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Many mos. ago when I was checking the web for anything I could find to help with planning a trip to Greece for
my family..........I found your site. Thank goodness. I then used Dolphin Hellas to help me, and it
was invaluable. We have just returned from our trip, and everything we arranged through Dolphin Hellas
was terrific.
I usually make all travel arrangements myself via the internet and was hesitant to use an agent. But,
as suggested by your site, using the Athens agent proved to be the way to go. Thank you. Judy
Misbach
Wed, 12 May 1999
For the attention of Aliki
Just a little note now I have returned to England
I would again like to thank you for your assistance in helping me to arrange a
most enjoyable holiday for my wife and I in Athens and Naxos last week. Everything went exactly
to plan (in fact my most anxious moment was in Luton UK finding my airport accommodation !!!!),
and I returned with a feeling of great achievement at having organised an "independent"
holiday doing the things I wanted at the time I wanted to.
Both the Hotels in Athens and Naxos gave a very acceptable level of
accommodation and the staff were very helpful in giving us advice and assistance
where required. It was a pleasure to meet you personally whilst I was in Athens and I repeat
that I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Dolphin Hellas to any of my relatives,
friends, and colleagues if ever they required independent travel in Greece.
Yours most sincerely
Mick Nicholson
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Fri, 21 May 1999
Thank you for all your help Aliki. We could not have organized this trip
without you.
You are a saint! I'm sure we will have a wonderful time. Thanks again.
Charles Taylor
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Sat, 22 May 1999
Hi Aliki:
Dick and I are now back in North Carolina. We had a wonderful 3-week holiday
in Greece and love your country. The accommodations in Mykinos were
wonderful and the rental car arrangements and hotel arrangements in Naplion
were excellent. Thank you so much for helping us put together a fun and
educationsly trip. We hated to leave but we were running out of money and
clean clothes!
Hope you can assisst we again sometime in the near future. We did a great
job for us. No complaints.
Sincerely,
Janet McLean
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Fri, 28 May 1999
Yassous Uli,
Hope I spelled that right. All our arrangements and accomodations in
Greece were wonderful. We loved the islands and the countryside. It was
even more beautiful than we expected. Everyone we met was friendly and
gracious. We felt very welcomed everywhere we went.
...
Again, your country is beautiful. We would love to return sometime.
Sandy Greenbaum
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Tue, 01 Jun 1999
Hello Uli:
I have returned to the US and my trip was wonderful. Thanks to you
everything went well.
The country of Greece should put English on their road signs and use
more signs to guide the tourists who will be coming to the Olympics and
visiting before 2004. When I got to the airport in Mykonos, there were
no taxicabs and the Hotel could not find a driver. I also had to
purchase a phone card. A phone card is necessary for all tourists. The
Hotels were nice and clean. The Byron was hidden in a back alley and
those stairs are quite a climb. The village of Nauplio is very
picturesque. What is the name of the mountain range that I drove
through?
...
Thank you.
Howard Bookbinder
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Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Dear Uli:
You were wonderful!! Because of you, we had a marvelous, fantastic trip to
Greece! Everything worked like clockwork and there were no problems. The
hotels in Naxos, Santorini, and Rhodes were so charming and lovely. Aliki
(you were gone that day) gave me a travel agent in Chios and I called him and
he got the Diana Hotel for us. On the way over, we were able to upgrade and
got a cabin and slept. But on the way back from Chios to Athens, the ferry
was so packed with all the voters that we had to sit. I met two sets of
cousins on my mother's side and that was so wonderful (and emotional) for me.
Thank you for getting his telephone number in Athens. I know we'll have
Greek friends and others who will be traveling to Greece and we'll certainly
recommend you!! Thanks, again, for everything!! Please let Kiki (or
whoever your boss is) know how very pleased we were with you and all the
suggestions and travel arrangements you made for us! Mary and Dan Courtney
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Just returned from 3 weeks in Greece. Your advice from your website was RIGHT ON and very helpful. The best advice
you gave was to use Dolphin Hellas travel agency. Esther was wonderful and so very helpful. We stayed at Hera Hotel
as Attalos was full. Hera was wonderful, but is now being torn down to become a 4 star hotel. Thanks so much for
your wonderful sight!
Tammy Norton
Sat, 15 Apr 2000
To Kostas:
We got home last night from our trip and I just wanted to say thank you. We
were very impressed with all the arrangements you made so competantly.
Greece is a beautiful country and we found people to be very kind and
friendly. The islands were spectacular and even driving through Athens
wasn't as bad as we had feared! (Although it was a long trip from Corinthos
to Athina on election day)
We will certainly recommend your agency to any of our friends!
Thanks again and hope you enjoyed your elk. Sorry it couldn't be the real
thing.
best wishes,
Mary and Richard Frier
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Thu, 27 Apr 2000
Dear Aliki,
Want to take the time to wish you a Happy and Holy Easter. It was really good to see you again and you know once
I was back home, it only took a few days to wish I was back in Greece. Crete especially with its beauty and tranquillity.
When anyone asks what part of the trip I liked best - Immediately think of the Koutsonari cottage. Its an
automatic response.
Not so much Ieropetra but the cottage itself. You planned a wonderful itinerary for me. Chania - old town
was
an experience and I thoroughly enjoyed the old town and its way of life. I found it very frustrating trying
to get into the old town but once there, I loved it. I will send you a map from the center of town to the
old town when I have a chance to make it. Maybe you can keep it with the pictures of Porto Del Colombo
when I get them all printed of the 48 rolls of pictures I took
in Crete, I've printed about 25 of them. They are beautiful and I will pick out some of the better ones to
send you. I'm
so glad you added rethymnon to my schedule. It is very nice there and surrounding area well worth exploring.
The hotel was in a perfect spot, on the water, with great access walking into town, and the surrounding antiquities.
About Iraklion , I will write about it in my next letter.
....
I ordered the book Corelli's Mandolin before I lift for Crete, It was sold out so I had to order it when
I returned home. So far I've read up to Chapter 2 and have enjoyed it What I need is time.... Time , whats
that?
Again Thank you and Happy Easter!!!
Love Tina
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Thu, 27 Apr 2000
Dear Uli: I just wanted to e-mail you to thank you for your help in
planning and putting together our trip. I, my wife and my daughter had a
wonderfull trip and time in your country. All the arrangements you had made
went smoothly and we had no mistakes or problems. I was especially pleased
with service provided by the car rental company and would reccomend them to
anyone. All the hotels were fine. The only complaint we had was that many
of the sites closed early this time of year and you couldn't get into many
of them in the afternoon. You may want to tell anyone going offseason to go
to the sites early and first thing in the morning. If you have any
questions about specifics I will be happy to answer them. Otherwise thank
you again for helping make it a great trip and an experience my daughter
will not forget. Epharisto. Egidijus Marcinkevicius and family.
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Tue, 2 May 2000
Dear Kiki:
Just wanted to let you know that we had a wonderful time in Krete and in
Athens. Everything you organized worked like a charm. We really appreciate
all you have done for us and we will definitely recommend you to anyone who
wants a travel agent for Greece. There is no better one!!!!
Epharisto Parapoli! BEATE WOODY
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Fri, 5 May 2000
Dear Kostas,
We just wanted to tell you that we had a wonderful trip to Athens and
Lesvos. Thank you very much for all your help. All the reservations
worked out perfectly. The weather could have been a little warmer,
but I guess that is a little bit out of your control! Thanks again.
When we plan our next trip to Greece we'll let you know.
Best Regards,
Ingrid Sanford
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Wed, 17 May 2000
Kostas,
I wanted to write and thank you for helping us with a wonderful honeymoon.
