
House of Travel - Tauranga

Information about House of Travel - Tauranga
3110, Tauranga
Opening hours
- Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Saturday: Closed
- Sunday: Closed
We are an award winning business that’s progressed to become Tauranga's largest travel retailer. You'll be welcomed into a 350 sq metre dynamic space, with cleverly segmented work areas and 20 staff specialising in Holiday & Cruising, Business and Group Travel.
Our comment from TraTraTravel about House of Travel - Tauranga:
House of Travel - Tauranga is renowned for its exceptional customer service and knowledgeable staff, making vacation planning a breeze. The team, including dedicated agents like Glen, Shane, Alana, and Theresa, is praised for their enthusiasm and efficient handling of travel arrangements. Clients appreciate their ability to listen to needs and provide tailored solutions that enhance travel experiences.
Highlights of House of Travel - Tauranga include:
- Outstanding Support: Agents are responsive and supportive, assisting clients even during challenging times, such as navigating travel disruptions.
- Expertise: The staff's extensive knowledge ensures clients receive competitive quotes and insightful recommendations.
- Personal Touch: Customers have noted the friendly and relatable nature of the agents, creating a welcoming atmosphere.
- Attention to Detail: The agency goes above and beyond to make sure every aspect of the trip is well-planned and executed.
- Efficient Service: Many clients have reported quick responses and efficient handling of requests.
While most reviewers have shared positive experiences, there have been some mentions of sporadic service issues. Nonetheless, the overall sentiment is one of satisfaction, and many customers express loyalty, returning for their travel needs.
House of Travel - Tauranga: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Great service
Fantastic experience: Alana, from House of Travel, is enthusiastic about your plans, she is quick , efficient and if you have a question or a problem she is on to it They certainly have your back when you are overseas..
Fantastic experience: Jenny was ao helpful, she really thought about my travel party and offered choices that we hadn’t thought about which we ended up taking. So thrilled with our coming vacation.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic service, very professional and a delight to deal with
Fantastic experience: Shane is super helpful and always goes the extra mile to come up with the best solution for our holiday. He even worked on Sunday to help us lock in flights before the sale ended!
Fantastic experience: I found lisa very pleasant to talk too, she explained things very well where I understood every detail.
Fantastic experience: He was prompt and efficient. Very friendly. Very relatable. Lovely guy.
Fantastic experience: Fantastic team, made it all easy.
Fantastic experience: She took the time to listen to my request, even though I turned up unannounced. She gave me a pamphlet to take away and sent me more info a couple of days later. The pamphlet she gave me was exactly what I was after. We just had to find dated that worked and my trip was booked pretty quickly.
Fantastic experience: We have used Glen McCulloch for our travel many times, last time he got us home when things were starting to get very complicated with the beginning of the pandemic. There is no one else we would rather use. He's knowledgeable, efficient, helpful and trustworthy. On top of that, he's a lovely person to deal with.
Fantastic experience: Hadn't travelled for many years until 2023. Shane Kennedy's support, experience and knowledge to us and our family has been outstanding!!! He was incredibly supportive to some of our family members when in the Dubai flood. Grateful n thankful Shane n would definitely recommend House of Travel!! Looking fwd to our next destination
Fantastic experience: Glen listened to what I had asked for and gave me 3 competitive quotes to choose from. He even did better than the online quotes I did myself, and I feel more secure going through an agent.
Fantastic experience: Our travel agent in Tauranga , Glen McCulloch: Friendly, has good ideas, gently guides us, prompt replies to questions, works hard to get the right flights / route / activities to suit our needs. Obviously enjoys his job. Fun to meet up with. Provides peace of mind.
Fantastic experience: My families requirememts for travel were complex but Glen worked hard to find solutions and a great outcome.
Positive experience: Friendly staff for currency exchange
Fantastic experience: Alana is just always super helpful, responsive, and looking after everything you need to think about. She leaves you incredibly comfortable that everything will be well covered off for your trip.
Fantastic experience: Shane Kennedy has been our travel agent for 41 years. All of the trips we have done in that time we have never had a let down of any sort. My family and I so appreciate the advice and help we have received from Shane and his staff too Best regards, Peter & Jenny Zimmerman
Fantastic experience: I wanted to make travel plans for a family member to visit from America. Theresa O’Connor at House of Travel, Tauranga made the arrangements with satisfaction. Theresa was welcoming, knowledgeable and efficient. It was easy to discuss travel plans and have an itinerary suited to those plans. Theresa kept me updated with timely emails. Overall, it was a pleasant experience.
