Customer experiences and reviews for Scandinavian Packages

Mike Ross Travel, MI, USA, Classic tour of Scandinavia, Sep 2011

www.mikerosstravel.com
Thanks so much for this wonderful tour.  My passengers were very happy with everything, including the hats. I wore mine when I ran the next day; worked great.

I value your professionalism, organization, promptness, courtesy and kindness.  I work with many, many agencies and have found very few in 30 years of service that are your equal. I look forward to working with you in the future.

The stars of the tour; back row left to right: Bart and Judy Stackpole, Mary Jo Clemons, Terry and Cathy Julian; front row John and Becky Dykstra. My thanks to these wonderful, patient and flexible people. They made every day special. All the best, MIKE

Link to more pictures on Mike's blog

Shrikant and Neelima Marathe, Pune, India Customized tour of Scandinavia, Aug 2011

Myself and my wife had a fantastic experience with the Scandinavian Tour arranged by Scandinavian Packages of Stockholm. Right from the time we contacted them it was a wonderful experience. We were rightly guided in making our tour plan.

All the arrangements were perfect including hotel bookings and transportation. All the places of visit were fantastic. Just because of their guidance, we did not have to waste any time and could utilize our limited time optimally.

Many thanks to the team who helped us in enjoying a memorable trip to the dreamland, Scandinavia.

Vanna & Marisa, USA, Customized tour of Scandinavia, July 2011

I wanted to drop you a quick e-mail to tell you how much I have enjoyed the trip that you planned for Marisa and me.

Everything worked to perfection, the timing, the hotels, the sightseeing tours that you planned for us.

The only glitch was the Finnish tour we had to take in St.Petersburg for lack of an english speaking tour.  We enjoyed it anyway, the guide felt very bad about us not understanding, so she kept pointing to places, and speaking slowly in those instances!!  

Everyone was very kind and helpful wherever we went, so sad that we were in Oslo the day before the terrible tragedy, we offered our sympathy to many Norwegians those days.  

I loved Stockholm, a true beautiful capital city!  I will definitely recommend you for anyone interested in traveling to Scandinavia.  I had my first taste of cruises, albeit short ones, but it was perfect.  Again, thanks for all your help and patience with us, and have a great day!  Vanna

Bob & Frances Kemp, San Diego, CA USA, Classic tour of Scandinavia, May 2011

Now this is the way to travel!

Although I (Bob) had lived in Denmark before, Frances had never been to Scandinavia. The goal was to give her the widest-possible exposure to the scenic and cultural delights. This well-arranged tour certainly did the job.

During the several months of planning we tweaked and tweaked and tweaked again until I thought for sure the Staff would snarl at us. But they never did; always patient, understanding and completely helpful. I have never encountered such competent people before in any occupation.

The arrangements for hotels, taxis, tours, planes, boats and trains were perfect; couldn't possibly have been this successful on our own. When you have less than 2 full weeks at your disposal, you need to have no wasted time. We made it through the highlights of Denmark, Norway, Sweden & Finland (Helsinki only) in this limited time.

Our huge thanks to the folks at Scandinavian Packages. We will recommend your services to anyone and everyone.


Bob faced some issues in using US credit cards in some of the Scandinavian cities. Here is an article sent in by Bob for the benefit of fellow card card users from US..we highly appreciate your contribution Bob!

T V Ramaswamy, India, Customized Scandinavia May 2011

Thanks for a wonderful vacation - which is meticulous, hazzle free, highly professional.

The pick up drop at all places is amazing and worth very best compliments.

Derek and Kasiya, Thailand, Ice Hotel Package, Mar 2011

We would like to say a very big THANK YOU for your help with our Honeymoon.
It was the first time we tried having a
’packaged deal’ holiday and we had a wonderful time.  Everything was ontime, the service was great and the Ice Hotel was amazing.  We were also very lucky as we got to see the Northern Lights.
If you ever come to Bangkok please let us know so we can buy you a beer in our Microbrewery –  www.the-londoner.com  it would be our pleasure.

Bauman family, USA, 4 Capitals of Scandinavia, Jan 2011

I'm writing to thank you for planning an amazing trip to  Scandinavia for our family. Every travel connection was perfect and we  loved all of the hotels that you selected for us... Please feel free to pass along my email address to any other potential American customers who would like to hear more about our experience. Thank you again for answering all of my questions during the planning stages.

