Let me turn your holiday dreams into reality. I have a lifelong passion for travel and for years I immersed myself in anything travel related, gazing at travel brochures, reading journals and researching up-and-coming destinations. Now I get to do this for my customers, which is why I love my job!
I’m fortunate to have travelled extensively visiting multiple destinations including Australia, South Africa, The Gambia, Zanzibar, Mauritius, the Maldives, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Borneo, Thailand, USA, multiple Caribbean Islands and much of Europe. My absolute favourite part of the world is the Maldives and I have extensive knowledge of the atolls and their islands. As a PADI certified scuba diver, I can advise on some top diving destinations. I also specialise in family travel, having holidayed extensively with my two young children: my eldest began international travel at eight weeks old!
Let me take away the stress of holiday planning and do the research for you. With access to hundreds of suppliers using our award winning technology, I’ll save you hours of precious time trawling the internet. I can book anything from pre-packaged tour operator products to tailor-made itineraries. My research skills are second to none and I treat every customer’s travel plans with the same meticulous attention to detail as if they were my own. From seeking out the best accommodation in top quality locations, to securing fantastic prices, if it exists then rest assured I will find it! What’s more, everything booked through me has 100% financial protection, and I’m available evenings and weekends, something you won’t get from your local travel shop.
School travel is one of my strong points; I can create itineraries for student groups of any size. Before becoming a Travel Counsellor I taught Geography for 14 years. I organised domestic and overseas educational visits for groups of up to 200 pupils and have a Field Studies Council Fieldwork Competence certificate.
For corporate clients I offer personalised business travel with an unbeatable level of service. I have a fast response time and can secure flights and accommodation at competitive rates, making it easier for you to take care of your business.
So whether you want a luxury beach holiday, exclusive honeymoon destination, ski trip, city break, cruise, safari, educational visit, corporate travel or a family friendly getaway, I'm your fully independent, personal travel expert. I can organise flights, transfers, travel insurance, car hire, and tickets to most attractions. No matter what size your travel plans, whether you know exactly what you want or need inspiration, I am here to help.
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My customer stories
Sent by Rachael Simmons
Newport 19/10/2019
Karina is fantastic! She found us a last minute summer break on a very tight budget. Nothing was too much trouble and we’re very, very grateful and very much looking forward to our holiday. Thanks so much! We also booked a Caribbean Cruise and Karina was extremely knowledgeable and beat everyone else on price.
I can’t imagine using anyone else now!
Sent by Jane Earl
Porthcawl 28/05/2019
Karina is fabulous at translating your holiday ideas, however random or vague into a really wonderful planned itinerary. Every detail is taken care of and any query answered patiently and no trouble at all. I would highly recommend booking your holiday experience through Karina and have everything taken care of, so you're left worry free and excited about your trip.
Sent by Janine Bates
Cardiff 28/05/2019
OMG! I can’t even explain to you how wonderful Karina has been for us! From waiting on hold for hours to get our hotel room from 12 midnight, and waiting for flights to come out to give us the perfect tailormade holiday. I probably gave her grey hairs, but she took it all in her stride and made it so personal for us. We are so grateful for finding Karina.
Sent by Jayne Kendall
Cardiff 27/02/2019
Karina is amazing and I have already recommended her to friends! She takes all the stress out of organising a holiday and is super organised! You are very lucky to have her as one of your team. We will always use Karina in future.
Sent by Kerry Chown
Cardiff 20/01/2019
I use Karina for all my travels. She's the best. Nothing is too much trouble. My trips are often complicated but Karina is happy to sort all the details out.
Sent by Delyth Walsh
Cardiff 20/01/2019
An amazing experience from start to finish. Karina was at hand to answer any queries and was so enthusiastic throughout the whole process. She was also determined to get every aspect of our trip within our budget! Everything was carefully explained and I cannot recommend her enough for her personal attention. Thank you
Sent by Alison Cudby
Maldon 20/01/2019
Karina was very friendly and professional at all times and available at any time of day or night to talk through our requirements
Sent by Mark Sydenham
Windsor 20/01/2019
Karina has been fantastic and we had the most wonderful holiday in Lapland, I will be sure to use her services for our next holiday as everything ran so smoothly and it was re-assuring to know we had that extra level of support there if needed.