Jill and I enjoyed Greece very much. We got to see many contrasting
locations. Crete was lovely. It was almost like Venice (without the
canals, of course). We enjoyed both Hania and Rethymno very much. I wish
we would have seen Knossos, as I heard it was spectacular. Also, to our
disappointment, the Samaria Gorge was in fact open. However, we did not
pack for such a trip and could not go. Casa Delfino was beautiful and the
ladies there are so friendly. The Veneto in Rethymno was nice, though the
management seemed pretty disinterested in us.
Santorini was probably the most beautiful place of all. We chose this as
our time to relax and spent many hours looking out of our balcony. We did
hike the volcano and rode donkeys, though. I think the donkey ride was our
favorite. We really enjoyed the staff at Tzekos Villas. Kostas the evening
receptionist was really friendly and we spent many evening chatting about
everything. Efi from Bellonias tours was very friendly as well.
Athens was fabulous. Seeing the Acropolis was just amazing. It's almost
surreal. You see it in textbooks all your life, but nothing compares to
being there. The Delphi trip was probably our best day of all. It was a
beautiful drive and an amazing sight. We loved the Electra Palace. The
staff is very professional and the views from the roof are great. Plus the
breakfast is awesome. I could not get enough of the juice machine. I'd
never seen anything like that before.
We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. If we had it to do over again, we would
probably do a couple of things different. We would probably have cut
Santorini down to 3 days and spent more time in Athens for day trips on the
mainland. I would have liked to visit Olympus and a couple on our return
flight mentioned some place that Alexander the Great had built. I forget
the name, but he said it was amazing. We would have also brought better
shoes for the Samaria Gorge and visited Knossos.
So, the plus side is that this leaves us open for a return trip to visit all
these sights on the mainland. My wife wants to visit Italy, and I want to
visit Spain, but a return trip to Athens could be in the plans in the next
few years. I will certainly hang on to your email address until then.
Thanks again,
jpc
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Sat, 3 Jun 2000
Hi Aliki:
I just wanted to thank you for all of your help. We had a wonderful,
memorable time and loved every minute of it. May was certainly the best
month to travel to Greece. I would say my favorite was Santorini in Oia,
highly recommend it over Fira.
...
Thanks again, I will certainly pass your name on to
others planning a trip to Greece.
Julie Heatwole
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Thu, 15 Jun 2000
Aliki,
Well, we are back home.
We meant to go the the agency to personally thank you,
but there was no time.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
The flight on Aegean was superb. Great seats and very good service.
The hotels were the best. We especially loved the Grand in Rhodes.
We'll be back!! Soon we hope. And we are keeping your email handy..
Thanks again, You have a fabulous country. George's greek was great
too!!
George & Marta Hanzimanolis
(Ted and Barbara too)
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Thu, 22 Jun 2000
Hi Kostas
We just arrived Singapore safely this morning. The trip was an enjoyable one,
except the 50 hours of suffering due to the ferry from Santorini. Thank you so much for
arranging the hotels and ferries. I'm most impressed by your efficiency and will recommend
your company to my friends.
Paula Mak
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{...and just alittle Matt and Kassi...}
Thu, 22 Jun 2000
Aloha and thanks for all the great service - really looking forward to my
Greek vacation. Mat Barret is right on with his choice for best travel
agency. Kassi has been super with all my requests from airline tickets to
traveling with a dog to hotel reservations.
....
See you soon. Thanks and Aloha frank highsmith
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Wed, 28 Jun 2000
I just wanted to thank you for all your help in making our recent trip to Greece
such a pleasure. The tickets for the cruise were waiting for us at the hotel--the
Aegean I was a very pleasant ship and the itinerary was spectacular.
...
You can be sure that I will call upon you again when I return to Greece and will
recommend your agency wholeheartedly.
Eileen PG Vining, M.D.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thu, 06 Jul 2000
Hi Kostas:
As you said, no news is always good news, the only thing we regret about our
visit to your fabulous country is not having time to meet you and thank you in person for a
wonderful vacation. I think the cruise was a wise choice because we wouldn't be able to know so many
places in so little time, or maybe we would, but it was a stress-free way of doing it. Our
favorite arqueological site was Ephesus it is really something else, and meeting the Turks made us
understand the true meaning of "good merchants".
Mykonos and Santorini deserve all the fame indeed and the Corint channel was an
amazing experience.
The food on board was delicious and for not being a luxurious ship, I think it
serves its purpose very well and the crue does a really nice job. It was for all a memorable
experience, thank you once again for making that possible.
On the other hand, we enjoyed it so much that we want my mother,(she stayed home
with the kids) to do it in the future
...
Thanks again, hope to keep in touch
Ricardo
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Fri, 07 Jul 2000
Hello!!
i just wanted to say thanks. i arrived home today , back from Greece and i
had a wonderful trip..
thanks again
Neta Weinstein
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{you know this one!}
13 Jul 00
Hello from Colorado!! Kostas, I just wanted to write and thank you for all
that you did to help make my stay and Kati's stay in Greece so pleasurable.
The Greek people are still the kindest most gracious people I've met. Our
stay in Mykonos was beautiful. The trip to Delphi was wonderful--Kati really
enjoyed seeing the ancient ruins there. And all along the way throughout our
entire trip we met the most amazing people.
...
Our trip was truly remarkable and
unforgettable. I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to meet you and
Esther. Seeing her sweet face at the airport when we arrived meant so much.
Please tell her hello for us. I hope one day to see you again. If you ever
find your way to Colorado please know that there is always a place here for
you to stay. Again, thank you always for your kindness. Warmest
regards...deb carter
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Thu, 20 Jul 2000
Dear Kiki,
I just wanted to thank you so much for all of your
help with our Greek Odyssey.
We had a great time, and the accomodations were
wonderful. Everything was great
and we had a wonderful time. Now we await the
pictures. Thanks again for all you
did.
Sincerely,
Pete and Tim
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Fri, 28 Jul 2000
Jonathan Bartlett and I are very grateful to you and your associates for a very
satisfyihng and good time in Greece. The trip to Delphi, the boat to
Santorini, the
week in Io exploring the island of Thera was all we had hoped for and more.
By airmail I am sending you a little gift made by a local artisan. It should
arrive next
week.
We hope to return to Greece someday soon.
Regards, W. Drake
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{and some francais -try changing the view character code into "western"}
Mon, 31 Jul 2000
Kiki,
Nous avons passé de très bonnes vacances. Tout s'est très bien passé. Un
tout tout grand merci pour votre aide.
Best regards,
Grégoire Markessis
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Wed, 09 Aug 2000
Dear Kostas:
It was a pleasure meeting you and I just want to say THANK YOU so much for
the fabulous job that you did in coordinating my plans. This was the first
time that I used the internet to book a trip and I was very impressed with
your expert service that you gave me. All paperwork was in order and
everything worked out fine. The tours were great. A job well done.
Also, if you can let Andreas know that the trip to Mykanos was great. The
hotel San Giorgios was absolutely super and would highly recommend it and
would stay at it again. Even though we had to either take the local bus or
taxi into town, it was fun and I liked the seclusion of the hotel.
...
Once again, it was great doing
business with both of you and I look forward to working with you again.
...
Thank you once again for a GREAT JOB done. Barbara
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Mon, 18 Sep 2000
dear kostas,
just a short note to thank you for your help... our holiday was a
success and we owe much of it to you and your company... it was
just perfect
thanks
charlot cassar
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Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Dearest Kostas:
I've been trying to have the time to write to you all last week. I hope you have
received our present (we asked the Cypria Hotel to give it to you), we were also
looking forward to meet you in Athens but everything was so hectic!!.
I promise I will write a very detailed letter on all our trip, but now I'll just
say it was the very best vacation/trip/adventure we have ever had. And we owe a
lot of the enjoyment to your effort: you have been a true guide to us and all
your work has been highly professional but what was more important so very kind
and warm. THANK YOU!!
