Posts tagged 2012
Spectacular service

What can we say about Here's My Card? The following short statement should suffice: 'a simply amazing tailor-made experience we will never forget thanks to the tireless efforts of both Clare and Kerry who we had the pleasure of meeting in South Africa'; however, we feel it is not merely enough to represent the spectacular service we were given. These two ladies could not have done a better job in making our honeymoon so special. Even with the unforeseen event of one of our resorts' burning down from natural causes 5 days before we were due to go there, Clare and Kerry ensured that we had alternative accommodation booked at a much more exclusive resort on the same island within a matter of days.

We wanted to experience so much that the continent has to offer and our expectations were completely surpassed; from the relaxing yet exciting horse riding through the wine lands of Franschhoek, to great white shark diving, a fantastic and exhilarating hike up to the top of table mountain and the truly amazing place of Lion Sands Game Reserve in Kruger National Park, where we were lucky enough to see the big 5 and even see the rare sighting of a beautiful and elegant leopard hunt and capture its lunch for the day in the form of a goose!

The beautiful island of Benguerra was a most relaxing experience where our every indulgence was met with our own personal butler on hand if anything was required; all on an island which could only be described as a picture perfect paradise.


The end of our trip - which we wish would have never come - was at an exclusive and award winning boutique hotel only minutes from the home of the inspirational and ex-President of South Africa Nelson Mandela.

We could not recommend a better travel consultancy, one with such personal touches and professional attitude. Clare and Kerry will even book you the most exclusive and amazing restaurants upon request so there's no need to do anything other than turn up and follow your own personal itinerary!
Thank you for such a wonderful experience we will never forget and for making our honeymoon so unforgettable.

Nicholas & Iliana

London

Here's My Card is easily the best travel agency

My wife Bronny and I booked our entire month-long trip through Africa in December 2012 with Clare & Kerry at Here's My Card. From the very start to the very end we were provided with absolutely first-class service in all respects. We were on safari through the Masai Mara then into various parts of the Serengeti. All locations were absolutely breathtaking, with the scenery, wildlife and sheer remoteness creating an unbelievable experience. From there we travelled to Zanzibar for some R&R over Christmas and then travelled to South Africa for the Garden Route from Port Elizabeth down to Cape Town. Our hotel in Cape Town was brilliant - even nicer than our own apartment at home! We dined in style, did a challenging but very rewarding climb up Table Mountain ....Cape Town offers everything you could want plus more.

Everything involved in our trip was booked by Here's My Card: flights (trust me, there is a lot of internal flights when moving camps on Safari), camps (there are some dodgy ones out there, but ours were amazing), dinners, cars, hikes, B&Bs and even more. Clare & Kerry handled everything with ease, even when I had to change a night's accommodation & flights.

Bronny & I have done a lot of travel throughout the World & I can say with 100% certainty that Here's My Card is easily the best travel agency we have ever used. If you are planning a trip to Africa, there is only 1 place to go, as you know it will be AWESOME!

Luke & Bronwyn

Sydney

Very professional

We recently visited Cape Town over the festive season. Having previously travelled to the city, I asked Kerry & Clare to recommend some activities other than the usual sightseeing. This included paragliding and a heli-trip over the peninsula. Nothing to get the blood flowing quite like jumping off a mountain with a kite attached to your back. The paragliding was an absolutely fantastic experience.

The "flight" provided some breathtaking views and a whole new perspective of this beautiful city. The heli-trip was accompanied by a hotel pickup, and then take-off from the V&A waterfront. We flew over the entire cape peninsula before diverting to Constantia Uitsig wine farm where the girls had planned a limousine reception. Upon landing we were shuttled off to La Colombe restaurant for a rather decadent lunch. Kerry & Clare were very professional and most helpful at all times - I will definitely be recommending Here's My Card to my friends.

Gareth & Garry

Dubai

Professionalism and personal touch

A holiday that had everything...The professionalism and personal touch from Clare and Kerry from early planning shone through every stage of our trip. Their attention to detail ensured we could just take in and enjoy all that this great Country had to offer us. With a family with varying interests we needed a range of activities and Here's My Card didn't disappoint. We were taken aback with the whole experience of Kwandwe Game Reserve; we chilled out at Plettenberg Bay and Hermanus. Our stay in both Cape Town and then Franschhoek provided even more to savour as we continued to enjoy the fantastic climate, food and wine South Africa has to offer. Thank you both for making this a trip of a lifetime.

