Beyond Boundaries Travel Reviews

1/18/2012

Wow, I am not sure who this person is that has written the review on Beyond Boundaries Travel. I first I would like to say that I started working with them when they were know as Colorado International.

Back in the 1980's in those days they specialized in group ski trips and worked with ski clubs. After several years of running ski trips in the western part of the US I started using them to run ski trips to Europe. One of the things we did when we ran a ski trips to Europe was to extend the trip and visit a European city. This tour operator has a vast knowledge of the cities in Europe.

Over the years I have used this company for 20 trips which mostly consisted from European ski trips with extended stays in European cities to trips, as well as to Costa Rica and Greek Island Cruse and other places. Yes they did change their name about ten years ago or so, but this was only to be able to change with the tour industry and sell trips throughout the world. I too have had trouble with airline seating and I know for a fact that the kind of problem this person had was caused by the airline and not the agent, and the agent could not have corrected it.

I have found that Beyond Boundaries Travel has the knowledge and experience of their travel throughout the world to put together any trip I would want to run. Also they have met all my requests within reason and I would not hesitate to recommend them for any other trip you would run.

1/19/2012

As the owner of Friendship Tours,Inc for 38 years . I have been working with Beyond Boudaries Travel and Colorado International since 1997. I have booked a average of about 3 group trips a year. My group sizes range from 30 to 60 passengers, all traveling from differnt locations in America .My customers are totally satisfide how much help is afforded to them while we are under way. Many times I as the owner can't not travel with them and they are on their own. When ever a situation popped up they were helped. They have provided me with excellent suppliers World wide. I only offer International trips. So with that you know people get nervous about traveling abroad. All their worries are put to rest. Working continuosly with this family, I get better deals and breaks in contract interpetation. I am not one to shop around each year for other suppliers to save a dollar I know I get a good and fair contract. I would recommend them to anyone looking to lead trips or start a home based business in travel.

Len Besednik The Village Florida

1/20/2012

I have been on 5-6 tours with Beyond Boundaries through their HP Fan Trips and they have been nothing short of exceptional! The staff and management make every detail outstanding and true to life.

If there are "glitches" it is not their error - sometimes things happen when traveling and the operators have no control. I would definitely travel with them - over and over again!

1/24/2012

Thoughtful, meaningful, terrific trips

I've taken several Beyond Boundaries trips - and I can say that they've all been terrific and well worth the money. We first started going on the HP Fan Trips because my son was such a Harry Potter fan. Each trip was carefully crafted to integrate wonderful sites, experiences, story tellers and top notch guides. Riding in the coach car on the original "Hogwarts Express", taking alchemy classes, the gala banquet - it was all just wonderful - and we so enjoyed the unexpected extra benefit of meeting people and guides who have become dear friends years after the tours.

On several trips fan trips, we've had the opportunity to meet a variety of actors from the movies, books and plays - and to get some really fascinating behind the scene opportunities to explore different elements. The beauty in these trips is not just in the elements themselves - but in the totality of the tours.

We've always found the trips reasonably priced - as we've itemized the elements to see if it's a good bargain - and it's always been more than fair.

Some of the most meaningful travel experiences my family has ever had has experienced have been on Beyond Boundaries Travel trips - and we can't thank them enough for giving us such wonderful experiences for our family to share together and with friends.

I have had the privilege of leading my ski club for the last 25 years and have used Beyond Boundaries, almost exclusively, for all of our European trips and for some of our domestic ski trips. We have never been disappointed by our destinations, lodging or pricing over all those years.

With an average of about 30 to 60 people on these trips, needless to say, there is an extreme amount of coordination required and they have seldom failed to deliver. There will always be glitches due to land agents trying to squeeze out an extra buck but there has only been a few times where, I felt, it was Beyond Boundaries fault and these were addressed or adjusted to my satisfaction.

Overall, we will continue to solicit bids for creative, interesting, diverse and memorable trips from Beyond Boundaries, as we have for the last 25+ years.

Doug and his team have allowed many of our people visits parts of the world that we only dreamed of and we are all appreciative. I highly recommend them.

I've used Beyond Boundaries Travel, and their previous name, for years and have had fantastic trips. I recently used them for a sailing hiking trip on the Amalfi Coast, Italy and there was not one single complaint. We are now working on a bike trip in Hawaii and I look forward to another smooth trip.

I have been a customer of Beyond Boundaries Travel since they opened their doors in 1991, having traveled with them to Costa Rica, Colorado, Utah, North Carolina and New Mexico, and all arrangements were perfectly and professionally handled.

I agree with all of the positive reviews listed below based on years of experience traveling with them, and find it odd that Yelp is filtering all of those in favor of a single review from a person who has never even been a customer of the company. What's that all about?

I would highly recommend working with them as they offer a fountain of great travel ideas to many locations, and are very conscientious in their handling of customer concerns.

I have another review of BBT I'd like to share:

Plenty F is way off base in her review and I find it appalling that Yelp would allow such nonsense as her review seems to have no basis in actual experience with the company beyond a short conversation with one of its representatives.

I have had 13 years of experience in working with Beyond Boundaries, most recently to Egypt on a Nile cruise in 2011, and I can attest to the fact that the arrangements were first rate, the follow-through was complete and there has never been any reason for me to doubt their commitment to professionalism.

I would happily work with Beyond Boundaries again for any future trips I will be planning.

Kevin M

Hebron, MD

I am a friend of Hei Nan Gua, and have the same impression of the reviewer's motives. They are unfair, cynically motivated, and way off the mark given my own experiences with Beyond Boundaries as a very professional company. I too have a review as follows from another customer that I am posting as follows:

Beyond Boundaries helped us plan a recent family trip to Puerto Rico. We were very appreciative of the individual attention we received. They listened carefully to what we said we wanted to do, answered questions that had come up based on our reading about Puerto Rico, and gave us prompt and accurate advice about travel arrangements, numerous suggestions for accommodations, and recommendations for places to visit and things to do, helping us fine-tune our plans. They obviously are seasoned and enthusiastic travelers themselves as well as experienced travel agents. They were sensitive to our interests as travelers and knowledgeable about the particularities of the destination, and able to advise us about off-the-beaten-track locations ("beyond the boundaries") as well as give sensible advice about negotiating the mainstream places (for example, spend your last night at the airport hotel - worth it for the convenience with an early morning flight).

We had an extremely interesting and enjoyable vacation, definitely better than it would have been without the expert advice we received from "BBs".

Lisa N, Colorado Springs