...
again thanks and thanks
Patricia
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Thu, 13 Apr 2000
Dear Uli:
You were wonderful!! Because of you, we had a marvelous, fantastictrip to
Greece! Everything worked like clockwork and there were no problems.The
hotels in Naxos, Santorini, and Rhodes were so charming and lovely.Aliki
(you were gone that day) gave me a travel agent in Chios and I calledhim and
he got the Diana Hotel for us. On the way over, we were ableto upgrade and
got a cabin and slept. But on the way back from Chios to Athens,the ferry
was so packed with all the voters that we had to sit. I met twosets of
cousins on my mother's side and that was so wonderful (and emotional)for me.
Thank you for getting his telephone number in Athens. Iknow we'll have
Greek friends and others who will be traveling to Greece andwe'll certainly
recommend you!! Thanks, again, for everything!! Pleaselet Kiki (or
whoever your boss is) know how very pleased we were with you and allthe
suggestions and travel arrangements you made for us!
Mary and Dan Courtney
Sat, 15 Apr 2000
To Kostas:
We got home last night from our trip and I just wanted to say thankyou. We
were very impressed with all the arrangements you made so competantly.
Greece is a beautiful country and we found people to be very kind and
friendly. The islands were spectacular and even driving through Athens
wasn't as bad as we had feared! (Although it was a long trip from Corinthos
to Athina on election day)
We will certainly recommend your agency to any of our friends!
Thanks again and hope you enjoyed your elk. Sorry it couldn't be thereal
thing.
best wishes,
Mary and Richard Frier
Thu, 27 Apr 2000
Dear Aliki,
Want to take the time to wish you a Happy and Holy Easter.
It was really good to see you again and you know once I was back home,it only took a few days to
wish I was back in Greece.
Crete especially with its beauty and tranquillity. When anyoneasks what part of the trip I liked
best - Immediately think of the Koutsonari cottage. Its an automaticresponse. Not so much
Ieropetra but the cottage itself. You planned a wonderful itineraryfor me. Chania - old town was
an experience and I thoroughly enjoyed the old town and its way oflife. I found it very frustrating
trying to get into the old town but once there, I loved it. Iwill send you a map from the center of
town to the old town when I have a chance to make it. Maybeyou can keep it with the pictures of
Porto Del Colombo when I get them all printed of the 48 rolls of pictures I took in Crete, I've printed
about 25 of them. They are beautiful and I will pick out someof the better ones to send you. I'm
so glad you added rethymnon to my schedule. It is very nice there andsurrounding area well
worth exploring. The hotel was in a perfect spot, on the water,with great access walking into
town, and the surrounding antiquities. About Iraklion , I willwrite about it in my next letter.
....
I ordered the book Corelli's Mandolin before I lift for Crete,It was sold out so I had to order it when I returned
home. So far I've read up to Chapter 2 and have enjoyed it WhatI need is time.... Time , whats
that?
Again Thank you and Happy Easter!!!
Love Tina
Thu, 27 Apr 2000
Dear Uli: I just wanted to e-mail you to thank you for your helpin
planning and putting together our trip. I, my wife and my daughterhad a
wonderfull trip and time in your country. All the arrangementsyou had made
went smoothly and we had no mistakes or problems. I was especiallypleased
with service provided by the car rental company and would reccomendthem to
anyone. All the hotels were fine. The only complaint wehad was that many
of the sites closed early this time of year and you couldn't get intomany
of them in the afternoon. You may want to tell anyone going offseasonto go
to the sites early and first thing in the morning. If you haveany
questions about specifics I will be happy to answer them. Otherwisethank
you again for helping make it a great trip and an experience my daughter
will not forget. Epharisto. Egidijus Marcinkevicius and family.
Tue, 2 May 2000
Dear Kiki:
Just wanted to let you know that we had a wonderful time in Krete andin
Athens. Everything you organized worked like a charm. We really appreciate
all you have done for us and we will definitely recommend you to anyonewho
wants a travel agent for Greece. There is no better one!!!!
Epharisto Parapoli! BEATE WOODY
Fri, 5 May 2000
Dear Kostas,
We just wanted to tell you that we had a wonderful trip to Athens and
Lesvos. Thank you very much for all your help. All thereservations
worked out perfectly. The weather could have been a little warmer,
but I guess that is a little bit out of your control! Thanksagain.
When we plan our next trip to Greece we'll let you know.
Best Regards,
Ingrid Sanford
Wed, 17 May 2000
Kostas,
I wanted to write and thank you for helping us with a wonderful honeymoon.
Jill and I enjoyed Greece very much. We got to see many contrasting
locations.& Crete was lovely. It was almost like Venice(without the
canals, of course). We enjoyed both Hania and Rethymno very much.I wish
we would have seen Knossos, as I heard it was spectacular. Also,to our
disappointment, the Samaria Gorge was in fact open. However,we did not
pack for such a trip and could not go. Casa Delfino was beautiful and the
ladies there are so friendly. The Veneto in Rethymno was nice,though the
management seemed pretty disinterested in us.
Santorini was probably the most beautiful place of all. We chose this as
our time to relax and spent many hours looking out of our balcony.We did
hike the volcano and rode donkeys, though. I think the donkeyride was our
favorite. We really enjoyed the staff at Tzekos Villas.Kostas the evening
receptionist was really friendly and we spent many evening chattingabout
everything. Efi from Bellonias tours was very friendly as well.
Athens was fabulous. Seeing the Acropolis was just amazing.It's almost
surreal. You see it in textbooks all your life, but nothing comparesto
being there. The Delphi trip was probably our best day of all.It was a
beautiful drive and an amazing sight. We loved the Electra Palace.The
staff is very professional and the views from the roof are great.Plus the
breakfast is awesome. I could not get enough of the juice machine.I'd
never seen anything like that before.
We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. If we had it to do over again,we would
probably do a couple of things different. We would probably havecut
Santorini down to 3 days and spent more time in Athens for day tripson the
mainland. I would have liked to visit Olympus and a couple onour return
flight mentioned some place that Alexander the Great had built.I forget
the name, but he said it was amazing. We would have also broughtbetter
shoes for the Samaria Gorge and visited Knossos.
So, the plus side is that this leaves us open for a return trip to visitall
these sights on the mainland. My wife wants to visit Italy, andI want to
visit Spain, but a return trip to Athens could be in the plans in thenext
few years. I will certainly hang on to your email address untilthen.
Thanks again,
jpc
Sat, 3 Jun 2000
Hi Aliki:
I just wanted to thank you for all of your help. We had a wonderful,
memorable time and loved every minute of it. May was certainlythe best
month to travel to Greece. I would say my favorite was Santorini
in Oia,
highly recommend it over Fira.
...
Thanks again, I will certainly pass your name on to
others planning a trip to Greece.
Julie Heatwole
Thu, 15 Jun 2000
Aliki,
Well, we are back home.
We meant to go the the agency to personally thank you,
but there was no time.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
The flight on Aegean was superb. Great seats and very good service.
The hotels were the best. We especially loved the Grand in Rhodes.
We'll be back!! Soon we hope. And we are keeping your email handy..
Thanks again, You have a fabulous country. George's greek was great
too!!
George & Marta Hanzimanolis
(Ted and Barbara too)
Thu, 22 Jun 2000
Hi Kostas
We just arrived Singapore safely this morning. The trip was anenjoyable one, except the
50 hours of suffering due to the ferry from Santorini. Thankyou so much for arranging the
hotels and ferries. I'm most impressed by your efficiency andwill recommend your
company to my friends.
Paula Mak
Thu, 22 Jun 2000
Aloha and thanks for all the great service - really looking forwardto my
Greek vacation. Mat Barret is right on with his choice for besttravel
agency. Kassi has been super with all my requests from airlinetickets to
traveling with a dog to hotel reservations.