Tess, Andrew, Mark, Matthew and Sarah

United Kingdom

Surpassed all expectations

Thank you for creating and giving us a very special holiday - truly memorable. From the moment we set foot in South Africa Here's My Card made our holiday easy - all we had to do was to follow the instructions as we visited the wine area, Cape Town and Sabi Sands. 

After months of planning and anticipation three daughters and Mother rendezvoused in Stellenbosch - two of us from New York and two from London - to start a Christmas and New Year holiday of a lifetime. Kerry & Clare had selected accommodation, restaurants and sightseeing suggestions that were just 'us'. The final part of the trip was the safari experience that surpassed all expectations. We all had the most amazing time and will remember it forever.

Ann, Naomi, Katie & Chloe

London & New York

Incredibly efficient & worked brilliantly

We had such fantastic family holiday in South Africa..it was so so special and we are indebted to you both for putting together such a wonderful holiday for us. It was incredibly efficient and all worked brilliantly and so a 9 day holiday, ended up feeling like at least a fortnight.

Without a doubt the highlight was Tswalu ... the most enjoyable 3 days I have ever spent on holiday. The arrangements from Johannesburg, the accommodation, the facilities, the animals and particularly the staff were all just superb. We just didn't want to leave and we all boarded the plane reluctantly with some moisture in our eyes! Quite simply everyone should visit Tswalu before they die! Next we arrived at La Residence where again the accommodation and staff were fantastic. We loved our villa and had a free run of the terrace, where the food was superb. In particular the kids loved La Residence, where they could eat whatever they wanted and had the choice of 2 pools! By now our expectations were very high and Birkenhead did not disappoint. The location, accommodation, facilities and people at the Villa were all fantastic. The children spent the days in and out of the pool with lunch squeezed in between! Ros and I ate most evenings at the hotel where the food, but particularly the people were truly out of this World! We really loved it here and the journey back to the airport was a reluctant one.

Many thanks once again for putting together a magnificent holiday and one which we will never forget! We will be in touch shortly to plan for next year!

Andrew, Ros, Alex, Patrick & Lottie

London

Planned so caringly & meticulously

Here's to our second holiday organised by Here's My Card. It was the most amazing and unforgettable trip, planned so caringly and meticulously every step of the way. To my utter surprise, I got engaged whilst in a helicopter over the stunning mountains on our way to lunch in Constantia (as you do!) I couldn't have dreamt up a more perfect place for such a special memory. It didn't end there either!

Franschhoek is probably the prettiest place I've visited and La Residence was exceptional and worth every penny! The Kruger safari that followed was another highlight and a must for all animal lovers. We saw all the big 5 and more, and even got to see a leopard kill a baby impala, only for a hyena to come out of nowhere attempting to steal the kill before the leopard swiftly ran up the tree with it. Truly incredible! Before coming home to reality, we had a relaxing 5 nights on the beach in Mozambique. An absolutely stunning island and great place to relax and unwind. Not to mention the perfect weather and a great scuba diving location! It was an amazing holiday for so many reasons and you helped take it from 90% to 110%. Roll on holiday no. 3 with Here's My Card!

Mandy & Julian

London

Fantastic itinerary

Having only 1 week holiday left my wife and I were not sure we'd get to do everything we had heard so much about in Cape Town and the surrounding winelands. However Here's My Card put together a fantastic itinerary for us encompassing everything we wanted. The attention to detail was great from excellent hotels, on-trend restaurants and brilliant wine tasting. It was one of the best trips we have ever done. If you want to impress your other half and look like you've done some actual research for once, just outline some rough plans to Here's My Card and they'll put something perfect together for you. We would like to say a big thank you for all your help - we thought the trip was amazing.