Fantastic experience: Glen was easy to talk to. I don't like talking on the phone but he made the experience great
Fantastic experience: Glen was very helpful. He sourced the information we asked for quickly and was able to get us a fantastic deal. We were delighted with the holiday he helped us put together.
Positive experience: A 3! because I had the beyond the greatest experince from a previous Darling, multiple Journeys. MADI ❤️, who left Unfortunately. To one where Its seems for 3 weeks. No one wanted to help. I felt like I was harrasing for help. To find your travel angel. Shopping around is a must.
Fantastic experience: Very good communication & quick response & made changes to our original request without any problems, Jenny Anderson was great to deal with, Thanks
Fantastic experience: Theresa, has given a great service, really good knowledge and so helpful, highly recommended HOT, and and Theresa.
Fantastic experience: Perfect travel organizer in all ways a traveller would need in a travel agent.Always helpful with what ever is required.
Negative experience: Went here to get some advice on a holiday and were told to come back when we had all our plans finalized... I thought that agents were there for advice... Better to go somewhere else for travel advice
Negative experience: What a not nice place
Fantastic experience: House of Travel is awesome Madi helped me get the best deal. She listened to what I wanted, I was very impressed with everything. Thanks Heaps Madi. 5 stars all the way. 100% happy
Positive experience: Phoned and lady was very helpful
Negative experience: I found myself standing alone at the front desk, desperately trying to seek assistance. The lack of staff presence and the complete disregard for visitors during my two visits were highly disappointing.
Positive experience: Good as somewhere different with kids.
Fantastic experience: Great service
Positive experience: Couldn’t help me
Fantastic experience: Friendly staff, good customer care. I would recommend.
Fantastic experience: Wonderfully welcoming, positive consumer experience. Really glad I was advised to engage with the travel agent.
Negative experience: This particular branch has the worst customer service I think I've ever experienced. Absolutely no interest in helping customers, rude, disinterested and dishonest. Absolute appalling, thankfully HOT headoffice sorted it for me - which BTW I had to find myself as this store refused to give me their contact!! Once I did I then discovered this branch lie to both their customers and their head office. BEWARE!
Fantastic experience: got my stuff quickly
Fantastic experience: Great service
Fantastic experience: got my stuff quickly
Negative experience: Wanted to book international travel, they had no information and it took them ages. ……. Booked flights online to do not loose MIQ Voucher Do they want to survive?
Negative experience: The team at Tauranga branch thinks it's reasonable to ask me to pay $150 extra for flights I can just book myself
Fantastic experience: So very helpful like family
Fantastic experience: Great service and knowledge
Positive experience: Went there to get my travelex money. Didn't know where to go and had to rely on google but arrived OK with the app. Very quiet and just two people out front not the persona of a dynamic travel agency anyway just there to get money not arrange travel
Fantastic experience: Great efficient
Fantastic experience: Friendly & knowledgeable staff. We've been going to Wayne for several years.
Positive experience: Great travel agents
Fantastic experience: Can can always rely on our agent for good advice and will take care of everything for us.
Fantastic experience: Staff are awesome, very helpful. Beautifully set out business.
Fantastic experience: Great staff, great environment, great service.
Positive experience: Very good.
Fantastic experience: Friendly receptionist
Fantastic experience: Absolutely Fantastic Service, H.O.T. go above and beyond to get you the best deal available and there attention to detail ensures there everything runs smoothly on your trip. We book all our Family holidays with Jay Crenell - Brown at Tauranga House of Travel. I Highly reccomend Jay and the team at House of Travel Tauranga for all your travel / Holiday requirements !!!
Negative experience: My mother got flights to the Netherlands through House of Travel Tauranga thinking that using a Travel Agent would make things easier than booking it herself online, only after she purchased the flights she found she had to get a Visa in LA and check out, get her luggage and check back in. They did not tell her this when they sold her the trip. So after her 12 hour first flight she spent 2 hours waiting in line to get out of customs and then an hour to check back in, thankfully she made her next flight. Not nice when you have just spent 12 hours in a plane and your not a young person anymore. Not impressed.
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