Kimkim Trip Reviews

Brilliant! Do not hesitate!! This is our second time using Kim Kim as a travel service. Their team was incredible, there for us at every stop, and moment of need. Even when things didn’t go as planned (which can happen) their members were diligent & present by phone, text, email immediately. Cannot recommend them strongly enough. Their suggestions for things to do as a family, excursions, hotel recommendations were perfect!

Hotel Reviews

Borgo di Pietrafitta Relais

Castellina in Chianti

stunning

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Casa Howard Firenze

Florence

Fun & well located. Great staff recommendations

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Hotel Modigliani

Roma

Good location & helpful staff

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Activity Review

Vatican Guided Tour

Rome

Wonderful ! Was not enough time - even at 3.5 hours

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Seeing everything

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Answered all my questions

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Great guide & experience

Everything was amazing and the guides, Andrea, Louis, and Lorena were just perfect! This was an incredible experience that we could not have done if not for this travel agency.
Thank you very much.

We had exactly the vacation we wanted - a great mix of new experiences and natural beauty. We were always just far enough outside our comfort zone to keep us fully present and engaged. Chris did a fantastic job of understanding what we were after. Starting with a stay at the Camino Real was perfect: international luxury, poolside dining and opulence. Then, a hotel that doubles as a working horseracing track and some time in Chiquimula, a town that feels like one huge, endlessly bustling market. Next, a boutique garden hotel in the heart of Antigua, so we could soak up the architecture and history of the old capital. Finally, a couple of days in a cliffside hotel dangling over Lake Atitlan, maybe the most beautiful location in Central America. Our drivers and guides were warm, helpful and fun, and great with our kids. We are so, so happy that we booked this trip through KimKim.

Antonia planned an absolutely wonderful trip to Croatia for us. We went to Dubrovnik, Korcula, and Split. At each place she planned activities for us while leaving us enough time to recharge and relax. The accommodations she chose for us were impeccable. If we had a question or a change all we needed was to ask. We had just the correct mix of cultural, natural and gastronomical activities.

She was always available for us to take care of the smallest issues. We forgot a few items and she went out of her way to call stores to find if they were in stock. My son got sick for a day and she arranged for a doctor to see us. We never felt unsupported with her just a phone call away.

You will never regret having Antonia as your planner. She is absolutely wonderful.

We had an amazing trip in Namibia. Everything was set up and scheduled perfectly. They went above and beyond in so many ways. A good example is scheduling dinner to be placed in our rooms when we were running too late to catch dinner at the restaurant.
We highly recommend them and Carlos was thorough, personable and incredibly responsive. I wish we had scheduled our trip longer, a week is not long enough to enjoy this gorgeous diverse country.

Vale was a dream to work with as we planned our trip only weeks before. She seamlessly moved us from Rome to Sicily and back to Rome and took my husband's medical restrictions into consideration for daily activities. All of the drivers and guides were top-notch.

Activity Reviews

Etna Wine tasting

Italy

Our guide, Dennis, was one of a kind. Not only did he have personality for days, but he was also so very caring. My husband has a few medical issues and could not quite make it up to the top of our tour. Dennis ensured he was comfortable and safe as we continued our trek, always keeping my husband in sight. The winery...gorgeous! Everyone was so friendly, and the food and wine were superb.

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Private Colosseum, Forum Tour & Palatine hill

Rome

Our guide was a scholar and kept us engaged for the entire 3 hours. She was so wonderful that we were spoiled, and no other guide after could quite compare.

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Small group tour of Vatican City , Sistine Chapel & saint Peter's Basilica

Rome

The place is just dripping in art. It is very obvious that the guide had a script that she had to stick to, so asking questions was sometimes futile.

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Rome Underground & Catacombs Tour

Rome

Super interesting tour.

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Private golf cart tour

Rome

This was a perfect way to the city. Our guide took us to locations we would never have seen if we had tried to walk or take individual tours. The cart was pleasant and quiet, which allowed us to ask questions quite easily.

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Marina with KimKim was amazing travel agent! KimKim asked great questions to get a sense of the type of trip you are wanting. Marina created an incredible itinerary using small tour guides who were passionate and well spoken. They provide a user friendly app with all day to day details / phone numbers that are accessible and event a chat feature with direct contact to Marina. They were able to accommodate a few small changes to the trip.
We will be using Marina for our next trip to Greece! We cannot wait for our next adventure.

Hotel Review

The One Palácio da Anunciada

Lisbon

Beautiful and cozy hotel in a great location. They have a rooftop pool that is great to use for the afternoon nap time needed after exploring the city in the morning.

