Based In Banstead

Ana Esteves

Available for new enquiries

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Hello and welcome to my Travel Counsellors page. My name is Ana, and I specialise in creating carefully tailored travel experiences that are seamless, inspiring, and completely personal to you.

Originally from the beautiful Portuguese island of Madeira and now based in Banstead, Surrey, travel has shaped my life from an early age. What began as a childhood curiosity quickly grew into a lifelong passion, leading me to live and work across Australia, Thailand, the Far East, and the Perhentian Islands, with further travels throughout Mauritius and parts of Africa. These experiences have given me first-hand insight into a wide variety of destinations and travel styles.

Today, as a wife and mum, I understand the importance of holidays that are not only memorable but also well planned, stress-free, and perfectly suited to each traveller. My own family travels have taken us across Europe, the Middle East, the United States Thailand, Florida and Orlando remaining firm favourites.

As a Travel Counsellor, I pride myself on delivering a highly personalised service. I take the time to truly understand your needs, preferences, and expectations, ensuring every detail is thoughtfully considered. Whether you are planning a family holiday, honeymoon, luxury escape, cruise, ski trip, or city break, my goal is to make the planning process enjoyable and the experience exceptional.

I would love to be your trusted personal travel expert—available when you need me, dedicated to exceeding expectations, and committed to creating holidays that leave you with lasting memories.

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My customer stories

Sent by Nicky Young

From initial enquiry, to planning and through to an unforgettable completed trip to Cuba, Ana provided a brilliant, professional and thorough service. We enjoyed the most brilliant holiday we've ever had and the advice, insight and unique knowledge she offered made all the difference... from choosing the perfect hotels, to finishing touches such as a trip to Hemingway's villa, and booking us into the most exciting restaurant in Havana... Nothing was too much trouble. Everything was brilliantly organised and we felt safe and looked after every step of the way. Thank you Ana putting together this brilliant experience for us!

Sent by Julie Mein

Would really recommend Ana Esteves at Travel Counsellors for booking your next holiday. We have just come back from Funchal and had an amazing time. Ana took all the stress away from booking the holiday - from the hotel we stayed in the night before, to booking the flight and fast track security for us. Ana was so helpful and any queries was always able to help. Thank you Ana!

Sent by Molly Pemberton

We have booked a number of trips with Ana Esteves over the past few years, and have always been very impressed with the service received. Nothing is ever too much trouble when looking at options, and the booking process is made very easy. Ana is a pleasure to deal with, and really takes the stress out of finding and booking a holiday. We would highly recommend Ana’s service.

Sent by Chris Townsend

Ana has now advised on and booked four holidays for me ranging from a weekend city break to a large family birthday in Portugal. From the initial enquiry, through discussions on wants, needs and budget I have found her friendly, professional and ,very importantly, uncomplicated. She has given freely of her time and we have had fantastic holidays without the stress of doing it all ourselves (and wondering if we got it right !) I can't imagine booking my own travel now. Highly recommended and thank you Ana.

Sent by Nikki Beck

I just wanted to write you a note to say thank you so much for organising our trip to Havana and Varadero in wonderful, wild and crazy Cuba! We had the most amazing time! Havana was a blast, we knew we'd love it, but to have such excellent trips organised for us was the icing on the cake! The Vintage car tour, and Hemingway house trip were amazing. The guide was super knowledgeable, fun and full of advice for us, which was brilliant. Thank you for suggesting and booking dinner in La Guardia for us. I will never forget it. The food and cocktails were magnificent. And the building itself is one big photographic shoot! A gorgeous evening. We really didn't want to leave Havana... we loved it. So many characters we met along the way.... but we did! And had another perfect transfer to Varadero. The Royalton was such a beautiful and special place. The food was excellent. We beached it every day - the white sand and warm sea... we really are totally spoiled now... (and having them bring drinks to you! Bliss!). Mercedes the rep was excellent. We enjoyed talking to her and booked a boat trip, which was fun. Again, another person, who looked after us perfectly. All in all, it was the best holiday we've had in a long time. So many amazing memories (and a fabulous tan!). I think we're still processing everything! I really do think that the service you put together, advice and your contacts made all the difference. We felt so looked after, and safe. Every step of the way. Thank you so much Ana for the thought and care put in! It was a truly memorable trip of a lifetime.

