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Stephanie Rea

Based in Ballynahinch

Hi, my name is Stephanie and welcome to taking your first step of having your own personal travel counsellor.

I live in Ballynahinch Co. Down, with my husband Gary and my two boys, Joel (9) and Alex (7).

I have been in travel for 19 years and travel is my...

Hi, my name is Stephanie and welcome to taking your first step of having your own personal travel counsellor.

I live in Ballynahinch Co. Down, with my husband Gary and my two boys, Joel (9) and Alex (7).

I have been in travel for 19 years and travel is my passion, I love the buzz and excitement of going on holiday. Throughout my career I have worked for two of the top agencies in Northern Ireland, I have decided to join Travel Counsellors because I have the knowledge and experience to be able to provide you with a high level of customer service.

I have travelled extensively throughout Europe, America and the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and the Far East on family holidays. I have been fortunate enough to ski in Europe and the US, play golf in Mauritius and Spain and even a flotilla holiday in Turkey.
If you want to relax by the pool or if you prefer the beach, if you want an adventure holiday to a sporty holiday like scuba diving, skiing, golfing or sailing. I can help you plan your Round the World trip or if you want to cruise, I have the knowledge, experience and ideas to send you on your dream holiday every time.

In the introduction above I am telling you about myself, but the travel consultancy service I provide is all about “YOU” and your holiday requirements.

Don’t spend hours and hours on the internet, I can provide you with competitive prices and a high level of customer service that you won’t receive booking online… call me at a time that is convenient for you, even outside of normal office hours.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Steph

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Customer Story 1

Stephanie was friendly, knowledgable, flexible, speedy and enthusiastic when she organised our honeymoon to Cuba. She thought of everything, taking the hassle out of travel so that all we had to do was turn up and enjoy ourselves! Not only that, but she managed to do it all within budget, at short notice, and at better prices than we had previously found elsewhere. We have already been recommending her to other people and won't hesitate to use her again!

Aisling Shannon, Belfast
Customer Story 2

Stephanie has helped and organised two great holidays for me and has been extremely helpful sorting out all the smallest details for me.These have been both around twenty days and have been multi locations and hotels. Stephanie is a pleasure to talk to and work with and has made my holiday experiences extremely enjoyable without any stress or worries.

Nicholas McCavery, Ballynahinch
Customer Story 3

Stephanie has given us superb service on our holidays. When we phoned her from Venice regarding a problem with our check in at Heathrow, she quickly checked that everything was ok for our return flight and phoned us back to reassure us. She was extremely helpful sorting out optional excursions on our South African holiday. When we had to return home early she helped us with our insurance claim and to get money back on the excursions we had not taken. She put in a lot of extra effort on our behalf for which we are very grateful.

Seymour and Judy Thomas, Exmouth
Customer Story 4

Stephanie was a brilliant help in researching the right type of holiday for my family! We gave Stephanie a brief outline of the type of holiday we were looking for with two young children and feel she found the perfect location and type of accommodation very quickly and efficiently without having to trail through loads of brochures/options. We are so looking forward to going now in July and would like to thank Stephanie for her help and will certainly recommend her to our friends and family...as well as coming back to her in the future ourselves!

Amanda Ramsey, Ballynahinch
Customer Story 5

I have been using Stephanie to organise both my business travel requirements and also private holiday requirements. Fro example, I have just completed a six flight business trip to Germany, I have 14 people going to Minnesota in September on a family holiday and returning to Salou in july having had it recommended by Stephanie last year. In the current business climate using Stephanie ensures all travel logistics run smoothly, leaving me with no worries apart from the "business". At all times Stephanie has displayed dilligence, enthusiasm and a willingness to go the extra mile to ensure the customer service experience is 100%.

Philip Gregg, Spa Ballynahinch
Customer Story 6

We booked our honeymoon with Stephanie and from the moment we made our initial enquiry the service that she provided to us was first class. Any query was answered promptly and she provided different options for us to choose from. Stephanie is very friendly, very knowledgable, and her enthusiam for her job is wonderful! We had the most fantastic time on our honeymoon and it was all down to the fact that Stephanie had put so much effort and hard work into it - for this we are very grateful. Even when we were away and hurricane Irene was potentially going to disrupt our journey home, she was on hand to help. I would certainly book any future holidays with Stephanie and would recommend her to anyone.

