The Netherlands Travel Agents

Our 10-day trip to The Netherlands was outstanding. We stayed in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam and took day trips to Haarlem, Delft and Kinderdijk (UNESCO site). The trip was perfectly balanced between busy places and quiet, museums and walking tours, structured time and free time, and old and new. We achieved our primary goal of savoring the Dutch painting masters, but also learned so much about the absolutely amazing history of the country and its people. We took a private car from the Amsterdam airport to our hotel on the day we arrived, and that was the last time we used a private car or taxi. Of course, these are available if this is your preferred mode of travel, but we loved the convenience of the broad array of public transportation—trains, trams, buses, water shuttles, and subways. Each of these options was easy to figure out, easy to find and access, and offered a very pleasant way to get around.

Bas Naus and the KimKim team were definitely the key to our whole trip. The itinerary Bas developed was fully responsive to our interests, the hotels he booked for us were great (The Pulitzer in Amsterdam is especially noteworthy), the tours and guides were exceptional, and all of the supplementary dining and site suggestions were helpful. Everything was so well organized and explained that we only needed to contact Bas once during the trip—to let a guide know we might be a few minutes late for a scheduled walking tour—and his response was almost immediate, which we took as comforting confirmation of readily available help in the event of any serious travel issue.

We strongly recommend making a trip to The Netherlands and we fully endorse using KimKim for help in planning that trip, or any other adventure you might consider. This was our second time using KimKim (first was for a family trip to Norway) and the product we have received has been consistently outstanding, from assessing options and building the itinerary to booking the right hotels and activities to all sorts of other little things that allowed us to have a great trip.

Nadine asked great questions to figure out what my version of an ideal vacation is. She worked to meet my budget needs and had great suggestions.

Hotel Review

Boutiquehotel Staats

Haarlem

The rooms are a nice size, clean, and well-appointed. The lounge/eating area was comfortable and available at all hours. There’s a secluded patio out back. The staff were uniformly friendly and helpful.

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Activity Review

Amsterdam - Private guided historic city walk

The Netherlands

My guide was extremely knowledgeable and friendly. She also gave lots of suggestions on local places to shop and dine.

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From the very first contact Mieke showed her expertise as well as her interest in getting us the best trip possible! She made suggestions of activities, guiding us to places we would not have visited otherwise, and loved, and even met us in person one day to help us feel more comfortable with travel! Hotels with good locations, transport, restaurant reservations, and more, done for us and that greatly relieved the stress of planning the trip. We made quite a few changes as the trip evolved and it was so nice to have Mieke’s knowledge of when would be best to do things, and changes were done promptly and cooperatively. The materials sent to us (maps, descriptions, etc.) were very helpful, and it was nice to be able to print everything out as well as save it on my phone. We had a great trip, and having an expert local agent was the key.

Mieke booked amazing tours for us and gave us so many options to consider for food, drink and other excursions! This was an amazing trip and I would highly recommend Mieke to anyone looking to customize their Amsterdam trip!

Hotel Review

Stayokay Hostel Amsterdam Vondelpark

Amsterdam

It was pretty good for a hostel, it’s what we wanted and it delivered.

Authenticity & Character

The old school house architecture was very cool

Location

It’s a bit further out of the city center

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They were all great

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It was clean and comfortable.

Activity Reviews

Public Transport Pass Amsterdam

The Netherlands

It was great to have the card loaded for us to use - this was by far the best way to get around the city.

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Amsterdam - Canal cruise (join in)

The Netherlands

Saleem was an amazing tour. We were so glad to have a smaller tour and boat. It made for a very personalized experience!

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Amsterdam - Begijnhof

The Netherlands

It was such an amazing experience.

Amsterdam - Anne Frank House

The Netherlands

It was very memorable.

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Amsterdam - Heineken Experience

Amsterdam

It was a great experience.

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Amsterdam - Grand Dutch Food Tour in small group

The Netherlands

This was such a highlight of the trip - David was very good and providing us with Dutch history and the history of the food we were eating. He shared so much of his own personal experience of growing up in Amsterdam - it made it very personal. He really got to know us and was amazing at providing tidbits of information.

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Lots of interesting cities in Holland. Had so much fun using public transportation and visiting the sites and museums. Good thing we are fit-lots of narrow spiral staircases in hotels with no elevator (lift). People were all very friendly. Learned alot.

Hotel Reviews

Hotel des Arts

Amsterdam-Centrum

no air conditioning or elevator!

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The James Hotel Rotterdam

Rotterdam

modern hotel. Loved it.

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Boutique Hotel Museumkwartier

Utrecht

Quaint.

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Huys van Leiden

Leiden

had a spiral staircase to get to the bathroom!

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Activity Reviews

Public Transport Pass Amsterdam

The Netherlands

A great addition! Made travel so easy.

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Amsterdam - Rijksmuseum

The Netherlands

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Amsterdam - Grand Dutch food & history tour in small group

The Netherlands

Great guide met so nice people

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Amsterdam - Canal cruise (join in)

The Netherlands

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Rotterdam - harbor boat tour

The Netherlands

Amazing

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Leiden

The Netherlands

Probably may favorite city. Rented bikes.

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Rotterdam

The Netherlands

Big city. Good food. Enjoyed the boat cruise.

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Rotterdam - Kinderdijk windmills by public boat (waterbus)

The Netherlands

interesting

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The Hague - Mauritshuis Museum

The Netherlands

Wished we had a longer stay

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Delft - Delft blue pottery

The Netherlands

Probably could have skipped.

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