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Activity Reviews

Private Golden Coast Catamaran Cruise

Portugal

What a treat! Take a private catamaran for the day! We saw dolphins, paddle boarded to a private beach, swam and ate lunch. The captain and mate were top notch. Highly recommend! Full service with wine and lunch served to us. We just enjoyed the experience.

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Private Day Excursion: Sintra, Cascais & Estoril

Portugal

Our guide was so full of knowledge and passion. He told us he curates each tour after meeting his guests. He picked up that we like a more unique experience upon meeting us. He gave us lots of tips and restaurants to try.

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I agree with Deepti. I would give 2 STAR to Bakia travel company in Santorini, for the reason, they came late to pick up from the ferry arrival, the came late to pick up for the tour. The tour was supposed to start at 3:30 pm, but the driver showed up at 4:15 pm. The driver seemed disinterested to show us places and tried to skip the red sand beach and sunset rather he recommended us to take a long break at a restaurant on the black sand beach, the tour car was run down and was extremely noisy. the kind of money we paid, we expected a better tour guide. The hotel "Akilo suites" had a dungy smell. Athens and Naxos were great. Naxos was awesome. Cynao suites was awesome. the tour guide was awesome!

- Some very basic and explicit briefing notes provided by me at inception were ignored in the initial trip plan. That set the tone for what felt as an off-the-shelf standardized pre-packaged trip planning experience.
- In general the quality of the guest houses was below par. I do not require luxury, just professionalism. As an example in the Edinburgh hotel No32 I was "welcomed" by a lady that had a hard time finding my reservation, which was one of the 2 paper slips she held in her hand. During check-in there was a young lad that just stood up close to us watching the process unfold while avoiding eye contact. Clearly, it was someone ostensively providing some sort of personal protection to the lady. It was the first time I was treated as a potential threat in the hospitality industry. The lady was not able to answer some basic questions as "the manager was not there". She asked me to ask someone else the following day.
- My concerns around being able to complete the hikes were brushed off with a picture of general guidance material spread over a table and a photo of stephen and a colleague smiling in the hike.
- I was only provided with the actual hiking guidance material in paper format (?) once I arrived in the hotel. After examining the material my concerns about my ability to do the hike increased materially. These concerns coupled with very bad weather motivated me to forego the hike in the first day. I tried to do the hike on the second day but gave up on the first 10% of the itinerary as I did not feel I was fit or skilled enough to complete a 7-hour hike.
- No one asked me how many pieces of luggage I was carying and I was provided with only one luggage tag for the baggage transfer that was supposed to happen during the hike. I was not given a timely solution for the problem and decided to take one of my carry-ons with me along the hike, which certainly also contributed to cut it short;
- Last but not least, I was provided with incomplete transportation information and vouchers for the loch ness cruise. I raised the issue with High point Holidays but they do not work or answer messages during weekends, which left me to my own devices to re-work the transportation plan for the activity. When finally I received a message from them on Monday, they completed ignored the issue and wished me a good time in edinburgh as if nothing had happened.

This trip was beyond expectations. Every detail was considered and the places visited were amazing. In Venice, Bologna, and Rome we began our first day with a walking tour. This was a great way to orient ourselves to the cities and sights. The highlight for us was a tour with Isadora in Bologna where we visited a parmesan factory, learned about Balsamic Vinegar, made our own pasta, and visited a Proscuitto factory. She was spectacular and the tour owner was a hoot! With all there is to see and do in Italy we would not go back to Bologna again. Positano was one of the most magical places visited. The Amalfi coastline is just as beautiful in person as it is in pictures. You will need to spend some time on a boat to fully appreciate the beauty!

If planning a trip to Rome, give yourself at least four full days in this magical city. There is so much to see and absorb. It's incredibly hot in the summer so plan to get out VERY early before all the tourists swarm the popular spots and take a break in the afternoon. You will do A LOT of walking so bring comfortable shoes.

Our trip was arranged with plenty of time for exploring on our own and private planned excursions. Andrea was our point of contact at KimKim and was ALWAYS available to answer questions. I can not recommend KimKim enough and if you are planning a trip to Italy then Andrea and Giustino are the people to pull this together for you. Amazing experience and I will 100% use them again to plan our trip back!!!

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Gardena Venezia

Venice

The people here were amazing and the location was perfect. However, hotel is very outdated with stained furniture and carpets, barely functioning A/C, hair dryer from 1970, and uncomfortable beds. This is a 2-3 star hotel.

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Hotel Reginella Positano

Positano

A family-owned and operated hotel that was so lovely!!! It was in a perfect spot with a 15 minute walk to the beach.