Daniel & Samantha

London

Truly tailored to our needs

In planning our first trip to Africa we soon recognized it would require a significant investment, both in terms of cost and preparation. On a personal recommendation, we started working with Here's My Card and soon realized that our "investment" was in the best possible hands. Our vacation was truly tailored to our needs. We really benefitted from Clare and Kerry's on-the-ground expertise. Their connections proved invaluable and made the difference between a really good holiday and an extraordinary travel experience. Their advice and recommendations on accommodation, safari destinations, restaurants, sightseeing etc. all proved excellent. The arrangements were so finely tuned all that was left for us to do was relax and relish every minute of our time in Africa. We can't thank them enough.

Tim, Martine, Georgia & Claudia

Connecticut

Special family adventure

We recently had a wonderful family holiday in Tanzania, organised by Here's my Card. This was a safari holiday, moving around to different camps and lodges in the Serengeti region. The accommodation was fantastic, particularly at Tarangire National Park and at Singita Faru Faru Camp. Everyone we met without exception was extremely courteous, welcoming and helpful. The safari experience was truly memorable. We saw an abundance of wildlife up close in locations such as Tarangire National Park, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti. Highlights included a night safari where we came across a leopard with a an impala she had killed up in a tree, and a pride of lions feasting on a zebra! We will never forget the roars of lions outside Swala Camp in the middle of the night! or the huge herds of wildebeest and zebra on the Serengeti plains. It was a truly memorable experience for us all and well done to Here's my Card for helping us to arrange such a special family adventure.

Diarmuid, Deirdre, Sarah, James & Rachel

Dublin

Go the extra mile

Thank you to Kerry & Clare from Here’s My Card for a fun-filled family trip to South Africa. We planned a trip through the girls which encompassed sometime in The Mother City, some beach-time in Hermanus & Durban with family & ended on an incredible safari experience at Phinda in Kwa Zulu Natal. The whole process was seamless & it made it very easy to plan this trip as the girls are very knowledgeable about South Africa & what we wanted to achieve from the trip. With their contacts they even managed to secure a free night on safari as well as an upgrade to a simply stunning town-house in Cape Town, which was amazing & we were really grateful for this. Having things like our fridge stocked in our town-house on arrival into Cape Town as well as all our sight-seeing tickets bought in advance was a really nice touch & a clear indication that they go that extra mile for their clients. The kids had a really wonderful time & are already talking about another African adventure!

David, Siobhan, Rebecca & Sean

London

Complete professionalism

We have waited for 35 years to get to South Africa and Clare and Kerry's itinerary for us was everything we wanted and more! The trip was amazing and considering we were probably the clients from hell (as 35 yrs is a long time) they never complained about all my questioning and emails instead treated us and our destinations with complete professionalism. We felt we had them on board whenever we needed them. We didn't of course as the trip went as smooth as clockwork. Even the animals more or less behaved themselves! Every destination was a different experience and met our demands 100%! All our accommodation was exactly what we loved and as we self drove and were independent, we didn't have to put up with many other tourists. We thank Clare and Kerry for our very special holiday of a lifetime and only wish they would help us regularly travel the world! 

Amanda & Robert

Melbourne

Absolute go-to custom travel agency for Africa

How we dreamed of Africa ... and how Clare and Kerry brought it all to life for us - even in the winter season!!

We've been lucky enough to travel a lot and been to South Africa before but, this time we were bringing our 17 year old daughter and her friend too!! We wanted to find places we'd never been before, that captured the magic and our imaginations. How blessed we were to find Here's My Card girls! They provided us with a whole spectrum of options from wild camping to the luxury of Bushman's Kloof (which was in fact our final destination!!) Every option proposed was carefully thought through and spoke to what we had envisaged, the team were incredibly professional and had an incredible amount of patience. What more can we say, Clare and Kerry of Here's my Card are the absolute go-to custom travel agency for Africa. Everyone with a love of Africa and high expectations should be using them! Thank you!

Victoria, Russ, Emily & Edie

London

Trip of a lifetime

Thank you Clare and Kerry for putting together a trip of a lifetime in such short notice. Everything was exactly how we wanted it to be. The organization was superb which allowed us to maximize our trip. There is nothing I would have changed and I felt like you really set the trip up specifically for our style. Our guide was truly amazing as he was incredibly helpful, knowledgeable, friendly, and skilled and finding the animals. We could not have asked for a better trip and can't wait to go back

Andie & Steve

New York

Exceptional itinerary

Thank you Clare & Kerry for organising yet another outstanding holiday for us in Southern Africa! Our week was planned meticulously leaving us to enjoy it completely stress free. Your suggestions for activities/dining options gave us the freedom to explore and encouraged us to try things we would never have known about without your guidance. It is also clear that your great relationship with local businesses ensures all your clients are especially warmly received.

