Louise,

It was a fabulous, perfect trip from beginning to end.  Thanks, Louise, so much for helping Melissa so much.  The wedding was gorgeous and perfect!  Wedding perfect and El Dorado Royale was beyond all expectations.  We all loved everything about it and want to return again in a few years.  However, being in an age with cell phones it was kind of difficult to keep up where everyone was, but we adjusted...picked a pool and the beach closest to the pool and that's where we looked for everyone.  The staff, food, service, location, water, beach...fabulous. None of us wanted to leave and I wish I would have stayed another day or two.
What else can say...thank you so much for all you did to make this wedding, this trip fabulous and one for the record books.  You have not heard the last of the our family...going anywhere, you will be the one we call.
 
With much gratitude and appreciation,
 
Mikki O.

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Howdy,

We had a great time on our trip, the resort (El Dorado Royale) was absolutely fabulous.

The food was great, the service was immaculate, and the scenery was to die for. The only problem I had was of my own volition, I did not meet up with the Olympus Tours rep after I arrived at the resort which resulted in a mad dash to the airport with 90 minutes to spare.

Jesus made sure to call ahead to the airport and an Olympus Tours rep was there on-site to ensure I made it through the ticket counter as quickly as possible. I have nothing but good things to say about my experience and I do plan to visit that resort again, hopefully sooner rather than later.

Cheers,

Kevin D

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Louise,

Just wanted to let you know how our vacation in Montego Bay panned out.  Riu Montego Bay Hotel was pretty, our room had a beach front which was nice. 

 

Cons:

The king bed consisted of two double beds pushed together, electricity in room was not working, they had to reset breakers. Safe in closet had to be reprogrammed by security, it would not close for us to set our codes.  Small beach, water was not blue and clear, very dirty and murky, slimy to walk in.

I know this is nothing you could have fixed for us, just wanted to inform you.

 

Pros:

Lots of great food, steakhouse was superb, buffets, more than enough to eat, if you were still hungry, shame on you!  Italian restaurant, was more buffet, only a few items on menu to order, but food was delicious. Pool was beautiful!  Can not say enough about the staff, very outgoing, friendly, and very helpful, very polite! Everything was always keep clean, staff working constantly on the grounds.

 

We took the shopping tour, very scary, but interesting.  The best prices were actually across the street in a strip mall, where the last stop of the tour was.

 

We took a snorkeling tour from the hotel, better price, but it was really too rough for snorkeling, so it was only okay.

 

Transportation was on time and efficient.  Check in was easy, but our room was not ready, I took that into consideration, since we arrived early, but we were given our wrist bands and could go get lunch.

Thank you again for your assistance.

Jo Ann & Walter

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Dear Louise,

Thank you for all of your help with our cruise.  We had a wonderful time and everything went so smoothly (except the waves).   It was great and Jacob and Luke had a great time too.

Sincerely,

Denise L

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Mr. Mark and Mrs. Louise,

Matt and I wanted to thank you for your recommendation for us to stay at the Jewel for our honeymoon. We had a WONDERFUL time. The resort was beautiful, the food was delicious and the Jamaican people were awesome! It was the perfect place to begin our married life together. We are already looking forward to our next trip to the Jewel. Thanks again.

Matt and Ashley

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Hi Louise and Mark,

Kerry and I have returned from out trip to the Secrets Resort in Punta Cana.  It was a beautiful resort and very friendly staff.  The food and drink were also excellent.  We had two complaints:

Communicating with the staff was sometimes difficult.

The nightly entertainment was not nearly as good as it was at the Beach Palace in Cancun.

Attached is a picture from our balcony room 4376.  It was worth the extra $$.  Louise thanks for sending in the request for our room # and close proximity to the other couples.  They were able to honor it.

Thanks for all of your assistance.  I'll send a couple of other pictures of our stay.

Lisa W

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I just wanted to get back to you and let you know that my family and i really enjoyed the NOW Sapphire resort and would recommend it to anyone.  i will say though that b/c i traveled with my children, we would have enjoyed a place more if it had more activities for families instead of just the "Kids Zone" type of thing.  We have bent o Cancun before and we enjoyed that much more when traveling with our kids.  Riviera Maya is more for couples than kids, we think, and didn't find much to do outside of the resort unless it was an excursion.  The place was well cared for and the staff was there to serve - which we loved!  considering it was an "all inclusive", we thought that the food was better than many other all inclusives we have visited in the past.  But definitely more of a resort for couples who want to relax more than anything.  All in all we had a great time just looking forward to experiencing other resorts on our next vacation.  And loved dealing with Louise who got us all we were hoping for with a price we could afford.  thanx

 Karen B

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We had a great time! The price we paid for what we got was insane. If I would have booked it, the flight would have cost me what we payed for the whole trip. My fiancé and I are thinking up where we want to go for our honeymoon and as soon as we pick a destination you will be hearing from me again. Thanks again I liked your Facebook page keep up the good work.

