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My husband and I used Claudia as our planner for Amsterdam, and 2 friends joined us in Berlin for four days. The two destinations and her trip planning were perfect. Claudia’s guides and scheduling was great. The unique experience was a cooking class and shopping experience at Kim’s apartment in Berlin! Yes Claudia added value to our trip with hotels, schedule and guides.
My husband and I spent a week in Belgium and then were joined by our 19-year-old grandson for a couple of days in Denmark and a week in Berlin, Munich and the Bavarian Alps at the end of May and beginning of June. These were all places we had never been, so I turned to Wendy and her travel experts for help. Claudia and her team did a great job planning for our trip—we stayed in lovely hotels that were perfectly located in each place and were all different; some more modern and some in historic buildings—none were cookie-cutter places. We covered a lot of ground but Claudia and her team planned a mixed variety of activities and excursions that gave us a good taste of each locale without exhausting us. They also selected a variety of excellent restaurants for our dinners that were appropriate for a young adult and two grandparents. Not too fussy but excellent food and representative of the country.
All of our guides we well-versed in the history and art and culture of each locale and they all provided special insight into some aspect of the area we were seeing. Since we are too old to rent cars in Europe we had several drivers—again, all of them were extremely competent and friendly. Both the guides and the drivers made a special effort to ascertain Jack’s interests and converse with him. He learned a lot about each country but had fun doing it and came home with many memories but also many insights into how Europe sees the US and its government and people.
Some trip highlights were a food tour in Copenhagen, the drive north of Copenhagen which included the Louisiana museum, the countryside and a tour of a new “green” apartment complex showing how Denmark does it right. Not your standard tour. And our guide in Munich/Bavaria took us on several side tours that added the perfect touch for Jack, including all of us riding an alpine coaster.
I’ve been the trip planner for most of our travels and consider myself a pretty good planner. But it was delightful to turn the reins over to a competent team and not worry about all the details or the best timing for seeing popular places. They checked in frequently and also got us a driver when the train strike in Belgium interfered with our travel from Brussels to Bruges. Everything else went smoothly but it was relaxing to know there would be a backup if needed.
Larry Prescott working on the production floor of VW Glaeserne Manufactur. Photo: Lauren Prescott
Claudia was absolutely the best travel consultant we’ve ever encountered. Because we have not traveled in Germany extensively (except with our tandem bicycle group), we would never have been able to find the great restaurants she recommended or our wonderful guides. Her hotel recommendations were spot-on.
We knew we wanted to spend four or five days in Berlin and then asked for suggestions as to another interesting city nearby. She immediately recommended Dresden, and not just because it’s her hometown. It has a fascinating history as one of the intellectual centers of 17th and 18th century Europe. And as an historian, I was especially interested in the rebuilding following the Allied bombing in February 1945.
But the highlight for my husband (a pre-birthday surprise) was a private tour of the production line at the VW Glaeserne Manufaktur where he actually got to help build an VW ID3. And in Berlin, we had two delightful days with Sue and Aaron, fabulous guides who gave us an excellent panorama of the immense city and of Potsdam. I had been to Berlin when it was divided and was very interested in seeing all the Berliners have accomplished in the last 35 years. Claudia and her assistant, Habiba, could not have planned a better itinerary for us. Many thanks to them both.
In late August, my family, including two sons, 31 & 29, and a girlfriend, spent 10 days in Germany on a trip organized by Claudia. Most of us had been to some parts of Germany before and we were looking for new experiences. The trip was Berlin, Bavaria & Munich. Claudia was easy to work with and did a great job of designing a tour to meet our needs. For instance, no tours in the morning due to anticipated clubbing!
Some of the highlights were our penthouse apartment in Berlin, Gorki Apts., which made us feel like real residents, the kayak Berlin tour, and our WOW Moment, a privately prepared dinner in our apartment. (Excellent, charming chef, lots of protein, not a lot of fillers.) Bavaria was next where we met up with Stephanie, an excellent guide, for hiking. Our private Neuschwanstein tour before opening was a highlight. In Munich, Stephanie took us on a food tour which exceeded expectations. Claudia chose wonderful restaurants throughout. She even advised me later regarding Dresden which my husband and I visited on our own.