....
See you soon. Thanks and Aloha frank highsmith
Wed, 28 Jun 2000
I just wanted to thank you for all your help in making our recent tripto Greece such a
pleasure. The tickets for the cruise were waiting for us at thehotel--the Aegean I was a
very pleasant ship and the itinerary was spectacular.
...
You can be sure that I will call upon you again when I return to Greeceand will
recommend your agency wholeheartedly.
Eileen PG Vining, M.D.
Thu, 06 Jul 2000
Hi Kostas:
As you said, no news is always good news, the only thing we regret aboutour visit to your
fabulous country is not having time to meet you and thank you in personfor a wonderful vacation.
I think the cruise was a wise choice because we wouldn't be able toknow so many places in so
little time, or maybe we would, but it was a stress-free way of doingit. Our favorite arqueological
site was Ephesus it is really something else, and meeting the Turksmade us understand the true
meaning of "good merchants".
Mykonos and Santorini deserve all the fame indeed and the Corint channelwas an amazing
experience.
The food on board was delicious and for not being a luxurious ship,I think it serves its purpose
very well and the crue does a really nice job. It was for all a memorableexperience, thank you once
again for making that possible.
On the other hand, we enjoyed it so much that we want my mother,(shestayed home with the kids)
to do it in the future
...
Thanks again, hope to keep in touch
Ricardo
Fri, 07 Jul 2000
Hello!!
i just wanted to say thanks. i arrived home today , back from Greeceand i
had a wonderful trip..
thanks again
Neta Weinstein
13 Jul 00
Hello from Colorado!! Kostas, I just wanted to write and thankyou for all
that you did to help make my stay and Kati's stay in Greece so pleasurable.
The Greek people are still the kindest most gracious people I've met.Our
stay in Mykonos was beautiful. The trip to Delphi was wonderful--Kati really
enjoyed seeing the ancient ruins there. And all along the way throughout our
entire trip we met the most amazing people.
...
Our trip was truly remarkable and unforgettable. I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to meet
you and Esther. Seeing her sweet face at the airport when we arrivedmeant so much.
Please tell her hello for us. I hope one day to see you again.If you ever
find your way to Colorado please know that there is always a placehere for
you to stay. Again, thank you always for your kindness.
Warmest regards...deb carter
Thu, 20 Jul 2000
Dear Kiki,
I just wanted to thank you so much for all of your
help with our Greek Odyssey.
We had a great time, and the accomodations were
wonderful. Everything was great
and we had a wonderful time. Now we await the
pictures. Thanks again for all you
did.
Sincerely,
Pete and Tim
Dear Matt, just wanted you to know that I have contacted Uli with Dolphin Travel in Athens and she is just great.
Thank you so much for your web site and all the info you have given me. We will be there for a month next April.
Can't wait. :-) Thanks again. Bobbie Lingenfelter
Fri, 28 Jul 2000
Jonathan Bartlett and I are very grateful to you and your associatesfor a very
satisfyihng and good time in Greece. The trip to Delphi,the boat to Santorini, the
week in Io exploring the island of Thera was all we had hoped for andmore.
By airmail I am sending you a little gift made by a local artisan. Itshould arrive next
week.
We hope to return to Greece someday soon.
Regards,W. Drake
Mon, 31 Jul 2000
Kiki,
Nous avons passé de très bonnes vacances. Tout s'est très bien passé.Un
tout tout grand merci pour votre aide.
Best regards,
Grégoire Markessis
Wed, 09 Aug 2000
Dear Kostas:
It was a pleasure meeting you and I just want to say THANK YOU so much for
the fabulous job that you did in coordinating my plans. Thiswas the first
time that I used the internet to book a trip and I was very impressed with
your expert service that you gave me. All paperwork was in order and
everything worked out fine. The tours were great. A jobwell done.
Also, if you can let Andreas know that the trip to Mykanos was great.The
hotel San Giorgios was absolutely super and would highly recommendit and
would stay at it again. Even though we had to either take thelocal bus or
taxi into town, it was fun and I liked the seclusion of the hotel.
...
Once again, it was great doing business with both of you and I look forward to working with you again.
...
Thank you once again for a GREAT JOB done. Barbara
Mon, 18 Sep 2000
dear kostas,
just a short note to thank you for your help... our holiday was a
success and we owe much of it to you and your company... it was
just perfect
thanks
charlot cassar
Mon, 25 Sep 2000
Dearest Kostas:
I've been trying to have the time to write to you all last week. Ihope you have
received our present (we asked the Cypria Hotel to give it to you),we were also
looking forward to meet you in Athens but everything was so hectic!!.
I promise I will write a very detailed letter on all our trip, but now
I'll just say it was the very best vacation/trip/adventure we have ever had.And we owe a
lot of the enjoyment to your effort: you have been a true guide tous and all
your work has been highly professional but what was more importantso very kind
and warm. THANK YOU!!
...
again thanks and thanks
Patricia
Subject: Re: Dolphin Helas
Date: 5/4/99 12:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time
. I also dealt with Aliki last year for my trip to Greece.
She arranged everything for us. Our trip ran like clockwork. Our hotels,
villas, plane ticket between one of the islands, ferry boat ticket, and she
even had a taxi waiting for us when we initially arrived at the airport. We
met her the second day in Athens, and not surprisingly, found a very
beautiful woman, who is extremely intelligent, speaks English like she was
born with the language, gracious, and extremely kind. She is a wonderful young
woman. I would use Dolphin Hellas again in a heartbeat. Aliki made my
experience a pleasant one.
Coleen
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Sun, 13 Dec 1998
Dear Kostas,
Now that I am (unfortunately...) back to Munich, I would like to thank you very
much for the good organization of my stay at the RIVA Hotel in Athens. I was
very pleased to find your letter and some folders (even in German language) about
Athens when I reached the hotel.
Due to bad weather conditions, Lufthansa cancelled my flight to Athens at 11
a.m. on Thursday. I was booked on the Lufthansa flight at 7.30 p.m., which meant that
I missed my first concert at the Megaron!!! I was very sad about that, and it
was dull to spend the whole day at the overcrowded Munich airport. As Lufthansa
could not tell us whether the plane at 7.30 p.m. would be cancelled, too, I asked
Olympic Airways whether I could book a seat on their evening machine. This was
possible. The Lufthansa was delayed and said to depart at midnight. I did not
believe it (and it really was cancelled, too, after all!). So I took Olympics
(which finally departed at 10:30 p.m.). My luggage was left behind in Munich as
Lufthansa did not manage it to deliver it to Olympics. What a chaos! I reached
Athens at 2.30 a.m., 12 hours late and long after the first concert at Megaron.
But I was there! Although there was a taxi strike, I was lucky to be able to
share the only taxi waiting at the airport with two men who wanted go to a hotel
nearby the RIVA. It was 4 a.m. when I got there... But everything was prepared
so well for me. Two hours later, I woke up and phoned the airport in order to claim
for my lost baggage. As I was awake anyway and did not want to loose a minute of
time, I had breakfast and then went for a walk to Plaka and the Acropolis. The
sun was shining, it was warm, Athens looked so charming to me, Plaka and the
ancient monuments were so beautiful, and I knew I did the right thing - just
come to Athens, no matter when my luggage would reach the town (well, it was
delivered to my hotel at 10 p.m. on Friday)... I was on holiday, and everything
was fine. People were friendly (also especially EACH of the receptionists at the
RIVA!!!), the sights were not at all overcrowded - yes, Kostas, I had a great
time. Also yesterday's concert at the Megaron (a performance of "Salome" with
the London Philharmonic Orchestra and A-class singers!) was really, really wonderful
and worth coming to Athens. I am sure I will come back some day and of course
book my trip again with your travel agency. To my Austrian friend Andrea, who
wants to visit Athens in January, I can only report the best things about your
beautiful town.
