Top Travel Specialists

Selecting a travel consultant who will offer a combination of expertise, access and good value of money is a difficult job when planning the ultimate vacation for yourself and your family. Following is a selection of such travel experts who will give every kind of advice that you could possibly need before you plan a vacation.

The first advice you could need most importantly before moving is not to try to hop from travel specialist to specialist. Instead, try to develop a relationship with one expert that will last long and will continue over the years.

FOR AFRICA

If you wish to travel to Madagascar, then Monique Rodriquez, Cortez Travel & Expeditions based in Solana Beach California is the best expert. Rodriquez, who travels to this island multiple times a year, has the best information on how to experience the Malagasy culture and food, spotting of Malagasy wildlife (& in some cases, the ever rare aye-aye lemur) and sunbathing on the best beaches. Contact Rodriquez on 800-854-1029 or email at monique@cortez-usa.com.

If you wish to travel to Morocco then Joel Zack, Heritage Tours Private Travel based in New York City are a guaranteed expert on Moroccan architecture and historic preservation. Visiting Morrocco at least twice every year, Zack is the best information source on Morocco’s culture inside the casbahs, Marrakech’s hot hotels, and museums of Fez. Zack may also be the only way you’ll get to visit the beaches of Essaouira or the High Atlas Range in this pristine place. Contact Zack at 800-378-4555 or email him at joel@HTprivatetravel.com.

If you wish to travel to Tunisia then Jerry Sorkin, Tunis USA based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, who spends half the year in Tunisia, is your chosen expert. From sightseeing tours to Roman ruins and excavations, visits to beaches, shopping in city bazaars to drives through the Sahara; Sorkins is probably your best bet. Contact him at 888-474-5502 or email at infor@tunisusa.com.

If you wish to have a safari vacation with the whole family, then Mark Nolting, Africa Adventure Company from Fort Lauderdale who is also the author of Africa’s Top Wildlife Countries and African Safari Journal is the travel expert for you. Nolting who regularly visits with his sons, knows exactly what to do when on a family safari. Contact Nolting on 800-882-9453 or email him at safari@africanadventure.com.

FOR EUROPE

If you wish to travel to Austria & Central Europe then get in touch with Ellison Poe, Poe Travel, Little Rock, Arkansas Recommended generalist. Poe will make sure that you get the best possible service in the best hotels of Central Europe and she can even direct you to the inexpensive dine-in restaurants and vegetable markets. Poe can be contacted at 800-727-1960 or emailed at epoe@poetravel.com.

If you are planning to visit France then one good travel expert in Anthony Bay at Abercrombie & Fent based in Valbonne, France. Being a resident of the country for years, Bay is a registered French National Guide which means that he travels in Europe extensively. If you can get hold of Bay, he will plan the perfect French itinerary for you; get in touch with him at 33-492-95-35-59 or email at france@europe.abercrombiekent.com.