About Cruise Planners - Vaughn & Dan Hollingsworth
Vaughn Hollingsworth was bitten by the travel bug in college, when a friend convinced her to take a 16-day, 8 country coach tour around Europe. She knew after graduating and starting her career in Human Resources, she would always make travel a priority. While at the University of Nevada Reno, she also spent two summers working on Catalina Island. She married Dan in 1990 and they have spent their marriage together traveling internationally and taking a slightly different path.
In 1997, Vaughn opened a bed and breakfast on the West shore of Lake Tahoe. She operated the B & B, running her own business at the age of 31. Needing to relocate back to Reno for Dan's work reasons, she returned to the HR field but was always thinking about the next opportunity for adventure.
In 2005, after years of saving, Vaughn and Dan quit their jobs and spent 9 months traveling the US. Traveling over 26,000 miles, they got to explore most of our country on their own time table. Vaughn returned to the Human Resources field and then, after 23 years in HR, she decided to make a permanent change to follow her passion and focus on travel by purchasing a Cruise Planners Franchise and becoming a travel advisor.
Her focus over the last few years has been on helping busy professionals, families and active retirees with all aspects of travel planning and booking. She believes that the organizational skills, focus and attention to detail she needed in the corporate world has carried over perfectly to travel planning. She thinks about all of the details needed to make a trip a success, from flights to airport transfers, to train tickets, to fun things to do in addition to the cruise, hotel and/or city stays. She is ready to help you make your next vacation a reality. Contact her today to get started!
Hours of Operation
Monday
8:00am - 5:00am
Tuesday
8:00am - 5:00am
Wednesday
8:00am - 5:00am
Thursday
8:00am - 5:00am
Friday
8:00am - 5:00am
Saturday
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Sunday
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Testimonials
Vaughn went over and above to make sure our vacation was perfect!- James R.
Phenominal attention to detail with great recommendations.- Jeffrey S.
The most incredible hassle-free relaxing trip I've ever been on. Vaughn is an incredible planner and will definitely be using her again!- Michele S.
The planning was great American Cruise Lines has some service issues and needs better communication.- Aline Y.
Vaughn did an outstanding job with our trip.- Harold Y.
We were so fortunate to have met Vaughn through some friends. My husband and I will always use Vaughn to book us on cruise trips!! We also referred Vaughn to our family to use for future cruises.- Cynthia Y.
We were very pleased with the Insight tour of the Fall Foliage. Vaughn helped us every step of the way and answered our questions promptly and thoroughly.- Alice P.
Vaughn knew I hadn't done a tour before or flown in a lo g time. She made sure I got things done on time and helped me feel comfortable in taking on Ireland.- Ruth B.
Vaughn is fabulous, and we recommend her to all our friends!- Carol S.
The travel advisor was extremely knowledgable and took care of all of the details for our trip.- Trina K.
Everything was wonderful, Vaughn was so great and helpful as this was our first cruise and there is definitely a learning curve!- Theresa P.
Vaughn was referred to us by a couple of our friends who have used her. She is terrific pays close attention to detail and matching our vacation goals to the plans she sets up for us to review.
Vaughn once again helped sail us through all the steps involved in taking what turned out to be a memorable and wonderful cruise. Thank you, Vaughn!
Vaughn Hollingsworth was our travel agent for a trip to the Grand Canyon with Amtrak and a cruise on the Danube River. In both cases, she did a truly outstanding job. We were impressed with the care we received and the extra effort she poured into resolving numerous details to make our experiences the best ever. We highly recommend Vaughn to anyone seeking the best.- Robert P.
Vaughn planned a fabulous trip to Africa for us. We worked together for a year to plan our dream trip. Vaughn did a great job of pulling everything together because we booked part of it and Vaughn booked the rest and used Kensington Tours for part of the trip (booked through Vaughn). We loved the accommodations, the tours were fabulous and the safaris were awesome. It was a trip of a life time and Vaughn was wonderful helping us in planning every detail. We look forward to using her again on our next adventure.- Kathleen D.
She did an incredible job scheduling and rescheduling and rescheduling our tour for our group because of covid. Her job was not easy during this time.
Vaughn is attentive, focused, responsive and a great wealth of travel information. I never felt unappreciated or that I was bothering her with my many questions and repeated requests. GREAT SERVICE
Vaughn was so helpful in planning our trip. By using her services to make the bookings, we did not pay any more than we would have if we had booked it ourselves! And the best thing was that during these uncertain times, if anything had happened that affected our reservations, Vaughn could have helped us to get refunds or cancellations. Luckily (and thanks to Vaughn's thoroughness and professionalism) our entire trip went smoothly. Using Vaughn's services were SO helpful during covid!- Malia Y.
Vaughn & I met while I was on a trip to Reno Nevada to visit my son in September 2019. My son Sam & I, drove up to North Lake Tahoe and there was an Autumn Food & Wine Event going on, much to our surprise! That is where I met Vaughn at her Travel Booth & thought she had a wealth of travel information, that I knew I wanted her to assist my husband, Dan & I, with our Italy & Spain Trip in 2020! As we all know, COVID 19 hindered all travel around the world, but we were determined to make this trip to Europe. Even if it meant we had to postpone another year, maybe two. Vaughn has been a great support to move forward with our dream, to visit Italy & Spain and we are very grateful for all that she has done last year in 2020 to put our travel Itinerary together from our ground transportations, hotel accommodations and optional tours & activities that we expressed that we'd like to experience in our lifetime. I am very fortunate to have met Vaughn and look forward to making the journey to Italy & Spain a reality! Aloha from Hawaii- Lisa & Dan Berg- Lisa B.