Thank you again for everything!
Best regards from Munich,
Blanka
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Fri, 18 Dec 98
Kostas,
I thank you so very much for your expert and quick action in changing our
reservations.
We wish you many blessings for this Christmas and New Year.
Barbara, Lou and Doris
PS: I'm glad you clarified the difference in names. Somehow or other Lou and I
thought we were communicating with a very nice woman, but when your colleague
sent us a message that Kostas (HE) was out because of illness that dawn finally came
that we were dealing with a very nice gentleman.
Kostas Kefallonitis we salute you.
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Mon, 21 Dec 1998
Aliki:
As Jan and I were reminiscing about our wonderful trip to Athens, Mykonos
and Santorini, we remembered that, in our hurry to get back into our
routines of everyday life, we never gave you our sincerest thanks for all
the work you did for us. We cannot imagine being able to have such a good
time without all the extra effort you put in for us. We truly did
appreciate it.
Please pass this on to your boss so that she knows also what a great job
you did!
THANK YOU for your help!
Forrest and Jan Kahle
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Tue, 2 Feb 1999
aliki
that's just fine!
thanks again for the great trip.
many beautiful places visited.
and all the hotels were from good to excellent.
thanks
george
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Sat, 6 Feb 1999
Alike and Belen,
I have been meaning to thank you for the OUTSTANDING trip my husband and I
took in September to Sifnos and Santorini. The best way to describe our trip
is to say that my husband didn't really want to go and we both had tears in
our eyes as we were leaving to return home. We're already talking about
returning to Greece next year.
Thanks again!
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Wed, 03 Mar 1999
Dear Kiki,
Even though it's been four months since we had the trip of a lifetime, I
wanted to (belatedly) thank you for all you and your staff did to make it so
wonderful for me, Janet, her parents and her 5 other sibblings and their
spouses. Whether it was the repeated contacts with Royal Olympic, arranging
hotels and transportation before and after the cruise or just your (and
Aliki's) pleasant conversations on the bus, it all combined to make our trip
in Greece one we'll never forget. In particular, Janet's mother couldn't
have been happier since for her, it was a dream come true to celebrate her
50th anniversary in Europe with the rest of her family.
Before I forget, I want to particularly thank Aliki for her help in
straightening out what could have been a major disaster when we arrived in
Piraeus and prepared to board the World Renaissance. We discovered that we
had accidentally left a suitcase at the Philippos Hotel. Fortunately, Aliki
used her mobile to contact the hotel and arrange for a taxi to deliver the
suitcase to the dock in time to get it loaded on board. Instead of a major
mess, we had nothing more than a minor disruption that became a happy
memory.
I had wanted to contact you much sooner but had 2 hard disk crashes on my
computer. Despite having backed up everything, somehow, it didn't include
all my email for the last 9 months of 1998, which meant that I had lost all
of your correspondence and internet address. Fortunately, I found a copy of
it and hope that this reaches you.
By the way, our daughter, Kimberly, is continuing to grow and smile at
everyone, much as she did during the cruise. It seems hard to believe that
she's 5 months old and has seen so much of the world already!
Once again, I can't thank you and your staff enough for all you did. Rest
assured that whenever I hear of a friend of neighbor who's going to Greece,
I will give them your name and internet id -- plus my wholehearted
endorsement.
Kindest Regards,
Bob McKeen
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Tue, 5 Oct 1999
Dear Uli;
We have been thinking about you and your wonderful assistance this past
summer. We were quite concerned for you during the earthquake in your region
and said a little prayer. We hope that this finds you and Kiki both healty
and unaffected by the tremor.
Everywhere we went this summer, we told everyone how pleased we were with
you! Amazing how many people we met also felt highly of your travel agency
and your helpfulness! You really get around!
Stay well and we hope to return in the future.
Lanny & Priscilla Marvin
When we first contacted you about 18 months ago we asked if you thought it would be possible for us to see Greece
while using a wheelchair as a means of transportation. Your answer was that you thought it would be difficult
but mostly possible. We have just returned from 2 weeks in Greece and it was wonderful.
Things worked out perfectly but only because of the hard work of Aliki. Even though I am a travel agent here
in Baltimore we decided to have her do all the arrangements. After all, she speaks the language!
We visited Rhodes, Santorini, a car and driver outside of Athens for 5 days (Delphi, Olympia, Nauplion) and then
Athens for 3 nights. Our driver was outstanding (great English and a non-smoker) and in addition to educating
us about his country he also imparted his love of his country to us. We now have a new friend in Greece --
George. When we got to Athens we met Aliki and even took a picture of me with her. She is truly a special
person. While we were in the Plaka we bought gold jewelry from the shop you recommended. (And told
them why we were there!) The trip was a very special one for us and we appreciate your Greece Newsletter's
contributions to it.
Thank You!
Howard and Pat Butz
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Mon, 7 Jun 1999
Dear Kostas,
We really had the most wonderful time in Greece, it is one of the most beautiful
places I have ever seen. It was a little expensive compared to our money (the Rand) which
is not doing very well against the $, but that did not take anything away from the
wonderful time we spend there.
.
For your arrangements, all I can say is that it was absolutely fantastic, the
place in Paros was very beautiful and in Santorini, the hotel was so close to everything
and the owners were very friendly. It was just in Athens when we arrived, the arranged
taxi-driver took us to the wrong port, and we had quite a struggle to get to the
right one. But we survived it!!!!
Thank you again for al the arrangement, it was done brilliantly and I will
definitely refer
people to you.
Kind regards
Veldie
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Mon, 7 Jun 1999
Kostas,
Thankyou for all your help in arranging our trip. We had a wonderful time. The
hotels you recommended were all excellent and everything went very smoothly.
Thanks again,
Mike Wilk.
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Mon, 14 Jun 1999
Dear Aliki,
Thank you again for all your help in making arrangements for my trip. They
turned out quite well. Athens was fun. A bit noisy, but quite lively and interesting.
Crete was a nice change of pace from the city experience. The cruise turned out
quite well and the hotels were as expected. I will be sure to recommend you to
anyone I might know who will be traveling out your way.
Pak
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Tue, 15 Jun 1999
DEAR KOSTAS
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE
ACCOMMODATION, PLANNING AND ORGANISATION OF OUR HOLIDAY. I SURELY WILL
REMEMBER THIS HOLIDAY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
UNFORTUNATELY THE TAXI-DRIVER THAT PICKED US UP AT THE
AIRPORT DROPPED US AT THE WRONG SIDE OF THE HARBOUR, BUT WE
MANAGED AND EVENTUALLY GOT TO THE CORRECT SPOT.
THE ACCOMMODATION ON PAROS WAS GREAT AND IT IS
REALLY BEAUTIFUL THERE. THE MANAGER AND HIS WIFE OF THE
HOTEL ON SANTORINI ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND WE ENJOYED
OUR STAY OVERTHERE VERY MUCH. I CERTAINLY RECOMMEND BOTH HOTEL FOR ANY OF
YOURCUSTOMERS IN FUTURE.
THANK YOU FOR THE ENVELOPE - WE ENJOYED YOUR 'WALK
THROUGH ATHENS'VERY MUCH (ALTHOUGH OU LEGS WEREN'T AS HAPPY ALL THE TIME)
LIKE ALL GOOD THINGS OUR HOLIDAY CAME TO AN END AND WE
START WORKING AGAIN.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING
BEST SOUTH AFRICAN WISHES
LENIE
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Tue, 15 Jun 1999
Dear Kostas,
This is just little note to thank you for all your assistance in booking our
(last minute) accommodations in Santorini. We just returned home yesterday.
