Totally Spain Customer testimonials

Dear Olaia

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for all of your assistance. We so enjoyed our trip. Hotel Mario was most helpful in getting us around Madrid. We felt very welcomed there. All of the Renfe transfers went so smoothly. Our stay in Cadiz was incredible. We were treated like queens! The hotel in Sevilla was a bit stuffy. The receptionist was not so helpful. But, our room was fine. And, Sevilla was magnificent. So, no worries. Cordoba was great. The hotel was perfectly located and very attentive. You did an awesome job. We felt that you truly thought this trip out for us.

Just a short note to thank you for the fine job you did with our arrangements for our just ended vacation. Everything went as planned. Your country and the people are beautifull. Thanks again for the great planning.

Olaia,

I want to thank you for taking care of this. It is very much appreciated....... It made our Spain experience much more enjoyable. There are so many details to take care of when you take a trip so far away from home and it was so valuable to have Totally Spain take care of so many for us so that we could focus on enjoying our time in Spain.

If you ever need a Canadian reference please contact us.

I have just arrived back from Spain this evening and I thought I would drop you a mail to tell you how much we both enjoyed the trip. We always loved Paradors but even more now! In fact , we are already thinking of another trip, this time staying in more of the Historic Paradors.

Thanks again to everyone at Totally Spain - I have told everyone how good you are!

Ana,

My daughter and I are home and want to thank you for a WONDERFUL trip! Everything was as you promised! The tours, the car rental, the hotels, the train tickets, everything went without a hitch.

We sincerely thank you for taking the time to provide (and personally mark) our City maps and all of the wonderful hints and tips about each destination. I also want to say a very special thank you for your care and lightening fast responsiveness while we were planning our 5-city Spain trip.

This was my first trip overseas and I was a little nervous about planning it. YOU made it easy and comfortable! Please consider us as VERY satisfied customers. We plan to travel to Spain again and would not consider using any other travel agent but you and Totally Spain.

Totally Spain has a gem in you!

Sorry this is so long after our return but I would just like to thank you for arranging such a lovely holiday for us. The route and Paradors you chose were superb, the weather was wonderful which always helps.

Once again many thanks.

Hi Ken

I've been meaning to write to thank you for the holiday we organised through you in September. The arrangements worked very well indeed and we thoroughly enjoyed our time.

Dear Ken,

Hotels, car etc were all lovely. We really enjoyed the Basque country. The service everywhere was very very nice, the accomodations top rate, and the scenery and activities were very fun. We had a really nice holiday. Everything in your package was so well organized.

Apreciada Olaia,

Ya estamos de regreso en nuestras casas y descansados de nuestro peregrinaje. Todos tus arreglos fueron fantásticos y en realidad agradecemos que nos pusieras en buenos hoteles. Fue muy importante para descansar al final de las jornadas. Todos los hoteles fueron muy buenos, desde el lujoso Parador de los Reyes Católicos en Santiago de Compostela hasta los mas modestos del camino. La atención en todos fue excelente........

Estamos muy satisfechos y nos puedes usar como referencia para quienes deseen saber sobre la experiencia de tus clientes. Definitivamente ya hemos hablado no algunas personas sobre nuestra experiencia positiva y volveremos a Totally Spain cuando volvamos a España. Muchisimas gracias

We wanted to thank you, and especially Belen, for the most amazing trip. Our 2 weeks in Spain were among the best of our lives, and it was the perfect way to celebrate our wedding anniversary……… Our trip exceeded even our high expectations. We would strongly recommend Totally Spain to anyone planning a visit to Spain. The professionalism, expertise and customer service was absolutely second-to-none.

Thank you Totally Spain!

Dear Ana

I just wanted to thank you for once again organising a superb holiday for us. It went without any problems at all and all the hotels you chose were exceptional. The three of us all had different favourites but the hotel in Cordoba and the Parador in Granada were particular favourites.

Thank you for all your help and support in the organisation of the holiday - we had a great time.

Ken

Sue Denison and I were so appreciative of all you did to create a magical week for 13 couples and then so helpful for the 7 couples who extended onto Madrid.

The hotels, tours, meals and activities were well thought out and extremely well executed. Although Sue tries to work out so many of the details ahead of time, the need to adjust to a variety of unforeseen needs, to buses who can not stop in certain places, to rain, to special dietary requests, to timing issues, etc. was paramount.