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Hotel Continental

Sorrento

Beautiful hotel in a central part of Sorrento! Loved the roof top pool and bar!

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Parlamento Boutique Hotel

Rome

Hotel was in the heart of Rome! However, it is VERY small and located in a building with 2 other hotels. There are virtually no amenities so don't expect anything beyond a room and a 1 person elevator. The staff was okay but overall not very friendly. This is a 3 star hotel.

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Art Hotel Orologio

Bologna

This was not our hotel

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Activity Reviews

Hidden Venice and cicchetti experience

Italy

Bologna guided visit

Bologna

Food day including Balsamic Vinegar, Parma ham and Parmigiano Reggiano - from Bologna

Italy

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Winery visit and wine tasting in the Amalfi Coast

Italy

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Day trip to Capri Island from Sorrento - small group

Italy

Rome Private Guided Walk

Rome

Rome food walk - private group

Rome

This was underwhelming and did provide anything new. Waste of time that could have been spent doing other things.

The highlight of the trip was no question 1) our stay and visit in Auckland and 2) the private tours provided both in Oslo and Bergen!!!....both Stig and Vilda were amazing!....and of course Linda was the best travel planner ever. Thank you all so so much!

Thank you to Harris and the kimkim team for helping us plan an amazing trip to Greece! We really wanted to see some of the less touristy areas, but weren't sure where to even start. With kimkim we settled on Syros and had an amazing time on a very underrated island! We did some more popular destinations too (Athens and Naxos), and each location was so incredible in it's own unique way. The food was some of the best we ever had and all of our excursions were so fun.

Where I felt a bit let down was with the communication aspect. Certain information wasn't appropriately communicated to hotels ahead of time and when we went on a food tour, they hadn't been informed about allergies so my boyfriend missed out on trying multiple dishes, even though we were told that kimkim would notify them about our allergies. For the price, it was very unfortunate to not be able to participate in every part of the food tour. Other than that, it was a great experience!

Hotel Review

Adriani Hotel

Naxos Town

The loveliest staff and an amazing homemade breakfast selection!

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Activity Review

Acropolis & Athens Mythology Tour

Athens

It was really cool to get to see all of the sites! However we were expecting more mythology, and instead got taught a lot about politics which was still interesting but it got a bit boring.

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Abdel, Said with Original Travels we’re so on point with all our bookings and excursions. They assigned us Samir our driver and all around caretaker. He was the best part. Our family of 5 felt perfectly safe and comfortable in his care. We are fast paced travelers and wanted first class care and accommodations. We are also highly focused on activities on our trip. They delivered exceptionally. The company and Samir went above and beyond to make sure all details were taken care of. Everyone we dealt with from hotels to excursions were A++. We especially loved The Oberoi for our stay in Marrakech. Would highly recommend this company. Thank you Original Travel for making Morocco so memorable for our family and we will be recommending our friends who will be coming in the near future.
Tracy Nguyen DDS

Hotel Reviews

Desert Luxury Camp Erg Chebbi

Merzouga

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Lina Ryad & Spa

Chefchaouen

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The Oberoi Marrakech

Morocco

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Le Berbere Palace

Ouarzazate

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Hotel Sahrai

Fès

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Four Seasons Hotel Casablanca

Casablanca

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Activity Reviews

High Tea at the Royal Mansour Marrakech

Marrakesh

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Half-Day Guided Tour of Marrakech

Marrakesh

Our tour guide was nice and extremely knowledgeable.

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Dinner at the Royal Mansour Marrakech

Marrakesh

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Guided Tour of Majorelle Garden

Marrakesh

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Sunrise hot air balloon ride in Marrakech

Marrakesh

The venue and our pilot were the best! We enjoyed this so much.

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Ouarzazate to Merzouga via Todra Gorge, Erfoud & Rissani

Morocco

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Sand-Boarding in Erg Chebbi

Merzouga

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Private Transfer From Merzouga to Fez

Morocco

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Fes to Chefchaouen via Meknes & Volubilis

Morocco

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Chefchaouen to Casablanca via Tangier & Hercules Cave

Morocco

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ATV Ride in the Dunes of Merzouga

Merzouga

We skipped this.

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Dine at Dar Yacout

Marrakesh

They were closed and we didn’t go here.

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Overall, well organized and very flexible in terms of booking options. Antonia provided excellent recommendations and was able to make last minute changes if they came up. Very happy with this service.

Hotel Reviews

Hotel Soča

Bovec

Loved this hotel. Rooms are are very spacious, uptodate and comfy beds. Pool is awesome. Location is great. Walkable to shops/restaurants. Lots of outdoors activities in the area.

