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From: anna_solomou@hotmail.com
To: rekotours@aol.com
Sent: 3/8/2010 1:54:53 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: RE: Letter of Commendation

To The Staff of Reko Tours,
 
We  wanted to thank you so much for helping our group of 20 persons plan a great vacation again this year to the Barcelo in Riviera Maya, Mexico during President's Week 2010!  Upon our arrival, we were pleasantly surprised with an upgrade to our package... The Barcelo is a wonderful chain.. very clean and comfortable.  The pools were fabulous and so was the beach.  Variety of resta
urants. and the food was very good.
 
Your staff is always so pleasant and helpful.. and always looking for the best deals!  We look forward to booking next year's trip with Reko Tours.
 
Warm regards,
 
Solomou Group

 

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Subj:  Agi

Date: 10/16/2009 5:19:47 P.M.

From:  chch@rogers.com

To:  rekotours@aol.com

 

Hello Agi:  We just came back from our wonderful week at the RIU Hotel in Ocho Rios!  We had an absolutely amazing time - and both my husband and I would like to Thank You for all of your help with our booking.  It was as beautiful as you said, and we received a lovely room upgrade.

 

Once again, Thank You and I look forward to doing business with you in the future.

 

Regards,

 

Cheryl & Courtney Holness

Toronto

 

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From:  Melissa Skeels <m_skeels@yahoo.com>

To:  rekotours@aol.com

Date:  Aug. 31, 2009, 6:13 pm

Hi  I am a travel agent who took a fam with you in June ..  It was great ..  I have a client getting married.  I am looking to send them to a preferably couples only resort in Riviera Maya area of Cancun or the Dominican Republic.

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From: MJDesiredTravSvc@aol.com [mailto:MJDesiredTravSvc@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:25 PM
To: vstephanou@rekotours.com
Subject: Thanks

Hi Vicky,

You did an excellent job again
I am dropping you a line to let you know that my group was extremely pleased with the Ocean Blue Hotel.   Thank you for your recommendation.  They said they had a fabulous time,and that the shows were good  the food was good  and the staff  was hospitable that everything was outstanding. 
 
Thank YOU Vicky  for all your help
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From: Paula Linden
To: RekoTours
Sent: 6/18/2009 10:47:15 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Hello Agi
 

 
Hello,

 

Just to let you know I had a wonderful time in PUnta Cana.  Everything went perfect.  Ernesto from the transfer company was on time coming and going.   Thank you for your help.  Please send my office brochures and more info on your company.
Rememberour IATA 10894914
Office:
Travel Ventures
14411 south dixie highway
ste 217
Miami, Fl 33176

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From: pola.romig@verizon.net
To: rekotours@aol.com

Sent: 6/11/2009 2:51:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Peru trip
 

 
Agi,

The trip in Peru went well. I give Caribbean Escape all the credit. They
did a wonderful job.
Picked us up and dropped us off always on time and they were there
whenever needed.
The guided tours were also very good!

Regards,
Pola Romig

 

 

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From:  Coplin, Sandra T. <Sandra.Coplin@mendes.com

To:  Rekotours@aol.com

Date:  Fri, 29 May 2009 3:03 pm

It was a pleasure speaking with you today George!  As I mentioned we hope to be able to book a trip towards the end of the year. Unfortunately with the economy in such a state we are being somewhat cautious. 

However, it was my pleasure to be able to recommend your travel expertise to my friend Joe who is looking to travel sometime in July.  They were looking into Aruba however I mentioned to him that your agents had provided Robert and I with the best travel advice we’ve ever received.  That advice lead us to enjoy 2 luxury vacations in Samana and Punta Cana.  The accommodations were fabulous; the food exquisite; and the cost was less than half what we would have paid in Aruba.

I am glad the opportunity has arisen whereby I can recommend your services to others and hope they will have a marvelous vacation as Robert and I did.

Thank you to you and all those who have worked with us.

 

Sandra

Mendes & Mount, LLP
Sandra Coplin
Records Manager
750 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Tel: (212) 261-8267
Fax: (212) 261-8750
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From: andrew.morrow@searsholidays.com
To: rekotours@aol.com

Sent: 6/2/2009 1:05:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
Subj: Jamaica Riu Negril
 

Agi Hello,
 
Our trip April17-Apr 24-09
 
The property was exquisite,food excellent and services were excellent except for the above mentioned.
 
Our next trip hopefully would be to Panama, the beach and the eco tourism.