Sent by Catherine Stott
Wokingham 29/11/2018
Karina has been awesome helping us organise a holiday and battling the minefield of choice. she has been on hand to answer any questions we've had and always been polite and friendly.
Sent by Michael Ricketts
Chelmsford 30/09/2018
Karina has helped us with two holidays, we would definitely use Karina for a third holiday. We found Karina very friendly and helpful, taking the stress out of booking a holiday. Thank you
Sent by Caroline Bigsby
Cardiff 30/09/2018
Karina understood very well the type of holiday we were looking for and her suggestions were spot on. She kept to our budget and offered local knowledge. All communication was easily done and documents printed/received prior to our trip.
Sent by Chloe Keljarrett
Bracknell 30/09/2018
Fantastic personalised experience - I may never book a holiday by myself again!
Sent by Inga Brown
Trets, France 30/09/2018
Karina has been absolutely amazing through the whole process of booking our around the world trip. She has gone way further than what we could ever expect her to help us with. I will be recommending her to everyone.
Sent by Scott Davies
Pontyclun 30/09/2018
Karina has been fantastic, kept me updated throughout and gave me an amazing set of hotels to choose from. Just can't wait to go now. Thank you Karina
Sent by Victoria Williams
Swansea 30/09/2018
I have had a very good experience with Karina and would definitely recommend her to my friends and family. I'm looking forward to the trip that she has arranged for me to Barcelona.
Sent by Candice Weymouth
Cardiff 25/03/2018
Karina was efficient in meeting all our requests in finding a suitable venue for our first retreat. We plan on using Karina and her services for our future retreats when booking for both the UK and over seas. Such a great service and highly recommended.
Sent by Liz Tobin
Cardiff 25/03/2018
I'd like to thank you for arranging our forthcoming trip to Spain. You are extremely efficient and hard working. You accommodated all our needs, have lots of patience, made the whole thing so easy and saved us a lot of time. I would not hesitate in recommending you or asking you to arrange future trips. Why arrange your own holiday when you can get an expert to do it?
Sent by Pamela Watts
Maesteg 25/03/2018
Second time we have used Karina for our holiday and yet again she hasn't let us down. Her customer service is second to none. Karina is extremely helpful and very prompt with her quotes. I have mentioned Karina to many of my friends and work colleagues, so hopefully they will try Karina too. I cannot fault the service.
Sent by Alice Line
Cardiff 25/03/2018
I want to thank Karina for all her help in arranging and booking a holiday for my boyfriend and I for this summer.
After an initial consultation, and my very vague brief of "I want to go somewhere hot with a beach", Karina found me 5 great choices in multiple destinations - and all within my set budget. After looking over the options, I sent her a more specific brief explaining what I liked about them, and points I wasn't keen on. A few hours later, and in the early hours of the morning, Karina sent me a couple more options fitting exactly what I was looking for.
Karina's expertise and experience meant the whole process of choosing somewhere to go and actually booking it, which usually takes me weeks, was very straightforward.
I would not hesitate to recommend her and can't wait for my holiday.
Sent by Tania Trivedy
Bracknell 18/02/2018
After being recommended to us by a friend who had used Karina, I got in touch with her about using her ourselves. We cannot thank Karina enough for taking the stress out of booking our family holiday. We were so pleased with her service from the very start. What a fab experience - one we will definitely be doing again in the future! We are all so excited for our family holiday in July! We have already recommended Karina to another family and won't hesitate to do so again! Thanks Karina!
Sent by Linda Murley
Dumfries and Galloway 30/01/2018
Anyone who is looking to book a holiday this year, don't bother looking online, don't bother going into a travel agents, message this fabulous lady! Karina is amazing! I would never book a holiday abroad without coming to her first ever again.
My husband and I were totally thrilled with the service she gave us when choosing and booking our honeymoon. We were a bit of a challenge - he doesn't like hot weather while I pictured white sands and sunbathing - but she got to know us first and came up with lots of different ideas. Once we narrowed it down to an area and type of holiday, using her epic knowledge to help us decide, she did lots of research on our choices and came back to us with options the very same evening.
I cannot believe how fast, efficient and helpful she was, and she ended up helping us choose the perfect honeymoon! She took care of everything and was available for help and advice before and during the holiday. But it was the personal touches that made the experience of booking a holiday through Karina that made us swear to never set foot in a travel agents or book a cheap package holiday online ever again.
