One of the many reasons we at Adventure Life have the amazing benefit of traveling around the world is for the chance to visit our partners on the ground who help make all of our travelers so happy throughout their trip. For most of the office staff, we spend all day speaking with these partners and never have any idea what they are truly like, even becoming close friends Skyping and emailing through our day to day. Being able to put a face to the name helps us feel that much closer and build a stronger relationship for the future.
Our partners, Lima Tours, hosted Rachel and I throughout our trip. Not only did they help put together a fantastic itinerary that gave us highlight after highlight, we were even joined by two of their team members for half of it.
On our final day in Lima, we spent the morning touring Lima Tours’ headquarters in the downtown district of Lima and met their entire team. Finally connecting faces to names called for hugs and kisses all around along with a few pictures. Here we thought everyone was excited to meet us, but they may have been more excited for what turned out to be their 62nd anniversary party that we crashed in the afternoon! Local drinks, music, dancing and chitchat with these amazing new friends was the best way to end our time in Peru and one I will certainly remember forever. I may not have left truly learning how to salsa, but I know I left with some great friendships established.
We've used Adventure Life for several trips in the past and have always been very pleased with them. The staff is personable and professional at the same time. Erin put this trip together for us in just a few days, and it has everything we were looking for! I recommend them without hesitation.
benn
1 month ago
I served as the person responsible for planning a trip to Galapagos and Machu Picchu for a group of 14 people. Jane with Adventure Life was very helpful throughout the process. Making suggestions, offering insight, and in the end helped me overhaul an initial plan into something even better. Also, Jane makes all the plans including the flights within and between Peru and Ecuador. Thanks to her this is going to be a stress-free adventure. After making the final decision about the trip, Jane gathered the contact information for all the travelers and sent out the details to each traveler individually with links to pay deposits, upload passport info, and personal preferences. She also ensured a group email was sent out to the entire group welcoming us to the trip preparation process. Our trip is a year from now and we are excited to make this once in a life time trek. I am happy to have organized things through Adventure Life. However, two small issues came up that were a little off putting. First, Adventure Life adds $50 per person to the cost for each traveler as a donation to a Galapagos conservation fund. I think this should he offered as something that can be added at each traveler’s discretion. Instead, it is automatically added, and each person must ask to have it removed if they do not want it included. Second, although the trip deposit may be paid with a credit card without incurring an additional fee, the balance must be paid in another way to avoid a 3% credit card fee. Maybe this is standard with all travel agencies. In the end I would definitely go through Adventure Life for the next big trip.
Brenda Nielsen
1 month ago
I think it was very helpful that Franny and I spoke on the phone. I think she had a better idea of what we were looking for, and she planned a great itinerary for us!
Elizabeth
2 months ago
My representative Kevin was very responsive generally and in crafting our itinerary to our specific priorities.
Rocco Labella
3 months ago
Easy.
Great work on the follow up and details by Waru.