Classic Travel & Tours

Classic Travel and Tour is fantastic. My wife and I worked with Bill and Nancy on 4 occasions over the last 1.5 years and all of them have been spectacular. We were set in our ways to book trips through Expedia, Orbitz and
but after hearing Bill’s sales pitch we decided to give him a chance.
After our initial meeting he learned what we liked and how we liked to travel. Most recently he planned our trip to Spain for 2 weeks and he did a phenomenal job. Trip included things we would have never done even after spending hours researching things online. He selected hotel on his own which fit our preference level flawlessly. After arriving to each area I researched other hotels in the area and hotel selected for us each and every time were exactly what we wanted.
Sometimes it is a pain to call him since he is not 100% when it comes to emailing and he still prefers verbal conversation over an email.
Lastly, I would like to address several other reviews about him not staying within people’s specified budgets. If you are looking to book cheapest trip to Italy or Spain or Cancun he is not the guy for you. In our experience his price is the same as online or maybe slightly higher (only once it was $ 75 more than
). The way I see it is if you want to buy a Cartier necklace for your wife and you want to pay Costco price for it but Costco doesn’t carry it, tough luck. That’s what the price is, that’s what you got to pay for it if that’s what you want.
We intend to work with Bill and Nancy on many more trip to come and we recommend him to everyone who is looking for a travel agent who specializes in luxury travel.

If you have an unlimited budget, then this is the travel agent for you. We worked with Bill to plan our dream vacation to Italy. I guess he added in some individualization but for the most part he seems to have a set itinerary for Italy that he suggests for everyone. The problem is that he always suggests the most expensive hotel, the most expensive 5 star restaurant, etc — he has absolutely no regard for your money and doesn’t understand the meaning of «value».
Another complaint that I had was that towards the end, right before we left for our trip, we still had some details to iron out. It was difficult to reach Bill — he claimed that he had several last-​minute trips to plan as well as his own trip. He should’ve managed his client load better so he could do a great job for fewer clients, instead of doing a mediocre job with more clients.
I would not recommend Classic Travel to anyone, nor would I ever use them again.

Although you get individalized attention, they should really survey the travelers to see what THEY want on their trip. My now-​husband and I used them to go to Italy and the word «budget» seems foreign to the owner. We were able to talk him down to a reasonably priced spot in Florence, but the 2^nd hotel he chose in Tuscany was not «us» at all! Especially when I paid the bill at check out. I know we were a young couple and may have wanted romantic — but we were in Italy and a crêpe with coffee in a café would have been good enough for us.
Some of his suggestions missed the mark, especially his New Years Eve recommendation, and we had better luck and more fun exploring on our own.
If you are planning something crazy extensive, you have the money to burn, or are older — this may be a spot for you — but for two 20-​somethings, we could have saved a few grand without them.