We had a great time in Santorini, Crete, and Athens -- Greece really is as
beautiful as all the pictures.
Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Tracy Sora
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Tue, 22 Jun 1999
Dear Aliki,
I am sorry not to have gotten to your office while I was in Athens, but
after going to see certain well-known sights and touring the Plaka area,
frankly, I was exhausted. I must say this was one of the best and most
enjoyable vacations I have ever had. The accomodations were very good to
excellent, everyone was very friendly, the food was marvelous - we even
got to swim in the Aegean from a boat to visit the hot springs in the old
volcano at Santorini. The worst thing that happened was a 1 hour
plane delay in Athens on our way to Rhodes. Thank you again for setting up
a wonderful trip for us.
Our concensus opinion is that Sanorini was the most exciting place, with
Rhodes coming in second. The rest on Paros at the Astir was magnificant -
it would be hard to imagine a better way to adjust to a new environment.
Sincerely yours,
Jon Orloff
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Wed, 23 Jun 1999
Hi Kostas,
Yes, I got back two days ago, it is very difficult to return. I liked
Greece very much. I hope to get to stay there for an extended period of
time someday. I met my relatives in Sparta and in Athens and they were
wonderful. I hope to stay in touch with them. Also, I made some really good
friends in Sifnos, and I hope to return there too. I hope you enjoy the
c.d. Sorry we didn't make it out for a beer. I think I was ahead of
schedule with Matt by a day or two. I saw him and Andrea my last day in
Sifnos. He is a bad influence and they told me there was no reason to go
home, but my job here awaits my attention. Thank you for all you did to
help me and my family have such a nice stay in Greece. I hope you get a
chance to take some time for yourself this summer and take a break from all
your hard work.
Take care and stay in touch.
Best wishes, Melina
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Thu, 24 Jun 1999
Uli,
Just a quick note of thanks for handling my travel arrangements for
honeymoon. There were no problems with any part of the itinerary, which I
really appreciated. After travelling 7000 miles, the last thing I wanted to
worry about was where I was going to stay if the reservations were not
correct.
It was nice to meet you and place a face to a name
...
Thank you again,
Craig Puckett
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Tue, 06 Jul 1999
Just wanted to let you know we had a fantastic time in Greece. Your help with
reservations was terrific and we really enjoyed the hotels you found us as well
as those
we found ourselves in the latter part of our trip on Folegandros and Santorini.
In
particular I wanted you to know that the Mykonos Bay Hotel was fantastic and I
recommend it to anyone as it is quiet but a close walk to town. We will contact
you for
our next trip to Greece which I hope will be soon. Jeri Janowsky
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Mon, 12 Jul 1999
Just a short note to tell you we had a wonderful time. Of all the places
we stayes our favorite was Tsekos Villas in Santorini, wonderful people and
views. I will definitely recommend you to all, use you next time, and put a
note on the Internet.
Thanks again for all your help. Everything went very smoothly.
Kahn, Amy
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Wed, 21 Jul 1999
Dear Aliki and friends at Dolphin Hellas:
Thanks very much for your flawless arrangements for our recent trip, at the
Olympic Palace, ferry to Mytilini, and Grande Bretagne. Everything was
excellent and the cabin on the Theophilos was an especially nice surprise.
Thanks also for the helpful package that you left with the vouchers at the
Olympic Palace. We had a great time.
Sincerely, Peter Walsh and Susan Cannon
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Thu, 22 Jul 1999
Kiki,
We just wanted to say thanks for helping us to have such a wonderful
vacation. We really enjoyed meeting you and appreciated your personal tour
of Athens. We have a picture of you and Donna and will mail it to you.
We really did have a good time in Greece. You live in a beautiful country
and everyone we met was very gracious. Of course the highlight was
Santorini. We really loved the island and enjoyed each of the sunsets. We
could have spent two weeks there.
...
We have showed everyone our pictures and they all want to go next year. When
we tell them about you and your help in planning the trip, making the
arrangements, meeting us in Athens, following up with faxes they are truly
impressed. We really did have "the worlds best travel agent".
We hope that you come to visit us in the United States soon. We would love
to show you around New York.
Take care for now and again thank you for all of your travel help. We look
forward to coming to Greece again.
PS. The last night in Athens we ate at the $1.00 slavaki restaurant. It was
delicious.
Sincerely,
Rich and
Donna
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Fri, 23 Jul 1999
Dear Good Friend,
Kiki, you are wonderful. We so enjoyed getting to know you and
now
consider you a good friend. I don't know if you give such personalized
service to everyone (don't see how you could) but we sure enjoyed the
camaraderie and good times we had with you.
...
Everything went well getting home and the way we did it with a night
in Athens and then a night at the airport Sheraton in Frankfurt, made things
so easy that we have suffered no jet lag--which we usually do on our return
home. When we went back to our hotel room the last night, we went out on the
balcony and were thrilled to find that we had a direct view of the
Parthenon--lit up and beautiful. What a surprise treat that was for our last
night. Kostas was there right on time and took good care of us at the
airport. We really appreciated him. We took his picture and I told him I
would send a copy to you to pass on to him.
...
We have been back two days now and I wish we were still there.
What
a glorious trip we had and you deserve the credit. We have already sung your
praises on the travel board.
Let's keep in touch. Come to San Diego. I will send pictures.
Say
hello to Matt.
Bye for Now,
Jane
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Wed, 4 Aug 1999
Dear Kostas,
Phew! We have been to paradise and back home again. We had a most wonderful
time in your beautiful country. And all arrangements were perfect. Everything
went so smoothly. The Elounda Mare was great - private pool - what luxury. The car and
taxis were there waiting and hoteland ferry reservations were excellent. Although,
driving in your country was a little scary (all the horn honking and passing) - but then I
just said to myself - fine you want to pass me - go ahead. And I just ignored the honking.
I then learned to just swirve around mopeds and pedestrians - I was driving like a
local in just a few hours.
We also went to the Gershwin piano recital. It was most wonderful to sit under
the stars in an ancient (okay Roman - we will let them have some credit) theatre and
listen to the music - unbelievable. Thanks for the suggestion. The Plaka was the
perfect place to be and the view from the roof of the Electra Palace was fantastic at
night while eating dinner.
The cruise was great and Turkey was okay (very pushy sales people), but I really
enjoyed Greece and her many islands. You have a very beautiful country. Thank
you so much for everything you did for us. It made our trip worry free. If you are
ever in the San Francisco Bay Area, please give us a call.
Fondly,
The Sadies
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Sun, 08 Aug 1999
Dear Uli
Thanks very much for booking the holiday for us. We had a really good time
and will recommend you to any one else booking a trip to Greece.
Best wishes
Mark and Natalie Denning
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Wed, 18 Aug 1999
Dear Aliki,
We want to thank you for your wonderful travelling arrangements you made
for us. Our hotels were beautiful and the transfers went very smooth.
(I-3724/F9110/08-99) We absolutely fell in love with Mykonos and
Santorini.
We really appreciate all your efforts in making our 25th Wedding
Anniversary trip wonderful!
We will heartily recommend your travel agency to our friends.
Thanks again,
Debbie and Jim Hartley
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Mon, 23 Aug 1999
Hi Kostas,
Apologies for not replying till now. The computer I use is the one in my
classroom at the school where I teach. I'm starting to get ready for our
first day of school on August 31 & just reconnected my computer.
Greece was outstanding. I took about 400 slides & bought about 100 others.
I spent several days this summer selecting, sorting, & arranging slides to
show to my 6th grade (12 year olds) World History class when we study
Ancient Greece. Several adult organizations in the small town in which I
live usually ask me to make presentations to their groups also.
Bad impressions, very few. The amount of litter & grafitti, at times, & some
subpar air conditioning.
