Avant-Garde Travel

Our honeymoon trip to Greece & Italy was amazing-thanks to Aimee! Aimee met with us and emailed numerous times to hear our wants and, based on our input, revised our itinerary several times. All of her hotel selections were great, activity recommendations were fantastic, and coordinated transfers were seamless. She also stayed very engaged during our trip, including making us difficult-to-get reservations and finding us an alternative tour when our original tour was cancelled last minute. Highly recommended, and we look forward to using her for a future trip!
May 7th, 2023

Mar 19th, 2023

I worked with Aimee for the first time this summer. She helped plan a family trip to Spain for me, my dad, and my aunt. She created a flexible itinerary for all of us to enjoy across 3 cities. We stayed at amazing hotels with great locations and local small group tours in each place. We left each city without feeling like there was something that we missed out on. I will definitley work with Aimee again in the near future as my love for travel continues to grow.
Nov 14th, 2022

Our recent experience with Aimee Leon and Avant-Garde Travel was simply exceptional in every way. Aimee listens and gathers the essence of the trip you envision and then delivers a fantastic itinerary. Her deep expertise in all aspects of international travel becomes obvious immediately and she navigates any hurdles with skill. She shows significant insight for all things travel. The detailed, interactive web-based itinerary was invaluable throughout the trip. We wanted to build a bucket-list trip to the Arctic Circle to view the Northern Lights across Norway and Iceland. Our local travel agent utterly failed to in her attempt to help us plan this trip. We reached out to Avant-Garde after finding them on a web search and Aimee contacted us quickly. Within hours we knew we were in the right hands and well on our way to an unforgettable adventure. Aimee put together a first-rate itinerary of accommodations and activities. I'm super picky about travel -- suggestions she made along the way were excellent. Unfortunately, the very first leg of our outbound flight failed causing us to miss the infrequent connection to the Arctic Circle in Norway. When I contacted the emergency number Aimee and her assistant were already aware and working on alternatives. I fed her suggestions to the Delta gate agent who arranged to quickly rebook us on another carrier that would allow us to arrive in Norway - a bit worse for wear - within hours of our original schedule. Having a safety net like this to deal with the inevitable issues that accompany travel is priceless. When we begin to design our next adventure, we will absolutely put the details in the competent hands of Aimee Leon and Avant-Garde Travel.
Apr 13th, 2023

First off, I hate to travel. The headaches involved just don't make it worth it. So when my wife said in September that she wanted to do Athens and Rome with our two teenages over the Christmas break, I thought she was nuts. I ended up calling around to several agencies, but none were really a good fit - we prefer to go at our own speed and I absolutely DESPISE group tours. I really just wanted it done our way. When I reached Amy, that all changed. She laid out so many options for us to choose from, set us up with private tour guides, stayed within our budget, and ultimately planned a trip for us that my family will never forget. Every part was thought through, the tour guides she set us up with seemed to genuinely enjoy their jobs, and the trip was just amazing. Perhaps most surprising? Thank's to Aimee's hard work, my family actually had a chance to relax and just enjoy being together as a family. That kind of thing just doesn't happen with two teenagers. I'm already looking forward to our next trip.
Jan 10th, 2023