Sent by Florence Fulton
Saintfield 12/09/2018
Stephanie is very conscientious, meticulous, helpful and a great organiser.
Based In Ballynahinch
Stephanie Rea
Available for new enquiries
It's Nice To Meet You
Hi, my name is Stephanie and welcome to taking your first step of having your own personal Travel Counsellor.
I live in Ballynahinch Co. Down, I live with my two boys, Joel and Alex
I have been in travel for over 30 years and travel is my passion, I love the buzz and excitement of going on holiday. Throughout my career I have worked for two of the top agencies in Northern Ireland, I have decided to join Travel Counsellors because I have the knowledge and experience to be able to provide you with a high level of customer service.
I have travelled extensively throughout Europe, America and Canada, the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and the Far East on family holidays. I have been fortunate enough to ski in Europe and the US, play golf in Mauritius and Spain and even a flotilla holiday in Turkey, and recently I have cruised with my family on two of our holidays which have been amazing.
If you want to relax by the pool or if you prefer the beach, if you want an adventure holiday to a sporty holiday like scuba diving, skiing, golfing or sailing. I can help you plan your Round the World trip or if you want to cruise, I have the knowledge, experience and ideas to send you on your dream holiday every time.
In the introduction above I am telling you about myself, but the travel consultancy service I provide is all about ‘YOU’ and your holiday requirements.
Don’t spend hours and hours on the internet, I can provide you with competitive prices and a high level of customer service that you won’t receive booking online… call me at a time that is convenient for you, even outside of normal office hours.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Steph
My customer stories
Sent by Amanda McDowell
Ballynahinch 12/09/2018
Steph is very helpful spending time with us finding out what we really want from our holiday. We know we can contact her with any queries
Sent by Riki Neill
Ballynahinch 12/09/2018
Stephanie, my Travel Counsellor, now knows my preferences when travelling and suggests only destinations/hotels that she knows I will like. This makes the booking process much simpler and fast-tracks holiday arrangements.
Sent by Norman McBriar
Ballynahinch 12/09/2018
Great personality and easy to talk to and listen to what we needed, Great job!
Sent by Karen Facey
Belfast 12/09/2018
Fantastic service. Truly brilliant. You saved my stress levels from going through the roof!
Sent by Lawrence Power
Ballynahinch 12/09/2018
Fantastic service, managed to find our exact requirements extremely quickly... got our family holiday booked in a matter of hours...delighted with the service.
Sent by Julie McMurray
Banbridge 12/09/2018
Stephanie was great, all we did was told her the type of holiday we were after and she did all the hard work and came back to us with a choice of places and hotels. I would highly recommend her to anyone.
Sent by Amanda Ramsey
Ballynahinch 12/09/2018
Always recommend Steph to all my friends and family!
Sent by Genevieve Blair
Millisle 12/09/2018
Excellent service as always by Stephanie; she is super efficient, incredibly knowledgeable and extremely friendly!
Sent by Freda Edgar
Downpatrick 12/09/2018
I found Stephanie very friendly and helpful. She was very informative about the cruise I have
Sent by Richard Hart
Ballynahinch 12/09/2018
Stephanie took on-board our desired features and included them into our holiday. She also told us honestly what she felt would suit us as a family. Turn around was swift and any details that we were unsure about were remedied quickly.
Sent by Nicola Smyth
Lisburn 12/09/2018
Stephanie was just fantastic, really listened to our family needs. Came up with great suggestions and sourced the perfect holiday.
Sent by Mary Lyons
Ballynahinch 12/09/2018
Stephanie is a very competent girl. She was very helpful in answering any questions I had, re flights connecting, airports, currency, stop over times. She also knew that I would prefer not to travel through large airports, as I was travelling alone, so she was able to give me connecting flights elsewhere. I felt very assured and am now looking forward to my trip.
Sent by Kenneth Blaney
Ballynahinch 12/09/2018
There is nothing that is to much trouble for Stephanie, she goes above and beyond. It makes you feel you're in very good hands.
Sent by Aaron McKeown
Ballynahinch 26/10/2017
I would definitely use Stephanie again as she was absolutely brilliant by sending me multiple different options of flights I could choose from, Stephanie also organised our transport to and from the airport in Spain which is a brilliant help! I would just like to thank Stephanie once again for her help and I will definitely be using her again when organising holidays. I will also be passing Stephanie's name onto friends and family for them to use too!
