Joanne Brace

My expertise

Australia
New Zealand
Greece
Thailand
Europe

I'm based in

Cornwall

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Whether you are booking a quick trip to Europe, at home in the British Isles or planning something special long haul, I can provide you with a quality holiday or business trip with the great attention to detail that is vital in making the trip memorable.

I have recently relocated, with my two children and two dogs, back to the UK to live in the beautiful region of Cornwall. Having spent the last 27 working in the travel and hospitality industry living and working in Greece, whilst spending many of my winters in Australia, becoming a Travel Counsellor has given me the perfect opportunity to use my wealth of knowledge doing what I love here.

I grew up as a Captains daughter so travel was really in my blood and have always lived close to the sea wherever I have been. My parents were extensively travelled before we were even born and we grew up with tales of Singapore and the Far East, and the wilderness of the African jungle, with my father living ten years in South Africa. My own love affair with travel started over thirty years ago when I moved to Athens at a young age to start my adventures there. I spent many years travelling the country selecting accommodation for an upmarket specialist and have spent the last 12 years running a country retreat for walkers and lovers of the rural countryside on the island of Crete, and have an instinctive understanding of the needs of the more discerning and independent traveller.

I look forward to helping you plan anything from the trip of a lifetime to a quick weekend away and can assist you with every aspect of your trip, as well as adding some amazing diversions to enhance any trip you are planning.

Although I have contacts and knowledge of a great many places my expertise lies in Greece, I also have a vast knowledge of Australia having spent nearly 2 years of my life there spread over nearly 20 years.

With the flexibility of working outside office hours and always being on the end of the phone, it is like having a personal travel agent in your pocket!

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What my customers say

I have used Travel Counsellors twice, Joanne Brace has helped me with a trip to Cuba and more recently Menorca. I think she is brilliant, great to talk with, initial chat through to booking the trip excellent, very attentive, creative, great at researching and generating ideas, always available to help even when making changes to the schedule whilst on holiday.... I cannot rate Joanne highly enough, she is my go to for discussing trips away...

Spencer Dredge

Marlow

Joanne is extremely helpful and friendly, would definitely recommend her.

Steve Wilkie

USA

Thanks for your dedication to making our trip happen and attention to detail.

Jennifer Bolwell

Truro

I have already made recommendations to several friends

Helen Mastrili

Maidenhead

Fabulous service, extremely knowledgeable Travel Counsellor Highly recommended

Angela Medway-Smith

London

Thank you Joanne for your knowledge, professionalism, courtesy, kindness, honesty, experience, expertise in your field. You went above and beyond many times. You’re an Earth Angel. Many Blessings!

Susan Chamberlain

Florida

Jo is always really helpful and responds swiftly. She understands the brief and comes up with great suggestions.

Glenn Gathercole

London

I already have recommended Joanne. She works very hard and goes above and beyond. Is available to assist when challenges arise. Absolutely brilliant.

Tracy McDonnell Goad

St Wenn, Bodmin

I really appreciate Joanne. She helped us put together two trips recently to Greece and Costa Rica. Her personal knowledge of Greece was very valuable and made our decisions easy. Great job!

Steve Cox

Chicago

Joanne was extremely patient, knowledgeable and detailed oriented.. giving additional suggestions was very helpful to make. Decisions

Kathryn Odell

Florida

Joanne is wonderful to work with, has great ideas, points out potential pitfalls I would not have seen and gets the job done

Lainie Wulkan

Florida

excellent and patient service

Malcolm Bell

Truro

Joanne is awesome and made traveling easy. Joanne listened to needs and made it happen. Would definitely book with her again.

Joy Davis

USA

I love working with Jo, she is so helpful and flexible around time to communicate and schedule travel plans. She provides great options and insight to our destinations and travel requirements and gets to know what you like and don't like. Our 2024 vacations have been superb and hassle free! Thank you Joanne :)

Gayle Bennett

Bucks

I have already recommended Jo to friends and family and will continue to do so at every opportunity!!

