Valerie Wilson Travel

Jim Wiedeman and Robert Tennyson are the most competent and helpful agents my wife and I have ever had. Both are first rate, in every way.

Daphne Bransten has been a god send to me in planning a last minute trip to New Zealand. I was over whelmed with places to see and things to do and also had budget constraints as well. With all the information on the internet and Trip Planner there was so much information that I didn’t know where to even begin the trip. She laid out an amazing itinerary and really understood my likes and personality that I could not have planned a better trip with even a couple years of planning myself. She found us amazing places and everything is top quality and is also a great value. Daphne made our budget work but the trip feels as if we had no budget at all. We feel like we could not have experienced both islands and seen everything we wanted to without Daphne’s help and expertise. She is an amazing resource, very on top of things and worked around the clock to make things happen for us. She is also fun to work with which has made this trip and the planning process fun and stress free. I will always go to Daphne before planning any trip.

My husband and I just got back from Italy, my first time to this wonderful country and I have to say that travel agents Daphne Bransten and Jim Wiedeman made the trip truly special. I have used them before to book hotels and because they are members of Virtuoso, they usually get us something extra like an upgrade or breakfast and parking included etc. My husband and I love to travel and he loves to research hotels, restaurants, sights etc in advance. So we called Daphne to book the hotels we knew we wanted but also to ask her opinion of them and she absolutely was spot on in everything. She and Jim told us about this wonderful hotel in Tuscany (Borgo San Felice) that we never would have found and gave us amazing dinner recommendations. They actually made the reservations, booked our train from Venice to Florence and our rental car – we were smooth sailing thanks to them! They both travel a ton and are extremely knowledgeable about the world – in fact Jim was in Rome the week before we went.
It was our 10 year wedding anniversary and every hotel that we checked into, welcomed us like we were VIPs and there was a bottle of proseco on ice waiting for us in our room. I cannot tell you enough, how grateful I was every day that we had made that call to Daphne and Jim.

My recent cruise trip went perfectly, thanks to the help from Daphne Bransten at Valerie Wilson Travel. She was fabulous about listening to my needs and matching me up to the best product available,. Her knowledge of the travel industry is indispensable and her attention to the details oh so helpful! I would heartily recommend Daphne for you next trip whether it is a cruise or a business trip or if you just need a hotel reservation. Thank you Daphne!