Testimonials

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Ester,

As regards to the States each offers so much.  Recife was excellent on the history, especially Olinda.  Some of the small towns we went to along the coast were lovely.  We did not have very long in Fortaleza, however I think a longer stay would of been great and I think tourism will boom in the future (looking at some of the new buildings that are going up).  The North East seems so different from the rest of .  After the tour we went to Manaus and sailed on the Amazon (it was magnificent) our tour leader did inform us it depended on what time of year people visited that made a difference.  Rio was the next stop, we stayed in Copabana, once again enjoyed immensely.  Ilha Grande was the next stop then onto Iguassu.  Each stop was wonderful, however, totally different.  I think when selling it would depend on the amount of time people were going to visit.  I now know not to try to sell South America as a whole, has so many differing things to offer and to try to do too much would spoil it.  Certainly for people to see something different the Recife-Fortaleza tour has one heck of a lot going for it and would not hesitate to recommend it.

To be perfectly honest Ester, I could not put one place in before another, they are so diverse, it would depend on who the client was as to what I would book for them, regarding the history of your country you could not beat the Recife-Fortaleza tour.  If you have some brochures you could send to me I would very much appreciate it, we will be having a evening with our clients around the end of August.

To sum up, you have a wonderful country, so diverse, so very much to offer, I am so hoping we will visit once again, as I said in my last email, I have been to many places in my life, would be the place I would chose up amongst the best.

Once again Thank you.

Kindest Regards

Jennie Rimmer
Business Development Manager
Vacation World-2004

Ester,

Hey hey hey! 
How are you?  We are fab!  Brazil was just sensational.  It was everything I expected plus more and we can't wait to go back.  RE:  Fortaleza - we changed our air pass from Recife and went straight to Santarem. 
Hotel Belo Alter - What can I say about this one but WOW!  The superior suite is certainly superior.  It was just too comfortable!

RE: Copacabana - we stayed at an apartment on Ave Prado Junior.  The apartment was fine, clean and comfortable.  1 large bedroom, spacious bathroom, and a small kitchen.  Great location and very safe.  A bit of a bachelor pad. 

Carnaval was a lot of fun.  Very big and exciting.  It took a while to recover from all the fun.  Thank God for Sao Paulo - Yes I'm addicted - I love Sao Paulo!!!  Here we visited Santana and finally got some great food. 
So where to next?  Our next trip will commence in Dec 2008.  We will take on Italy again then Russia followed by West Colombia and a quick visit to our friends in Brazil.  This time we will go to one of the masked balls for Carnaval and spend more time in Sao Paulo.
 
RE: British Airways and Qantas - Geeze they are crap!  BA especially - at one stage had us separated (from London to Catania) as they had managed to mess up the seating so bad they even had children separated from their parents.  What a mess.  All our flights were on time and ran as scheduled, however the seating arrangements were not always ideal.  I will definitely be looking at an alternative rout next time.  Never again Qantas - I've had way too many negative experiences with them.  LAN Chille, and TAM were great.   

Well bella, I can't thank you enough for helping me get this trip together and I look forward to many more.
Have a fantastic day... Linda

Linda Olivieri Client Support Officer-2004

Dear Ester,

Just a short note to thank you so much for all your help in organising my trip to Brazil and Peru. Before meeting you, I was unsure of where to travel within these countries, but your knowledge and recommendations made for an amazing trip, the memories of which I will cherish forever. Had I not met you,, and only used the Lonely planet for travel advice, I have no doubt that the trip would have been at best only half when we wanted to change our flights at short notice. It was comforting to travel knowing that you were there for us in case anything needed to be changed or anything want wrong.

Thanks again and I will bring the photos in some time soon.

Until then, take care.

kind Regards,

Ben Kamer-Melbourne-2004

THANK YOU I WILL TAKE ALL THIS INFO ONBOARD AND WILL GET BACK TO YOU SHORTLY.
YOUR SERVICE IS OUTSTANDING.. YOU ARE VERY HELPFUL.

It appears there is a bit of a wait in Buenos Aries before we fly out to Rio on the 22nd Dec is there a hotel close by to the airport that we can shower and have a snooze.
Are you familiar with Paraty can you suggest somewhere to stay? 
Clay and I are very excited and really appreciate your help. We have tried booking a trip to Brazil once before and it was all to difficult. You have made the process quite easy.
thank you again!

Kim Docherty -2006

Hi Ester, arrived safely here in Brazil last thursday. Everything went very smoothly.

Noely and I wish to say a big thank you to you and your staff for your very professional approach in organising our flights over the past year. Without your help we would have found it very difficult indeed. You have gone out of your way to help particularly with finding the right flight solutions for us, and obtaining visas etc. Because of your Brazilian background you surely know far more about the easiest methods of transport within Brazil. Your guidance on how to work through Brazilian bureaucratic areas has also been appreciated.

Thank you again, we will surely keep working through you for all our future travel plans.

Bryan Whelan and Noely Quinto de Souza Carvalho -2005

Hello Ester.
 
I would just like to Thank You for helping me with my booking last year to Manaus, Brazil, from LAX.
I had a fantastic time and really just want to thank you for your polite and wonderful service.
Everything went well and I loved Brazil, I went to Brasilia, Curitiba, Foz De Iguaçu, and of course Manaus.
Bless you and your work.
 
Obrigado!
 
Richard -2006

 Ester,

I got home safely and went back to work that afternoon.
I had a great time and i am going to recommend Salvador to all my friends.
The music and energy of the carnival was the best ever.

Thanks for making everthing work so well.

Speak soon.

Regards,

Malcolm Thom-2006

   I travel to Brazil twice per year but due to my work commitments I am not flexible with my arrival and departure dates and I have always had problems dealing with the travel agents in the past. When I heard about the Brazilian Travel Centre I decided to book my trip through them to see if they were better. They were much better and it really paid off.