Caroline Piccaver
I'm based in
Henley-on-Thames
It's Nice To Meet You
Hello, I’m Caroline and I'm based in Henley-on-Thames.
With a love of travel and over 30 years working in the industry, I understand that providing excellent customers service is about understanding and getting to know my clients. My customers know I am 100% committed to providing the personal level of service that they deserve. I have a flexible attitude to working so while my clients are away, they know they can always speak to me, day or night if they need to.
No matter what your travel needs, our award-winning technology allows me to quickly search hundreds of flights, hotels, transfers, cruises, car hire, attractions and much more, putting together tailor-made itineraries or packages at competitive prices that fit with your exact requirements. Whether its a complex tailor-made trip or just a short luxury break, I will take time to get understand your requirements, do the research for you and give you unbiased travel advice in order for your travel dreams to become a reality.
My love of travel started at a very young age with road trips around Europe with my parents. At 21, my travel career started as cabin crew with British Caledonian and later with BA, covering both the long haul and short haul networks. After hanging up my wings at 36, I joined the team at one of the high street travel agents and then moved to an independent specialising in luxury tailor made holidays. I then took some time out of travel for a few years but longed to return to the industry which I did in 2013 when I started my Travel Counsellor journey.
I feel incredibly privileged to have visited so many wonderful places. Some of my highlights include helicopter trips around Manhattan and through the Grand Canyon, flotilla sailing holidays around the Bodrum Peninsula and Croatia. I loved the diversity of South Africa when one day you can be having a picnic in the Winelands, another visiting a game reserve or visiting the penguins of Boulders Beach. I've been skied in the Rockies and been drenched by spray at Victoria Falls and cruised at night on the Zambezi River. I’ve played in the casinos of Monte Carlo and Las Vegas and shopped in the souks and bazaars of Dubai, Marrakech and Istanbul.
I have two special places that I return to again and again - Lindos, Rhodes and Kalkan, Turkey and the Caribbean is somewhere I frequent regularly. I have a good knowledge of most Caribbean destinations and a good understanding of many places around the globe. I love to put together complex itineraries such as to the Far East, Australasia, Africa, India and Sri Lanka to name just a few of the destinations where we have expert travel partners on the ground to assist with local knowledge and experiences.
At Travel Counsellors we really are a "family". We have a team at our Head Office to support us with the commercial side of things and our administration. We 100% financially protect everything we sell and we share our knowledge. The sky's definitely not the limit when it comes to where I might take you!
Please get in touch to allow me to help you realise your travel dreams.
Happy travelling!
Yours,
Caroline x
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04 Apr 2023 5 min read
Antigua, when the Lights are Green
We all knew that travelling in a pandemic would be a little more challenging than normal, but I think we all agree that as much as the red tape is painful, if it means we can get away, we’ll take it. Without travel many of us feel like caged birds or like our wings have been clipped. For me it had been 9 months since my last trip overseas when I was lucky enough to escape to our home from home
27 Jul 2021 5 min read
January Staycation in Brighton
Everyone must have memories of Brighton whether it is from the iconic film Quadrophenia or whether it from your youth when, as youngsters, we would jump in the car and drive to the coast for a day of fun on the beach and pier with kiss me quick hats, candy floss and the fairground. I’ve had quite a relationship with Brighton over the years, with it being just down the road when I was living nea
02 Feb 2020 5 min read
White Sandy Beaches in Mexico
Those who know me know how I love to go off somewhere warm when the weather at home starts to get chilly. This year we decided on the Riviera Maya in Mexico. It’s such a popular destination with so many of my clients so I thought that it was about time I experienced it for myself. I’m pleased to say I wasn’t disappointed. We flew direct with BA which took around 10 hours. After collecting luggage
19 Dec 2019 5 min read
A Croatian Flotilla
The last time I visited Croatia it was called Yugoslavia and I was knee high to a grasshopper. The last time I went on a sailing holiday I was young, free and single in my twenties. I always described that holiday as one my best and had always yearned to do another one at some point. Such a shame it took 30 years for me to get around to it. You can only imagine how excited I was when our very goo
09 Jul 2019 5 min read
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Working in travel, we are constantly learning about new destinations and this often involves events in the UK where we learn about the history and geography of a place as well as about tourism, where to stay and what to do whilst there. This year I was invited to an event by the Minister of Tourism for Saint Kitts and Nevis. There were representatives from several hotels and also the tourist board
21 Dec 2018 5 min read
Tantalizing Thailand
As part of a group of 20+ Travel Counsellors, I was lucky enough to find myself on this wonderful, action packed, educational trip to Thailand. We flew courtesy of Emirates to Bangkok via Dubai and then from the moment we arrived, we were thrown right into our busy schedule, which over the next six days, was to give us the most wonderful taste of what this beautiful country has to offer. Starti
05 Apr 2018 5 min read
First Trip to Mauritius
I became a TC because of my love of travel and love of creating dreams for other people but I never imagined where it might take me as part of my job. I was lucky enough to have been picked for this wonderful trip to Mauritius along with 7 other TCs and our hosts, the lovely Emma from Constance Hotels and our own Mauritius expert Zoe from Head Office. My first time to the island certainly did n
24 Jun 2017 5 min read
Dubai - The Bright Lights of the Middle East
I finally decided it was about time I found out what all the hype was about since it was nearly three decades since I was last in Dubai when I was cabin crew with British Caledonian in the Eighties. I knew from researching over the past few years that it had changed considerably, probably more than any other city in the Middle East, but I really felt the need to see it, feel it and live it for mys
06 Dec 2016 5 min read
Heaven on Earth!
Anyone who knows me knows how much I love powder white sand, crystal clear blue sea, palm trees and curry! Yes, curry! I hadn’t quite appreciated that I could eat curry every day on my holiday to the Maldives. I suppose it makes sense with it being so close to India, I just hadn’t thought about it. I really was in heaven. We flew direct from Gatwick to Male with British Airways which was a litt
10 Dec 2015 5 min read
Istanbul Where East Meets West
"Sell Turkey” they said. I said “no problem, it sells itself”. That was how I ended up being one of 15 lucky Travel Counsellors to win an educational trip to Istanbul. My love of Turkey paid off and I ticked another box on that ever growing bucket list. We travelled from Birmingham with Turkish Airlines into Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport which is on the European side of the waterway the Bospor
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December in Dominican Republic
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Kalkan, Turquoise Coast, Turkey
Kalkan is our home from home (literally). Chris, my husband and I have visited many times since we discovered this beautiful place in 2006. Whether you are a couple, a family or a singleton, few are ever disappointed. This enchanting coastal town simply has so much charm and offers so much. Kalkan has a unique cosmopolitan feel that draws back discerning European visitors year after year. F
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