• Choose Your Themes:  Food & wine, culture & arts, active, wellness, UNESCO sites, expert soccer coaching, learn language or multi-generational family fun.
• Walk olive groves before dining in a castle with the owner.
• Meet a Spanish chef to make authentic Paella or Tapas
• Mediterranean sea kayak tour to hidden coves
• Meet Spanish nobility and tour their private palace & gardens
• With a Spanish dancer, learn the basics of Flamenco
• Meet our winemaker amigos for a VIP tasting in his winery.
• VIP helicopter tour of Spanish cities, villages & castles
• Medieval monasteries where monks still chant daily
• Peruse antique shops, artisan workshops and street markets
• Explore the life of gladiators in Roman arenas of Spain

• Yoga, hiking, soccer, golf, tennis, surfing, SUP, kayaking or sailing with an expert.
• Discover 100+ types of cheeses and charcuterie in Spain & Portugal
• An unforgettable sunset from a towering lighthouse
• Tapas tasting  tours workshop with local insiders
• Adrenalin-pumping heli-skiing, bull runs or kite surfing
• Old World charm & music of Lisbon and Porto, Portugal
• Olive grove picnics between historic hill towns
• Private visits to top art museums & local artist studios
• Meet an opera singer in Madrid for coffee
• Incredible modern architecture of Barcelona, Bilbao & Valencia
• Basque Cooking Clubs & historic castle & winery hotels
• Celtic bagpipes & diverse regional cultures of Spain

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We hate mass-market mediocrity & tourist traps, so our private custom Spain tours
and luxury Portugal trips offer you more: more authenticity & cultural fun
more comfort & confidence more service & insider insightSo while our luxury private travel rates are not cheap, they are MUCH lower than top luxury travel companies like our friends at

Then we are using select hotel that are in high demand by other luxury travelers. So hotel rates look to be the highest since 2019.

Next there are a lot of days & a lot of personal services for just 2 people like drivers, private guided tours & managing logistics.

Next the law of supply & demand as Spain, compared to Italy & France has much less unique high end hotel properties + high luxury travel demand in Sept see #1.

Also Spain, unlike Italy where decent English is more common, the good bilingual guides charge higher rates.

Can you tell me what the tax rate is? *** 2) Yes, currently 10% on this although the politicos are always prone to increase it & their own salaries.

Also, does that cost include the domestic flight to Seville? *** 3) It did not, BUT I can include if we can confirm in the next week or so. let me send you a PDF with more details

Last, is there anything specific that is driving the price high? We don’t really want to change anything major, I’m just looking for advice like…if the Marbella resort stay is $3,000 EU all on it’s own, maybe we need to adjust it. Maybe not…I’d just like to information to work with.

* One way to reduce cost is to switch in cities from private luxury transfers to taxis which are normally honest & efficient albiet less comfortable & less clean,….

+ you may have to wait in line for a while at train or airports

+ Taxi drivers often speaks little english so can be stressful to communicate.

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Or to switch from exclusive private guided tours with historic & cultural conversations & questions with a real human resident expert to a bus tour with a “canned tour explantion” often prerecorded in multiple languages & no questions.

 No problem, a week should be OK. As you may know we only run 5 trips per week, so IF we had other customers that wanted your dates, I would notify you first. Fair enough?

thanks,
Rachel

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Hi Rachel,

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Can you tell me what the tax rate is? Also, does that cost include the domestic flight to Seville? What are the terms on the $2,000 EU deposit? Is it refundable or partially refundable until a certain time? Last, is there anything specific that is driving the price high? We don’t really want to change anything major, I’m just looking for advice like…if the Marbella resort stay is $3,000 EU all on it’s own, maybe we need to adjust it. Maybe not…I’d just like to information to work with.

Also, we just got a credit card with no foreign exchange fees etc. That we will want to use. It should arrive in a week. Is that ok or too long?

Thanks,

Hi Rachel,

You’re correct on the meals, but feel free to include anything that you think shouldn’t be missed. The plan you sent says 5 nice meals are included under “style of travel”, is that the case for us or not?

Once we pay the deposit, will we get confirmed hotels so we can check them out online? We really liked what we saw so far but couldn’t get a good sense of the Madrid hotels. NH seems to be all over the city! We would also like to be able to make a few requests once we know the hotels, such as a high floor and cliff-side in Ronda, or possibly an upgrade cost(if it’s not already included) for a deluxe room at the Casa 1800 with a terrace – we will look to you for those recommendations too!

For the Seville flight, I can book it or you can, whichever makes the most sense.

When you referred to this itinerary as “beta” does that mean you will be adding more detail/ excursion or tour options? I think Geoff would like to see a tapas/wine type tour somewhere if possible. If not, will you typically include information and suggestions in advance for what we might want to do on our own time? I am thinking of reservations and/or advance ticket purchase things. Especially in Ronda where the itinerary is less detailed and in Marbella so we have a contingency if it rains.

In general, how busy are the restaurants and how reliant on reservations? Should we be making reservations in advance or can we typically get into the recommended places walking in? If we need help making a reservation in Spanish,can you do that?

I know..,lots of questions for a Monday!

If you could send the final pricing – as final as possible with details still fluctuating…and a paypal invoice for the $2,000eu deposit. I will look at it with——- tonight. What are the terms of that deposit? If we have to cancel or postpone or we can’t agree on the trip details for some reason is it refundable?

Phew! Sorry for the novella, can you tell we’re getting excited now?

Thanks,

delighted you like the the plan so far.

I agree always best not to assume….Unlike the big bus tours companies that pick for bus access,
we pick hotels for human walking access :>

I should note that hotels had availability as of last week, but we are sorta at
the mercy of their bookings so best we move as soon as possible.

4* Catalonia Riena Victoria – Let me mention our fav Ronda hotel
is on the cliff but not the gorge, which is a direct 8 – 10 minute walk away.

Nest step?…. I will go ahead and add up the bill to get you a final price.

I think the meals we talked about not including is that right? You get more flexibility
that way for local dining which we can help suggest. Happy to include your BCN to Seville flight.

Assuming you are Ok with final rates, then you can confirm w/ the first payment
of 1000euro/pp.

Please advise. cheers! Rachel

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Please peruse and let me know what I might have missed
or thoughts, questions ect…

thanks,
Rachel

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2) Spain Travel Consulting from €99 per half hour.

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