Sincerely,

Jeremy M

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Thank you so much! Our Disney honeymoon was incredible! We loved and enjoyed every minute of it!!

Louise was a fantastic planner!

Thank you for everything!

Ashley

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Hi Mrs. Louise,

Our trip was really nice. It's a different kind of heat down there!  The resort was beautiful and all of the accomodations that you arranged for us were exactly on point!! We told the Resort that the language barrier needed to be improved and they needed more night activities in the Ambar Section of the Resort, like they did in the main Bravada section. Other than that, everything else on part of Magical Vacations was great.

I will definitely travel with you again and will definitely refer people to your Agency

Thanks Mrs. Louise!!

Reshanda S

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Hello Mark and Louise!
 
Yes, we're home and back to reality!!
 
Overall we had a very nice stay at the Now Larimar.  The food was good majority of the time and actually a lot of the meat (steak and beef) was excellent!  For us being there 12 days, we probably got a little bored with the selections, but I think for anyone staying there for the typical amount of time beteween 5-8 days, there were plenty of choices.
 
We had a preferred club room which was worth the upgrade to us.  Having a separate pool area and bar was probably the biggest perk because it wasn't so busy as the main pool.  We did have a private butler who helped us out a few times, but overall I think just having access to the separate pool area (and I guess the beach was sectioned off as well), was the biggest perk.
 
The only real complaint I had was that the beds were hard.  We did ask (and eventually received), a thin layer of padding, but unfortunately it wasn't enough to really help.  So after 11 nights of not sleeping so great and waking up aching back and shoulders, this was really the only reason I was ready to come back home! However Gabe likes the hard bed so I think this just really depends on what everyone is used to sleeping on.
 
We also got married on-site and have to say that the wedding coordinator we worked with (Cristina) was AMAZING!  She definitely made sure our day was very special and she thought of all the little details that I hadn't.  She helped make our wedding day very memorable for us, as well for all of our guests.
 
So overall we had a great time, as did all of our guests!  I would certainly consider going back to a Now Larimar property in the future.
 
Thanks for checking in and appreciate all your help making our wedding a success!
 
Katie & Gabe
 

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Hi Mark,

We all had a good trip.  Meals were fine.  Resort was fine.  Parks were filled with folks wearing purple and gold... felt like home.

All in all, no complaints.The new Magic Kingdom light show that is projected onto the Castle and includes photos of guests taken at the park that day was phenomenal; I recommend that everyone see that show.  According to one of the cast members, this project system was installed in November.

Thanks,  Tracy

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Hi Louise! I'm sorry that it took me so long to get back to you. The trip was awsooooome!!!!

We have so many great memories and we still talk about it. The hotel was great, food too. We enjoyed spending time in each park and were amazed by all of the attractions. It was so much fun and at the end of each day we were exhausted. I enjoyed the break from work and no cooking, no cleaning, etc. I was about to cry when we saw fireworks at the Magic Kingdom. It was so emotional. Actually, all of the atractions were very special to us and we were amazed all the time. We spent so much money and made 500 pictures. Natalia's autograph book is almost full of signatures and the pictures with most of the characters are unforgettable. We enjoyed variety of food in the restaurants that you made a reservation ( especially the ones with character dinner). I really want to thank you for this beautiful deal and I will recommend your business to all of my friends. I'm sure when I will have any money to go for vacation again I will contact you for sure.

Have a Happy New Year, Kinga and Natalia.

P.S. Natalia was so happy that everyone was wishing her Happy Birthday and giving her hugs because she was wearing a Birthday pin all the time.

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Thank you.  We had a great trip!!!  We loved it!!  We didn't want to come home!!  The weather was absolutely beautiful and we did use all 8 days of our park passes.  We took advantage of the disney extra hours at the parks.  That was great.  The one night at Animal Kingdom, we could stay late, but the majority of the attractions were closed, I think so the animals could get rounded up and fed, etc.  All the Disney cast members were very friendly and helpful.  The kids loved using the autograph books you sent.  They actually got a lot of autographs and pictures, of course. 

That was a perfect week to go....not too busy.  Near the end of the week, we usually just walked on a  lot of the attractions!!!  We saw the majority of all four parks.

I can't really think of how it could be better.  We used all of your reservations, except for the last, since we ended up using a table service another day for breakfast.  I think you booked if perfectly for us.  Chef Mickey's was fantastic!!  Great food for us and the kids and the kids got to jump around and sing, etc while eating, so they loved it. 

I really can't think of how to improve it. 

Thanks again.

Marci and family.

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Hi Louise,

Our trip was great! We arrived into Orlando Saturday afternoon and got a room at the Port of Orleans one night early, so we woke up there rather than coming in Sunday afternoon.

