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Meet our Team of Travel Consultants

Travel Consultants

Each staff member can help you with any area you wish to travel to, however, they all have their own particular favourite areas of expertise. This team of highly qualified and professional travel consultants have the combined experience to provide you with the answer to whatever your travel requirements are ... be they Luxury or otherwise.

"Experience Our Experience”

Our dedicated team of travel experts are amongst the most experienced and well travelled consultants you will find and they will be happy to impart their knowledge to you in planning your trip.

We pride ourselves on providing our clients with a personalised, tailor made and creative travel service in a professional & confidential 'boutique' environment.

Our aim is always to exceed your service expectations.

Our highly qualified Luxury Travel Concepts team all have their own particular areas of expertise.

Travel Consultants - Mel Haycock

Mel Haycock - Managing Director
28 Years Travel Experience

Speciality areas: Luxury Hotels, Luxury Spas, Luxury Touring & Cruising - Conferences & Seminars, Special Interest Groups and Study tours - Leisure travel to Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Greece, Croatia, Morocco, Oman, UAE, Iran, Egypt, Israel, USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, China, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam ... plus the gourmet delights of Tuscany, Provence, Margaret River and Tasmania ~ Mel also loves luxury cruising and recently returned from a Silverseas cruise to Iceland and a Seabourn cruise to the Baltics ... his favourites are; Seabourn, SeaDream, Silverseas and Orion Expedition Cruises.

Mel Haycock - Email

Travel Consultants - Elizabeth Clarke

Elizabeth Clarke - Cruise Manager & "ICCA Master"   
25 Years Travel Experience

‘ICCA Master Cruise Consultant' qualification with the International Cruise Council.

Speciality areas: Alaska, Canada, USA, Mexican Riviera, South America, Asia, South Pacific, Europe, Africa and the Middle East ... Seabourn cruises, Orion Kimberley cruises and Tauck Tours in particular.
Elizabeth has an incredible knowledge of which ships are cruising where, and "what's on offer".

Elizabeth Clarke - Email

Travel Consultants - Donna Kranas

Donna Kranas - Senior Travel Consultant   
28 Years Travel Experience

Passionate about travelling as an educational life experience and works in her hobby.

Special interest active travel including ancient cultures, history and sites, and particularly being ‘off the beaten path’. Has travelled to New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Malaysia, Sumatra, Sabah, Bali, Thailand, Nepal, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore,  Maldives, South Africa, Argentina, Peru, USA, Canada, Britain and Ireland, Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Libya, Turkey, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Portugal, India and just returned from Bhutan.

Donna Kranas - Email

Travel Consultants - Isabelle Van Bentum

Isabelle van Bentum - Senior Travel Consultant    
24 Years Travel Experience

Speciality areas: Leisure travel to Asia (i.e. Mekong river cruising), Europe (especially BENELUX, France, Spain’s Andalucía), Brazil, Caribbean islands. Isabelle is Dutch by birth and lived in The Netherlands for 38 years and Spain for 1 year and is very familiar with all parts of Continental Europe. She loves active travel, such as skiing in Courchevel and has just returned from a river cruise through France.

Isabelle Van Bentum - Email

Travel Consultants - Diane Schwartz

Diane Schwartz - Senior Travel Consultant      
17 Years Travel Experience

Leisure travel to UK, Ireland, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Italy (Villa stays), Greece, Austria, Germany, France (especially south France), Berlin and Prague.  New Zealand, Fiji, and Japan.  Recently returned from Shanghai and Terracotta Warriors at Xian.  Cruised Australia to Italy via Panama Canal and Caribbean and returned via Africa.  Recently cruised part of Scandinavia on Hurtigruten Cruise.  Visited Darwin & Wildman Wilderness Lodge.  Special interest in ancient historical sites (Diane has a Bachelor of Arts degree from UQ in Ancient Rome, Greek & Egyptian History and early North America), art, architecture, wine and food.

Diane Schwartz - Email

Travel Consultants - Carmen Ford

Carmen Ford - Senior Travel Consultant      
27 Years Travel Experience

"ICCA Accredited Cruise Consultant" qualification with the International Cruise Council.

Speciality areas: Carmen has travelled to most unfrozen countries and specializes in personalised itineraries through Europe, especially her favourites of Italy, France, Spain, Morocco & Greece and more recently, Slovenia, Croatia, Japan and Russia.  She has just cruised on the new Orion II in Borneo and she has also cruised on and loves the luxury cruise lines like Seabourn , Regent & Orion. Carmen knows all the great little B&B's and off the beaten path things that make your holiday one of those memorable experiences.

Carmen Ford - Email

 

Caroline Brennan - Senior Travel Consultant      
12 Years Travel Experience

Speciality areas: Caroline has worked in Europe for many years and her speciality areas are; USA & Canada, Africa, India, North & South Asia and the South Pacific, making Caroline a great 'all rounder'

Caroline Brennan - Email

 

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