Thanks,Agi

 
 
andrew.morrow@searsholidays.com ,CTC,ECC.DC
Sears Authorized Independent Travel Consultant
102 Mikado Crescent
Brampton,Ontario, Canada,L6S 3R7
905-791-1348
905--791-1348

 

 

 

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From:  j.cal@snet.net

To: vstephanou@rekotuors.com, rekotours@aol.com

 

Vicky and George,

 

Thank you both for all of the help in arranging the group vacation to the Ocean Blue in Punta Cana.  My clients were very impressed with the facilities, the staff, and the food at the Ocean Blue. 

 

They were especially impressed with how they were treated by the Carribbean Escape employees who transported them from and to the airport and checked on them throughout he week. 

 

All in all they thoroughly enjoyed their stay in the Dominican Republic and look forward to returning next year with more people. 

 

Sincerely,

Jason Calabrese

YTB Travel

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From: Bill Hammond <bhammond@macnexus.org>
To: George Tsapelas <rekotours@aol.com>
Cc: Cynthia Woodward <cwoodward@nyc.rr.com>
Sent: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 7:12 pm
Subject: Samana Trip
 

Mr. Tsapelas, 


Cynthia and I are back from our very enjoyable 12-day trip to the Grand Bahia Principe Cayacoa in Samana, Dominican Republic. Our visit was a nice way to start the New Year. 
Generally we were quite pleased with the resort. It had excellent swimming pools, the facilities were clean and well maintained, and the resort staff friendly and helpful. 

 

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From:  lkertes@hartfordholidays.com

To:  Rekotours@aol.com

Sent:  12/29/08 10:20:54 A.M. EST

Subj:  Att. George

 

George ... Although the weather was not good the whole week, everyone had a GREAT TIME!!..Hotel was fine, kids loved it.  They have already asked me about next Xmas..maybe Cancun/Riviera Maya..If everything works out, we may add another 8 to 10 pax.

 

Happy Holidays

 

Les

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Subj:    ATT GEORGE

Date:    12/22/2008 4:47:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

From:    lkertes@hartfordholidays.com

To:       REKOTOURS@AOL.COM

 

Hi GEORGE

EVERYTHING AT BAHIA PRINCIPE IS FINE...MY FAMILY IS ENJOYING EVERYTHING...HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU, AND EVERYONE AT REKO.

 

REGARDS LES KERTES

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From:  Diane Davis [deezthangs@yahoo.com]

Sent:  Tuesday, December 16, 2008 4:16 PM

To:  V Stephanou Reko Tours

 

Hi Vicki,

We had a wonderful time in Jamaica!  Thank you.

Diane Davis

 

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From: Juan Ignacio de la Rosa CLV <jdelarosa@corplavilla.com>
To: rekotours@aol.com
Sent: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:31 am
Subject: RE: CONFIRMING SERVICE VOUCHERS RECEIVED
 

Hello Agi, I have received the information thank you. I appreciate your excellent service and look forward to doing business again in the future. If any question should come up, I will let you know. Regards, Juan

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From: svetlana gutevich <lanas2boys@yahoo.com>

To: Reko Tours ,rekotours@aol.com>

Subject: Paradisus Punta Cana vacation remarks

Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 8:45 am

 

Dear George! I can not express enough my gratitude to you and your company for providing such an excellent service for my vacation planed with your company. It starts with the price, transportation in Punta Cana and the resort itself. Very impressive, nice to feel to be special when you take the time off to relex and enjoy yourself. Paradisus Punta Cana is a real PARADISE on the island: the decor, landscape, rooms, service, food and entertainment. On the scale from 1 to 10 it is an excellent 10. Thank You Very much for your help and I definitely will be doing business with Reko Tours in the future. Thanks a lot!

 

Sincerely,

 

Lana Gutevich

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Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 9:26 AM

Re: Deluxe package to Punta Cana

CHARLES M. MILLER [CMILLER152@OPTONLIN.NET]

To: Reservation

 

HI GEORGE AND STEVE,I RECEIVED AN E MAIL FROM THE RAFFLE PRIZE WINNER ROXANNE RIVERA.SHE HAD A MARVELOUS TIME AND LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THE TRIP.THANKS,AMY

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Subj:

THANKS FOR THE GROUP IN MARCH 

Date:

5/14/2008 12:55:53 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time

From:

AegeanTravelNY@aol.com

To:

RekoTours

 

Dear George,

 

I, personally would like to thank you, for your services, that you provided for my group in March at

PUNTA CANA, OCEAN BLUE HOTEL.