Delphi, Mycenae, & Meteora were my favorite sites while on my 7 day mainland
tour with Cosmos. The National Archaeological Museum in Athens was
outstanding. The Acropolis & Plaka of Athens were wonderful. The
overnight ferries to Patmos & Rhodes were interesting & went well. I slept
good both nights. The flights to Crete, Santorini, & back to Athens went
well. Finding my motels on the 4 islands was no problem. Very much
enjoyed all 4 islands. The monastery on Patmos, the old city of Rhodes,
Lindos, Knossos, & the Archaeological Museum in Heraklion were all
terrific. Santorini was a wonderful way to end my stay in Greece. The
cities of Fira & Oia, the caldera excursion, & the Minoan ruins of
Akrotiri were great. The Hotel Fira's location was spectacular. I'm very
glad I spent a little more money for this hotel.
The outdoor restaurants I often ate at served very good food. There were of
course some Greek foods that I tried & didn't particularly like. The Greek
people were friendly & helpful.
In my overseas travel I have high expectations. Greece did not disappoint.
Someday I would like to return & see some other sights I did not get to this
time.
Carl
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Tue, 14 Sep 1999
DEAR KOSTAS,
I WAS GOING TO EMAIL YOU TODAY. (IT'S MY FIRST DAY BACK AT WORK) BUT BEFORE
I HAD A CHANCE TO DO THAT I SAW YOUR MESSAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SO HELPFUL AND THOUGHTFUL TO US.
WE REALLY ARE NOT EXPERIENCED TRAVELERS AT ALL, AND YOU
HELPED US SO MUCH.
...
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING SO KIND. AND PLEASE TELL THE OTHERS IN
THE OFFICE THANK YOU FOR US. I WILL NOT FORGET YOU. MAYBE WE CAN TRY TO MAKE THE
TRIP AGAIN LATER. THERE WAS SO MUCH I WANTED TO SEE. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
SINCERELY, DONNA
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Sat, 25 Sep 1999
dEAR Aliki,
Thank you very much. The services provided by Dolphin Hellas and you in
particular were thorough and professional. If you don'y know it we also
used your offices to book the day cruise to the Saronic gulf islands during
one of our days in Athens. We had asked if you were in the office-- too bad
we couldn't thank you in person.
Again-- MANY Thanks for a wonderful vacation.
Stephen Malamud
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Sat, 2 Oct 1999
Dear Catarina and Aliki,
Thank you so very much for all your hard work, time and effort you put into
making our trip a successful one. Everything went smoothly. We enjoyed it
all. We especially loved the Greek food and people. Everyone we met was
very friendly and helpful.
The Phillipos Hotel was excellent; we would definitely stay there again.
We liked its location, the staff were helpful, the rooms were clean and
comfortable, and the breakfast was tasty and filling.
The trip to Delphi was a highlight, especially for my husband. He is an
English teacher here in the local high school where he has taught much
about ancient Greece. To be able to finally see the places that he has
read and taught about was like a dream come true. Thank you for helping
him have that experience.
Our flight to and from Crete on Air Greece was quite comfortable as well.
We had a bit of a wait on the return, but it wasn't too bad at all. We
loved Crete and are definitely coming back. You'll hear from us again.
Would you be interested in a picture of your happy travellers? We'd be
happy to send one to you if you are. Thank you again.
Sincerely,
Laurie Holdsworth
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Fri, 29 Oct 1999
Dear Aliki,
Just a note to let you know we arrived safely home at 1 a.m. this morning.
We had a great trip and enjoyed our stay in Athens very much. We would like
to take this opportunity to thank you for everything you did for us. It
couldn't have been better. We plan to recommend you to our friends who may
be coming to Athens.
Best of everything to you,
Betty and Henry Brannon
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Fri, 5 Nov 1999
Thanks for everything. We had a wonderful trip.
Beginning with your recommendation to have dinner the first night at Strofi and
being surprised at the wonderful view of the Parthenon, and ending with the beautiful
sights at Ia. Our favorite was Nissaki Hotel on Naxos. Perfectly located on the beach but
only a 5 minute walk to the tavernas downtown.
Lastly, the transfer to Oia Mare was very important. We could have found a taxi
for the first 15 km. But how would we ever have found the donkey for the last 1/2
km without your help?
Thanks again
Gary Kaplan
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Thu, 11 Nov 1999
Dear Kostas,
As you can see from our travelogue we had a wonderful trip. Thanks for all
your help and kindness and we will tell our friends about your firm.
Regards.
Larry Thomas
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Sat, 18 Oct 1997
Thank you very much Aliki for your professional help rendered to us
concerning our recent visit to Greece. Everything, down to the last detail,
worked out exactly as we had hoped, and as you had represented that it
would.
Rest assured that I will use your services again, and will certainly
recommend your services to others.
Don't hesitate to e-mail me from time to time and let me know how it's going.
Thanks again !!!! your friend, Mark Mayfield
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999
Hi Kostas
Just a quick note to say a BIG THANK YOU for all your help, ideas,
suggestions etc. We had a great time in Athens and I will definately
coming back soon. I have started saving already. Unfortunatley I am back
at work but I need the money for my next holiday. Once again THANK YOU
VERY MUCH!!!!
Regards
Karen
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Mon, 1 Mar 1999
Dear Kostas
Thank you for all your help. It is always a pleasure to do business with
someone as helpful and efficient as yourself, especially as this seems to
be a rare experience nowadays. We are looking forward to our break very
much, and I am sure that this will be all the more enjoyable now that we
don't have to worry about arranging anything when we get there.
Thanks again.
Ray
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Tue, 9 Mar 1999
Dear Kostas,
We would like to extend our appreciation to you for making our
recent holiday in Greece such a pleasant experience. The cruise was most
enjoyable, and as you had predicted, the scenery was magificent. It gave
us a taste of what the other further islands must be like. We would like
to return again during a warmer time of year, and travel to other parts of
the country. Actually the weather here at home was very cold today, and we
would have welcomed the warmer temperatures of last week! We plan to go to
our ski home in the mountains next weekend, where it is really cold right
now. But we have our very warm memories of Greece to endear us...
In appreciation,
The Archers
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Wed, 17 Mar 1999
Hi Kostas,
Just to say many thanks for all your help in connection with our trip. We
had a really great time!!
Regards,
Mike Hudson
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Mon, 22 Mar 1999
Dear Kostas,
We are now home after our trip to Greece. Thank you for your assitance
with our travel arrangements. The car rental was very convenient and the
Adrian Hotel was exceptionally pleasant. The notes and receipts you
provided were very thorough. We are sorry we did not have a chance to meet
you. We just got too busy in Athens.
Thanks again!
Allan and Gayle Skalazub
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Tue, 23 Mar 1999
Hi Matt,
Just to let you know that we had a fantastic time in Athens, the weather was
the best they've had in March for 20 years (in the 70s), and thanks to you and
Dolphin Hellas we had the right information and accommodation to suit us. We
did lots of walking around and managed to go on one of those one day cruises
to the islands (Aegina, Poros, Hydra). Hydra was really pretty, however, we
didn't have long to look around.
Athens was pretty busy considering it was off season, and I don't think I
would have enjoyed it as much if there were any more people or if the weather
was any hotter (as the pollution would have been unbearable). One thing I
noticed was the vast numbers of cats in Athens. They're everywhere! Once we
walked past a souvenir shop at night, and it must have had thirty cats roaming
around inside it. Are these the true Athenians?
The only downer was that I was ill from food poisoning when I got back, I
think it was the melinzanosalata I had on our last night out. It wasn't that
bad, but it lasted a week. Such is life.
Anyway keep up the good work on your web site!
all the best,
Rita
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Wed, 24 Mar 1999
Dear Kassiani,
Thank you for arranging my accommodation and transportation. I will be
recommending Dolphin Hellas and yourself to all my friends in the future.