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House Klasika

Bled

I would rate this hotel a 3.5/5. Everything is clean, and tidy. Beds not the best. Washroom had a weird smell. But overall nice hotel. Highlight was the breakfast.

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Kempinski Palace Portoroz

Piran

Excellent hotel in a great location. Breakfast is amazing. Directly across from beach. Lots to do. Highly recommend.

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Hotel Cubo

Ljubljana

Not bad, but not amazing. Rooms are nice, but AC was not working the best when there. Beds were a bit soft for my liking. Breakfast was a 4/5.

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Activity Reviews

Ljubljana City Tour with E-bikes

Ljubljana

A bit underwhelming. I think it was due to a bad guide. Nothing personal but he just didn't seem to know the details/history of this city, wasn't what you would normally expect.

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Hike to Debela Peč Mountain

Slovenia

Nice hike. Not all that challenging, but great views. Our guide was great. My personal opinion is that this hike is totally doable even without guide. Location not hard to find. Hike well marked.

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Hot Air Balloon Flight Over the Bled Lake

Slovenia

Great experience. Gregor and his team are very detailed and true professionals. Excellent views.

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Explore Škocjan Caves

Slovenia

Amazing once in a lifetime experience.

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Food & Culture Tour of Piran

Slovenia

Interesting city with lots of history. It's worth doing the tour.

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Thanks Rinolda, for a trip of a lifetime! We appreciated all your expertise and recommendations..Helping us change our itinerary to make whale watching possible on a day with good weather and meeting you during our trip were such thoughtful additions! Every activity was well suited to our interests and the variety was perfect!
The only improvements might have been larger showers in the rooms and a bit larger car for the second half of the trip...the car you reserved for us was very tight for 4 adults plus luggage...also, in several of the hotels, it was not cool enough in our rooms at night with one tiny window being the only ventilation in the rooms...(maybe a fan could be suggested).
Overall, we all came home very thrilled with our trip with a lifetime of amazing memories from Iceland!

Thank you again SO much Rinolda!

Warmly, Elizabeth Koster

We felt KimKim was very responsive A+++
All of our excursions and transfers were on time, clean, courtesy and the upmost professional.
I felt Chris really understood our personalities and needs of our trip.
The house in Santorini has become our all time favorite stay.

Hotel Reviews

Home and Poetry

Athens

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Lithies Boutique Hotel

Korithi

One of our best stays of all time. Maria and her team were magnificent.

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Glaronissi Beach Naxos

Naxos

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Eco Beach and Magic Garden Rhodes

Rhodes

Lack of hot water WIFI was not great in our room

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Activity Reviews

Cooking Class in Naxos Villages

Naxos

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Sailing Tour around Naxos

Naxos

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Santorini Farm Tour: Food & Wine

Santorini

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Morning Catamaran Caldera Cruise

Santorini

Too much volume of people

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crowded, very loud music

Private Acropolis Hill & Museum Tour

Athens

Guide was amazing, top notch

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Hotel arrangements and hotel staff were great. Most tour drivers and vehicles were great. Original vehicle in costa brava was sub par. Vehicle for diner in El Far broke down. Arrangement of Taxi substitute was great. Their taxis and drivers were great. Tour guides were great and very informative. We enjoyed the Prado museum and the archeological museum in Madrid. A tour of Toledo was a highlight of our tour. We enjoyed the beaches of Sanander, San Sabastain, and Costa Brava. We wish you would have provided more information about how train service to Sanander works. We did not know that there would be a rush to check luggage after platform was announced. We did not know luggage would be checked.

We are a family of five - children aged 19,17,15. Domen did an excellent job planning the trip for us and taking into consideration our preferences. Communication was very smooth. First a telephone conversation, followed by a few iterations by mail. He was quite flexible and happy to adjust according to our feedback. Trip turned out to be well thought out, with the right mix of activities and places to stay. Having the entire trip and the hike maps available in apps is great and very convenient. Although there were some complicated logistics involved (transfer of luggage, mixed trips hiking + biking etc.), everything worked out 100% (e.g., pick up at 8:40 to drive to rafting = pick up at 8:40 on the mark). We have done several trips like this across the world. The service provided by Domen I would rate among the highest if not the highest. Many thanks to Domen and Slotrips.

All our local tour guides have made our trip so interesting and unforgettable. Their knowledge and speaking skills have given us a profound memory of Span’s history, culture, and arts! They are excellent tour guides! We really appreciate your arrangements and hotel staff.

The trip was fabulous. The accommodations were terrific. Steve provided excellent GPS directions.