Highly recommend & would use again
Australia | Aug 10 - Aug 31, 2022

Linda
Linda P.
Baltimore, MD | Reviewed on Nov 13, 2022

My fiance and I visited Australia and New Zealand for about 1 month in August and Liz helped us plan an incredible trip. We would definitely use Kimkim and Liz's planning services again. Liz and her team were immediately available to us before and during the trip. When one of our excursions had a hiccup, Liz and co. worked to get us a refund and clarify what happened. They made us feel at ease. Liz also did a great job understanding what we wanted from our trip and helping to make that happen, and the hotels/excursions she booked us for the most part were all what we were looking for. Our biggest piece of constructive feedback is in regards to domestic flights, which we asked Liz to help us with--even though we packed light, we still had 1 month's worth of things with us for our multiple domestic flights, which meant we had to navigate baggage/carry on rules for a lot of regional airlines we had never flown before. We did not know to pack a small, hand-held scale which would have been very helpful, so we recommend that anyone flying domestic flights do so. We also would have just wanted to pay more ahead of time and have more baggage allowance, but we did not think ahead to request this so had to re-pack our bags a few times to avoid some exorbitant last-minute baggage fees. I guess the best way Liz and co. could have helped us with this is potentially giving us some insight into what the rules for baggage are roughly for each of the domestic airlines we were to use, or clarifying with us how many bags we intended to have before booking our tickets. But we certainly learned from this experience as well.

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Local specialist: Liz Neal
Liz
Liz Neal
Local specialist in Sydney-Auckland-Los Angeles | Replied on Dec 04, 2022
Dear Linda,
Thank you for your detailed and thoughtful review. I am thankful that you recognize the amount of work our team put in to make your trip a success ! We really appreciate your words and it was very nice to work with you and I would be happy to work with you both anytime !
Regarding the luggage allowance, I am sorry that I didn't point out that the ticket itself or when you go into the website to check in or put your personal information there is a place where the luggage... Read more

Dear Linda,
Thank you for your detailed and thoughtful review. I am thankful that you recognize the amount of work our team put in to make your trip a success ! We really appreciate your words and it was very nice to work with you and I would be happy to work with you both anytime !

Regarding the luggage allowance, I am sorry that I didn't point out that the ticket itself or when you go into the website to check in or put your personal information there is a place where the luggage allowances are mentioned. But I will include a paragraph to that effect in the body of the final documents information we send out before the trip starts.

Wishing you and your families a wonderful holiday season.
Liz