Arathi and K.V. Adiga, India, Classic tour of Scandinavia Sep 2010

We had splendid tour of Scandinavia,It was really great and well organized tour. Your arrangements were superb. We have not faced any problem in taxi pick up, hotel check in or in any conducted tours.

We never felt we left alone, virtually you guys taken good care of us.

Punctuality,arrangement,selection of hotel and its locations,pre vouchers and detailed itinerary are well appreciated.

Shelley Clark, WA, USA, Customized Scandinavia with St Petersburg Aug 2010

All the arrangements went off perfectly - thank you we had a great time.  One thing to note is that the cruise ship to St Petersburg is a "senior citizen" crowd. They really didn't cater to anyone under 60 especially nothing to to onboard for young adults.

I will definitely recommend your services to my friends.

Parag Dhumane, France, Nagvekar's India -Customized Scandinavia July 2010

I am writing this to express my sincere thanks to the whole team of 'Scandinavia Packages' for managing the whole tour so professionally but always with a personal touch. We were advised to include some destinations in our program and these turned out to be 'fantastic'..We had the whole program of the tour well in advance,point by point. And more importantly , it was complied by very meticulously.

The taxis were always there waiting for us, well ahead of time. The hotels were absolutely superbly located, in the heart of the town. That saved lot of time  All the hotel rooms were spacious and clean, the staff was courteous. The town passes  gave us unlimited access to public transport with free entry to almost all the tourist destinations, so we could visit everywhere the way we wanted.

The MS Crown of Scandinavia was a great cruise ship.Great food, Great music, Great people, Great journey, simply great..Fjord cruise was exceptionally nice. Flam, Myrdal was differently beautiful...

Overall , this personalized tour had so much to offer. Adventure,beauty and great photography opportunities for a youth like me and a content, relaxing and wholesome experience for my uncle-aunt. The whole credit goes to SP for making it a success.

I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND  SCANDINAVIA PACKAGES TO   ANYONE WANTING TO TOUR THAT PART OF THE WORLD.

Roas and Khiang Seow, USA, August 2010, Customized trip of Scandinavia

We’re back home. Still a bit jet-lagged. We wanted to thank you again for coming to our rescue when our younger son lost his Stockholm Card on our second day in Stockholm.  Your effort to find a solution to our problem is more than we ever expected.We are so glad we chose Scandinavian Packages to help us with our trip to Scandinavia.

When we first came upon your website, we were encouraged by the positive reviews of your previous customers. We appreciated your always prompt response to our emails with questions regarding lodging options, transportation options, etc. and your ability to work with our lodging preferences. All the hotels  you offered were centrally located and met or exceeded our expectations. In fact, we were upgraded  to a penthouse suite in Bergen (First Hotel Marin) and our kids got a room with a harbor view and their own set of white bath robes. The taxis arranged by your company to bring us to and from the various hotels were on time.  The e-vouchers you sent us for our hotels, tours, cruise ship from Copenhagen to Oslo, train ride from Oslo to Flam, express cruise from Flam to Bergen, etc. were readily accepted with no complications. Your instructions that came with the itinerary were a great help. In short, we had a wonderful vacation as you took care of all the logistics.

We would definitely recommend Scandinavian Packages to friends, family and anyone else wanting a problem free trip.

Nigel and Yvonne Goodacre, Australia, August 2010, Classic tour of Scandinavia

Yvonne and I have just returned to Australia after our tour of Europe and would like to thank you for arranging our Scandinavian section of our trip.All the hotels were good and the taxi pickups were all on time. The telephone call to us in Copenhagen at our first hotel was particularly reassuring.

Thank you once again and we would definitely recommend Scandinavian Packages to others.

Maelly Lew, August 2010, Hamilton Canada, Customized trip of Scandinavia

Thank you for arranging a wonderful trip for us. The hotels were all centrally located so that it made it easy for us to get around to the sights, museums and attractions. The city passes really saved us a lot of time and money. We had many full days with lots to see and do.

The transfers were perfect! We were picked up and dropped off at all the right times and places. We had absolutely no difficulties with the vouchers for the hotels, city passes, train, ferry and the overnight cruise. Everything went off like clockwork.

If we should visit the Scandinavian countries again, we will certainly use your services.