Highest regard,
Bob Wideman
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Mon, 12 Apr 1999
Hi Kostas:
We have arrived home safe and sound. Thank you very much for a well
orchistrated trip to Greece. All came off without a hitch , and we all, each
and every one of us, had a very enjoyable experience. ...
Take care.
Best regards,
Tom Guiton, and Crew.
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Mon, 12 Apr 1999
Thanks Aliki for an excellent job. Our vacation went smoothly. We really
appreciated the personal handling between each activity.
John P. Iannotti
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999
Aliki:
Just a note to sat THANK YOU. We enjoyed a marvelous vacation because of your
recommendations and services.
We all look forward to working with you on our return tripsssss.
Xpovia pola!
George and Midge Stamas
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Mon, 19 Apr 1999
Aliki, we just wanted to thank you for the wonderful vacation you helped plan
for us in Greece. Finding you on the internet was the smartest thing we could have done. We
talked to other tourists who had their trips planned in the states and they didn't get to stay
as close to the Plaka as we did (they had to ride a bus to come in and shop!) and no one told them
about the best restaurants like you did. We took as much of your advice as we had time to and
had the best vacation we have ever had. Someday when we can come back we will be sure to get
in contact with you again. Thanks again, Sally and Gary Hoffmaster
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Sun, 25 Apr 1999
Dear Catherine and Aliki,
We returned yesterday to the United States after a very enjoyable two weeks in
Greece. Thank you for all of your recommendations and help that made our vacation very
special. We will be sure to use Dolphin Hellas again for our next trip to Greece. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Bob King
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Tue, 27 Apr 1999
Dear Kostas<
My wife and I as well and Mr. and Mrs. Manupelli, want to thankyou
for making this the most memorable trip we heve ever had! The service
you gave us was not only first class but outstanding. The people we
have encounted along the way were wonderful. Starting with yourself to
the young man George Konstantopoulos who was our taxi driver on all the
transportation. I reccomend that you use him as often as you can, a wonderful
young
man...I know I keep using the word "wonderful" but that is the only word
that will justify the trip we have just had! I will recommend you and
your agency to any and all of my friends traveling to Greece...we plan
to come back again also...you have a beautiful country, great people,
and beautiful woman too! My only regret is that we did not have a chance
to meet due to the days we were in Athens..that gives me the excuse to
come back. Again thankyou for the memories...I will e-mail you from time
to time..I also understand from George that you play the sax...I play
the clarinet..you see we had someting in common along.
Talk to you soon
Regards Linda and Dominic
Uli -- thanks again for a great trip. Did you plan the weather too? It was perfect!
So was your choice of hotels and islands. It just kept getting better and better! Greek food is fantastic and the
people are so friendly. Best vacation ever!
Thank you for answering all of my questions. The only question I forgot to ask was "how do you get from the
boat to the hotel?". On Paros we walked the 800 meters (no problem). On Naxos we took a taxi to a travel office
that manages the hotel, and on Santorini we found a bus that would take us up to the town. We didn't get lost!
Even our connecting flights went well. I got searched in security several times, but that was no problem either.
The taxi company you use in Athens was first-rate. Very professional drivers.
I am going to tell everyone I know that they must visit Greece. And when they do, they must contact Dolphin-Hellas!
Dear Uli,
I just wanted to take this opportunity to say thank you for all the work you
did on our trip. It was amazing. In the end, we were happy that the cruise
was cancelled as the plans you made for us were much more relaxing. We
particularly loved the Anteliz in Santorini...it is one of the most
beautiful spots I have ever seen. Marianna the proprietor was wonderful.
Rhodes too was very enjoyable and the location of the Phillipos perfect. I
couldn't have asked for a better vacation. One very minor improvement (which
I realize would have been difficult in such short notice- but may be helpful
for future travelers) is to have transfers arranged from ferry to hotel in
Mykonos and Santorini as it is very difficult to find cabs there. Rhodes and
Athens were no problem.
I look forward to having you schedule my visits in the future and I will
recommend people I know to use your services.
Thanks again. All your hard work is much appreciated.
Sincerely,
Julie
Hi Matt:
In 3 weeks we (the 5 of us plus an assortment of friends) leave for Greece for our 4th year in a row. Needless
to say we have fallen in love with this very special place, and the extremely valuable information that you make
available on your web site has had a lot to do with this now established family tradition. I can't say Thank You
enough!
Sarah on Sifnos has been a true gem adapting to our every changing schedule (#$@#&* ferry boat schedules) ;-)
;-)! As well as offering alternate suggestions.
Uli, at Dolphin Travel, has become a special person for us over the past 4 years. She handles all of our arrangements
with efficiency and good humor. We can't say enough good things about her!
Question: I would like to drop off a small "token of our appreciation" for Uli this year and I have been
racking my brain for an appropriate gift. But all that I can come up with is flowers. Do you know of a florist
in the area of her office or the Attalos where we will be staying where we could get her something nice? In our
wanderings thru the Plaka and surrounding area over the past 3 years I don't recall seeing a florist, just a small
shop in Psiri that sold plastic flowers.
Any other suggestions would certainly be appreciated!
With genuine appreciation,
Drew Howard & Family
HI Matt
I would like to complement you on a great website. I used it extensivley to
do some research for our holiday to the Greek Isles. I found it extremely
informative and well put together. Your tips were also extremely useful. We
also used the Dolphin Hellas travel agency recommended by you and found them
to be very efficient and helpful.
As a result of this we had a fantastic 2 weeks - 4 days in Naxos, 1 week in
Crete (swapped timeshare) and 3 days in Santorini. Naxos was great because
of the lack of commercialism and once we were out of the main town and
visiting some of the remote beaches on our hired scooters, we found it
fantastic. Santorini was also worth the visit because of the setting - I
think I shot off a whole roll of coloured slides in about an hour.
Needless to say I will be returning for another visit. I have also passed on
your web address to a number of friends who intend visiting Greece.
Thanks and congratulations once again.
Regards
Frank Theron
Cape Town
South Africa
Oct.5, 2002
Dear Matt:
We just returned from a 3 week trip to Greece. The information on your
website was excellent. We followed your advise and utilized a Greek Travel
Agency (Dolphin-Hellas), who you recommended. Uli provided tons of
information and made all of our hotel and ferry reservations at a lower rate
than we could do ourselves on the internet or via fax. When we were not
happy with a hotel we chose, we called Uli in Athens and she immediately
switched us to a more suitable hotel. What a trip saver!
All of your website info was right on for Athens, the mainland, the Greek
Islands, and the hotels.
Thanks for making a good trip into a fantastic trip.
Sincerely,
John & Judy Stoll
Sophia -
THANKS so much !!!
We just returned home to New York State and had a great honeymoon in
Greece.
Your help with arrangements was super.
The overnight ferry to Corfu was a good idea - we arrived well rested
and ready to explore (altho Patra was a bit intimidating at night with
all the restless young boys ready to cause trouble!). The hotel in
Pelekos was very nice (keep in mind for the future that everything there
is in German - printed materials, tv, tourist info..) and we really
enjoyed the entire island... Paleokastrista seemed like the best place
to be on the island for folks interested in staying outside Corfu Town.
Santorini was as beautiful as everyone says ! The Cosmopolitan is
excellent (the best accomodations we had in all of Greece) and we fully
endorse it. Your recommendation was great and we'd tell everyone to
stay there. Thank you very much.
We weren't crazy about the Hotel Adrian once back in Athens but it was
okay. the location is convenient but I think they have bed bugs !
Again, we are very appreciative of all your help making our last minute
arrangements.
You were efficient, friendly and insightful. Thanks.
Jill Casey & Richard Alexander
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