Karina, you were amazing and we really appreciate all the little extra touches! Thank you so much for your generosity, kindness and diligence.
I don't know when we will next be going away (another cruise but this time to see the Northern Lights around Norway is being discussed) but we will definitely be in touch when we are ready!
Sent by Lisa Alderton
Woking 21/11/2017
I have already recommended Karina to all of my family and anyone else who mentions they are planning a holiday, and we haven’t even been on ours yet! Lovely lady, clearly excellent at what she does and I will always highly recommend her.
Sent by Katherine Peters
Horley 01/10/2017
Karina has been fantastic to work with and has made planning our honeymoon so easy. She has designed a once in a lifetime package for myself and my partner and has made it hassle free for us. She is friendly and fun and I would recommend her to anyone wanting to book a holiday or honeymoon.
Sent by Siriol Burford
Penarth 01/10/2017
Karina is extremely professional but you can tell that creating these bespoke opportunities for wonderful holidays gives her a buzz too! She's obviously a passionate, experienced traveller who goes out of her way to find the best holidays for you!
Sent by Bethan Cunnane
Cardiff 01/10/2017
Karina was highly knowledgeable, offered us a great range of options both at and below our stated budget, and helped us arrange a bespoke package that met our needs. She was clearly knowledgeable about our location and able to offer us great advice, I'd thoroughly recommend her to anyone.
Sent by Sarah Lethbridge-Lee
Cardiff 25/08/2017
So wonderful to have all of the angst and worry of booking a holiday taken away from me. I felt so confident in Karina's searching abilities and knew that she'd put so much time and effort into finding the right holiday for us, at such short notice too! Thanks Karina. Amazing job and will be booking our holiday with you again next year.
Sent by Gordon Hayes
Southam 15/08/2017
Karina arranged two excellent holidays for us. At least I'm sure both would have been excellent, but the first went a bit awry through no fault of hers or ours. When hotel we were originally booked into bizarrely decided to dig up their swimming pool in the height of the summer season putting many facilities out of service and subjecting guests to noise from heavy machinery, Karina pulled out all the stops to get us a refund, find us an alternative at short notice and with minimal impact to budget - that was probably better than the original. She then went even further to get us an upgraded room for the hassle. On top of this her service in every other way was as professional, friendly, and helpful as one could hope for. I can't thank her enough for our lucky escape - making a brilliant holiday for us out of what could have been a disaster.
Sent by William Wale
London 14/08/2017
After a very brief conversation with Karina Bawler, she really understood exactly what type of traveller I am and put together the most amazing itinerary for me that I could never have done on my own. I was impressed with her friendliness and her amazing knowledge of the places I wanted to see. Her suggestions, even about foods to try or places well worth a visit have been spot on. I will definitely call on her again for additional travel plans and will recommend her to everyone I know. Karina is a true jewel.
Sent by Zoe Mclaughlin
Halifax 19/07/2017
For anyone looking to book a holiday I can not recommend anyone more than the lovely Karina to help you find the holiday of a life time. Seriously this is a service beyond any regular travel agency.
Twice I have stayed at Karina's own holiday home where she has arranged every last detail for me including private transfers and even personalised welcome packs when we arrived late at night.
This year we wanted to try somewhere new but after our two previous fabulous holidays in Bulgaria we had very specific wants, needs and requests to live up to the standard we had already experienced and as a single mum with limited budget I felt I we were never going to find what we were looking for. And trust me I have been looking for weeks now.
Karina came to my rescue. She managed to find me the perfect place in a very short time, it couldn't have been more than an hour before I got an email with a list of holidays with everything we had asked for included. We finally picked an amazing hotel in Thassos, Greece. Booking was easy and literally took minutes. She really goes beyond just booking though, she can offer any information needed at anytime of the day, before, during and after the holiday and what's even more amazing is that it comes at no extra cost.
An outstanding service and totally FREE!
Thank you again, Karina, my little holiday Guru
Sent by Anne Jones
Swansea 17/05/2017
I would highly recommend Karina Bawler to organise your next holiday, she's professional, friendly, efficient and definitely will go that extra mile for you.
Sent by Louise Trotman
Chepstow 17/04/2017
If you are planning a holiday... give Karina a call. She did an amazing job for my two sons on a holiday of a lifetime to Thailand and Perth. Can't fault her. Karina was on call any time of the day and searched to find options that suited my budget. FAB job.