Ana Claudia Araujo, Brazil, Aug 2010, Scandinavia with St Petersburg

The trip was fantastic!!! No trouble, no mistakes, no mis anything and lots, lots of nice moments. Many thanks for organizing it in such nice way for us.

Don and Pamela Jacobson,Illinois, USA , June 2010, Classic tour of Scandinavia

It has been two weeks since we returned, and I wanted to send you a note to thank you for all of the hard work you put into creating a wonderful trip for us.  We remember it every day.

All of the hotels were excellent, although the party-goers in the street outside of our room at the Rica in Oslo did keep us up until about 3 AM.

The Stockholm, Bergen and Oslo passes were excellent values and made moving around town very convenient.

Our cab ride from Arlanda was easily the fastest I have ever been driven (140KPH!)! The metro (T) in Stockholm was incredible.  The trams in Oslo were excellent!

Had outstanding dinners.  The restaurant in the First Hotel in Stockholm was excellent.  We also ate at Trannen.  I had a scotch at Akkurat.  Surrounded as we were by the preparations for the wedding, we were enthralled by Skansen and the Vasa museum.  In Bergen we ate at To Kokkor—an outstanding experience and caught an organ recital at the Dom Kirche.  The fjords?  What can I say…stunning… overpowering…inspiring.  Then Flam and the Flambana.  Followed by the train from Myrdal.  And in Oslo, we dropped into the restaurant at the Hotel Bristol for an exceptional meal.  Had fun in the Ice Bar, too. Stood in awe at the sculptures.  Saw the Fram and Kon Tiki and were impressed by the film at the Norwegian Maritime Museum.

Ultimately, all I can say is that we were pleased at every stage.  And that is thanks to you.

We are hoping to pull together a presentation to give at our local library to others who may be interested.  I have attached a photo of us, a picture taken in Gamla Stan as well as one of our favorite views taken from the Flambana…

Thank you again for making this trip one of our great life experiences.

Don Jacobson

PS:  I appreciated, especially, your patience.

Naganath, Jyoti, Prahalad & Bhairavi, Mumbai, India Customized , May 2010

Having done a lot of research and reading quite a lot on destination SCANDINAVIA, we were looking for a travel company to plan our trip and make our bookings there. Unfortunately in India, tour to Scandinavian countries is uncommon and there are no travel agencies that provide reliable information.

What made things difficult for us was the fact that we wanted  to follow a defined itinerary which included places like  Balestrand, Flam, Malmo and Tallinn.

At this point, we were lucky to hit upon your website where you offered to customize our itinerary. We appreciate your valuable advice at various stages of our planning and prompt replies to our numerous queries. Our 16 day trip spanning 5 countries (Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Norway and Denmark) with our children was a dream fulfilled. The hotels booked for us in each of the cities were centrally located, comfortable and clean. The family rooms, both in the hotels and cruise ships, were spacious. Pick ups at the  airports, cruise terminals and rail stations were on time. The city cards were the icing on the cake and helped us explore each of the cities to the maximum. Your customer friendly approach and attention to detail in meeting numerous requests and accommodating changes to plans is truly remarkable.

We have to admit that this was one of the best planned overseas trips that we have undertaken with zero glitches. We would strongly recommend “SCANDINAVIAN PACKAGES” to all those who wish to enjoy a dream holiday in exotic Scandinavia

Peter and Petra Walsh, Australia, Classic tour of Scandinavia, Sep 2009

Ana Claudia Scott, Jacksonville, Florida USA, 4 Capitals of Scandinavia June 09

I cannot thank you enough for the outstanding trip that you planned for me on the Four Capitals Tour.
From the moment I arrived, everything was ready for me.
Your immediate attention to my questions and the tour package itself made it one of the best trips ( and value)  I have ever taken. 
I recommend this tour to anyone who wants to get the full flavor of Scandinavia in a short time.

Don and Magy Martin, Adrianne Dillon USA, Scandinavia Nutshell, May 09

Thanks you so much for our wonderful trip. 
We made it home safely and without a glitch.
Everything that you arranged went "perfect" and made our trip one of the best. 
The accomodations were clean and were beyond our expectations. 
The tours and passes were so helpful and made our exploring so much easier.

Ailsa Hemsley Mar 09, UK, Ice Hotel Package), Mar 09

Just a quick note to say thank you so much for organising such a great trip to the Ice Hotel for me and Steve.
Everything worked out just fine, and it was just what we expected. 100% satisfaction!"