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Hey guys,
Had a wonderful time & look forward to my next zoom vacation.

Greg, Bowling Green , KY

 

                         
     

Thanks so much for a wonderful vacation!  We had a great time...fun, craziness, beautiful country, good food, gorgeous people and we even managed to fit in some relaxation too!  All the right ingredients for an incredible week.

Thanks again and keep doing what your are doing!!

We miss you,
Evan and Cezar, New York City

This was our first group travel experience. Til now we prefered just travel by ourself. The Zoom Trip to Rio followed by Paraty has been absolutly fantastic. Your organisation was just perfect and all highlights of this trip were great. We like very much your concept based on a nice mixture of organised group activities and freetime for ourselfs. We'll certainly join in a next future another Zoom-Vacations trip. Thanks to you Bryan and Joel,  

Patrick and Alex, Brittan, France
                         
     

We really enjoyed meeing you and Joel - and we had a terrific time with Zoom.    You both have so much energy and made lasting memories and friendships for us - THANKS!!!

Kevin & I are still discussing our "next" vacation - but I'm hoping to round up a few of our friends to join us with Zoom.   So, I'll keep in touch with you.

John, Erie, PA

                         
     

Dear Bryan and Joel,

As you know, my friends recently took the Zoom Vacation to Guatemala on my suggestion. That was nearly a month ago, and they haven't shut up since! "We thought the first hotel was great, but the last hotel was a former convent and..... Yadda, yadda, yadda....they made their own candles. The museums were unbelievable.....the sculpture...the weavings...the ancient structures....the murals that are still being uncovered...the whole cultural experience"....yah, yah,yah.

Oh, and don't forget the fellow travelers....."Tom was so great to talk with and he picked up everyone's bar bill....and Lou was such a sweet man. Jason was brilliant....the tour guides were so informed and helpful.....the hotel people were so accommodating. And of course, Joel and Bryan are so energetic, knowledgeable, sweet, fun, etc.etc.

I guess the only thing I can do is go on another Zoom Vacation and get the revenge of talking their ear off.

Patrick, Minneapolis
                         
     

I just wanted to thank you both and let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed the holiday in Rio for Carnaval and Paraty.  Totally AWESOME!!!!  Your trip was extremely well organized and thought out.  The attention to detail and the needs of your guests always seemed to be your top priority.  During the entire trip there was not a care in the world and I was able to relax knowing that everything had been taken care of.  Having you both a part of the trip seemed like traveling with old friends.   I have been wanting to take one of your trips for years and will definitely be a repeat traveler in the future.  Anxiously looking forward the next opportunity.

Obrigado! Mark Ferguson, Houston
                         
      Thanks to you and Joel for creating an environment where I had little to do but enjoy myself and not worry about the small details. It was a memorable trip and a great way to bring in the New Year.

Dan, NYC
                         
     

We had a wonderful time. I truly can't imagine a more magical trip.
I've given your name and web address to a number of people, so hopefully we can send a little business your way.

I've sent some pictures of us at the ruins [Ruins of Tikal in Guatemala]. I thought they'd be great, but I truly feel like they're something everyone needs to see at some point in their lifetime... just to put things in perspective.

Colby Smith, Philadelphia

                         
     

Thanks again for a phenomenal trip!!!!  GREAT job guys, and I will definitiely reccommend your services to everyone looking to travel.

Cheers, ADAM, Boston
                         
     

Thanks very much for a wonderful time in Rio!

I'll certainly be travel with you guys again, providing you will have me. I've met some lovely people and made some great friends on this trip.

I really didn’t know what to expect as this was my first ‘Tour Operated’ vacation of any kind.

Zoom Vacations where supportive, but not intrusive.

Their sole concern is to enhance your experience of Rio de Janeiro and they certainly succeed this mission.

Zoom’s attention to detail is immaculate.

Chris, London, England

Hello Bryan,
 
You two guys are truly "Zoom Vacations"  The very people we met in Washington are the very same guys I had the pleasure of hanging out with for a week in Rio. 
 
Where do I begin?  When you chat with most gay men about taking a gay group tour, the primary point of reference is the circuit party cruise ships, which for me, was not what I was looking for.
 
