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What's In It For Me? Travel when and how you want No set departure dates Fits in with your existing plans, or Can be the entire holiday Pay in Australian Dollars No hidden costs (taxes & other surprises on arrival) Save time searching online Know who you’re dealing with Know your money is safe Avoid language barriers & currency fluctuations Australian Travel Agent – 20 years experience Member of Travel Compensation Fund (means money you pay is protected) 24/7 support while you travel What Else Can Food and Wine Travel Offer? Food and Wine Travel is a fully licensed Australian Travel Agent, and can offer supporting travel services for your holiday. Specialty stays in chalets, villas, castles, mansions, countryside manors Boutique hotels Flights Travel insurance Transfers River cruising, Canal barging Cycling holidays, Walking holidays Rail passes including Eurail Boutique rail journeys - Eg Orient Express, Rovos Rail Who Books Food and Wine Experiences? Love of food and wine - of course! But also for .... Family reunions Anniversaries Special birthdays Honeymoons Research trips Who Books Food and Wine Holidays? Lovers of food and wine - of course! Young couples Retired couples Couples with no children Families with young children Families with adult children Special interest groups Can you give me an example of a food and wine experience? Have a little daydream.... Put your taste buds into overdrive in Paris….as your personal culinary concierge takes you on a delightful introduction to French wine and cuisine. Sip champagne at secret local wine bars, sample specialty chocolates and cheeses, enjoy a private cooking class, take a fascinating fresh food market tour, get the inside tips to top restaurants, and find the best boulangeries. Taste Paris like a local not a tourist…… What about having your own host in Madrid or Barcelona? We'll introduce you to a host who quickly becomes a friend as he proudly leads you through city streets to his favorite tapas bar. He’s a born and bred local which means everywhere you go, you're magically treated as a special guest not a tourist. Visit the market, buy fresh produce and prepare authentic regional delicacies for your lunch under the guidance of a gourmet chef. Go on a 'tasting crawl' through the streets in search of pressed olive oils, saffron and Iberico hams that melt in your mouth. And that's before you even start to think about those famous Spanish wines. Truly a ‘foodie’s heaven’ culinary experience…… What Types of Food & Wine Holidays are There? Here are just a few sample ideas to get your imagination ignited...... Wine holidays (Imagine Burgundy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Rioja, Umbria, Piedmont........any way you like it...private, self drive, villa stay, guided....) Food and wine tours (Ahhhh eating and drinking your way through gorgeous countryside) Cooking classes (Name a city!) Cooking schools in Villas (Think Provence or Tuscany!) Fresh food markets (Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Avignon) Specialty tasting tours (How can you visit Spain without tasting Iberica Ham or Italy without a Limoncello sample?) Degustation experiences (A little tast of everything - a must for all itinereries) Winemaker meetings (The real, and often times rare, inside story) Wine dinners (Picture you and your friends in a private cellar, enjoying a five course dinner complete with delightful regional wines.....) Cellar door tastings and vineyard visits (Wine buffs' delight! Up close and personal with where it happens) Gourmet holidays (Don't like wine? No stress! What if you just eat? :)) Food and Wine Travel will change how you travel, for life. What Happens Once I Know What I Want? Two options - make the idea you find online your complete holiday. If it's too short you could add two or three 'module' ideas together. Even combine countries. There is no limit to what you can do (perhaps only your time and budget!!!) OR Add it to your existing plans for travel. It's not unusual to just add a 4 or 5 day 'experience' to your current holiday. Some are 'test-driving' to see if they like the concept, others are short on time, or just want to do something different. What ever your reason you will find a module to fit nicely into your plans. Remember everything is flexible and is designed to fit in with YOU. THEN Contact Food and Wine Travel to make your plans a reality. Even if you are totally confused - pick up the phone and we will make it all easy for you. How Does Food and Wine Travel Work? Two ways - if you need ideas just use the search functions on the site to search by either 'Country' or 'Country' & 'Region', to find some tasty suggestions for your next holiday. You may find exactly what you're after - or there may be something close to what you would like to do. Either way that's fine. Everything you see on the site is perfectly flexible and can be tailored to suit you. OR If you already know where you'd like to go and what you'd like to do, just tell us! We will help fill in the gaps with lots of tasty suggestions, and give you a hand with the logistics, ensuring you have a food and wine experiences that add depth to your destination experience. You don't need to find it on the website first. We have thousands of options at our fingertips that aren't even loaded! What is Food and Wine Travel? First and foremost it's a travel agency. But there's more! It's an agency that exists solely for the purpose of creating holidays for food and wine lovers. Think Travel Agent crossed with Gourmet Traveller and Winestate Magazines with a little bit of Masterchef thrown in for fun, and you should have a vision of what's on offer! It's the lastest craze in travel and all things YUMMMM. It makes perfect sense to add our foodie and wine loving desires to our holidays. All holidays are created for YOU, which means no set departures or travelling in groups. YOU decide when to travel and HOW you'd like the experience to unfold. Each holiday is hand made. Which may lead you to think it could be expensive...........actually NO! Unlike other travel agencies, Food and Wine Travel deals directly with the people who look after you at your destination which cuts out the 'middle man' and keeps your costs surprisingly low. Not only that - on most occasions we personally know these people who host, guide, welcome, transfer, and accommodate you. That way we can ensure you get exactly the experience you're looking for. No longer will you spend hours trawling the internet for the perfect food and/or wine addition to your holiday. You won't have to guess if the company's reputable or whether your money will be well spent (and safe!). There'll be no more issues with languge barriers and foreign exchange rates - not to mention those pesky hidden taxes that seem to pop up when booking something online. Food and Wine Travel makes it simple. We source the best experiences, just for you, then put it in plain speak and ensure you know precisely what's invovled every step of the way. And by the way.... If you can't see what you want here on the website don't worry! Chances are within our international network of 'food and wine friends' we will be able to source exactly what you're after. Just ask!