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Valentina makes trip planning very easy. She is very good to deal with and has good suggestions. We've dealt with her on another trip and have been very satisfied.

We have used Global Basecamp for several amazing adventures. They always do a fantastic job. They are organized and creative and are so good at tailoring trips for the various needs in our family.

We’ve used Global Basecamps on our trips to Tanzania and to Egypt. We had excellent tour guides, and wonderful accommodations. Global Basecamps provided fantastic itineraries; they planned so much for us to see and do. I highly recommend GB!

I have used Global Basecamps for two once-in-a-lifetime bucket-list trips that felt too complicated to plan on my own. The first was to climb Machu Picchu, and the second was a 200-mile leg of the Camino de Santiago from Lisbon to Spain.

The vacations had so many logistical details and included everything from hostels to four-star accommodations. I traveled for close to two weeks, and there wasn't a single mishap. The adventures were better than I imagined.

Regarding the staff, they were helpful, responsive, and always a pleasure to work with. I hope Global Basecamps will plan many more adventures for me in the future.

We have used Laura Hagler, from Global Basecamps, for many years. Based on our experiences, our Niece and wife's sister also uses them. We have used them for vacations as a couple and with our family. Over the years, Laura has learned and understands our preferences. She has recently adjusted them, so that when we include our family, their interests are also included. Laura has also pushed us out of our comfort zones and we found her recommendations were right. The majority of our guides have been excellent. Only a few were very good. The guides listened to our priorities and were very flexible to adjust our itineraries on the fly. The guides knowledge of their history, culture and willingness to exchange stories of daily lives, made the visits much more personal and memorable. The accommodations have been well selected for comfort and experiencing the local ambiance. We plan to continue to use Laura and Global Basecamps on our future travels.

Our trip was flawlessly planned by GBC. Every detail was managed and we had no issues which is pretty remarkable for a 14 day trip. The hotels selected were beautiful, charming and clean - would recommend to friends/family for sure. The tours were every bit as good. In fact, we still keep in touch with both our tour guide and driver from Morocco!

Valentina was easily accessible throughout both the planning process and while we were on the trip in case anything came up. She was phenomenal.

A colleague of mine traveled to Spain about six months after we went and we introduced her to GBC/Valentina and she had the same experience. Top notch across the board. Highly recommend!

Global Basecamps was very thoughtful when it came to planning our trips. I found them to be quite knowledgeable and they listened to our desires in order to come up with really special itineraries. Already looking forward to our next trip!!

Our experience was great due to the fact it was tailored to our needs and interests as well as commemorated my milestone birthday(75th) with special treats(cakes, gifts, wine,and champagne) and a surprise personal concert by a very talented opera singer.(Joao Paulo Ferreira) Valentina from GBC tailored our stays at elegant and charming hotels, as well as a Chateaux apartment, all with excellent locations. Our favorite was Casa Balthazar with the private terrace and Jacuzzi, which we put to good use! The breakfasts that were included in all our stays made us want to stay there forever, especially the fresh squeezed juices and pastries. All of our tour guides and drivers were very knowledgeable, personable, and sweet. One of our guides gave us a surprise Fado performance ,which was a spur of the moment decision (after we lamented upon not having the opportunity to hear fado during our visit), at a secret garden bistro. She was a professional Fado singer by night, a phd in history professor, and tuk-tuk- tour guide by day. This trip was by far the best we have ever had, and we could not have seen all the sights, and had all the experiences, both culinary and culturally had we not booked with Global Basecamp and had Valentina prepare our itinerary. It was our third trip with them and we highly recommend!!!!!

Booking our trip with GBC was seamless. Val was amazing, as we literally changed our minds about destinations and excursions about 10 times. She has the patience of a saint and is so knowledgeable about Italy in this case. Would highly recommend her as your travel expert and GBC in general for an amazing vacation!

Valentina was very efficient in providing an itinerary and necessary documents for out SE Asia trip. She worked with our group to make changes throughout our review process and has created an adventure that we are all very excited about.

High quality trips at an affordable price. Excellent service, always taylored to our needs.

The quality of the camps went downhill as our trip progressed. The last two caps in Tanzania had no hot water and then no water at the last camp. The food at the last two camps was subpar and we had the same guide for all the Tanzania camps. He seemed rather bored with the whole experience. There was no internet anywhere at the last camp - which was difficult as we had a bit of a crisis at home. We did prevail on the camp manager at the last camp (Honeyguide) who gave us VERY brief access on his personal internet account. All in all, we paid a lot of money and probably would have been better off traveling with AndBeyond, Micato, Abercrombie and Kent or the like - for about the same cost or slightly less.
We used Global Basecamps for a trip to Japan in 2015 and the experience was excellent - the reason I came back to them for Africa. I would not use Global Basecamps again.

We traveled in August of 2024. This is the first solicitation for a review. I did write to our tour arranger after we returned.