Karen McCourt, Belfast
Customer Story 7

Great advice and recommendations and service with a smile. Thank you for your help!

Andrew Campbell, Ballynahinch
Customer Story 8

Had a great time in Legoland and holidaying with Haven holidays. All travelling arrangements and holiday went really well due to the great lengths that Stephanie went to. Thanks very much Stephanie.

Diane Mcneill, Ballynahinch
Customer Story 9

Delighted with the professional service we received from Stephanie. The suggestion of the camp site turned out to be better than our expectations and in fact we would not only recommend the camp site to friends but also Stephanie to organise any future travel arrangements. Thank you for a great holiday.

Haydn Gibson, Ballynahinch

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Family trip to Florida

Stephanie's blog, 10/02/2011

Florida here we come in the cold month of February, the kids were off school for 8 days so 12 days of winter sunshine really appealed. We set off to Dublin airport with grandparents, parents, auntie and uncle and a 15 year old all in tow. We flew with Aer Lingus from Dublin and it was a long flight, but we found it to be very comfortable. There are lots of entertainment options on the personal TV monitors in the back of the seats, so you can make your own choices and not have toewatch what the kids want the whole way there….great start!

On arrival at the Orlando International airport we picked up our hire car, we’d chosen a minivan! The whole process went very smoothly and we were soon out of the airport and on our way to our villa, which was going to be our home for the next 12 days. Our villa was ideal, big and luxurious! We had paid extra to get the pool heated, which I do recommend to do if you are travelling to Florida in the winter months.

The whole family was looking forward to heading to Universal Islands of Adventure to visit Harry Potter World and it did not disappoint! It was extremely busy, so much so, at certain times when there are too many people in and you have to go and get a time ticket to return later at your allotted time. Lucky for us we did not have to do this. The queues for Hogwarts castle were quite long and so was the queue for Ollivanders Wand Shop. The ride and the experience of Hogwarts is one not to be missed for anyone Harry Potter fan or not, it is truly magical. You can also buy butterbeer and pumpkin juice, neither of which I particularly liked, but when your there you have to try these things! Before we left the UK, we had decided to go the Universal Parks, so the pass we purchased covered 5 parks in total; Universal Studios, Islands of Adventure, Seaworld, Busch Gardens and Aquatica.

Islands of Adventure, has lots of other attractions that are worth seeing and doing, The Hulk, is a must for all roller coaster fans out there! Spiderman 3D was another firm favourite with our family! Universal Studios has great attractions like Shrek 4D, just be prepared for the smell! Some other surprises were Men in Black – which was great fun and The Simpsons simulator ride - which we all enjoyed.

Seaworld is a lovely family day out, very relaxed and a great park for having a leisurely day in. The dolphin show was world class, but Shamu the killer whale show was a bit disappointing as they were working on producing a new show when we were there, so hopefully it will be as good as ever when you get the chance to go! There are also some big rollercoasters here to keep you entertained! The new rollercoaster here is called Manta….let’s just say I cried!

Busch Gardens is another park we all enjoyed, the boys loved the big white tigers and were excited at the fact there is a glass dome, which you can put your head into – once inside you are in the middle of the tigers lair! There are loads of animals to see and a trip to Busch Gardens will not disappoint.

Aquatica is a waterpark, I have never been to a waterpark before in Florida, but I will definitely do another one! Aquatica is simply brilliant; it is clean and very well looked after! The rides are thrilling but not really scary -another park that was a hit with the kids! We couldn't get Alex to come home! There is a beach beside the wave pool, so even grandparents who don't particularly like swimming can lie on a sunbeds beside the pool and read their books, maybe even going for a paddle every now and then!

This is really just a small overview of our holiday in Orlando, if you would like more information of our time in Florida, give me a call, I'd be more than happy to tell you of my experience...