Carol Johns
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My name is Carol Johns. I have been working in the travel industry as a Travel Consultant for over 30 years now. I live in the Lincoln area, and I am passionate about travel. I offer a personal and unique service to my leisure and corporate clients. Even when I am on holiday, I still have my work head on, seeking out new hotels and ideas to tell my clients’ about, what to see and do, in the destinations that I have visited.
I have travelled to many places in my life so far, these include - Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, parts of east and west Canada, several areas of the USA, North Island New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Borneo/Malaysia, Bali, Vietnam, Cambodia, South Africa, Mexico, Antigua, St Lucia, Barbados, Grenada, Jamaica, Dubai, Norway, Croatia, Montenegro and Hong Kong. I have also been on lots of cruises, with quite a few different cruise lines. Take a few minutes to view my journals and customer testimonials.
I am privileged to work for a network of travel experts offering a personal service for your travel requirements. I work as part of the most exciting travel company in the UK, we are global in seven countries, and I work with award winning technology at my fingertips and have access to hundreds of reputable suppliers. Working from home gives me the time to work more closely with my customers. I will take the time to find out what is important to you, after all time is precious and I really need to make sure I get the right holiday, or business trip for you.
As a Travel Counsellor. I pride myself in providing excellent customer service, and will always go that extra mile to strive for excellence. I have experience in booking a wide variety of holidays from a weekend break in the UK, Europe, family holidays, and cruises, around the world itineraries, weddings, honeymoons, golf breaks and more.
My business is built on recommendations and referrals and I am pleased to say that over 93% of my business is repeat customers.
All bookings made through Travel Counsellors are fully financially protected with our Financial Trust, and our new accredited status of the Flights Plus ATOL licence.
I will be happy to discuss, plan and arrange your holiday, or business trip at a time that is convenient to you, leaving you free to enjoy your valuable free time. I am available at any time that suits you, including evenings and weekends, therefore, offering a one to one service, with us its personal!
Kind regards.
Carol
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Croatia
Its been a couple of months since we set off for Dubrovnik, over first time in that part of the World. We were looking forward to it and it exceeded our expectations. We arrived in the evening and took our forty minute transfer to our hotel, which was located in the Lapad, Babin Kuk area of the city. The Royal Princess was situation on the beautiful peninsula, a 5km walk or bus ride into the
19 Jul 2017 5 min read
Vietnam & Cambodia
We set off in late February to do a private guided tour of Vietnam and Cambodia. First stop - Ho Chi Minh City, however, the locals still refer to it from its original name of Saigon. We spent three night there, we have never seen so many motorcycles, they actually take precedence against cars and pedestrians, you take your life in your hands trying to cross the roads. I was not very familiar w
01 May 2017 5 min read
Hong Kong with a difference
We travelled to Hong Kong at end of September for eight nights. Not somewhere you would think of for a longer stay. Well, our son moved over there in January to start a new job with Cathay Pacific, the national Airline of Hong Kong. He looks after the safety of the airline. Having been there on a couple of previous visits staying for only two nights, you don't really get to see what Hong Kong a
28 Nov 2016 5 min read
Babados
We flew out to Barbados for a ten night break last month, we call it our "Winter Warmer" The weather was amazing for the duration of the trip, just a few spots of rain now and again. Our journey from the airport to the new Sandals Barbados took about 20 minutes, which is great when you have been flying for almost nine hours. The hotel was lovely, set in about eleven acres of landscaped gar
14 Dec 2015 5 min read
Our Alaskan Experience
Our journey started in San Francisco. Although we had been there a couple of times before, we had never been over to Alcatraz, so we made it this time, it was a great place to visit and learn all about the history of the island and how it became a prison. Another excursion we wanted to do was cycle over the famous Golden Gate bridge. We hire bikes for the day and took the route along the bay, o
08 Sept 2015 5 min read
California & Hawaii
Our journey took us to Los Angeles in March this year, where we picked up a Mustang convertible, something I had always wanted to do the next time we went to California! We set off with the top down, and headed down part of Highway 1 towards San Diego, passing through the areas of Long, Mission and Huntington Beach. We stayed in a lovely small boutique hotel called The Vyvant, close to the area of
08 Aug 2014 5 min read
Cornwall
We headed down to Port Issac in Cornwall last month, where they film scenes from the TV programme "Doc Martin" - this was my first visit to this county. What a beautiful part of the country, we rented a four bedroom house with some friends in a lovely spot with views from the lounge across the bay of Port Issac. There are plenty of restaurants and a couple of pubs in the village. The restaura
28 Oct 2013 5 min read
Canada 2012
We travelled back to the west coast of Canada in September 2012. We wanted to visit some areas we had not been to before and pop back to some we had seen. We started in Vancouver. As we were only there for one night on this trip, we just had a wander round the city to see if anything has changed since we last went there. We had dinner in the Old Spaghetti Factory in the old Gas Town area, near
25 Feb 2013 5 min read
Rome & Sorrento
We have just been to Rome and Sorrento to celebrate a special wedding anniversary. We flew from Gatwick to Rome and spent two nights at a lovely boutique hotel called The River Palace, it was very authentic with lots of Italian charm. It is in an excellent location, close to the Piazzo Popolo. We walked for miles, along to the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain and the Colesseum (where we did a to
17 May 2012 5 min read
Beautiful Seychelles
I went to The Seychelles main island of Mahe about seven years ago, which I thought at the time was wonderful. I thought maybe one day we would go back; as they saying goes, if you bring home some of the local currency it means you will return! Well we did, we travelled out with Qatar Airways via Doha in the Middle East. We were attending a friend's wedding which I had organised for them, I fel
06 Jul 2011 5 min read
South Africa
I thought that I would share the fantastic holiday my husband and I recently experienced in South Africa. We flew out to Cape Town at the end of November, when the UK was having the really bad weather spell with lots of snow. We arrived to lovely blue skies and temperatures in the mid twenties - what a welcome! We spent five nights in the centre of Cape Town which was a great location for e
22 Jan 2011 5 min read
Princess Cruise - March 2010
I have just returned from a two week voyage on the Sea Princess, which commenced in Barbados. We visited the Caribbean Islands of St. Vincent, home to some of the scenes shot there for the first Pirates of the Caribbean film. We then sailed on to Grenada, Curacao, Bonaire, the latter two being very European in their architecture. After two and a half days at sea, we had to miss Grand Caymen d
29 Mar 2010 5 min read
Ski Experience
I travelled to the ski resort of Les Arcs 1800 last December. This was a familiarisation trip to resorts in this area. We stayed in Les Arcs 1800 for a week in Les Alpages De Chantal self catering apartments, they were very clean, warm and comfortable. However, for anyone that is not an experienced skier, you would have to catch the shuttle bus down to the resort centre about five minutes dri
29 Mar 2010 5 min read
ANTIGUA
I have recently returned from a trip to the beautiful island of Antigua in the West Indies. It is correct what is said about there being 365 beaches, one for every day of the year. We decided to try two hotels out during our visit, staying at the Jolly Beach Resort on an all-inclusive basis for five nights in the area of Jolly Beach Harbour. This is a great location and you can walk along the
01 Dec 2009 5 min read
Bali & Singapore
I travelled to Bali and Singapore in June with my husband. We had a lovely week at the Nusa Dua Beach Resort and Spa. The hotel is situated in the resort of Nusa Dua, which is a purpose built resort designed to very high standards. As you enter the resort you will be bowled over by the wonderful array of flowers, plants and shrubs which adorn the roads leading to the various hotels. There is a ver
10 Sept 2009 5 min read
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