Everyone and each of them, they were so Satisfied, and they are planning another one for next
March.They loved Ocean Blue and we my use the same property.
They are talking for 150 people for March 2009.
 
Again I would like to Thank you, looking forward to do Business with you in the near Future.
 
Eva/Aegean Travel.   
 

 

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Subj:  Reko Tours Punta Cana Vacation

Date:    3/24/08

From:    Carlos@yachtstore.com

To:    rekotours@aol.com

 

Reko Tours arranged two vacations for my wife Rafaela and we were introduced to the Dominican Republic.  We are travel agents and we take FAM trips and 3 vacations a year not including my yachting trips as the owner of a yacht brokerage firm.  This last vacation in March 2008 was 10 nights at the Oceanblue Hotel in Punta Cana.  We requested a balcony room overlooking the beach.  We were given the ELITE building #10.  The room had a balcony overlooking palm trees and the ocean.  There was an attractive couch that served as a place to lounge or sit to dine on a table set in front.  Room service provided excellent food with very professional waiters.  The jacuzzi was an added pleasure in a well appointed bathroom.  The pool was very accessible from building 10 as was the beach.  The dining rooms had various themes which permitted you to vary the menu.  The grounds were well groomed and attractively decorated.  I am pleased to recommend George Tsapelas and his travel agency Reko Tours who represent superb hotels on all continents.

 

Carlos Echeverria

Carlos Yachts

Explorers Club

46 E 70 St St.

NY NY 10021

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Re: FAM to Punta Cana for Fiorentino Travel

Date: 3/21/08

Jean Mastrojohn [jean@rempilot.com]

Hello George,

 
We've returned from the Ocean Blue Resort Punta Cana FAM trip . We had a great time and thought as the tour operator you might want our feedback as travel agents:
 
We were in villa #6, but NOT on the 3rd floor facing the sea as promised. Instead they assigned us to room 6302 on the 2nd floor facing the pool.
 
The Ocean Blue Resort is beautiful and has a lot of potential: Location & beach is superb, entertainment  surprisingly better than Iberostar and Sunscape the Beach. Their house wine was very good and the bartenders actually knew what they were doing. The restuarants were not memorable but the daily champagne & fresh crepe breakfast was an absolutely wonderful touch.  With some improvements this property would be an excellent value.
 
Thank's so much - Will definitely work with you again.
Have a happy Easter,
 
Jean Mastrojohn
Fiorentino Travel, Inc.

 

 

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March 21, 2008

 

Hello,

 

I went with you guys on a FAM trip before to Puerta Plata and it was great!

Thanks for your help!

Inna

 

Marathon Tours

617-242-7845

inna@marathontours.com

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Mystic Contracting Corp.

March 5, 2008

Dear George:

        I Michael Larry Stathakis and the rest of my company would like to thank you for the dream like vacation you sent us on. Puerto Plata D.R. was beautiful. From the second we landed to the second we departed we were treated like royalty. The bus transfer’s, The Barcelo, the activities were all five stars. For only $ 1,300.00 we ate, drank, danced, and partied. Thank you very much for all your help and your offices presidential customer support.

Sincerely,

Michael Larry Stathakis

President

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Re. Peru Fam

From:  budapest29@comcast.net

 

Hello Ronald,

 

We are back from Peru and had a great time.  Learned a lot about Peru from our tour guides and seeing all the ancien ruins.  I have over 600 pictures and they are breath taking.

Thank you for your help to set up the trip and I am ready to take another one.

 

Sincerely,

Eva Tobias

House of Travel

 

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Re Carabela Hotel

Date: 4/25/2007 10:04:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time

From:  Customdezine@aol.com

To: RekoTours

 

My father has been to Carabela.  He says it is nicer, more restaurants, bars, more choice in general, and the beach is nicer, 900m of water beachfront and is more secluded.

 

Ciao

Mike Veltri

416-566-4309

829-801-1948

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Our Trip to Santo Domingo - JUAN DOLIO - BARCELO CAPELLA RESORT- YOLANDA & EDUARDO OCHOA - SPANISH HERITAGE TOURS-

Yolanda Ochoa [YolandaO@clubabc.com]

To: res@cevacation.com

Date:  Thurs, 22 Mar 2007 1:38 pm

Hi Steve:

I wish to mention that our trip to Santo Domingo and to the Barcelo Capella Resort was a great
experience. We arrived on March 7th and stayed at the Resort until March 13th (Returned on March 13th).
We had our transfer to the Hotel and back to the Airport without any problem and our stay at the
Resort was wonderful.  The Hotel is very nice and clean.  The rooms are comfortable .  The gardens are very well manicured and
the Personnel at the Hotel treat their guests like Royalty.  Service at the Restaurants was really good
and food was fine.  They have done a very good job at the beach and it was clean and the
environment was pleasant.  We hope that we can come back sometime soon!!!

