Barbara Sutton

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Greece
Spain
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Vietnam
Canada
Mexico
United States

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Stockport

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Hello and welcome !

I’m Barbara your Personal Travel Counsellor based in Stockport and want to thank you for visiting Travel Counsellors and taking a look at my web page. I would love to hear from you about your travel plans and help to build you a fabulous tailor-made trip that matches your requirements and your budget.
Travel has been a passion of mine since my first package holiday abroad to Mallorca at 17. From then I knew I’d caught the bug! I was lucky enough to spend over 10 years living and working overseas for tour operators in The Balearics, Mainland Spain, Canaries, Portugal, Cyprus and Mexico. On returning to the UK I continued contracting hotels throughout mainland Europe and Scandinavia and then spent many years with travel suppliers working alongside tour operators and travel agents.

I have been fortunate to have visited over 30 countries including Vietnam & Cambodia, Brazil, Mexico, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Botswana & Zimbabwe, Kenya, Lapland, all the Spanish islands, several islands of the Caribbean and a vast number of the Greek islands! I’ve experienced many types of travel aside from beach holidays including many cruises, city breaks, ski and safaris travelling as a couple, then as a family, on business and also with groups of friends so understand the needs of all types of travellers. My personal favourites have to be Vietnam & Cambodia for the amazing local experience to be had with such friendly people, Santorini for the dramatic scenery and stunning blue domes, Mykonos with its windmills and sugar cube houses (plus Shirley Valentine moments!), Mexico for its excitement, culture and beaches, Africa for its amazing wildlife and friendly people and Gran Canaria for its year-round sunshine. However you can’t beat a cruise to experience a variety of exciting destinations all in one trip!

As your Travel Counsellor I love to build amazing tailor-made travel to suite your style and preferences, but also book mainstream brochured holidays and have access to a huge range of additional specialist suppliers, far greater than can be found on the High St, that will help to build your perfect experience. Life is too busy these days to spend hours trawling through various websites – Let me use our state of the art technology and my personal knowledge and experience to take care of everything for you. You can also rest assured that every penny of your spend is protected by Travel Counsellors’ unique financial protection trust.

I pride myself on my personal service. I am happy to arrange a face to face meet up alongside calls and chats. I handle every aspect of your booking pre-travel and take care of seats, online check-ins and hand deliver over 95% of my clients' travel documents.

So whether you’re looking for a beach break, a cruise, special celebration, a global adventure or a business trip, I look forward to hearing from you and talking through your requirements.

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What my customers say

Booking our trip with Barbara was made very easy by her knowledge & professionalism. We explained what we wanted & when - we had done some research, & Barbara was very quickly able to put together a detailed package with some options for us to choose from. We further explored those options & went back to Barbara with our preferences. She also mentioned a couple of things that we hadn't thought of as well. All done quickly & easily by phone & email. Our trip is now booked & not only was the booking process very easy, we know that if world events etc occur, help is available through Barbara at this end.

Janet Scott-Miller

Stockport

Barbara is fantastic, she is really helpful and a fountain of knowledge, her customer service is exceptional. Would highly recommend her!

Victoria Taylor

STOCKPORT

Barbara is fantastic, she is really helpful and a fountain of knowledge, her customer service is exceptional. Would highly recommend her!

Victoria Taylor

STOCKPORT

Barbara always goes above and beyond with any package she puts together for us. She knows us so well that everything is always tailored but still with a choice

Karen Noble

Sale

Barbara is so knowledgable about all trips, gives lots of options and advice to book the trip which suits you the best. She organises everything for you and takes the hassle out of the trip arrangements.

Hayley Allen

STOCKPORT

Barbara is brilliant at sourcing possible holiday destinations and hotels. She listens to what you want and your desires. Can't recommend enough

Leighton Snow

STOCKPORT

If you are planning a bucket-list trip, look no further than Barbara! She recently organised and booked the most incredible trip to Lapland for us, and honestly, we are still smiling. She covered every detail, from the beautiful glass-roofed cabin to the amazing excursions even going as far as to hand-deliver our tickets! It was so reassuring knowing all the logistics were handled by a professional, allowing us to just soak up the Northern Lights and enjoy our time together. From start to finish, everything was seamless and perfectly organised. Barbara took care of every single detail and we will definitely be booking our next adventure with her!

