Kimberlee Silva - Travel Professional

I have been fortunate to grow up in a family where traveling to some new destination or revisiting a favourite has been the norm.

In fact it is only in recent times that I have really explored New Zealand. As a Trave Agent I have been to most of the South Pacific Islands, the main points in Australia, Thailand, Singapore, London, and parts of the USA. (There are many more on the must see list)

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Testimonials:

Hi Kimberlee

A very big thank you for organising such a fabulous holiday for us. The cruise was just amazing, helped just a little bit by the fact that there were only 300 passengers and 420 staff and the weather was just fabulous. All our pick up people where exactly where they should have been at exactly the right time and everything went like clockwork. Again, thank you so much for a wonderful holiday and we will be contact in the near future for the next adventure we are planning.

Regards. Kim
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Hi Kimberlee

Everything went perfectly and according to plan. An excellent holiday we were looked after like kings, the ship and its entire crew were marvellous and so obliging it was a pleasure to be there. Thank you very much for your part in organising the trip from long distance and to Fine Travel we would certainly look to doing the same in the future, once again thank you very much.

Lindsay
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Kimberlee, I am so grateful to have had you as my consultant, believe me, if I need to book anywhere again, you'll be the one!

Thanks and Kindest regards. Leslie
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Hello Kimberlee.. a quick note to let you know all your arrangements for me
went extra well. If you have any clients looking for where to stay in
Singapore I would recommend the Swissotel Merchant Court...fantastic
location, very friendly staff and wonderful pool, right on the river. Also
the side trip to Bintan at Nirwana is quite magical....great spot!! Many
thanks Chris
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Hi Kimberlee

Just a quick note to thank you for organising a wonderful, relaxing holiday for Bill & I - exactly what we needed. The Pacific Resort was super - and our room absolutely gorgeous - 30meters from the water, with a private balcony - it made our stay.

Many thanks

Kind regards. Sue
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Hi Kimberlee

Vanessa and I have had the greatest holiday with special thanks to you for all the arrangements that you made for us.
We thought our accommodation in London and Paris was really great as it was central to the areas we needed to be in so that was a great bonus for us to have it close to where we needed to go.
We have had a great trip and fortunately we did get our seat bookings together on Singapore Airlines all the way back home so where very pleased to see that we were sitting together.
All in all we have had a great trip.
Thanks again for all the trouble you have taken to make this happen for us.
I look forward to sometime in the future maybe booking another trip to some other place in the World.

Kindest regards.

Vanessa and Maureen
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Hi Kimberlee,

Thank you, we had a great time. Iririki (the main resort) hasn’t changed much since we were last there. We were in fare’s 91 and 92 which were the furthest up the hill. There’s always pro’s and cons, of course - The walk up the hill was tough! But the breeze up there on our decks made it all worthwhile, and they were quieter than some of the fare’s that everyone walks past! We managed to get the carts to drop us off on many occasions, but they couldn’t get right to our door so we had to walk the last bit. The fares faced North-East and we had a view through the treetops to the harbour. The décor was a bit tired – we had beds raised on a wooden frame which were a bit tricky to get in and out of. But plenty of room, and a great shower - hot and strong, and the decks are great, with a bit of a breeze.

Iririki is special because it is so close to town with the ferry available any time you like that takes 2 minutes; but when you are at the resort you feel a million miles away because it is an island to itself. The Iririki end (with no children) is great. The pool area is lovely, and was never crowded. There was a mixture of people our age and honeymooners. I guess the middle group were at the Snorklers Cove resort at the other end of the Island which allows children. We had a look at this, but were very happy with our choice. Although the new apartments look great, and all have terrific views, there are so many of them, so close – it’s not my idea of an island get-away. It will be better when the gardens have grown up a bit too. It would be a good spot for a conference, though, where you want everyone to be close together.

We enjoyed trying all the different restaurants in Port Vila, and had some wonderful meals. Other guests that we met on the ferry trips were good at giving tips about where was good to go, and we passed on our experiences to others as well. Used both taxi’s and buses (not much difference except in the price) and they are great. We thought Micheners at Iririki was a bit expensive, for what it offered. They also served us expensive wine in plastic glasses which we were a bit puzzled by. (We met the manager just before we left and mentioned this to him, and he was appalled – so I suppose someone will get into trouble!). The breakfasts were good. Cereal, fruit, and plenty of fresh croissants and pastries.

