Family Vacation Travel Guide

The trip was great. We went with a couple of long-time travel buddies. We studied some guidebooks to get an outline of what we wanted to do. We contacted Zicasso, who hooked us up with a couple of companies. We picked our tour operator, partly because we liked the agent with whom we were initially working.

After the main planning, but well before the trip, she departed from the company and we were put in touch with the owner. I never developed a feel or attachment to him, but I can't make any complaints as the trip went off as hoped. They figured out all the details—hotels, tours, transportation (including four flights within Australia, where we had exit-row seats), etc., and booked it all. It was very easy and convenient.

We loved all the hotels and tour operators they picked. We had a local agent and I had the thought that just going with them would have cut out the middleman. We have been on small group tours, but usually plan trips ourselves when we go with this couple. I wanted the ease of planned tours, without dealing with a tour group, and this definitely worked out. We haven't used travel agents in the past (or at least since personal computers became widespread), but we will do so in the future.

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We had an excellent itinerary and guides.

Zicasso’s travel professional was helpful every step of the way.

The only snag was the arrival in Bilbao, as our driver wasn't in the arrival hall. When I phoned him, he only spoke Spanish. It took a while to get help and learn that he was outside the terminal.

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We had a wonderful three-week trip to Paris, Burgundy, Lyon, Provence, and Saint Paul de Vence in October. We received great planning ideas and follow-through from Zicasso’s travel agency. Our travel specialist made sure everything was planned properly, and documentation and the provided app provided assurance to us that all was taken care of. Our guides throughout were excellent and matched to our areas of interest.

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Our trip to Peru was amazing! Zicasso’s travel specialist took great care of us. We loved the app, which organized everything and was used by the entire family. The activities, guides, hotels, and drivers were top-notch.

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Using Zicasso made planning travel in a foreign country so much smoother. The proposals we received were excellent and from the beginning, it was clear the tour company was the perfect fit for our group. We provided them with a wish list of places and experiences we hoped to include, and the team, especially one of our agents, pulled off something even better than we could have imagined. Every day was filled with meaningful sights, experiences, and laughs. We were even able to add a few small things as time allowed.

Our time in Ireland with the tour company exceeded our highest expectations. If you’re planning a special trip with family or friends, and looking for something personalized, well-paced, and full of authentic Irish character, this is absolutely the kind of experience to aim for. All of the accommodations they chose were wonderful, too.

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I told Zicasso’s travel specialist that my husband and I enjoyed food, wine, and culture, and he delivered in spades.

We experienced several different types of wineries and food tours/meals—from market tours to small wine tastings and meals in family-run farms and seaside, seafood gems. We had no idea that Croatia was such a foodie haven!

We especially enjoyed the smaller towns and Krka. Our guides and our drivers were very knowledgeable about the area and history, and we learned a lot. Generally, we liked Dubrovnik better than Split, as Split seemed a little more geared toward younger partiers, but we did have some amazing meals there.

Overall, we had an incredible 30th-anniversary trip to Croatia and would definitely recommend Zicasso’s tour operator.

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