Latin America For Less
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Latin America For Less History
Latin America For Less was established in 1998 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. The company began by offering tours and vacation packages to destinations in Peru, under its Peru For Less brand. Additional destinations were added over the following years, beginning with Argentina For Less (2007) followed by Brazil For Less (2008) and Costa Rica For Less in early 2009. The company currently offers vacation packages to Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia under its general Latin America For Less brand.
Services
Customized Packages
Latin America For Less offers customizable vacation packages as well as preplanned itineraries. Clients are encouraged to tailor their packages depending on their own personal interests or travel requirements and itineraries often include a large number of destinations in one, two, or multiple countries.
Hotel Bookings
Latin America For Less works with a large number of hotels in all of its destinations, in order to offer as wide a range of choice as possible. The company offers a three-tiered range of hotel standard: 5 star (Luxury), 4 star (Superior), and 3 star (Tourist), and every hotel is chosen to conform to US and European standards. Each hotel has its own description on the company's website as well as a large photo gallery to help clients make informed decisions about their hotels. The company also offers to make bookings at any other hotel that is not listed on its website.
Excursions
Within each destination, Latin America For Less offers a range of excursions that suit various vacation styles: adventure, culture & history, family and nature. Each excursion is chosen according to its quality, safety and value, and operators are selected by Latin America For Less' in-house quality control team. Latin America For Less' range of excursions include:
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The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu; a multi-day trek through Peru's Sacred Valley to the famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Amazon river cruises; multi-day cruises along the Amazon river in the Peruvian rainforest aboard a range of dedicated cruise vessels,
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Guided city tours; tours through Latin America's most popular cities, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Cusco, Lima, and Arequipa, Wildlife watching trips; single or multi-day trips into some of the world's most biodiverse natural hotspots including the Galapagos Islands, the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon and Costa Rica's natural parks.
Transfers & Transport
Latin America For Less' team of travel coordinators arrange all the necessary transfers and transport arrangements for clients' itineraries. Depending on the destinations this may include airport collection services, inter-city shuttle buses, boat transfers and domestic and international flights.
Travel Advice
With a large staff of travel advisors and coordinators based within each destination, Latin America For Less offers local travel advice to its clients through various channels including its Facebook page, a travel blog and client newsletters as well as direct contact through personal travel advisors.
Ethos
Value
Latin America For Less claims to offer the best value for a US-based travel agency and offers a price-match guarantee on its services. The company uses its locally based staff and close relationships with hotels and tour operators to secure high value offers and deals for its clients.
Expertise
Latin America For Less recruits keen travelers with personal knowledge of the company's destinations to its team of travel advisors. The company operates its own services with an in-house team of locally-based travel coordinators which, it claims, allows Latin America For Less to respond flexibly to changes and requests during a client's vacation.
Service
Latin America For Less claims to have the "best testimonials" for a US-based travel agency, of which many are published on its website. The company offers 24 hour access to English speaking staff and boasts an in-house quality control team that regularly visits the company's hotels and excursion operators, as well as responds to client comments and suggestions.
Customization
The company encourages clients to build personal relationships with their Latin America For Less travel advisor as they build a customized itinerary that may include any number of destinations, tours and excursions in all of Latin America For Less' countries.
Latin America For Less was established in 1998 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas. The company began by offering tours and vacation packages to destinations in Peru, under its Peru For Less brand. Additional destinations were added over the following years, beginning with Argentina For Less (2007) followed by Brazil For Less (2008) and Costa Rica For Less in early 2009. The company currently offers vacation packages to Ecuador, Chile and Bolivia under its general Latin America For Less brand.
Services
Customized Packages
Latin America For Less offers customizable vacation packages as well as preplanned itineraries. Clients are encouraged to tailor their packages depending on their own personal interests or travel requirements and itineraries often include a large number of destinations in one, two, or multiple countries.
Hotel Bookings
Latin America For Less works with a large number of hotels in all of its destinations, in order to offer as wide a range of choice as possible. The company offers a three-tiered range of hotel standard: 5 star (Luxury), 4 star (Superior), and 3 star (Tourist), and every hotel is chosen to conform to US and European standards. Each hotel has its own description on the company's website as well as a large photo gallery to help clients make informed decisions about their hotels. The company also offers to make bookings at any other hotel that is not listed on its website.
Excursions
Within each destination, Latin America For Less offers a range of excursions that suit various vacation styles: adventure, culture & history, family and nature. Each excursion is chosen according to its quality, safety and value, and operators are selected by Latin America For Less' in-house quality control team. Latin America For Less' range of excursions include:
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The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu; a multi-day trek through Peru's Sacred Valley to the famous Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Amazon river cruises; multi-day cruises along the Amazon river in the Peruvian rainforest aboard a range of dedicated cruise vessels,
• •
Guided city tours; tours through Latin America's most popular cities, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Cusco, Lima, and Arequipa, Wildlife watching trips; single or multi-day trips into some of the world's most biodiverse natural hotspots including the Galapagos Islands, the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon and Costa Rica's natural parks.
Transfers & Transport
Latin America For Less' team of travel coordinators arrange all the necessary transfers and transport arrangements for clients' itineraries. Depending on the destinations this may include airport collection services, inter-city shuttle buses, boat transfers and domestic and international flights.
Travel Advice
With a large staff of travel advisors and coordinators based within each destination, Latin America For Less offers local travel advice to its clients through various channels including its Facebook page, a travel blog and client newsletters as well as direct contact through personal travel advisors.
Ethos
Value
Latin America For Less claims to offer the best value for a US-based travel agency and offers a price-match guarantee on its services. The company uses its locally based staff and close relationships with hotels and tour operators to secure high value offers and deals for its clients.
Expertise
Latin America For Less recruits keen travelers with personal knowledge of the company's destinations to its team of travel advisors. The company operates its own services with an in-house team of locally-based travel coordinators which, it claims, allows Latin America For Less to respond flexibly to changes and requests during a client's vacation.
Service
Latin America For Less claims to have the "best testimonials" for a US-based travel agency, of which many are published on its website. The company offers 24 hour access to English speaking staff and boasts an in-house quality control team that regularly visits the company's hotels and excursion operators, as well as responds to client comments and suggestions.
Customization
The company encourages clients to build personal relationships with their Latin America For Less travel advisor as they build a customized itinerary that may include any number of destinations, tours and excursions in all of Latin America For Less' countries.