We went and had a look at Breakas, which is a beautiful boutique resort with its own beach. But although the bures on the beach look fabulous, and are right on the white sand beach, it was a bit far out of town with only one restaurant which is right smack next to the pool (no privacy), and the beach was very tidal (like Fiji), and although white sand above the water, the bottom was coral so you’d have to wear reef shoes. Good for a few days if you really only want to blob out.

Hope that helps with the feed-back! We had a great time, and I’m glad you suggested Iririki for us. We wished we had a few more days, and will go back again.

Incidentally, we are interested in Samoa possibly for next year. Do you have any suggestions for something like Iririki there?

Kind regards Chris
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Hi Kimberlee

We had a fantastic time and thanks for your follow up. The Sheraton Villa’s were excellent (but I must admit next time we would book sooner and get a beachfront villa). We didn’t really leave the resort as they had everything we needed and the weather was fantastic.

All in all we all thought it was very close to the perfect holiday (just wasn’t long enough).

We are already talking about our next trip so we may be in touch soon.

Thank you for all your help and it was a real pleasure booking with you.

Thanks again. Tony
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Hi Kimberlee,

Thank you for your e-mail.

We had a great holiday at the Ramada Resort Noumea. The accommodation was exceptional and we enjoyed being there.

I am looking forward to deal with you again. Your service was great.

Regards, Zoran
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Hi Kimberlee,
We loved it thanks.

The Pacific Resort was great and we looked at a few others and were very happy with our beach-front suite.

We tried a couple of local restaurants but found the food at the resort great so we didn't look too far.

Push biked around the island and wanted to do the walk up the hill but was too lazy. Alan did more by way of fishing and scuba diving.

Thanks for your help and assistance. We would go back again. Rachel and Alan
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Thanks Kimberlee.

The Pacific Resort was excellent, could not fault food or service.

Aitutaki is a fantastic spot, the lagoon is great, saw plenty of the island with our scooter!!!.

A great holiday, would love to go back sometime.

Appreciate your organization, everything went smoothly.

Regards

Kris
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Hi Kimberlee,

We would highly recommend Eratap the food was superb and the location/accommodation is outstanding. The beach’s are superb with great snorkeling in front of any of the fares 10ft away.

Staff are all very friendly and well trained.

Most activities, kayaks, snokelling gear, and transfers out islands 1km out from resort are included with tariff so works out ok price wise.

Dined at Micheners at Iririki which was good but like most things in Vanuatu reasonably pricey.

Thankyou for organizing the trip & transfers everything went very smoothly.

Regards,

Matthew
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Hi Paul

“I have been looking for a quality corporate travel service since moving from the UK, 5 years ago. Finding Kimberlee and Fine Travel this year (2008) has been liberating to say the least. Professional, responsive, thinking and planning ahead, simply wonderful exactly what corporate travel is all about, a extension of the team.”

Chris Graham
Managing Director
Premedia Technologies Ltd
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Hey Kimberlee,

.....it must have slipped his mind!!! Suffice to say that I could have stayed on at Pacific Resort it was absolutely awesome, the staff were fantastic the service was excellent and I couldn't have asked for a better room on the resort. We ended up staying at Room 14 which was aboslute beachfront and there were just the two single level rooms by themselves (Rm 13 & 14) next to the barefoot bar and sandals restaurant right on the lagoon. Very private and very beautiful!!

I am definitely going back!

Thank you so much for all of your help and making things very easy!!!!!

Cheers
Alison
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Hi Kimberlee (and Paul and Sarah),

Thanks for organising our Raro trip (and thanks to Paul who knew us better than we knew ourselves by guiding us in the right direction, especially when it came to accommodation). The family thought the whole holiday was pretty near perfect and even Michele losing the keys to her rental scooter 15 minutes before we were due to board the airport transfer bus… (and we never found them) didn't worried us.

Weather was great, accommodation ditto, Pacific Resort upgraded Michele and Mark to a Garden Suite (Room 4) and we had a lovely private Beachfront Suite (102) with bottles of Lindauer waiting for us (thank you for that). Staff were friendly and helpful, the best beach, good food, facilities and mosquitos were all in abundance.

The Tamarind restaurant lived up to your recommendation – we did not drop your name just in case you did not want to be associated with 4 so-called adults jumping up and down hysterically on the front lawn in the rain trying to get the perfect “time delayed” photo.

Thanks again - your local knowledge and advice was invaluable.

Sylvia and Alan
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Kimberlee
Just to let you know we had a great holiday.
Pacific Resort Aitutaki was everything they said it was - just magnificent.

Regards Niels