Kathryn Howe

STOCKPORT

If i could score more I would. An amazing and personal service!

Lee Fisher

STOCKPORT

Excellent communication from Barbara. Quick response time. She have us a range of options and lots of useful advice. We would definitely recommend her and use her again for more travels.

Kathryn Howe

Stockport

Prompt service, helpful counsellor who is happy to answer questions as needed and a fabulous option of holidays to choose from provided. Would highly recommend

Lynne Swann

STOCKPORT

Barbara is the ultimate travel counsellor. Her knowledge and recommendations guide you to the perfect holiday, all done with professionalism, care and a genuine desire for you to have the best experience. I can’t recommend Barbara enough!!!

Carolyn Swallow

Stockport

Barbara Sutton was very professional and talked us through our cruise holiday we have booked for my 60th I've never been on a cruise before so she went through the cruise with us and what we will be seeing and things to do I have recommended Barbara to my friends just can't wait now to go on my Caribbean cruise and make memories a long the way

Patricia Carroll

Ashton under Lyne

Barbara will always go the extra mile, I can contact her day or night for help and advice. She’s just booked us on a fabulous South African holiday once again I don’t intend to use any other company. In fact within the 24hrs of booking a trip fir myself and 3 others I’ve recommended her service to others who have already got in contact with her and are also using her personal service To me word of mouth recommendation is the best form of advertising. Thank you Barbara wish you every success in achieving your goals xx Pat

Patricia Grant

Rochdale

Barbara has booked two holidays for us now. Booking with her has changed our experience of holidays for the better - the ease at which she finds the perfect holiday for us has been nothing short of incredible. We would wholeheartedly recommend booking through a travel counsellor and even more so with Barbara!

Susan Heritage

Bramhall

She’s friendly, informative and extremely helpful. We wouldn’t hesitate to use her services again. We are two pensioners who wanted to go and get some sunshine but we’re tired of going through the rigmarole of selecting the right hotel and then flights etc. One list of potential requirements to Barbara and she sorted everything out with no worries to us at all.

David Wood

Alderley Edge

Barbara is our go to person for holiday bookings. She is so knowledgeable and helpful and we totally trust her. She knows what we like and always comes back to any request with just what we want!! Its great having the reassurance too that we have Barbara's help every step of the way should we need it.

Sally Dawson

Alderley Edge

Barbara has been so proactive in trying to get us a holiday we can actually go on! She’s also been really quick at answering any questions and coming back with options such as hire car plus all the testing requirements etc. Thank you!

Nicola Finch

Alderley Edge

Can't recommend Barbara highly enough. Recommended by a friend who regularly uses her, I decided to ask Barbara to quote for a Christmas break to the Maldives for myself and my family, despite rarely using a travel agent & preferring to book independently. Barbara easily eclipsed several other travel agents in Prestbury and Wilmslow who were coming up with holidays that were either over-priced or ignored our specifications. Barbara found several options of great flights and excellent resorts and we had a brilliant break with our end choice; it was as if covid hadn't happened for two weeks. Prior to booking, all my questions were answered super promptly, regardless of whether it was weekend or evening, Barbara personally delivered all our paperwork and sorted all our check ins and boarding passes, and when we decided to extend our stay last minute while out in the maldives Barbara sorted everything - on Christmas Eve!!! She is fantastic, I would recommend her expert personal service to anyone. Thank you Barbara!

Natalie Husdan

Alderley Edge

I would really like to recommend the services of Travel Counsellor Barbara Sutton. When our summer holiday plans to Spain fell through, I contacted Barbara to ask for her advice & help on booking to go to Greece instead. Have always booked flights, accommodation etc myself but having realised the benefit & security of booking a package, Barbara’s knowledge, help and guidance was invaluable. At a time of such uncertainty in travelling abroad it made such a difference to know she was there at the end of the phone for any queries or issues. Barbara even hand delivered our travel documents!! Our family break to Kos was just amazing and we’re already looking at enlisting her help again to put together a package for a special holiday next year to celebrate a big birthday!!