Emma Savage

St Wenn, Bodmin

If there was a 15 I’d score that. Joanne is a delight and importantly very detailed and accurate and efficient.

Mary Cyzewski

Florida

I honestly think I could not have done it without you. It was done with absolutely ease. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

Marlene Scott

Florida

Joanne was very helpful and very fast on finding us a holiday package that suited our needs

Virginia Romero Sanz

Maidenhead

Joanne has been so helpful, knowledgeable and happy to assist in our recent booking! Thank you

Jodi Starling

Newquay

Joanne is very proactive and delivers an excellent service.

Nicholas Martin

Sevenoaks

Was recommended by my daughter I will be using Joanne for every holiday in the future. Thank you

Janet Walton

Cumbria

Jo listens carefully and has endless patience. She also cares deeply about getting the best fit and provides support all the way through from ideas to booking to travelling and helping afterwards. It’s a seamless service.

Wendy Bennett

Cumbria

Joanne understood our requirements and collated a list of options that ticked our boxes. Joanne’s knowledge helped us select what looks like an excellent summer holiday destination.

Nicholas Martin

London

Joanne was courteous at all times and did an amazing job at finding the right flights, accommodation and transfers that was within our budget. She was patient and understanding and it was an absolute pleasure to work with her.

Carol Samuel

Portsmouth

An absolutely wonderful service! I was really grateful to have found Jo....thank you!

Alex Britton

Exeter

Joanne always so helpful - checking in on any possible concerns we may encounter.

Carole Luscombe

Newquay

Joanne is amazing and we would highly recommend her. She really makes your holiday special

Emma Sherrard

St Columb

Joanne has been incredibly patient, honest and professional. Would definitely come back for more travel help!

Wendy Bennett

Cumbria

Joanne was very helpful from our initial enquiry through to us booking our holiday. She managed every question and request quickly and efficiently. We would definitely use her expertise again. Thank you Joanne

Lorraine Cairley

St Merryn

Jo was very responsive to all my requests; she understood what I wanted and provided options that met my requirements. I felt I was in professional hands.

Glenn Gathercole

London

Joanne has been a tremendous wealth of information and support as we planned our summer holiday for the first time in many years. They really listened to our needs, responded quickly and knowledgeably to our questions and offered great solutions that provided a customised itinerary jam-packed with sites and history as well as helping to ensure we planned some important down time. Thank you!

Donna Taylor

London

Great service, very attentive and creative. Love to have local knowledge and ideas to consider when holiday planning. Great to have quick turnaround and now all I have to do is look forward to going.... thanks for all your help...

Spencer Dredge

London

Jo has been so helpful, full of ideas advice and her knowledge about Greece and in particular Crete has really helped us with our decisions and paint a picture of the kind of holiday we would like to have. We can’t wait to go in October!

Sian Shanahan

London

I cannot recommend Joanne and her services highly enough. A colleague and I were travelling for business to both Australia and New Zealand and it was a complex trip in terms of timings. Joanne took care of everything from flights to stopovers, transport to the hotel and anything else that we needed. She also checked in whilst we were away to ensure that all was running smoothly! Any queries we had were dealt with promptly and she really took the stress out of travelling! If you allow Joanne to organise your travel for you, you will be in safe hands! A huge thank you! THANK YOU!

Barbara Scott

Portsmouth

An Exceptional service from Joanne .... Her enthusiasm and dedication were so reassuring in planning our holiday .

Jacqui Bishop

Kent

Very very happy with the excellent service and knowledge that Joanne has provided and has helped me find the perfect holiday. I would definitely recommend Joanne to all my friends and Family. 5* service.

Julie Stone

Halstead

Very responsive and great follow up . She found me exactly what I needed

Claire McCaffery

Sydney

Personal service, seemed to find out what we wanted from the trip and then provided 3 schedules for us to pick from or mix and match,. Not only saved us money, but also organised a much better and tailored itinerary vs a quote from a competitive. Great service, great travel knowledge.

Caroline Travers

Stourbridge

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