You were superb in your responsiveness and flexibility. We all loved Spain and want to come back again -- probably to the South next time.

You really made for a great vacation and lasting memories. Thanks so much.

Hi Olaia,

Just returned from our enjoyable 2 week Andalusian trip and had an amazing experience including art, history, architecture, culture and food. The hotels we stayed in were excellent and clean; breakfast was good; the locations were very close to major sights and loved the fact that it was central to everything including places to eat (tapas bars and restaurants), shopping, and enjoy the city.......

You also were very helpful in answering questions and helping us plan our our route, suggestions, and help modify the itinerary several times to ensure we make the most of our time.

Thank you so much in helping us with our vacation! We are already thinking of our next trip to Spain - the Basque area. I hope to use your services again in the future!

Muchas gracias.

I just wanted to send you an email to tell you that we are home, from the best trip we've ever had!!! It was everything that we were hoping it would be, and more. I simply cannot thank you enough for the work and effort that you put into planning our vacation so perfectly.

We fell in love with every city and the accommodations were all amazing. The only issue that we encountered was that our rental car was too small and we had to upgrade but, it was such a minor detail. There just aren't enough positive words to describe how great the entire trip was. I would love to write a review* for your agency, please tell me how I can go about doing that.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Dear Olaia,

Just a note to thank you for all your help with this trip. We just got back home today. it was a wonderful trip. I just loved your beautiful country and found the people we met to be so friendly and helpful and thank you so much for all the arranging you did. We loved the Paradores and the small places in which they were located. The last nights hotel in Madrid was perfect as we just walked to the train station.

Everything you did made it so enjoyable. If you should need a U.S. referral, pls do not hesitate to give my name. Thanks again.

Dear Ana

Lindsay and I had a wonderful trip to Spain and all of your arrangements worked out perfectly. Thank you so much! We were lucky with lovely weather and felt like we saw and did as much as we could have in our limited time frame....

Your plans all worked out very well and we appreciate all that you did to make our trip a success. I will recommend your company to anyone travelling to Spain.

I have been fortunate to travel to Spain before, all over Europe and the world and I can honestly say, your booking and management of our lovely vacation was absolutely wonderfully executed. My mother and I so enjoyed our historic travels through Catalunya, Aragon, Navarre and “Euskal Herria,” the Basque Country....

I have always handled our travel arrangements in the past and yours was the first time I used a travel agency. What a relief for me as your arrangements allowed me to not worry about a thing and just enjoy traveling to all those historic places I have studied...

I do plan to use your services when we return to Spain.

Dear Ana

Just wanted to thank you for organising the holiday that Alan and I just took to Andalusia. We had a great time and really enjoyed the Paradors and hotels that you booked for us.

Thanks very much.

Olaia,

We got back from Galicia on Monday. Everything went very well and we had a marvellous time. I wanted to thank you for all the arrangements, which were perfect and most efficient.

We had great rooms at both hotels - particularly in Baiona and if we stay there again (which we think we might) we'll be sure to try to book room 323!

We will be sure to call Totally Spain next time we want to book a holiday in Spain. Many thanks again

Hi Olaia,

I wanted to contact you to thank you for arranging the holiday and tell you what a wonderful time we all had.....My partner and myself are contemplating another trip in September so I may be contacting you again in the near future. Thank you once again.

My Dear Anna

My trip went like clock work and to plan.

On the day of my birthday I tried to speak my limited Spanish to the Parador staff which they really appreciated.  They did everything as I requested through you and personally at the Castle, the room was beautifully laid out, the courses of food arrived all together and was placed in front of the right person and they were excellent.

Everyone commented on how good the food was, how good the staff were, and the evening was a total success. I would be grateful if you would email them my thanks or explain this email in Spanish to them as it was a total success and I have only fantastic memories of my 50th Birthday, I cannot praise them enough.

And could I say once again to you and your team thank you so much for all your hard work putting this together for me, without your help it would have not been the success it was.

A very humbled customer,and thank you so much.

Ken

Everything went very well indeed.Thank you for arranging it. We were very impressed by the variety of landscape and the beauty of Northern Spain. The parador at Lerma was excellent. The casas rurales were comfortable some more so than others.

