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Testimonials
All in all a wonderful trip (AGAIN!!). Tauck was over the top - facilities, people, planning, meals, ...- Thomas G.
Carol Rice is FABULOUS! Always delivers and beyond for us. We recommend Carol Rice all the time to friends and folks we meet on our trips- BENJAMIN R.
Hi Carol
It was a beautiful trip!! We had so much fun and loved the food wine and scenery. Weather was gorgeous. Lots of laughs. Only down side was Santorini but I think it was the fact that there were 4 ships in port on the same
Day. Total nightmare!! But we made it through. Thank you for helping make such a memorable vacation!
Roberta
Hi Carol,
Thank you again for all of the arrangements you made for our Tauck river cruise. The trip was amazing, and we were pampered beyond belief (it is now diet time!). We are already mulling over what our next trip should be.
Thank you again!!!!
- Harriet
We have booked with Carol Rice over a decade.
; that means a lot. Professional friendly terrific lady!
Have been so happy with booking our trips several times at Crusie Planners. We lobe the all-inclusive hotels that we stayed at.
Carol,
We are back. The trip was wonderful and met all or our expectations; the trip memories will be everlasting. Tour guides were top notch and we had just the right amount of scheduled events. Thanks to you for pulling everything together; I know you went above and beyond.
Take care, and we will be in touch.
Regards,
David
Carol was exceptional wonderful travel agent who went all the way to help us booking cruises we wanted, spending a lot time to find cabins we wanted. We have been with Carol more than a decade and many more years.
Carol Rice has been our only one travel agent many moons and we became friend. Carol is the best, she understands what we want and she has provided best service one can ask for. We are looking forward to travel again and always
come to Carol. She is the best, we love her!!!
Cruise planners always sends us in the right direction for luxury!
We are ready to go as soon as the virus is under control -- looking forward to the Tulip Time river cruise we were scheduled to take this year.
Always a joy to work with...
Hi Carol,
The Italy trip was OUTSTANDING! The tour director and the professor were great. I couldn’t have asked for any better. His name was Leandro and he is an Italianbwho speaks perfect English and has been doing this for over 30 years.
The size of the group was perfect, 24. Everyone was really nice, no jerk amongst the group, lucky us!
The destinations were great. The hotels were pretty good, some could have been better, but all were clean.
The amount of days of the tour was very good. We could have used more time in a couple of places, I.e., Florence.
I would HIGHLY recommend this tour company and this specific trip. I would definitely consider another Smithsonian tour, but I would want our Italian tour guide, Leandro!
Please be sure to pass the positive review onto your colleagues at Smithsonian.
Thank you for your help with this trip.
Warm regards,
Jeanne & Ken
Happy new year Carol - we had a great, great trip to Portugal. We loved every stop and every hotel. The flights and car rental were comfortable and easy (we all sat together on each leg of the flights) and we just enjoyed every minute of our time there. So thank you!
Best,
Beth
Good Morning Carol
Our cruise was great, had a wonderful time. Two days in Munich were fun. Munich Christmas market is very large. great mulled wine. Went to Hofbrauhaus for lunch one day and had a fun time listing to the band. Like we did when we lived there in 98. Flights were excellent and right on time. Business class is so much easier to do the long flights and get some sleep so were rested when we got there.
We sailed on the Viking Ve with the Hermod crew. Hermod the scheduled ship could not get to Budapest due to low water. When we sailed we had 10" of water under the keel and when we got to Passau we had just 3" clearance under a bridge just as we got there. It started raining just before we went over and rained or snowed just about every day so no cruising problems
Cannot say enough about Viking, ship was sparkling clean, crew gave great service, suite was excellent as we remembered it from the Rhine cruise and the meals were wonderful. Gained a couple of pounds with the ship food and the Christmas market food and wine. Christmas dinner was a 6 course meal in the European tradition, excellent dinner.
Weather did not bother us as we were prepared for it and generally we lucked out as it would rain in the mornings while we did the bus part of the tours and then seemed to clear up while we did the walking part of the tours.
Thank you so much for the sweets at the start of the trip. Just Excellent! (Picture attached)
Took 533 pictures. Now have to edit and put them into a show for the trip for our memories. Couple of other pictures attached. One in Budapest at a snowy rest stop by Fishermen's Bastion and a street view in Cesky Krumlov.
One of the best tours was the all day trip to Cesky Krumlov in the Czech Republic. Very old Bohemian town, narrow cobblestone streets and small shops and great restaurants. Small old style Christmas market, A great day.
We like the Viking tours as the walking is easy and the guides using the radio sound systems means you can hear them clearly all the time. Don't have to be in a very close bunch.
