Rebecca Skevaki

Rebecca did a fabulous job planning our holiday. So many highlights ... Having our transportation all pre-arranged was heaven. The drivers were all very professional, cars were spotless and driving was excellent. A highlight day was in Santorini with Lazarus. We had such a fun day seeing the island from his eyes....

I hope I do this justice with my lack of written skills. We loved our trip. I have always planned my own travels, even international. This was my first time using any kind of travel service including kimkim.com. All I can say is that it was fabulous. The planning was an easy interactive process between us and our specialist Rebecca Skevakis.

Deposits and final payment was handled online and very easy. We received a very comprehensive trip app that had all our information to include city guides, tickets for planes, trains and activities. All of the transfers were by private car and everyone was on time, and we had several.

We started by arriving in Athens Greece, we were met by a representative who gave us an overview of how things worked, along with a nice gift of goodies. After this we left on our flight to Santorini. There our driver met us and drove us to out hotel. We had several wonderful events; half day on a catamaran sailboat visiting sites around the caldera with wonderful service and food. We did a Sights and Wine tour and Lazarus was a fantastic and intensely knowledgeable guide. He has a very genuine love of Thira and its history. The food and wine on this trip was more than we had expected, very top notch. There was also included a detailed hike guide to go along the cliff side trail between Fira and Oia, we had this planned in our travels but decided to use the time to see more of Oia.

Our trip took us to Athens next where we had a great guided tour of the Acropolis, our Guide Nicholas was not only knowlable but has spent most of his career involved in the restorations. The Acropolis is a sight as the sun sets.

A highlight was a trip out to Delphi, it is a long trip there and back but our guide and driver was very knowalgable. The ruins were breathtaking and we had a nice meal afterwards before the return trip.

After our speedy Athen nights it was off to Italy for a week. Again the transfers to the airport and hotels were flawless. The trip app updates automatically with flight information and gate updates. We arrive and Naples and our driver Pasquale was there to meet us. We drove to Pompeii for another guided tour, our guide was a wealth of knowledge and very entertaining. Pasqual drove us on to our hotel in Sorrento pointing out history and sights along the way.

Our Sorrento leg as was dampened a bit by some rain and wind which canceled our ferry to Capri but the next day it was perfect. Ferry company did not make the change very easy, this is the one and only negative of the trip, a small one in the bid scheme of things.

Off to Revello for a couple of nights, our driver once again was Pasquale. We made the drive along the Amalfi coast road with a short unplanned stop to see some of Positano. This was unplanned but Pasquale was nice enough to make it work out. We did not have any pre planned activities in Ravello but used the city guide provided in the trip App to find places to eat and see. The Villa Rufolo and Cimbrone are the must see sights. One day we also walked down to Amalfi from Ravello, about and hour and a half with our stops to take pictures. We opted to take a taxi back, wimps I know!

Finally it was time to start our journey home. The drive from Ravello to the Naples train station was by our favorite, Pasquale. It was nice having the same drive for all these transfers. It was the same in Santorini and Athens, the drivers were the same for arrival and departure.

The high speed train between Naples and Rome was nice and out transfer to our hotel by the Rome airport was uneventful. We had seen Rome on other trips so as we like to do we stay at a hotel at the airport to allow for a less hectic departure day.

I highly recommend kimkim for your travels. I was apprehensive because I thought I was always saving lots of money doing it all on my own. Well I am here to tell you the extra paid for the services is not terrible and worth every penny for two reasons. One, the headache of getting from airport or train station to hotels or between cites is a time saver because it is all taken care of. There is know searching for a taxi or bus, waiting in long lines, guessing if the taxi is charging too much. Second the communication between us and Rebecca our travel specialist was so nice, its concierge service for the entire trip.

We just got back from our dream trip to Greece. Working with Rebecca at KimKim was a pleasure and all her suggestions and bookings were fabulous. We loved the places she picked for us to stay. We started our trip in Athens after getting off a 10 day cruise. We spent 2 nights in Athens then our rental car was delivered to the hotel and we started our next adventure. While in Athens we did two wonderful tours. First was going to Private Cape Sounion & the Temple of Poseidon Sunset Tour. This was a great chance to get out of the city with our guide and to see a beautiful sunset at a magical historic site. The second day we did Athens - Myths & Tales and Acropolis Walking Tour (Private Tour). Having an Archaeologist walk you through the Acropolis is a bonus. He realized I was having walking issues with my knee and was able to have me take an elevator to the top of the Acropolis! I would never have thought that was an option but it was and it was a glass elevator that faced the entire city. Once we left Athens, the plan was exactly what we wanted and having everything set up and prepared for us worked exactly as planned. Our favorite place to stay was Mazaraki Guesthouse. It was an unexpected gem that we loved! Also on our last night, I requested staying in a place with an Acropolis view from our room and we were not disappointed staying at Herodion Hotel. We were able to sit in the hot tub on the roof and enjoy looking at the Acropolis above. It was amazing. The only thing I regretted, and this was my decision, was to not have a guide at each historic site. We only used the Archaeologist on some of the sites and skipped others to save some money. That was a big mistake. I highly recommend having a guide at each site so you learn the rich culture and insight rather than feeling like this is just another castle or ruins. I highly recommend using the experience and knowledge KimKim offers. We did rent a car and drove ourselves around. It was easy to drive and follow our maps app. Drivers in Greece are a little risk takers when passing on the highways but nothing that we couldn't handle. There were a few times going up to the different sites was a bit scary as there was no shoulder or barrier on the cliff side but all in all I would recommend driving yourself to have the added freedom to stop along the way.

