10/29/2026
Travel can be overwhelming, especially the planning part, and this is where Travel Professionals can be an amazing resource. One thing though is that travel professionals are not all the same and finding the right one for you can sometimes take more than one try.
My first clients came to me back in April, feeling frustrated with another company and like someone else could do better and listen. When these clients went to a competitor and they felt like they were not fully listened to because their first quote was over $22,000 and jam packed with excursions and things to do. This quote also did not include any insurance. These clients want to experience life with the locals and that is so hard to do when you are going from one tour to another without a proper break. All these clients wanted was a centralized “home base” with a couple of side trips, and from there looked at excursions and transportation. Having never been to Cambodia before I knew at once that I was going to need to reach out to a couple of my suppliers to see what they had on offer. Immediately I ran into the same problem, excursion filled and not a lot of down time with a cost of over $23,000. At this point I knew we needed a sit-down face-to-face conversation.
When the client arrived, we sat down for 4 hours going over all the research that they had already done and at this point I knew that they had a vision and that it was going to have to be something I put in the time to do. I made notes, mini calendars, shuffled dates, priced things out individually, priced things that I could package together, and I produced a couple of options for the outline of the trip. This outline included dates, locations, and hotels as well as a couple of different side trip options as specific airports had been requested for connections and side trips.
Wondering what they booked and what price I was able to get these clients? Well, here is the breakdown:
- Flights from Edmonton to Phnom Penh
- Private airport pick up direct to the hotel
- 2 nights in the first hotel so they can get more adjusted to the time and climate.
- Private driver to take them back to the airport
- Flights to Siem Reap where they will have a private driver pick them up at the airport and take them to the hotel where they will spend the next 5 nights.
- While in Siem reap they will be doing an Outdoor private tour with a trip to some amazing looking waterfalls on one day and then going to see Angkor Wat temple on a private tour that includes what I am hoping will be the most amazing sunrise this couple has seen. Both tours are only the clients and the guide.
- The clients will then be taken in a private car to the airport so they can then fly back to Phnom Pehn. While in Phnom Pehn, the clients will be traveling and seeing the Udong Mountain and Silk Island.
- The clients will then depart on a couple-hour-long drive and then take a ferry to spend a week in a resort on the beach.
- After the resort stay the clients will then travel back to Phnom Pehn and spend a few nights back there before finally flying home to Canada.
As you can see there is lots of time to live like the locals and just explore.
Total cost: ~$12,500 and that is for four weeks! Want to live vicariously through my clients? Check back throughout November and I will be posting my client's photos as I get them!
Want to build your own travel package like this to meet your needs please contact me at [email protected] or 825-461-6105