Your arrangements make the experience so seamless it would be easy to underestimate the level of work you put in, but on arriving at one of the beautiful boutique hotels you had booked we found the owners not only had a copy of our itinerary but were already prepared to arrange for the return of our hire car after we had left. This gave us some insight into the hard work behind the exemplary service you deliver, and what makes your service stand out above others.

You really listened to what we wanted out of our week in Cape Town and using your local knowledge, and exquisite taste, tailor-made us an exceptional itinerary that was the perfect balance of relaxation and fun. We will never forget the unique experience of learning to play polo in the stunning surrounds of the Franschhoek wine valley... and we can't wait to come back with you again!

Sarah & Lucy

Nairobi & London

Delivering on what you promised!

We have so many unforgettable memories from our honeymoon – taking a helicopter into a small island in Mozambique, riding Harley Davidson's along the epic South African coastline to having sundowner cocktails in the middle of the African wilderness, just to name a few. 

At each place we stayed, it is clear that we got a little extra attention because of the relationship with Here's My Card - we even got to stay in the owner's villa in Franschhoek. Look forward to making another trip with you soon and thanks for delivering on what you promised!

Will & Illa

Texas

Safari of a lifetime

This is the second outstanding holiday Clare and Kerry have organized for me. After a beautifully organized 5 days in Cape Town last year, my family asked Here's My Card to arrange a 5 day safari in the Serengeti. The accommodation they chose could not have been more beautiful; from the brand new lodge on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater to the superb tented camp in Central Serengeti.

Our guide was knowledgeable, friendly, and had x-ray eyes for spotting wildlife. We saw the big 5, including leopards, which are a rarity. We also saw the wonderful wildebeest migration, herds of elephant, a riveting standoff between a herd of buffalo and a family of 8 lions, and a cheetah versus Grant Gazelle chase. It really was the safari of a lifetime.

Thank you Clare and Kerry. Next year, Botswana!

Peter, Natalie & Lizzie

London & Nairobi

Ticked all the boxes

Thank you for planning, arranging and perfecting our trip to South Africa.

After deciding to make a holiday out of travelling to South Africa for our friends wedding, Kerry & Clare put together an itinerary that ticked all the boxes. We were able to experience the best of South Africa from fine dining in Camps Bay, beautiful beaches in Hermanus, canoeing and hiking in Plettenberg Bay and finally safari at a Game Reserve.

Each destination was complimented by stylish and intimate boutique accommodation and recommendations by Here's My Card for culinary delights. It was hard to leave South Africa, but when we return we will certainly be in touch.

Rich & Antonia

London

Very memorable trip

With a ten month old baby, booking a trip to South Africa seemed like a daunting process. Clare and Kerry, however, did a wonderful job and provided us with quite a few options that would be both baby friendly, but also as relaxing as possible for us. We ended up going for a cottage in Plettenberg Bay which was fabulous and Clare even managed to find a local company who could provide us with a highchair and travel cot! The cottage and location enabled us to spend some wonderful time together as a family and we introduced our daughter to the sea, a bird sanctuary and even a vineyard! Our thanks to Clare and Kerry for making it a very memorable trip!

Phil, Tania & Ella

London

Perfect honeymoon

Thank you again for a wonderful trip!

We had an absolutely perfect honeymoon in South Africa thanks to Clare and Kerry. Their attention to detail, exceptional taste in lodging, and fun activity suggestions made our vacation a trip we will never forget. Kerry and Clare created an itinerary showing us the vast beauty and variety that South Africa has to offer including the beach in Hermanus, wine tasting in Franschhoek, one of the kind eating experiences in Cape Town, the desert of the Kalahari and the Big 5 in Kruger.

From the special treatment we received at each and every restaurant and hotel we stayed in to the seamless logistics of getting from one location to the next Kerry and Clare are truly unparalleled in the services they provide. Thank you for making our honeymoon such a special and memorable time.

Tim & Halia

New York