Helen Clinton

Stockport

Barbara helped us out for a last minute holiday. She came in under budget with a really amazing holiday. She was really knowledgeable about the resort/ area. She put me ease with the booking and kept me up to date whilst I was on holiday about quarantine etc, not only that she hand delivered my boarding cards! I fully recommend booking through her.

Amy Barker

Sale

Barbara is an amazing Travel guru. Her advice and knowledge of holiday destinations is extensive. Always seeks the best deal, location and first rate accommodation. She makes me feel safe knowing she is available 24/7 should anything arise, nothing is too much trouble. Personal service is just what I need as a busy working mum. With recent airline failures I have peace of mind that my hard earned cash is assured.

Linda Smitham

Sale

Barbara has been so helpful and very accommodating to our holiday requests and changes. It’s been so easy and the least stressful holiday booking I’ve ever experienced.

Susan Heritage

Bramhall

Barbara surpassed my expectations in the service she provided us. She was incredibly responsive, worked around my availability and couldn't do enough to help. I would recommend her and will definitely be using her again.

Amanda Hudghton

Woodford

This is our first experience of travel counsellors Barbara has been very supportive. We came to TC as a result of poor Thomas Cook going out of business. She was so understanding and caring even when I questioned every detail of booking our flights Again this time with Emirates . I could not have done this alone after that experience but she had took all the worries away and got us a fabulous deal to replace the ones we lost ..already talking about Barbara helping us on the next holiday thank you so much Barbara .

Patricia Grant

Oldham

Barbara was fantastic in answering all my questions regarding my booking request and gave impartial advice as to what would work best for our family. I would highly recommend her.

Christine Gibson

Stockport

Barbara was fantastic, she listened to what we wanted from our trip, researched and came back with options until it was exactly what we wanted, nothing was too much trouble.i would recommend her to anyone looking for a bespoke trip. Thank you

Nicholas Korny

Stockport

Just come back from another great holiday organised by Barbara, this time in Fuerteventura. Throughout the process she is always friendly, helpful and organised, even writing out our baggage labels for us and providing a map of the island. Barbara also kept an eye on the seat reservations ready to alert us if we needed to pay to reserve seats in advance of check-in to ensure our family could sit together. In the end we didn’t need to pay as she was able to get us seats together when online check-in opened 24hrs before flying both outbound and inbound. Barbara is easily contactable even when abroad to clarify/resolve any issues. Whilst away she emailed us the boarding passes so all we needed to do was print them out at the hotel and present at the check-in desk thus making the journey smoother and less stressful. Thanks again Barbara!

Sara Crichton

Stockport

Barbara took care of the booking for our recent holiday to The Grand at Moon Palace Cancun. Nothing is too much trouble for her, both pre and post holiday. I've been booking our holidays online through Travel Republic for the past few years but this involved literally days/weeks of trawling through reviews and just keeping my fingers crossed that everything was going to be OK. It was a delight to not have this responsibility this time around - everything was more than OK it was perfect!! Thanks Barbara x

Lisa Greenhough

Cheadle

We contacted Barbara to arrange a special holiday to Mauritius for us. Everything was perfect, like clockwork. She was efficient , helpful and knowledgable. Nothing was too much trouble. She even hand wrote our luggage labels! She had even contacted the hotel and had a welcome note put in our room on arrival. Since coming back she rang to have a chat to make sure everything was ok. We have already booked with her again for November as we found her very competitive on prices. We couldn't match her quotes. Would highly recommend her, Thankyou Barbara x

Jackie Bleasdale

Stockport

Barbara has been very helpful and patient whilst helping us arrange our Honeymoon. With lots to organise with the Wedding, I felt I could leave arrangements with Barbara and have peace of mind, she would find us somewhere lovely to go at the best price available. Thank you

Diane Slamon

Stockport

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