Now have to start thinking about next Christmas.
Looks like we will be up in May about the 12th-20th. When we get firmed up will give you a call and see if we can do lunch again.
Thanks for doing such an excellent job on the trip for us, we really appreciated it.
Warmest,
Pat & Jack
Hi Carol,
Thanks for reaching out to find out how we made out on our trip.
The cruise was FANTASTIC! It was just as the pictures portrayed it to be. The ports of call were phenomenal. The accomodations on the ship were great, it was clean, the staff was friendly and helpful, the tour guides were outstanding, the overall experience was wonderful and we will definitely go on another river cruise with Viking.
Thank you so much for your help in arranging this trip.
If you ever need a reference for this cruise, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us, I’d be happy to talk to anyone interested.
We look forward to working with you again, hopefully soon.
Warm regards,
Jeanne
Hi Carol,
The trip was amazing. We should have a telephone conversation so I can give
you more details than I can in an email.
The shore excursions you helped set up were just fabulous! Very
professional, very smart bright tour guides who truly educated us about
their countries.
The ship was great also. Celebrity Cruise Lines is top notch. Two weeks on
a ship was enough. We were ready to get away from the big buffets and
unlimited drinks......back to the real world.
Thank you again for helping to organize the trip.
I would love to plan another cruise someday once I replenish my bank!
account.
Take Care!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Nancy & Phil
Carol,
Wonderful trip. Thank you for all you planning. Everything that you helped with went without a hitch. You are such a "detail" person. It was a pleasure working with you.
As soon as I catch up on work, I am sure we will begin thinking about the next trip.
Peggy
Hi Carol!
We are unfortunately Back from our honeymoon. We had such an amazing time !! Everything went so smoothly and we had perfect weather ! Thank you so much for all your help and thank you for the champagne, rose petals, strawberries, etc! That was so very nice of you! You have been so great through the whole process !!
We will definitely use you next time we want to go on vacation! Hopefully it is sooner than later :)
I am very thankful that we got back before this hurricane!
You've been amazing. Thanks again.
Kayla
Hi Carol,
Just want to let you know we had a fabulous time! The weather was perfect! We love Bermuda beaches!
I am so grateful I was able to go.
Thank you again for making booking our trip so easy and stress free.. You took care of everything!!!
We will definitely be in touch when we plan to take our next cruise or vacation.
Many thanks,
Joyce
NCL Dawn, July 29 to August 5, 2016
Hola Carol! We had a really great time. The weather was perfect - not nearly as hot as it has been. Thank goodness. The Globus tour was exactly as you described - very good. Not the Tauck champagne level - mostly evident in the hotel choices and little things/extras but the itinerary and quality of the tours were excellent and the group of people on the trip were in some ways much more interesting for us - younger and from a great diversity of backgrounds. We made lots of new friends. There was a lot more bus traveling than we had anticipated - I do wonder if they have a high speed option. But still, we felt as though we got a deep understanding of that whole part of the country. The trip definitely surpassed Ed's expectations - he had a really great time. Maya loved it and her spanish came in very handy! We were wishing to stay longer (I think their itinerary should include a couple of more days, the one night stays in two of the cities are not so appealing) and felt like it was a country we want to see more of. Thanks so much for steering us so well (and patiently!), Carol. All of the airline logistics worked beautifully as well.
PS - and how grateful I was to have the La Sangrada Familia indoor tour tixs! It's so strange to me that Globus doesn't include that or even advise people ahead of time to get tixs for that tour. It was my favorite architectural experience of the whole (amazing) itinerary...
J
Hi Carol!
We had a fantastic time in Europe and it was definitely almost perfect with only a single hitch. You did a great job. The hotels were all great and the one in Rome was fantastic once we switched to the Grand Minerva Hotel
Sorrento was beautiful. The Vespa was so much fun. We had a private tour and it wasn't too scary, but Patrick was driving. I don't think I could've driven one myself.
We also took boat tour recommended to Capri and along the coast and that was amazing. We ended up renting a car just for the convenience of not having to wait around for the shuttle bus which stopped at multiple hotels. thanks for organizing everything!
Carolyn & Patrick- Carolyn C.
Hi Carol!
Bermuda trip was perfect! Thank you so much for all your help with it. The future cruise offers onboard were excellent, so we signed up for an April 2017 cruise through the Panama Canal, per attached!
Thanks again,
Cindy H.
Hey Carol and Paul,
We have had an unbelievable time in Australia! Your travel plans worked out perfectly! Thanks so much!! Tim & Sue
- Timothy C.
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