Sent by Bertie Douglas
Ballynahinch 26/10/2017
Stephanie is very knowledgable, professional and at the same time is very sensitive to the needs of my disability. We have booked several holidays through Stephanie and it was a very pleasurable experience planning our holiday. We loved the personal service we received and would certainly recommend Stephanie to our family and friends
Sent by Kenneth Blaney
Ballynahinch 26/10/2017
My Travel Counsellor, Stephanie goes beyond the call of duty and looks after every aspect of my enquiry, and always comes up with the perfect holiday which I have asked for.
Sent by Jenny McBriar
Saintfield 26/10/2017
Great, friendly service. Willing to meet all our requests with out it being any hassle. Quick response time and supplied us with an excellent choice of hotels which all met our needs.
Sent by Philip Gregg
Ballynahinch 26/10/2017
As always when booking either Business or Personal travel via Steph at Travel Counsellors, every detail is covered, I can relax in the knowledge that my travel will run according to plan .
Sent by Margaret Dawson
Banbridge 26/10/2017
I found Stephanie very informative and helpful when booking our holiday. I have already introduced more friends to Stephanie who also booked with her.
Sent by Francis Corrigan
Annahilt 26/10/2017
Stephanie has been absolutely brilliant in working with my wife and I, along with a travel counsellor (Jake) in Australia, for our friends who will be joining us on our annual holiday. One of the difficulties in pulling our holiday together was the time difference and having to work round that. Stephanie rose to the challenge and for this and our booking, which had quite a few changes throughout, we are most grateful.
Sent by Claire Hunter
Ballynahinch 26/10/2017
I will always recommend Stephanie to friends and family if they are ever looking for a holiday. 100% service customer every time :-)
Sent by Florence Fulton
Saintfield 25/10/2017
Stephanie is totally committed to her job. No matter what problems arise she goes out of her way to get a solution. I know that once you have booked a holiday with her you will have no worries as everything goes according to plan. I would never use anyone else to book my holidays.
Sent by Joseph Bell
Ballynahinch 25/10/2017
We would highly recommend Stephanie to our family and friends. Stephanie delivers a very professional service. We have used Stephanie's services on a number of occasions and she has always surpassed our expectations.
Sent by Margaret Dawson
Banbridge 29/11/2016
I found Stephanie very helpful with both recommending and advising us on holiday destinations. As we are going with a young family it was really appreciated to hear of the best and suitable hotels.
Sent by James Kirk
Ballynahinch 29/11/2016
Stephanie made our experience of booking a holiday so much easier and stress free. Had it all sorted within a few days and helped us pick the perfect family holiday for next year. Her knowledge of resorts and countries was vast and she ensured the resort we chose had all our specifications. Would most definitely recommend her to others.
Sent by Stuart McMullan
Spa 29/11/2016
Would definitely recommend Stephanie. She was extremely helpful throughout the time we were sorting and booking our honeymoon! Nothing was any trouble to her at all. Thanks again Stephanie!
Sent by Chris Blair
Newtownards 29/11/2016
Wouldn't hesitate to recommend Stephanie as her planning and attention to detail is second to none!
Sent by JEFF CRAIG
SHEFFIELD 15/09/2014
Seamless…a complete joy to do business with, from the initial enquiry through to landing back in the UK after ten days spent in the amazing resort of Calpe, everything ran like clockwork. Steph co-ordinated flights from Belfast and Manchester, both to Alicante and had the foresight to ensure all arrivals / departures were within 30 minutes of each other. Fantastic communication throughout the enquiry-booking-payment-travel process, and on the one occasion we had a slight issue, her contact in Spain ensured this was smoothed out within twenty minutes despite the early morning call. I have no hesitation in recommending Steph's impeccable, professional and "bubbly" service and will be using Travel Counsellors again. Thanks.