We particularly enjoyed the Hospederia las Pedrolas at Arnedillo, the host is charming. On the negative side we found driving long distances tiring (we are both in our 70s) Arnedillo to Hondaribbia seemed a bit of a slog. Another time we might stay longer in the wine growing area in La Rioja and in the Ayala valley. We liked Bilboa and the hotel was well placed.

We both thought that you led us into lovely parts of Spain which we would not otherwise have discovered.Your information pack was helpful and thorough.Again many thanks

Ken,

We had a marvellous holiday in Spain despite the weather! The hotels were all fine and situated just perfectly within walking distance of everything we wanted to look at. Our favourite was the one in Santiago.

We were bowled over by the fabulous architecture (and also the storks and their nests) everywhere and the variety of styles and the sheer number of remarkable buildings and streets. If the weather had been better we would have journeyed to the coast from Santiago but it was just too chilly.

The food was good but expensive and we have absolutely masses of photographs.

Many thanks for all the info that you sent and we found the directions to the hotels very good. We would certainly come back to you for our next Spanish venture.

Hello Ken,

We had a wonderful trip to Spain. We are very jet lagged still, but elated about our trip. Thanks so much for your assistance with our lodging. The hotels were terrific. The train to Segovia left from the Chamartin station. It was a great train! We were impressed with how quickly we arrived in Segovia.

We are already talking about our return to Spain in a few years. Thanks again for your help.

Olaia,

Most of the paradors were excellent, with Malaga a standout for its lookout over the bullring and Cadiz a real European classic. The Barcelona hotel was brilliantly located and had an excellent restaurant. The Granada parador was elegant but our room was tiny and noisy. Ubeda is stressful to drive in for people not used to tiny, poorly signposted Spanish one-way streets. Seville is a wonderful city, worth two days.

Overall, we loved the trip. A very successful 70th birthday celebration for Peter. I have recommended your services to some friends who are planning to take a trip very similar to ours.

Dear Ana,

We had agreat holiday in Spain. The weather was perfect sunny and very warm when we got to Madrid. All the hotels were very good and well located. We enjoyed all the cities we visited and also spent some time driving in the mountains. Our favorites were Salamanca and Madrid. Driving round and in Madrid was abit scary but we managed.

Thank you for arranging such a perfect trip for us. We will contact you again if we plan to travel in Spain.

Dear Olaia

I meant to email you sooner. We got back last Friday nite and had such a great time! I wish I was still there. Hotels were wonderful, side trips and sights wonderful, food wonderful and people pretty great, too!

Thanks for all your help. I have already recommended your company to several people.

Dear Ken

Many, many thanks for the most amazingly organized trip! We thoroughly enjoyed our time in Andalusia - it is a lovely area with so many exciting places to visit, charming people and delicious food and drink (not to mention the lovely weather, especially compared to the horrible winter we are experiencing this winter in Canada, with record snowfalls and cold temperatures).

And we were very impressed at how smoothly all the arrangements worked. I was a bit hesitant at organizing such a holiday over the internet with a company about which I knew nothing, but I should not have worried. Everything was organized in the best possible manner, and I was especially impressed by the envelope for each stop, with concise tourist information and lots of brichures. I shall highly recommend your company to anybody I know who will be visiting that area. Thank you so much.

Dear Olaia

We liked Spain very much. We covered so much, we still can't decide what we like the best! We loved the hotel in Sevilla - Las Casas del Rey de Baeza, they couldn't have been nicer or more accommodating, and the hotel in Madrid was very nicely located. Madrid is a beautiful city, and so lively! As you arranged for us, our car was delivered to us in Sevilla.

We loved Granada and the Alhambra-I got teary just looking at it. The concierge at the Marriott in Marbella was from Granada and suggested a restaurant there for our night's stay-El Huerte de Juan Ranas. She said we could see the Alhambra from there. My first look at the Alhambra was from a table at a window right across from it. It was so breathtaking, seeing it all lit up like that. I almost started crying.

Ronda was beautiful as well. I have so many stories-what an adventure. Thanks again for all your help.

What an amazing vacation we had! ALL of the paradores you recommended were wonderful! Our favorites where Siguenza, Toledo and Javea. Everything was perfect! We really enjoyed the GPS and just traveling around the country. Everyone asked us how did we ever plan such a great trip, it was not the usual tourist itinerary. We always told them Totally Spain! What a beautiful country, amazing scenery, culture, history and people.