I have to say I had a great time the first four days, but by day five I was exhausted. So the following day we headed to the beach for relaxation!

I really enjoyed all of our dinners and would definitely recommend them all:San Angel, Yak & Yeti, Spirit of Aloha, Citricos, and Wolf Gangs. We also loved La Nuba, it was awesome.

Thanks for all of your help planning the trip!!

Cristy       

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Louise -

The cruise was amazing and more memorable than I imagined. We have referred several people to you already! I hope they will be in touch. We found out that by booking at the Comfort Suites like you had we saved about $80.00. that was a nice bonus & little secret. 

Taxi's in the bahamas are scary! 

we were a little confused about what to do once we arrived in FL airport it was kind of chaotic but otherwise everything was so smooth and worth every penny. What do you normally add to your gratuity? I felt like I didnt do enough but didnt know what was considered generous?? any input? when we go again I would just like to know what is considered normal - 

And oh yes - we will be going again! I will need a little help with a trip to Samoa next year! My husband is from there and we have never been all together... let me know when the best time to travel there may be...

thanks Louise you are wonderful!

Emily W

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Hi Louise,

I'm so sorry it took so long to get back to you.  We have been crazy busy since we got back from Disney.  Disney was wonderful and we can not thank you enough for assisting us.  We absolutely loved the Yachtsmen steakhouse so you were right!  The only restaurants we didn't really care for were Wilderness Lodge and San Angel.  Their food was pretty mediocre and not worth the wait.  We also loved Bistro de Paris.  Their french onion soup was to die for.  The overall food experience was wonderful.  I'd like to look into the food and wine festival.  I know it would probably be crowded, but my Adam and I love tasting and trying different foods. 

We got to ride every ride we wanted to, especially Mt. Everest.  We ended up going to Universal which was awesome, especially the Harry Potter rides.  The only thing that I guess you could say "went wrong" was the transportation to Universal from Disney.  The day before we went to Universal, I had called Mears Taxi to see if they had a shuttle going to Universal Daily and the operator said yes and she gave me the times and that was the end of our conversation.  Well, apparently you have to book in advance and we found that out the morning we were set to go to Universal.  So, we had to pay somewhere close to $80 to get to and from Disney on a regular Taxi.  By taking a shuttle it would have been $36 for the both of us, so we were pretty upset about that.  The operator should have let me know I needed to make reservations, but she didn't so we felt like they sort of screwed us.  I know that's a long story, but that was really the only issue we had the whole trip.   

Thank you so much for helping us the day we got there.  The room and everything worked out and we did have a great view.  Well, I hope my feedback was helpful. We really can't thank you enough for helping us have our truely magical vacation!! 

-Kelli J

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Louise, 

I received my packet for the Disney Cruise and I must say - I am impressed. your letter of advice and all the enclosed info is very helpful! I will never book another get away without your help! you are great- thank you for all the help and guidance... I always thought travel agents were for the rich and famous - but now I realize they are for the smart people who don't want to run in circles!

Thanks again - we are so looking forward to our worry free cruise in just a few weeks!

Emily W.

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Ms. Louise.......

 The trip was even better than I had anticipated! Everything was PERFECT! The excursions were fun our tour guides were great and the food.... well lets just say I came home 9 ponds heavier!!!!!!!! Thanks soooooooo much. You are the best! 

Christie T

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I've been meaning to email you and thank you for your help w/ our Disney vacation!!! Everything went great!  We had such a memorable and enjoying vacation and most of that was due to your booking our trip and dinner reservations!...I've already recommended you to a few friends and will continue to do so! 

Thanks so much!!! (By the way, my kids think 'Ms. Louise' is this awesome lady who helped to send us to Disney and sent us autograph books and towels in the mail!!! - they're right!) S. Recile

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Louise,

Key West was awesome!  The Ocean Key was fabulous.  I would never stay anywhere else.  We met up with some friends from the Baton Rouge area who were also down for the boat races.  They were jealous of our room.  They stayed in dorm-like rooms behind a bar.  We will definitely go back next November.  Ocean Key is highly recommended!!

 

 

Brandi H.

 

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Hi Louise:

 

 

 Just wanted to report that our Royal Caribbean cruise went well. Everyone had a good time, including Barb’s mom. I am attaching a few pictures – one showing all of us on the last evening at dinner, one showing all but one family at one of the formal dinners, and one showing Barb’s mom taking advantage of the handicapped lift to get into one the pools (the staff who assisted said this was the first time they had used the unit!!).

 

 

Highlights of the trip included various Keffer family groupings winning prizes in three of the trivia contests during the week and the three Keffer adult male children combining with another cruiser from Brazil to beat the Liberty of the Seas crew in a soccer match on the last day.

 

 

Thanks again for all of your assistance.

 

 

Charlie K