About A Happy Place Travel

A Happy Place Travel is a woman owned, boutique travel agency specializing in custom small group and cultural travel. Scroll (right) through this quick powerpoint document for more information. We can help you plan cruises & tours in Europe (including River Cruises), the U.S. (including River Cruises and Alaska), Canada (including rail) & the Islands (Ireland, the U.K. including Scotland & it's many islands, the Caribbean, Hawaii, etc), as well as golf trips and family trips.

We want to help you experience a destination, not just travel through it.

From custom itineraries and tours to family fun vacations and sightseeing, our highly acclaimed assistance and travel planning services can help make your vacation the trip of a lifetime. A Happy Place Travel LLC, is owned and operated by Kathie Snyders and is the parent company of It's Celtic Time! (specializing in Ireland & Scotland). Her Beyond the Crowds blog can be found here. See our Certificate of Good Standing with the state of Colorado.

Our Mission is:

to curate cultural experiences that connect travelers to their chosen destination.

Our Core Values are:

Commitment to Integrity in everything we do
Skilled relationship building
Continuing education as a business and as people

Our vision is:

To help travelers feel a connection to their destination by curating cultural experiences specifically for them.

About Kathie

You may have noticed that many business professionals take a transactional approach to sales--identifying clients, closing the deal and then moving on to the next one. I choose not to work that way because I believe you deserve more from the people you decide to work with. That’s why I work by referral. Since my primary source of new business is referrals from individuals who know and trust me, I don’t have to spend time prospecting and promoting myself. Instead, I can dedicate myself fully to the activities that benefit you most as well as always deliver truly exceptional service.
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Kathie is a full service Travel Agent, AmaWaterways River Cruise Certified, Disney Cruise Line Certified, Tourism Ireland Specialist, and a CIE Tours Ireland Expert and a Certified Sandals Specialist. Plus she is IATAN (International Airlines Travel Agent Network) Accredited.

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Jacksonville, FL
FL Seller of Travel ST15578

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Testimonials

Thank you again for your superb handling of our difficulties. Anyone can be successful when there are zero problems-you performed well under adversity and saved the trip for us with your creative solutioning. You are someone that cares about outcomes and can be relied upon- a rarity indeed!
[July 2019 Custom Family Outlander Tour of Scotland]
We cannot thank you enough! We had the most wonderful time, perhaps the best vacation we’ve ever had as a family.
All 4 of us thought the tour with Scott (from Inverness Tours) was incredible. It did wind up being a private day with just the four of us which was a real treat, and I am so glad it worked out that way. My husband and I loved it — the teenagers (who say they don’t like history) LOVED “all the stories” (which of course IS history.)
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We are all getting our feet back under us slowly, but look at photos or talk about our trip almost daily. Thank you again for everything, you helped get us organized and your help with the timing was wonderful, we couldn’t have done it without you!
[August 2nd, 2018 Family of Four Scotland Tour]
We are delighted with the tour and would recommend it to anyone. Five stars!
[June 12, 2016 Outlander Immersion Tour]
I can't believe all that you are doing. You amaze me! Thank you for all your great information and constant watching out for us.
I tell everyone I know about you and your company. I only hope some will heed our suggestions.
[June 25, 2016 Ireland & Outlander Immersion Tour]
"I should have added that the key thing you offered was personal communication, care and support!"
"Thanks as ever- we are having a great time and you are getting high marks from everyone!"
"You really are good at this and clearly this is your passion. Made me want to hop on a plane straight away."
"Fabulous information you have supplied. Thank you."
From a client who brought is family to the US: "We would like to thank you for the itinerary you had put together for us. Everything went off very well. The kids too had a great time. Hotels and the tours were great.
Special mention on the Spiderman show which was fantastic - the seats were a great selection.
We would be happy to recommend you to any of our friends planning a trip to the US.
Many people were amazed that we had managed to cover the depth and breadth of the vast US with your help.

It was time well spent planning with you."