My wife and I decided to book our honeymoon to Greece with KimKim and Rebecca and could not have been happier about the decision! Reecca was so helpful from the initial planning stage, to the end and took all the pressure off of us for deciding on where to go, what to do, booking and execution of all the details. She had a number of phone calls with us beforehand to make sure we were crafting the perefect trip that included everything we wanted. Our trip included several different desitnations (island hopping in greece) packed into a short amount of time. It was not simple to plan and we were very impressed with the seamlessness of all of the travel logistics, airport pickups, hotel bookings, etc. Rebecca was incredibly responsive throughout the entire trip for questions about anything that came up and she was a pleasure to work and communicate with.

Absolutely would reccomend to anyone considering using KimKim/Rebecca for a trip to Greece or elsewhere! We will certainly be doing so again in the future!

Thank you Kim Kim for a fabulous trip to Greece.
Every aspect of trip was brilliant.
The pre planning and holiday design with Rebecca was perfect, we achieved our holiday goals and have many places we would like return to. It was a great introduction to Greece.
Gina - Met us on our first night in Athens fo r a welcome coffee & introduction to city, a great gesture after travelling 32 hours from NZ
George- we loved the food tour, your wealth of knowledge on Greek food, Greek culture and the universe in general, great company.
Nicholas- Thank you for your fascinating tour of the Acropolis. We followed up the next day with a trip to the Acropolis Museum, which completed the experience.
We left Greece with wonderful Memories and we will return. Thank you

Rebecca (and her team at GrecianLux) was an absolutely amazing person to work with in making our honeymoon to Greece everything we wanted and more. She was super responsive any time we had questions during the planning process and made sure to provide us with helpful tips that made the trip go so smoothly. And she stayed super responsive throughout the trip. When we missed our driver at the Athens airport, Rebecca had a new driver to us in 3 minutes. And the few times we wanted to make last minute changes to reservations, Rebecca and her team were incredible with making sure there were no issues at all. We will definitely be planning our next trip to Greece with Rebecca and Grecian Lux. 10/10, highly recommend.

Activity Review

Santorini - Walk, Drink, Eat Sunset Small Group Tour

Santorini

This was one of the best walking tours we have ever done. Gus was so much fun, had tons of really interesting history about the island and culture, and showed us amazing food throughout. If you are going to Santorini, this tour is an absolute must.

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Food

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Transport

Rebecca and the Grecianlux team did a phenomenal job with planning our honeymoon trip to Greece (Athens, Paros, Milos, and Santorini)! She made the process easy from start to finish, with excellent communication throughout. Our most memorable experiences were the private tours with local guides and our sailing adventure near Milos… and on top of that, our hotels were absolutely beautiful. We fell in love with Greece, and I would definitely recommend Rebecca to anyone looking for a travel specialist there!

We loved our local guides! Gina in Athens, L in Santorini and V in Paris were all excellent. We really enjoyed learning about the local culture. The tour in Paros went a little long- 8 hours.

Schedule wise, wish we had an extra day in Santorini to enjoy our pool at the hotel. I think an extra day there with splitting up the e-bike and catamaran tours so we could relax one more day there would have been nice. We were disappointed that once we were finally able to relax and wind down in Paros that our hotel didn’t have a pool. We did find the beach-Monisteri based on our guides recomendation and that was very nice. We also really enjoyed the wine tour in Santorini and worked in another wine tour in Paros at Moraitis that was excellent!

I would say that in 7 days of planning we had an excellent introduction to culture and life in Greece. We loved it and will come again!

Hotel Reviews

Elia Ermou Athens Hotel

Athina

Great location and spacious rooms with king beds! Liked the number of usb plugs. The Hotel seemed to get hot at night which didn’t lend itself to comfortable sleeping. Wish we could have made the room cooler.

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Location

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

AC units

Agali Houses Santorini

Firostefani, Santorini

The views and accommodations are exactly what I expected while there. Wish we would have had another night there to really enjoy the views and pool

Authenticity & Character

Location

Staff

Georgie who strapped 3 of our luggage pieces to his back to haul up and down the stairs for us came in early to get our luggage to our transport! Amazing!

Cleanliness & Comfort

Loved this place!

Paros Cape Suites

Paros

The staff was very nice and helpful. Could not get over the fact that there was no pool or a beach that we could use without spending extra

Authenticity & Character

New hotel. Clean. Eco friendly.

Location

Pool or their own beach would have been better.

Staff

Cleanliness & Comfort

Very comfortable rooms.

Activity Review

Welcome to Athens

Greece

Quality of Experience

Guides, Drivers and Staff

Gina or tour guide and Nickolous our Acropolis guide were excellent!

Transport