I was totally amazed by the eclectic profile of this  group. Many of these individuals I would not have had the opportunity to meet had it not been for this trip.  Many of us travel in different social circles, are separated by vast amounts of geography, have differences in style/taste/physical attributes. Each arrived in Rio with a preconceived idea of what experience would provide them. But very quickly, melded in a harmoniously balanced group.
 
Over my many years in business, I have come to realize that the leader/leaders set the tone of an organization.  From the first point of contact, you and Joel worked as a well balanced team. While each of you have areas of strength, the clearly defined message was that you had committed to plan, orchestrate and , execute a superlative vacation for a group of 40+ well traveled men. This within itself, would has scared off most business partners.  I have to give you guys a 10+, and not for the items on the opinion survey.  Where you two stand head and shoulders about the rest, is you genuine interest, concern and connection to each member of the group.  At almost every event, I stood back and watched one of you spend more time with an individual than you had to spare at the minute.  But, the true professional in you, helped you realized that what was most important is that everyone felt included.  Boy, I teach at hospitality school, and we have so missed the boat as an educational system, failing to make this very trait the corner stone of the Hospitality Industry.
 
As you grow your organization, please make sure that the new players understand what makes Zoom Vacations so successful.  We, the 40+ guys from Rio, did not book a gay holiday with some travel company.... we booked a travel experience with Brian and Joel. We were recognized as individuals, then made to feel so comfortable that we let go of the details with unquestionable confidence that everything was and would be taken care of, and of  course never disappointed.
 
Several of us commented that we never saw you with list, paper, organizational tools or franticly on the phone working on arrangements.  Being in a related industry, I fully understand what goes on behind the scenes.  But you two always were apart of the action, front, center and involved in the experience.   
 
Ok, I know you have many more important things to do than read an endless email from me... so I'll wrap this up,  thank for what you do,  thank you for attracting such an awesome group of guys, thank you for taking such great care of each of us, thank you for helping me make some really great new friends,  and finally and on a personal note, thank your for the environment you created during the trip, it made addresses some of my own insecurities. 
 
Finally, the highest compliment I can pay you is to let you know that I will be traveling with you and Joel again very soon.  Most likely I'll make the Costa Rica trip in May and I really want to go on the South Africa experience in September. But rest assured, I would love to have a stack of your business cards so that I can pass them out to my friends. 
 
Thank you for everything,

Randy, Washington DC

 

Thanks again for the great trip!!! The recognition is really from our side for a great time once again well organized.

John and Benoit, Paris
You guys really are the best.  I am a student of success (i.e., I study successful people and how they got that way.)  It is not remarkable that you and Joel are so successful because you are doing all the right things.  But so few people do the right things so consistently.  And I think that is especially true in the travel business.  It is not easy to make travel arrangements go seamlessly for 40 people--and for you to still be having a good time (or at least look like you’re having a good time) all the while is pretty amazing.  I know just controlling travel for two can be stressful.  When you guys hired an extra bus in Cusco to carry baggage, that was great customer service.  You went the extra mile to avoid what could have been a messy situation.  And everything you did was done with such a personal touch.

Phillip, NYC

Flying home was sad.  The great time had ended and the only cure is to go again.  I'm working on the calendar to see what I can do later this year and maybe New Years again... but don't want to wait a whole year. You do a great job at creating an environment that brings out the happiness inside us all.

 
Thanks so very much, Russ, Tucson

   
 

Thank you all for making Brazil an exciting adventure.  Y’all really produce a fine vacation.  Everything was top of the line and seemed effortless. I was a bit shy about not having one special person to share it with and found I had a lot of very special people to share the holiday with.

And Thank You, Joel and Bryan for creating the magic!

Will, Santa Barbara

                         
   
 

I made it home and have been thinking about the wonderful time I had in Brazil.  Thanks again for another great trip.

