Lesley Anne Baker

It's Nice To Meet You

Hi, I am Lesley Anne Baker. Welcome to my personal webpage at Travel Counsellors. I am based in Hove in East Sussex, UK however I have customers located in the UK, USA, Australia and the Caribbean.

I am passionate about all things travel related and after more than 30 years working in the travel industry, I still get excited when I am asked to recommend places to visit. I specialise in 3 travel products; responsible travel for independent travelers, leisure travel for families, friends and solo travelers as well as business travel for SME's.

I gained my travel knowledge working in customer service roles at Gatwick and Heathrow airports, managing the VIP departments for two major international airlines as well as in a travel executive position within a high-end tour operator. I also managed an exclusive portfolio for a travel and lifestyle membership provider for 5 years.

During my travel career I have been fortunate to visit many destinations including Australia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan, Dubai, Bahrain, Mexico, Venezuela, and the USA including Florida, California, Hawaii, Texas, New York, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Boston and Chicago. I love the Caribbean Islands and have spent fabulous holidays in Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Dominican Republic and my beloved Barbados, where I lived for two years.

Closer to home I have visited France and Austria for skiing, Germany for the Christmas Markets, mainland Spain, the Canaries and Balearics for “fun in the sun”, Malta & Greece for their beautiful histories, Italy for the food, Morocco for the eclectic culture, The Netherlands for its cheese and tulips, Switzerland for the chocolate and Eire for the craic! My favourite European destination is Puglia in Italy. I would love to help you find your favourite destination too.

I have also been fortunate to experience cruising, which is becoming more and more popular with all generations nowadays so if you would like to find out more about either ocean or river cruising please give me a call for and insiders viewpoint!

I share the same ethos of Travel Counsellors - With Us It’s Personal - and I hope to add expert value to any booking you make with me as your personal travel advisor. Whatever your reason to travel, leisure or business, family holidays, cruise, adventures, city-breaks, your wedding or honeymoon, group travel or a ski trip, I would love to help you make memories so please contact me to discuss your needs and I’m sure we can plan the perfect trip together.

Contact Me

Whatever your holiday needs I'm here to help you, so simply give me a call or send me an email with your contact details on and I can get things started for you:-

My Travel Blogs

I absolutely live and breathe travel and I love to write about my experiences! Please take a look through my posts - you might find your own holiday inspiration.

Big Birthday Celebrations

04 February 2019

This is my little story about coming to terms with growing old gracefully! Last November, a dear friend asked me if I would like to join her in the Spanish resort of Mojacar where she had recently purchased a holiday home. Now, I had a big (I mean, huge) birthday looming in February and despite plans of parties, silent discos, champagne and celebrating with friends and family, secretly, I just wanted to run away and hide from another milestone so how could I decline the invite? I have visited Spain many times however I had not been to Costa Almeria...

My customer stories

Lesley was amazing. She was always available for my many queries and questions. And she got me the best deals, I'm extremely happy with her service.

I would 100% recommend Lesley to anyone thinking of booking a holiday. Lesley is very knowledgeable and was able to suggest the perfect place for our holiday which we would never have thought of without her help.

Excellent 1-1 personnel service with great results! Thoroughly recommend Lesley Berry, Travel Counsellors. Have recommended her services to a number of family & friends.

Lesley was really helpful sourcing several options to help me find the best way to maximise my holiday!

Lesley's service has been invaluable, she made it so simple to organise a holiday and took away the stress of trying to bring everything together, Thank you so much Lesley cant wait!

Lesley listened to my needs and was always on hand to answer my queries. It was reassuring to get advice from someone with so many years experience in the travel business that offer options that I hadn't thought about!

Quick and seamless!

Thank you for arranging my travel requirements. So professional. So easy. I will definitely use your services again.

Very helpful, friendly, everything sorted for me exactly how I wanted it.

Very friendly and understanding of my needs, would definitely use again and have already recommended to friends, thankyou

Lesley has worked meticulously to help friends, family and myself find accommodation for my wedding in Barbados. She is incredibly informative and gets back to any quiries very quickly.

Lesley has a lot of experience, looks for great extras and has been really helpful.

So helpful and such a personalised service is much needed when so busy

Very friendly and all arranged without any problems. Great service

Lesley's service has been invaluable, she made it so simple to organise a holiday and took away the stress of trying to bring everything together, Thank you so much Lesley, cant wait!

Lesley was really helpful sourcing several options to help me find the best way to maximise my holiday!

Lesley's service has been invaluable, she made it so simple to organise a holiday and took away the stress of trying to bring everything together, Thank you so much Lesley, cant wait!

Lesley has been brilliant from start to finish. Exemplary service and professionalism.

Lesley is brilliant! Bends over backwards to get you the holiday you want.

Lesley is fab! Really recommend her service. She goes above and beyond to find the holiday you want. I've used her for four of my holidays! And would definitely use her in the future.

Lesley is very knowledgeable and helpful. Would not hesitate to recommend her (and have done several times) .

Excellent level of personal service and have already recommended Travel Counsellors to a number of friends and family, Will definitely use for future travel.

Lesley made me and my friends booking with Travel Counsellors as easy and smooth as possible! Fantastic service and a credit to your company! Thanks again Lesley.

I would definitely recommend Lesley Berry to family and friends. Lesley has been very helpful and took the stress out of planning our holiday.

Fantastically helpful with superb knowledge and wisdom!

Brilliant service that was tailored to my needs. She even arranged my transport home whilst I was away.

Lesley was brilliant from start to finish with our trip. We were unsure of where to go so gave four options and our budget and she came back to us with brilliant hotels and flight times and then threw in a wildcard for us. Somewhere we hadn't thought of which was a nice added touch. She was available throughout our holiday to make sure we were ok and fix any problems (not that there were any) when they arose. Will most definitely be using her again.

Great help in applying for my Chinese Visa, will be sure to contact Lesley next time I am travelling!

Extremely helpful and takes all the stress out of organising a trip. I have already told my family about Lesley and said they should use her for future bookings.

Lesley has been amazing every step of the way with my bookings from hotels to car hire. The only thing I have not booked yet is flights but I am looking forward to booking them with Lesley and I know she will find me the best rates. I have already saved £100.00 on my car hire. So glad I booked this way instead of online myself.