Total Experience Travel

Fantastic experience: Chris helped us set up our cruise to Alaska, coming soon! Nice to have her looking out for us, and helping fine tune our trip. Look forward to further traveling!

Fantastic experience: Chris is knowledgeable, responsive and thorough. All qualities that distinguish her as a great partner and guide in planning our cruise vacations. I was so pleased with our first cruise booked through her last year, that I'm back again this year and brought along long-term friends for our 2025 cruise.

Fantastic experience: We are so glad we have found Chris and Total Experience Travel. We completed an absolutely fabulous Jordan/Egypt journey and Chris was most helpful with the entire process from booking, to checking in with us prior to leaving and again on the trip to make sure things were going well. She takes the stress out of the process and allows for us to enjoy the vacation. We had such a great time we have reached out to her for 2 additional bookings since we have returned from Egypt. Our only complaint would be that we did not find her sooner. We look forward to many more future excursions with her and her company.

Fantastic experience: My husband and I would highly recommend Chris Rakes to help you with your next vacation. We just returned from our first Viking Cruise and it was a phenomenal experience. Chris helped us set up a pre-cruise extension in Venice, gave us excellent advice along the way, and sent timely reminders leading up to the cruise. She’s a top tier travel agent and we look forward to working with her again!

Fantastic experience: I have used Chris for two cruises, the first was for 5 couples which she helped coordinate and did a great job. She just booked a special trip to tahiti for me and my wife and all went very smoothly. She is good to respond to questions and seems to be very thorough. Going forward she will be my cruise director! Thanks

Fantastic experience: Chris is simply the best at what she does

Fantastic experience: Had an amazing experience booking our Honeymoon with Chris. She made it so easy to ask our questions and find the best place for us! From our first call with Chris, she was always accessible and responsive for any questions as we decided our destination. From our first call, we were booked within a few days. She made it such an easy experience to book a trip. We are counting the days until our trip to Sandals Grenada and cannot wait! We will definitely reach out to her again for a future trip.

Fantastic experience: My wife and I have used Christine 3 or 4 times now and she’s been incredible every time! We’ve done all inclusive and a river cruise through Europe and they have all been the best! I could not recommend her more!

Fantastic experience: We booked with Chris for a trip to Alaska! She suggested Uncruise for our family of four adults. It was an adventure cruise. It was a great experience for our family. Lots of kayaking and hiking . The cruise boat was small so we got to know all 69 people on board!Thank you, Chris!

Fantastic experience: This is the second time booking our vacation through Chris! She is always quick to respond to my emails, gives me plenty of options to choose from, and is always willing change certain things about our trip based on our wants and needs. We will continue to book with her in the future!

Fantastic experience: Chris Rakes: FIVE STARS. Smart, efficient, sincerely friendly/courteous, responsive to any and all inquiries, and fun to plan with. Our friends had already booked a French canal barge first-rate cruise (through Chris) and invited my wife Kathy and me (not “I”; “me” is the object of the verb “invited”; you wouldn’t say “invited I” would you? But I digress…) to join them, so we contacted Chris, too. Our travel experiences, though very broad, had been done as life-long airline-related employees, eligible for travel discounts. The catch is, the benefits are when travelling stand-by, space available, meaning no plans could be fully, confidently confirmed because we NEVER knew if we could get on board! All spontaneous…lodging, rental cars, train tickets, boat trips!! Travellers, appreciate Chris!!! She took care of ALL the bookings and reservations for which anyone could ask!! And since we have long since reached our technological/travel-planning level of incompetence, her expertise is invaluable! We have already booked a Swiss Rail tour through Chris for 2024, and are researching a Queen Mary Atlantic crossing which connects in London to another Swiss Rail trip that travels through the Chunnel and continues to Strasbourg Germany and Switzerland. Chris Rakes: FIVE STARS

Fantastic experience: Trip to Europe. Helpful, responsive to questions and concerns, pleasant, knowledgeable, willing to deal on our behalf with difficult situations. Will use her again!

Fantastic experience: We had a terrific experience with Chris. She booked a French river cruise for us and went the extra mile. She provided additional information that proved very helpful in our travels. We will definitely travel with her again.

Fantastic experience: Christine has always been my first stop in travel planning, and has been involved in all of my favorite trips with my husband! From start to finish you can’t beat the responsiveness and attention to detail. I would highly recommend using Total Experience Travel!

Fantastic experience: Chris, our travel agent, helped create the perfect vacation that fit our budget. The process was easy, stress free, and well organized. We went to a Sandals resort in St. Lucia and had the time of our lives. Chris did an excellent job of recommending the perfect resort for us based on our hobbies and goals. We would highly recommend her services to plan a wonderful vacation with little stress.

Fantastic experience: Chris was so patient with us and all our questions. Suggested all the right options at the resort and has help planned 3 of our vacations so far! Helped us get to and from the airport and the resort with ease. Didn’t have to worry or stress about any of the planning. Would recommend her to friends and family!

Fantastic experience: Chris Rakes has been great for my travel plans! I consider myself pretty 'well traveled' but she consistently finds details that I've overlooked and filling in these details has made each of my experiences the better! She is a great source for alternatives or for confirmation of the choices that we have made. Covid backed us up for a while but she's helping us catch up. Happy to have found her and TET!!

Fantastic experience: We've used TET for the last 3 years and the experience has been top notch!

Fantastic experience: My husband and I worked with Chris to book our honeymoon and we had a great experience! We gave her details of what kind of vacation we were looking for and what our budget was and she did the rest. She found us several options to choose from and we ended up going to Sandals Royal Barbados, and it exceeded all of our expectations. She also answered all of our questions whenever we had any and is super responsive. She made the booking process super easy and painless and we highly recommend her for any travel needs!