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Luxury cruises · guided tours · custom travel

Five luxury cruise lines. One advisor who has actually sailed them.

Regent Seven Seas, Explora Journeys, Viking, Oceania and Azamara, plus Tauck-guided journeys through Italy, Greece and Ireland, and custom trips built around exactly what you want. Pick the line or trip closest to what you have in mind, tell me your dates, and I bring you the rates, suites and onboard credit worth having.

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  • Certified specialist with Regent Seven Seas, Explora Journeys, Viking, Oceania and Azamara
  • Exclusive rates, onboard credit and perks not published online
  • One person, one phone number, in Exeter, New Hampshire

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Onboard credit, free nights and activity credit built into your rate

In travel full time since 1996, Travel by Darcy LLC founded 2008

Three trips I plan again and again.

Each one is a real trip with a real operator, and each one works for a couple or for a milestone celebration. Pick the closest to what you want and tell me when. Everything else I plan is in the full list below.

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Regent Seven Seas · certified specialist

Regent Seven Seas

All-inclusive suites · your dates

An all-inclusive fare with every specialty restaurant, free-flowing wine and craft cocktails, unlimited shore excursions and prepaid gratuities built in before you ever board. I sailed Regent myself from Barcelona to Istanbul, and I go after the suite category, onboard credit and fares that are not published online.

From $7,199 per person.

Deluxe Veranda Suite, lowest published fare. Other suites and dates quoted on request.

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Green cliffs rising out of the deep blue Atlantic in Ireland

Tauck · escorted, small-group

Guided Tours by Tauck

Italy · Greece · Ireland

Tauck is the land supplier I book most, through Rome and the Amalfi Coast, the clifftop monasteries of Meteora, and the Cliffs of Moher. Every departure includes a Tauck guide and curated sightseeing most travelers would otherwise have to plan themselves.

From $6,590 per person.

A Week in Ireland, 8 days. Italy and Greece itineraries also available, quoted on request.

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A steep green fjord in New Zealand dropping into still turquoise water

New Zealand & Australia

South Pacific: New Zealand and Australia

Lodge to lodge · once in a lifetime

A private lodge over a mountain lake near Queenstown, then north into Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. This is the trip I recommend most for a once-in-a-lifetime year, and I build the routing around your dates.

Pricing available upon request.

New Zealand’s South Island and Australia. Every routing is priced on your dates.

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Everything I plan

Luxury cruises by line, guided tours and custom travel. Pick the one closest to what you have in mind and tell me your dates. I can book any trip you want, these are simply the ones I plan most.

A luxury cruise ship at sea under a bright sky

Cruise lines, by name

Certified in all five. Tell me the line and I bring you the sailings worth taking.

Regent Seven Seas

All-inclusive suites: every specialty restaurant, free-flowing wine and craft cocktails, unlimited shore excursions, gratuities and 24-hour in-suite dining, all built into the fare.

From $7,199 per person.

Deluxe Veranda Suite, lowest published fare. Other suites and dates quoted on request.

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Explora Journeys

Nine distinct dining venues including in-suite dining, unlimited premium beverages and champagne, ocean-view spa access and high-speed WiFi, all part of the fare.

From $10,185 per person.

17-night Caribbean voyage, Explora III. Other regions and dates quoted on request.

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Viking Ocean and River Cruises

A shore excursion in every port, onboard dining and beverages with lunch and dinner, and WiFi, on the ocean or on the Danube, the Rhine and the Seine. I have sailed the Danube myself on Viking Rinda.

From $2,699 per person.

Journey to Antiquities, 8 days, Mediterranean. Other itineraries, rivers and dates quoted on request.

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Oceania Cruises

Dining in every specialty restaurant, shipboard gratuities, unlimited WiFi and complimentary laundry in the top suite categories, all part of Oceania’s Your World Included fare.

From $3,900 per person.

New York to Miami, 14 days, Oceania Vista. Other itineraries and dates quoted on request.

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Azamara

Destination-immersive sailings with a variety of dining venues, beer, wine and spirits, onboard gratuities and unlimited self-service laundry, all included in the fare.

Pricing available upon request.

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A private luxury villa infinity pool over the Mediterranean

Guided tours, private trips and more

Once-in-a-lifetime trips, priced on your dates.

Guided Tours by Tauck

Rome and the Amalfi Coast, the clifftop monasteries of Meteora, or the Cliffs of Moher, escorted in a small group with a Tauck guide. My most-booked land supplier.

