Marie Rowe Travel - Reading

Hannah Young

Travel is, without question, my favourite thing to do. What is not my favourite thing, is spending pain-staking hours scouring the web to find the perfect trip. It therefore, often gets left until the last minute, I expect costing me dearly.

However, thanks to Marie and her efficient expertise, my 2018 is already shaping up to be a fantastic year. She has recently helped me to organise my annual R&R trip to Dubai. Having visited friends in Dubai for many years, I was pretty sure of where I wanted to stay and Marie very quickly planned around my specific hotel and flight requests. In addition to this she had a few alternative suggestions for me and, although initially very sure of my hotel choice, her ideas were hard to ignore.
I am delighted to say, that thanks to Marie’s expert knowledge and research she has set me up in a stunning hotel which rivals my original plan for a fraction of the cost. Complete with preferred flights and transfers.

The whole process from our initial chat through to the booking was extremely smooth and kept my administration input to an absolute minimum. The entire booking is held within the Travel Counsellors App on my phone which, I know will be invaluable when I’m standing outside Dubai Airport in 50 degrees of heat wondering who the transfer is booked with.

I’d highly recommend anyone to speak to Marie, not only to take the stress out of organising their travel but to inspire all of their future travel adventures.

Marie, thank you for all of your help with this trip, I can’t wait to book the next one!
Hannah

Jack O'Callaghan

October 2022:
Exceptional service from Marie as always! She was able to give us some really helpful advice and managed to find us the perfect location for our holiday in October. The whole process couldn’t have been easier, even down to receiving all documents digitally via the Travel Counsellors app.
Thanks Marie!

September 2024:
My wife and I have just returned from an amazing holiday in Rhodes. Yet again 5 star service from Marie from start to finish, as always!
Our hotel was amazing and even though our airline did everything they could to disrupt our holiday, Marie was on hand to provide us with advice and updates throughout our 5 hour delay when we weren’t receiving any information from the airline or airport staff in Rhodes.
To top all of this off, our outbound flight was due to depart 20 minutes before the sale went live for Oasis tickets, that I was lucky enough to receive a code to enter in a ballot for some additional dates. I had been desperately trying to get tickets previously, but with no luck, so I was hugely disappointed. However, Marie went above and beyond and saved the day and offered to log into the sale on my behalf whilst I was in the air, securing 2 tickets and starting my holiday off with a bang! I really can’t thank her enough! Amazing service!

Ed Shorthose

Marie is a fantastic holiday planner / agent. She listens, gets to ideas fast and is very flexible and responsive. She's helped us with couple holidays and for family adventures. I couldn't recommend her highly enough.

Peter McConnell

I'm normally an independent traveller, booking and organising everything myself but I was persuaded to use Marie for my recent weekend break in Madrid and I'm so pleased I did. Not just great attention to detail but really listening to what I was looking for, hence the hotel she found was perfect. Right in the centre of the city within walking distance of both the main sights and the funky neighbourhoods, with a lovely little balcony, swimming pool and awesome rooftop bar. While she couldn't organise the weather (a bit damp!) she did organise excellent, efficient transfers and offered to check us into the flights - but my independence reasserted itself on that one! A great service, I'll be using Marie and Travel Counsellors again.

Rachelle Harland

Using Marie to book our holidays has taken all the stress out of it. We’ve got beautiful travel booked at great prices. Marie really listens to what you need and has a fantastic intuition when it comes to potential options that will suit. Such an easy process and total piece of mind

PAULINE WOOLFORD

The service that Marie provided was above and beyond what we expected. Any issues or challenges we faced Marie was vigilant and speedy to address them and ensure we had the best holiday possible. We had a wonderful time enjoying Madeira and I can't emphasise enough how using the service that Marie gives can provide peace of mind. We have no hesitation in recommending her and we will definitely be using her again. Pauline and Terry Woolford

Ryan Irving

I have just returned from a trip of a lifetime around the beautiful island of Sri Lanka and I'd like to thank you for organising such an amazing trip.

To be honest, I was a little dubious of the value of using a travel agent when you can book everything yourself online but now I see the light! From the moment we left to the moment we came home, everything was taken care of. We had a busy 2 weeks planned but didn't have to think about anything at all as it was all taken care of. Our friendly driver new our itinerary and punctually chauffeured us in between and around the 6 destinations we visited.

We were warmly welcomed at every hotel which were all of superb quality, from the hotel in the middle of the jungle, to the beachfront resort, each was uniquely outstanding.

We did so much and saw even more of a really beautiful country, all thanks to your truly amazing travel counsellor service which I will be recommending to everybody I can!

DRS

Booking my holiday through Marie was an absolute pleasure.

My brief was dark skies and Marie was able to give me 5 days of luxury along with some of the darkest skies in the world.

I was able to do some “deep space” photography thanks to Marie, something I’ve wanted to do for years.

I came back relaxed and motivated.

Marie offers service with genuine care. She kept me updated and offered advise along the way. She helped me arrange everything I needed to enjoy my holiday.

Thankfully Marie also booked my car rental with a reputable firm.

While on holiday, I crashed my rental and Marie was able to give me great advise and I was able to continue and enjoy my holiday without thing too much more about it.

I will book all future holidays through Marie and will recommend your services to everyone that is looking for a holiday.

Thanks for helping to create memories that’ll last a lifetime.