Sent by Jodie Pett

Ana was just wonderful at finding us a last minute holiday this summer. After a lucky escape with a scammer on air b&b she jumped in and saved the day. Not only that but a couple of small issue when we were away we dealt with very efficiently so no stress!! Will definitely be using here again. She goes to Amazon lengths to provide as much information as possible and you can tell she is passionate about her work. Thank you Ana.

Sent by Barton Tom

Ana really did think of everything when it came to booking our trip and took all of the stress out of organising a family holiday. From the flights (with priority security), to the transfer, to the hotel - every detail was pre-empted and catered for. We just had to sit back and enjoy the trip. We cannot recommend Ana highly enough. The Barton family

Sent by Phil Bridge

Awesome, patient, friendly, available. Can't be faulted.

Sent by Clare Pedder

It’s the first time we have used your service and we are blown away. We had a rough idea of dates and costs for our trip which we passed to Ana who was really helpful. She advised us on flights, days and times to minimise cost and suggested a couple of choices of hotel. She automatically included airport transfers, car hire and other really handy things that we would have forgotten. The overall price came out lower than we were expecting, a very pleasant surprise. I highly recommend Ana and her service which we will definitely use again. A completely painless experience backed up by a fantastic app for our itinerary.

Sent by Geoffrey Hodder

Ana is so friendly, knowledgeable and a has been a great experience from beginning to the end. Will use again and recommend.

Sent by Colette Robson

Truly excellent service from Ana - I have recommended to others.

Sent by Christine Hodder

I found Ana to be charming and goes well over and beyond in providing excellent customer service

Sent by Karl Hancock

Ana has booked both a uk break and a abroad holiday for myself. On both occasions Ana has gone above and beyond from the very start with choosing where to go through to the end with little surprises for my wife and I on our honeymoon.

Sent by Phaedra Cluff

Ana arranged a family holiday to Venice for us; she could not have been more helpful and enthusiastic. The service from her and Travel Counsellors was first class, particularly given the remaining travel requirements due to the pandemic which are more complicated for travel in & out of Italy, and she made it all hassle free for us even booking all of our trips & entry tickets (skip the line thank goodness - you should have seen the length of the lines!!) and preparing our Passenger Locator Forms and booking our airline seats in advance. A wonderful holiday made stress free by the wonderful Ana - thank you.

Sent by Renu Ballantine

I would highly recommend Ana for her amazing work ethic and friendliness. She listens carefully to what you are looking for and does all she can to meet your needs. I only wish we had started using her earlier.

Sent by David Booth

Ana has been incredibly attentive, while booking my holiday. We wanted to make some changes to our booking, and Ana was very helpful and patient with us, giving us various excellent ideas for our holiday. We are now very excited to be going away in July, and Ana took away all of the hassle of the booking. She's a real star!

Sent by Jane Cooper

Ana is truly dedicated to her business and her clients come first. Ana will get the best possible package for you and nothing is too much trouble for her. With a Covid cancellation I was refunded immediately for a hotel booking. Highly recommend, I wouldn’t arrange travel with anyone else.

Sent by Jennifer Gregory-Dade

I first made contact with Ana about a year ago when Ana was able to give extremely helpful advice regarding an existing booking I had make directly without help from Travel Counsellors, and Ana helped me to organise a holiday an alternative future holiday re-using the flights that couldn't be cancelled. Since then Ana has helped me with a handful of requirements. She is so knowledgeable and literally cannot help enough with all aspects and every little detail. I really is lovely to work with someone so caring and thoughtful, and enthusiastic about my trips as I am! I would have absolutely no doubt in recommending Ana, and i'm extremely pleased I found her!

Sent by M Townsend

Lovely service, very professional!!! Definitely will use Ana again for my future holidays !

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