Why Work With Down Under Endeavours
Discover the South Pacific in luxurious style with Down Under Endeavours. Whether your journey encompasses adventure in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, exploring the international flavors of Sydney (Australia), or relaxing on the white sandy beaches of Fiji, you can rely on our award-winning South Pacific hospitality.
Your Tailor Made Vacation Planners
More Than A Travel Agent
Personalized Service
We are who you call when
What we are not
What we care about
Our Travelers and Our Values
Our Community Upholds The Following Values
Our Promise To You
How Do We Make Money
About Corinne Goodman, Founder of Down Under Endeavours
Your Tailor Made Vacation Planners
Our team consists of expert travel planners, passionate about good old-fashioned service, and for exploring the world's exotic destinations. They travel overseas every year, to ensure you have the most up to date unbiased information.
More Than A Travel Agent
We understand your embarking on a once in a lifetime vacation. You want a travel professional who has more insider knowledge than you could ever find on the internet, and who will ensure you get the best value for money in luxury experiences. Your hand picked consultant will make the planning process fun, informative and educational. They will guide you through dozens of websites to take you there during planning process to make sure we're matching to right hotel style, the right dive company, the right private wildlife safari guide. We hand pick and know the tour guides, and give you a chance to see the world through the eyes of a local.
Personalized Service
We understand your need for someone who listens, provide answers to help you plan, takes care of the arrangements, and makes your trip a perfect experience. An outline of how we work:
1. A traveler seeking a professional travel consultant fills out a form, describing their travel style, destinations of interest, and time of year to vacation. We then match a consultant who best fits your style and needs.
2. Both via phone or email, your travel consultant will listen to your needs, wishes, personal touches and create a completely handcrafted vacation itinerary.
3. Your trip is refined up to three times, giving you ample time for you to know your travel consultant and what they can do to make this vacation your own unique trip. Up to this point, in excess of 8 hours has been spent hand crafting your vacation.
4. Purchase your trip. A deposit is required to secure hotels, flights, private guides, dinner reservations at exclusive restaurants, etc. Not quite ready to book? Your deposit will give us an indication you like what we do and will apply 100% to your trip when you finally decide on your final vacation itinerary.
5. You take your vacation with 24-hour local support in every country just a phone call away. You will never feel like you are on the other side of the world, even though you are.
6. Welcome home, your consultant will be in touch to see how your trip went, and to invite you to share travel reviews of your hotels, tours, experiences and travel consultant with our travel community.
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We're who you call when:
- Your the person in charge of planning the honeymoon your partners always dreamed of, and you want to have the perfect balance of an overwater bungalow that faces just right for incredible sunsets, but then travel to New Zealand to hike on a glacier, black water raft, sail through fiord-lands on an overnight cruise and kayak with orcas. But you also need a unique twist, like a romantic helicopter picnic on a remote peak, or a drop off to a remote beach location just for the two of you, umbrellas, snorkeling gear, champagne and two-way radios included.
- You need to plan a multi-country vacation as a surprise for your parents 40th wedding anniversary, and you need a hotel in Sydney that you can walk to explore The Rocks precinct, offer 180-degree skyline views including the Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Oh and all 3 generations are traveling, and everyone needs to be entertained every day.
- You're heading to Australia and the outback, and you need an Aboriginal guide who will take you to a true community, to see ancient rock art that bus tours couldn't imagine traveling to, and to ensure that you have your creature comforts.
- You want a wildlife safari in Africa and you are overwhelmed after seeing so many safari camps and need the insider knowledge to know when to go for optimal viewing of the cheetah, where you need to be, and for how long. And afterwards you want to spend a few days in wine country at a romantic B&B and meet the winemaker.
- You have worked with a travel agent and you're disappointed in their attention to detail, their response time and you know what you want, when you want and need to get things done the right time, the first time.
- You are conscious about 'environmentally sustainable tourism', and you want to help us help preserve our precious world. You want to use hotels and tour operators striving for zero carbon emissions and you want to spend a day during your vacation on a private koala experience. You want to cuddle a koala, get to know about the rescued animal and plant a eucalyptus tree to help supply a much need steady food source.
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What we are not
We do not consult for a fee and leave you to best try and secure the same quality of experience. We are a full customer service company. You will not pay more for our services than what you find on the internet. We send hundreds of people to the south pacific, obtaining great deals and perks for you. We don't send you to the Great Barrier Reef off Cairns in January knowing visibility will be poor and there is a risk for a tropical storm. We work with your dream vacation checklist and offer you possible alternatives, and explain why. Ultimately the decision is yours, however you will be well informed at the time you decide. We do not charge an additional fee for our services. We build a relationship with you, work only with approximately 750 people a year to ensure you get exceptional service.
What we care about
Corinne, Echo and all of the team are passionate about meeting people and exploring the world. Many of our travelers have become dear friends. Corinne has sponsored clients who have run marathons (Jennifer has ran 15 and counting), has completed triathlons raising money for The Hoyt Foundation and is on the board of MVAT Wounded Warriors. We also realize the importance of giving something back to the world we explore. This year will see the expansion of or philanthropic options for you to help wildlife and communities if you choose, during your travels. We are open to your personal suggestions.
Visit our Philanthropic page
Our travelers and our Values
Our travelers are adventurous, romantic and individual. They seek an authentic experience, want the road less traveled yet want to see it all and want a travel company who will do all of this, plus provide value for money. We strive to fulfill all these needs. Our travelers also understand that many hours are dedicated to researching, creating and individualizing every single vacation to make sure their trip it is as unique as they are. Our volume of referrals is our best gauge of how we are fulfilling these needs. Together, we handcraft the perfect tailor-made vacation.
Our community upholds the following values:
- We all respect the time and effort each other contribute to this vacation planning process
- We keep an open and honest conversation - nothing is hidden
- We are working together to have the best experiences possible and to share those experiences with others
What Down Under Endeavours promises:
- We will offer the best experiences possible for your time frame and budget
- We will keep all of your information private and never sell any of your information
- We will exceed your expectations and you will see our destinations through the eyes of a local
How Do We Make Money?
Our revenue stems from our partnership with tours, hotels and travel providers, from the volume of people we send to them. We do not charge you a fee. In fact our long standing relationships gives us buying power and savings we pass on to you, along with exclusive personal touches. For example, you can book an overwater bungalow direct online, our clients get the overwater bungalow of slightly less than you did, extra room amenities, reservations into the hottest restaurants and a person to talk to who has been there; 24-hour local assistance, support if their flights are delayed or their passports lost, all for no additional charge. Our goal is to give you the best handcrafted vacation for time frame and budget you provide.