Gary, Mizak, San Francisco

                         
   
 
Dear Bryan and Joel, 
Thanks you so much for a wonderful trip and an amazing New Years Eve! I have to say that this trip surpassed every expectation I had, which is why I felt compelled to write you and let you know.  
As a  busy real estate agent I do not have time to plan vacations.  Because my focus is on my clients I do not have time to have to worry about the details of my personal travels, especially when going to a foreign country.  Having someone else handle everything ensured that I would have a much better trip than had I done this on my own. 
I really loved everything about it. I loved that it was organized and I loved the actual activities and events that you created.  People I met in Rio were literally jealous when I told them about everything that we were doing, like the over-the-top beach party and champagne sunset cocktail party on top of Sugarloaf Mountain.  The helicopter tour during that party was an unbelievable, fabulous touch.  Honestly, I can’t imagine a better trip to Rio.

In a world where so many companies over-promise and under-deliver, it is refreshing to find one that greatly over-delivers. Thank you so much for all the extra work you put in to make this vacation special for all of us.

Chad Duda, Chicago
                         

Bryan and Joel,

You are rock stars! Thanks again for such a great trip. It was great spending time with you both and being part of such a great, well-thought-out week. And how nice to come back to work so refreshed and revived. And yes, I'll be talking up Zoom Vacations to all of my friends!

Steve Schaeffer, NYC

 

Thanks Guys, for a great trip!

Larry and I both had a great time...thanks for your professionalism and great options which really made this week special.

Sam Coady, Chicago

Joel and Bryan
 
I was sorry to miss you before you left for the next leg and wanted to say a huge thank you for everything about the Rio trip. I was hoping for a great time and the whole event exceeded all my expectations!  I had a completely fabulous time and can't thank you enough for your efforts.  I don't think I will ever forget New Years Eve on Copacabana beach with a million of my closest friends.... ankle deep in the ocean in my white kilt making offerings of white gladioli to the Ocean goddess!! Surreal or what!!
I hope you managed to have some fun too - I'd be happy to forward a few photos if that would be of interest/use?
Many thanks again - I hope I can join you on another Zoom vacation sometime soon

Cheers, Roly Woods, Washington DC
   
 

Dear Bryan

Jared and I had an absolute blast on the trip. You and Joel not only do a marvelous job of making everyone feel like they're part of a big family, but you guys feel more like fellow travelers than tour operators. Dany [Zoom's Rio Concierge] is really a special guy as well. His genuine friendliness and big old smile just brightened up each day. We just want y'all to know that Zoom is a very special company and that you haven't seen the last of us.

Ralph de Ayala, Laredo, TX

 

The Rio trip was magnificent. All the events were so much fun and well thought out to the smallest detail. As you know, I went with Zoom on my own and did not know anyone before going on the trip. The whole time I was on the Zoom vacation I never once felt lonely or like I was not part of the group. The entire time it seemed as though I was hanging out and having a great time with close friends.  You and Joel are the best! Thanks for organizing such an amazing trip!

James McGruber, San Diego
 

I want to tell you both thanks so much for a wonderful time. Everyone was very nice! I know that we will be recommending you guys and hopefully another vacation for us soon in the future.

Shawn Smith, NYC

Gino and I had so much fun traveling with you, Joel and Zoom. We're already talking up Zoom to all our City Cafe restaurant customers!

Bruce Bodie, DC

Thank you for a great trip!

I loved how everything was taken care of and there were so many pleasant surprises.  For instance, I don't know if I wasn't paying attention to all the details before the trip or what, but things like the sunset helicopter cocktail party were so much cooler than I even imagined. The opening dinner was such a fun party, and the perfect ice-breaker to start the trip.  It exceeded its purpose of getting the group to mingle and get to know each other. It was perfect. Everything that was planned had such a WOW factor to it. I look forward to coming with Zoom Again soon!

Fernando Diaz-Cruz, NYC

The attention to fine details also set this trip apart from any other one that we’ve been on. The destination and itinerary alone were incredible but the camaraderie that developed made this a very special trip.

Blake Synowski and Tom Zupner, San Diego

To this day, the trip to Buenos Aires was by far the best that I've done. I still rave about it to friends and family. I felt so comfortable with everyone on the trip. Everyone was friendly, the food was delicious, and Bryan's wonderful energy made me feel so welcomed. I felt like I was on vacation with long lost friends. For me, Iguacu was absolutely the most beautiful place I have seen so far.

Peter Melendez and Carl Armideo, Philadelphia
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