From $6,590 per person.

A Week in Ireland, 8 days. Italy and Greece itineraries also available, quoted on request.

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Custom Italy, Greece and Ireland

A private version of the trip Tauck runs in a group, built just for you: your own pace, your own hotels, a driver instead of a coach.

Pricing available upon request.

A custom itinerary starts at $300, quoted before any work begins.

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South Pacific: New Zealand and Australia

A private lodge over a mountain lake near Queenstown, then north into Australia and the Great Barrier Reef. The trip I recommend most for a once-in-a-lifetime year.

Pricing available upon request.

Get My South Pacific Itinerary

Luxury Villas and Private Yachts

A private villa in the Caribbean, Italy, Greece or Croatia, staffed and stocked before you land, or a crewed yacht for a week on the water.

Pricing available upon request.

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Custom Travel, Let’s Plan It

A milestone birthday or anniversary, or a trip nobody has put in a brochure yet. I can book any trip you want, these are simply the ones I plan most. Tell me the idea and I will price it.

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How it works

Pick your trip

One of the three above, or anything from the full list below them.

Tell me your dates

A month is enough. I check what is actually open.

Get your itinerary

A first look lands in your inbox in about a minute, then I call.

What people say

From travelbydarcy.com.

“Darcy, you nailed it for us. We were kept informed all the time… All private transfers and tour guides were professional and knowledgeable.”

Terri B.
Athens, Mediterranean Cruise, Rome & Paris

“Just amazing. Italy and our itinerary exceeded our already high expectations. Our hotels were gorgeous, the tours picked out were perfect, and the transfers between cities was seamless.”

Jason M.
Italy Anniversary

“She planned a trip that allowed us to take tours with small groups that did not occupy our entire day and allowed us enough leisure time to explore on our own.”

Joan C.
Greece & Italy
Darcy Allen smiling, professional portrait

Your travel advisor

Hi, I am Darcy.

I’ve come nose to nose with a giraffe during an African safari. I’ve strolled along the ancient pathways of Machu Picchu and walked along the Great Wall of China. I’ve honeymooned in the Australian outback.

Suppliers give me rates, onboard credit and perks that never make it to a public site: sometimes a free night, sometimes activity credit once you’re onboard. I put those toward your trip before I ever quote you a number.

I have been in travel full time since 1996, and I founded Travel by Darcy LLC in 2008. I am a certified specialist with Regent Seven Seas, Explora Journeys, Viking, Oceania and Azamara, and Tauck is my most-booked land supplier.

Darcy Allen, Travel by Darcy

Owner and Lead Trip Designer

603-418-8698 · info@travelbydarcy.com

Questions

Does using a travel advisor cost more?

No, not on the trips most people book through me. There is no planning fee on luxury cruises, guided tours, or hotel stays of seven nights or longer, and my commission is already built into the price you would pay anyway. You’ll pay the same, or even less, than booking directly with the tour company or cruise line.

Is there a planning fee?

Only on a custom itinerary that includes airfare, ground transportation, curated sightseeing or multiple destinations. That fee starts at $300, and I tell you the exact number before any work begins. It is never a surprise.

Why not book directly on the cruise line’s website?

You can, and the five lines I sell look alike online. They are not alike onboard. I am certified in all five, I have sailed several of them myself, and I match you to the ship and suite that actually fits how you travel, then I go after the fares and onboard credit that are not published online.

We are not sure where we want to go yet.

That is normal. Pick the trip closest to what you have been picturing, or choose the custom option and tell me a little about it. I build every itinerary around your dates.

How fast will I hear back?

A first look at the trip you picked lands in your inbox in about a minute. I call within one business day to build the real itinerary.

Are the prices exact?

The prices shown are each supplier’s own starting rate, based on current availability and subject to change until a deposit is made. I confirm the real number for your dates before you commit to anything.

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Tell me your dates. I do the rest.

Five luxury cruise lines, guided tours and custom travel. One phone call.

Please pick a trip.

A month and year is enough.

Please pick how many are traveling.

Please add your first name.

Please add your last name.

That email does not look right.

Please add a mobile number Darcy can reach you on.

Darcy calls within one business day.

By submitting, you agree Darcy may call, text or email you about this request.

Got it.

Darcy calls within one business day to build your itinerary. Check your email for a first look at the trip you picked. It comes from a trips.luxurytravelbydarcy.com address, so look in spam or Promotions if it is not in your inbox.

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