was so easy to work with from day one. She made lots of suggestions to make our trip more fulfilling and was extremely pleasant even when we changed some of our plans. She responded to any concerns or questions quickly.We had a lot of confidence in her and and as it turned out we weren’t wrong. Will definitely plan our next trip with Karen

Karen is very quick to provide information and suggestions for upcoming trips!
She has helped in finding cost effective alternatives to different locations.

Just returned from a two week trip/safari to Africa- using our Travel Agent Karen Boike Once again we were extremely pleased with all her expertise in planning the perfect care-free vacation. This trip took a lot of coordinating as we stayed in 4 different places and took over 10 different flights to three different countries. Accommodations and planned excursions were excellent and she provided tons of information regarding money, tipping, clothing, cameras, shots needed etc. We felt very prepared. Her Best recommendation was that we do two different safari experiences and this proved to be so worthwhile. Karen really knows her stuff and we benefit from her knowledge every trip we take.

Karen has an amazing amount of knowledge in the travel world. She can suggest amazing trips with more than amazing add ons for local trips when you get to your destination. Her accommodation recommendations are always 5 star and spot on. Our trips had private transfers where we always felt safe. The travel docs arrive at your home in a manner easy to follow several days before your trip. She has suggested everything from the best flight times, to 5 star airlines (we didn't even know airlines had ratings) and hotels to stay before our flights. Several of our trips included personal guides and transportation for the day or even week. These local guides were Cozumel, Mayan Riviera x 2, Ireland and best of all Thailand for 2 weeks. We have recommended her to our relatives, friends and coworkers who are always as impressed as we are. Karen we look forward to going many many more places with your help.

Karen arranged a trip to Italy that met and exceeded our expectations. She arranged for great hotels and tours. We also worked with her for a trip out west that was also a great trip.

Excellent experience working with Karen when she planned my honeymoon. I really appreciated her expertise, organization and quick response time in answering any questions I had.