Sent by Yvonne Young
Comber 10/09/2013
My husband and I have used Stephanie Rea Travel Counsellor after a friend recommended her. I have found her to be approachable, friendly, professional and very efficient. We have used her services on more than 4 occasions and would not book a holiday or flight again without her help. I in turn recommended her to another friend whose daughter (Irish Paralympian Gold swimmer) was swimming in the World Games, in Montreal this summer. This totalled 7 members of a family. Stephanie was able to correlate travelling from different locations and times, for ALL 7members of the family. When I was speaking to Lindsey, the mum, she said she will never try to do the organising herself again, but will ALWAYS use Stephanie. Great service. Well Done!
Sent by Aisling Shannon
Belfast 01/02/2013
Stephanie was friendly, knowledgable, flexible, speedy and enthusiastic when she organised our honeymoon to Cuba. She thought of everything, taking the hassle out of travel so that all we had to do was turn up and enjoy ourselves! Not only that, but she managed to do it all within budget, at short notice, and at better prices than we had previously found elsewhere. We have already been recommending her to other people and won't hesitate to use her again!
Sent by Nicholas McCavery
Ballynahinch 03/01/2013
Stephanie has helped and organised two great holidays for me and has been extremely helpful sorting out all the smallest details for me.These have been both around twenty days and have been multi locations and hotels. Stephanie is a pleasure to talk to and work with and has made my holiday experiences extremely enjoyable without any stress or worries.
Sent by Seymour and Judy Thomas
Exmouth 11/04/2012
Stephanie has given us superb service on our holidays. When we phoned her from Venice regarding a problem with our check in at Heathrow, she quickly checked that everything was ok for our return flight and phoned us back to reassure us. She was extremely helpful sorting out optional excursions on our South African holiday. When we had to return home early she helped us with our insurance claim and to get money back on the excursions we had not taken. She put in a lot of extra effort on our behalf for which we are very grateful.
Sent by Amanda Ramsey
Ballynahinch 03/04/2012
Stephanie was a brilliant help in researching the right type of holiday for my family! We gave Stephanie a brief outline of the type of holiday we were looking for with two young children and feel she found the perfect location and type of accommodation very quickly and efficiently without having to trail through loads of brochures/options. We are so looking forward to going now in July and would like to thank Stephanie for her help and will certainly recommend her to our friends and family...as well as coming back to her in the future ourselves!
Sent by Philip Gregg
Spa Ballynahinch 29/03/2012
I have been using Stephanie to organise both my business travel requirements and also private holiday requirements.
Fro example, I have just completed a six flight business trip to Germany, I have 14 people going to Minnesota in September on a family holiday and returning to Salou in july having had it recommended by Stephanie last year.
In the current business climate using Stephanie ensures all travel logistics run smoothly, leaving me with no worries apart from the "business".
At all times Stephanie has displayed dilligence, enthusiasm and a willingness to go the extra mile to ensure the customer service experience is 100%.
Sent by Karen McCourt
Belfast 05/09/2011
We booked our honeymoon with Stephanie and from the moment we made our initial enquiry the service that she provided to us was first class. Any query was answered promptly and she provided different options for us to choose from. Stephanie is very friendly, very knowledgable, and her enthusiam for her job is wonderful! We had the most fantastic time on our honeymoon and it was all down to the fact that Stephanie had put so much effort and hard work into it - for this we are very grateful. Even when we were away and hurricane Irene was potentially going to disrupt our journey home, she was on hand to help. I would certainly book any future holidays with Stephanie and would recommend her to anyone.
Sent by Andrew Campbell
Ballynahinch 16/08/2011
Great advice and recommendations and service with a smile. Thank you for your help!
Sent by Diane Mcneill
Ballynahinch 01/08/2011
Had a great time in Legoland and holidaying with Haven holidays. All travelling arrangements and holiday went really well due to the great lengths that Stephanie went to. Thanks very much Stephanie.
Sent by Haydn Gibson
Ballynahinch 30/07/2011
Delighted with the professional service we received from Stephanie. The suggestion of the camp site turned out to be better than our expectations and in fact we would not only recommend the camp site to friends but also Stephanie to organise any future travel arrangements. Thank you for a great holiday.
Sent by Valerie Raymond
Creevytenant, Ballynahinch 29/07/2011
Stephanie has booked several holidays for us. On all occasions everything was perfect. Stephanie has great experience in the travel trade and has always given us great advice and service.
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