WOW! We LOVE working with VAUGHN! She handles all aspects of travel to anywhere. With her own travel experiences to pull from, she anticipates our questions, and provides answers and options that fit OUR travel style. She’s fun to engage with and has creative ideas to offer. Vaughn is absolutely our GO TO for TRAVEL!- Jacque and Pat A.
We had a great time! Vaughn was super friendly and easy to work with and helped make our vacation everything we hoped it would be.- Dakota H.
With Vaughn's amazing help we were able to plan a dream vacation during the COVID pandemic. Our accommodations were exactly what we expected based on her descriptions when she laid out a few options on where to stay and what they offered. She did a fantastic job of staying informed of all the constant travel guideline changes and keeping us updated. We will definitely use her again and recommend her to family and friends. Thanks Vaughn!
Our family had an amazing trip on our Alaska Cruise. Vaughn was AMAZING! This was a last minute family trip, and she worked out all of the details for us on short notice. We look forward to traveling again.
We feel very lucky to have Vaughn as our Travel Agent. We were planning a trip to Africa that was impacted by the Coronavirus. Vaughn has worked tirelessly to help us get either refunds or credits on our flights and accommodations. Even though this is a very tough time for travel agents, she was always cheerful and kept at it till we were satisfied. I know others who have used her services and they all, without exception, have nothing but praise for her. Thank you Vaughn.- Edward T.
Vaughn Hollingsworth is an awesome Travel Consultant. Vaughn helped plan a cruise for our group of 20 ladies . Using her knowledge and experience she helped with everything from selecting our trip, options, flights as well as excursions that met all of our individual needs., quite an amazing job dealing with us all individually and still managing to keep us on the same page. Great attention to detail, prompt turnaround on questions and a pleasure to work with. Her own passion for travel and planning shines through when you are working with her. Unfortunately we had to cancel our trip due to COVID and again Vaughn did a fantastic job in navigating us through the cancellation process. We can’t wait to plan our next trip with her her once it is safe to travel again. Vaughn we really appreciated everything you did to help us with our trip.- Frances H.
Vaughn definitely is very thorough, she helps with your booking, & keeps you up to date on all of your plans.- Diane M.
Vaughn did a fantastic job organizing our wine club group trip cruising the Douro River in Portugal with Amawaterways in 2019. She is knowledgeable, attentive to detail and works diligently to make sure that everything is perfect. I cannot speak highly enough of her professionalism.- Christine P.
Although, our trip was cancelled due to COVID, Vaughn was extremely efficient in pre-planning, booking and following up with us even after the cancellation. Since this was a trip that involved several individuals, Vaughn still provided individual attention to each persons' needs and requests. I highly recommend Vaughn Hollingsworth for all your travel needs.- Judith G.
Working with Vaughn to plan our trip to Ireland and London was a wonderful experience! She always listened to our ideas of what we wanted and provided her own suggestions to make sure we considered all of our options. Vaughn was responsive to all of our emails and took the time to speak with us on the phone when needed. When we were forced to cancel our trip due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she helped us navigate through the cancellation and refund process. Although we aren't able to take this trip, we definitely plan to work with Vaughn in the future. We are looking forward to planning our honeymoon next year, with Vaughn's help!- Kristine J.
Hands down, amazing experience. Who knew travel planning could be so fun and simple?! Although our trip was put on hold, we look forward to booking with Cruise Planners in the future. No doubt that we will definitely be working with Vaughn again!- Sarah J.
Vaughn recently coordinated a trip to Italy with travel across multiple cities. Her first-hand experience with the locations, hotels, tours, etc. was invaluable. Her focus on understanding the customer's needs really permitted us to better understand and select what options would be ideal for our trip. Travel details we never would have previously considered made significant differences in our overall comfort. Furthermore, the savings in time for the massive amount of work a trip like this requires was worth its weight in gold. She is unbiased in her view and is passionate about researching all options and needs for her customers. We were truly spoiled. Vaughn is now a 'must' for us for all future vacation planning.- Jeffrey S.
Vaughn planned my honeymoon cruise to the Caribbean. Vaughn took care of all the planning process for me, which was amazing and a huge help. I gave her my budget & a few ideas and she came back with many options for us to choose from, she explored all possible discounts (my husband is military) and found us a great package. She also provided helpful information regarding flights, ground transportation and hotel recommendations. She kept me up to date regarding the trip throughout the entire process and even sent us sweet luggage tags. My husband & I both agreed this was the beat cruise we had ever been on. I would highly recommend her services and look forward to future travel bookings with her!- Hayley W.
Let me tell you, Vaughn is a customer service ROCK STAR!!! She has planned a complicated destination family vacation for us and we could not be happier!!! Photos will be posted after the much-anticipated event! If you have a destination in mind, get a hold of Vaughn, she'll hook you up right. Tell her the Tackes sent you. OH ... and don't let the "Cruise Planners" fool you, Vaughn does much, much more than cruises. Seriously, she will hook you up.- Suzanne T.
