Down Under Endeavours offers handcrafted luxury vacations, honeymoon packages, and luxury travel packages to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti, and beyond
Down Under Endeavours (downunderendeavours.com) has 234 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.9 out of 5.
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Activities & Tours
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Chicago, Illinois
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2026
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We worked with Laura for our honeymoon and she was awesome!! She helped us explore all of our options before booking and answered all our questions in a timely manner. We will definitely use Laura/Down Under Endeavors again on future trips!
Response from Down Under EndeavoursJan 23, 2018
Thanks so much Amy and Ben! I had so much fun planning your trip. Do reach out whenever you want to travel, would be lovely to hear from you.
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James
Down Under made it extremely easy for …
Down Under made it extremely easy for my wife and I to plan our honeymoon. With expertise of the foreign countries we wanted to visit, they provided excellent recommendations and suggestions. Best of all, it was stress-free to finalize our itinerary and we had no hiccups ever while we were travelling.
Response from Down Under EndeavoursJan 19, 2018
James and Zoe: Thank you so much! Such a pleasure to assist you with your honeymoon. Cheers! Shannon
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customer
Best company ever
Best company ever. The travel agents work hard to make your trip one to remember. I will definitely be using Down Under again!
Response from Down Under EndeavoursJan 9, 2018
Thank you Anna! We are so pleased your honeymoon was special and memorable - we look forward to working with you again!
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Maggie L.
New Zealand and Bora Bora Honeymoon
The honeymoon trip that DUE planned to New Zealand and Bora Bora was amazing. DUE's experience and recommendations in New Zealand helped to plan a once in a lifetime trip. We had just the right amount of time in each city and the flights and activities were perfectly planned. The activities were spaced out such that we were able to explore the cities on our own. All of the activities that the DUE team recommended were unforgettable. Even the ones that we were a little hesitant about at first, turned out to be some of our favorite and most memorable. Once we arrived on our trip, the DUE team helped us rebook and rearrange activities cancelled due to weather. We definitely appreciated their help replanning so that we didn't have to spend our precious vacation time stressing about rebooking. I don't think that we could have planned such an amazing trip without DUE!
Response from Down Under EndeavoursJan 4, 2018
Thanks so much Maggie! I am so delighted to hear you had a wonderful honeymoon. I hope to hear from you in the future, keep in touch! Cheers,
Laura
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Ryan
Shannon & DUE Gave Us A ROCKSTAR …
Shannon & DUE Gave Us A ROCKSTAR HONEYMOON!
If you do not want to read my novel of a review below here is basically all you need to know. For our honeymoon, we went snorkeling and scuba diving on the reefs of Fiji, went ice glacier hiking on the mountains of New Zealand, went Bungie jumping, went on wine tours and explored every inch of New Zealand. We took international planes, private puddle jumping planes, helicopters, boats, trains and had a rental car.The amount of planning that went into the logistics alone was worth it. Every detail of our honeymoon was precisely planned to perfection. End of story: if you want a honeymoon or vacation (holiday) that your family and friends will talk about forever, do yourself a favor and book with DUE!
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Where do I start ... First I will say if you are reading this review you are probably doing your due diligence and being cautious before jumping into something like myself. I must say at first I hesitated because it's 2018 and why do you need a travel planner when you can look everything up on Google and plan your own trip right? Well, I could not be any more wrong. Below I listed some of the benefits of Deep Under Endeavours.
1. Shannon: She is out of this world amazing. If everyone who works at DUE is as precise and wonderful as Shannon you are in for a treat. My wife and I planned this trip over a year in advance. We must have asked Shannon an exhausting amount of questions via email, phone and video conference calls. Shannon was beyond helpful and always there to help when we had questions or concerns.
2. Expertise: Can you plan a honeymoon or big trip across the world by yourself; absolutely. . . Will it be as organized and precisely planned like DUE will offer; absolutely NOT! From the moment you start your adventure literally everything is taken care of. We actually booked our own flights and there were times that Shannon said, this is a tight connection; this airport security is great; it says it will take you this long but it actually takes this long; stop and check out this stop; don't forget to bring this; do you have dinner reservations for this night and so on.
3. Logistics/Planning: On our honeymoon, we took multiple planes, private boats, helicopters, private planes, trains and had a rental car. Everything was planned out perfectly. (i.e - When you get to this location, turn right and go through the sliding glass doors, there you will be picked up by xxx and will bring you to xxx where you will receive your voucher to get on your boat. You are already checked in but call this number to confirm, give yourself xxx amount of time before confirming. You will have xxx amount of time before your boat departs so check out this location that is within walking distance when waiting and etc.).
4. Price: I'm not going to lie. My master plan, in the beginning, was to pay the initial deposit, receive the travel itinerary and then plan everything myself. You cannot beat DUE prices, trust me, I tried. You pay for top-notch service as well as discounts on everything that is planned.
5. Do it: Seriously, you are still reading this? Just do it! My wife and I have the travel bug and cannot wait for our next adventure with DUE. Trust me, DUE will plan a trip is once in a lifetime (...or if you book multiple trips with DUE, a couple times in a lifetime :)
Response from Down Under EndeavoursJan 2, 2018
Wow! This is the nicest review I have ever received, you made my day. Thank you so much for your business and kind words. Such a pleasure to work with you. Thank you. Cheers, Shannon.
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Cat and J.
Thank you DUE!!
We loved our trip and partnering with Candice at DUE. Our trip was totally customized to exactly what we wanted to do and we had a lovely once in a lifetime trip.
We had a couple of delayed flights which honestly would have been very stressful without the help of DUE and their local affiliates. That help and concierge service alone put us at ease.
The best thing I could say is that we would without hesitation travel again with DUE and I’ve already recommended them to other couples.
Response from Down Under EndeavoursDec 29, 2017
Hi Cat and John
Thanks so much for the review. Loved working with you, and I look forward to assisting you in future travels. And thanks so much for the referrals! You both rock. Happy New year!
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Sarah
Australia & New Zealand Trip Fall 2017
Laura was super helpful booking our trip to Australia and New Zealand. We came to her a month before we were planning to leave without having booked flights or hotels, and she quickly worked to get us set up. It was such a relief to have her advice on where to go and where to stay. We loved the hotels she picked near the Great Barrier Reef, and the overnight boat tour on Doubtful Sound in New Zealand. Laura helped us decide which cities best fit into our trip plans based on the kind of activities we were looking for. She was easy to work with and quick to respond to email. We would definitely work with Laura again!
Response from Down Under EndeavoursDec 21, 2017
Thanks so much Sarah! I loved your sense of adventure and am so glad your trip went smoothly on the short timeline. I hope to work with you two again! Cheers, Laura
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Teresa & Ed H.
Once in a Lifetime Experience
We had the trip of a lifetime because of Down Under Endeavours and Vanessa Massey. Every hotel was wonderful and located perfectly, every tour was small with great guides and all the transfers were timely and comfortable. The planning process was made easy and she really listened to what we were interested in when she suggested specific tours.
Would highly recommend Down Under Endeavours to anyone planning a special trip. Would also recommend Australia and New Zealand to everyone, just sensational and so beautiful.
Response from Down Under EndeavoursDec 11, 2017
Thank you so much, Teresa & Ed! I am so glad you guys had a wonderful time on your trip to Australia & New Zealand. Please do reach out if you need assistance planning more exciting adventures around the world. Cheers,
Vanessa.