With my thanks for the good service and best regards,

Yolanda Ochoa
Travel Consultant
Spanish Heritage Tours & Visit Spain Tours
Companies of The Preferred Traveler
200 Broadacres Drive
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Tel: (973) 233-6920
Fax: (973) 338-5658
yochoa@ptraveler.com
www.shtours.com
www.visitspaintours.com

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From:    malka.salomon@austintravel.com

To:        rekotours@aol.com

Subject:    Trip to Punta Cana

Date:    Tue, 6 Mar 2007 3:44 pm

 

George,

 

We had a terrific time in Punta Cana at the Punta Cana Grand dates 3/16/2007 – 3/23/2007.

I am glad we took your recommendation and choose the Punta Cana Grand.

The hotel is well maintained. The room was very spacious and comfortable for me and my 3 teenagers – 19,16,15.

We loved the variety of cultures and countries in this hotel - many Europeans and many Canadians.

The food was great at the buffet and the restaurants. The service was very accommodating.

The beach was lovely and so were the 3 pools.

 

Your package was organized very well.

Your company did a great job with organizing our vacation.

I didn’t have to worry about the flights, transfers and the hotel. Everything was taken care off.

 

Thanks again for such a wonderful service.

  

Malka Salomon

Austin Travel

265 Spagnoli Rd

Melville, NY 11747

516-465-1061 x 3039

 

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Re:        Our Trip to Peru

From:    CherieLuther@aol.com

To:        vstephanou@rekotours.com

 

    Hi Vicky,.... just returned Thursday evening.  Our trip was Wonderful!!!.  The transfers were excellent, hotel's and tours just great.  Your contact's in Peru were very, very good. 

 

    Machu Pichu and Cusco were wonderful.  What an experience to have visited there.  If you need me for a reference for anyone who would like to take this trip, I would be glad to give them inside info.  (mostly referring to shopping, Machu Piccu, etc.).

 

    Also, for your info, the weight you can carry in Peru on domestic flights is two bags p/p of 23 kilos each...( my husband says roughly 50 lbs per bag.)  That was one of my problems, I didn't get the good buys in Machu Pichu because I thought I couldn't carry it on the plane, but when we got to the airport and checked with the flight attendant, she told us we could have brought more.  That's what the flight attendant told us anyway.  You might want to check on this to be exact. I know that conflicts with what someone told you about 25 lb check in on domestic flights within Peru.

 

Sunshine Travel

Cherie Luther

Tel: 860-445-7240

 

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From:    jdavis@atlanta.net

Cc:

Bcc:

Subject:    Jackie Davis in Atlanta

Date:    Wed, 14 Feb 2007 2:32pm

 

We had a great time at the Punta Cana Grand.   We were there Feb 2-6th! Thank you so much and we will use you again.

Please let me know if I can do anything for you or give any references.

Jackie Davis

Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau

404-521-6578 

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From: bostnostepontours@yahoo.com

To: rekotours@aol.com

Santo Domingo package

Tue, 6 Feb 2007 3:50 PM

HI Steve,

Just a note to tell you I had a great time on your 7 night Santana Beach Resort all inclusive,  This was a
wonderful trip,  the transfers, the food, and especially the beautiful room we had.  Everything was
great.  Thanks again, Steve,  I will be booking more with you in the future.

Lou De Paolo
Yankee Holidays

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From:  Sima Kelly [simakelly@msn.com]

To: Reservation

Subject: ATTN: Steve

Sent:  1/25/07

Hello Steve,

 
Just a note to let you know that I had a great time in Punta Cana.  The Hotel was wonderful, loved my room, and all the services were great. I also took a day trip  " Mountain View Safari "   through the  "Caribero " operator, which I highly recommend to any one who goes there. It was wonderful.  So thank you for my nice little vacation.
 
Have a great day,  
 
Sima Kelly 

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Subj:    Judge's Vacation

Date: 1/23/2007 7:24:23 A.M. Eastern Standard Time

From:    newtongr@yahoo.com

To:    rekotours@aol.com

George,

You did a good job on our Punta Cana trip.
Accommodations were very nice and we were pleased.

Next year we are interested in Cancun, Mexico,
All inclusive, first rate hotel, about the same price
($1,000) same weekend (Martin Luther King Day is
return)

Let Tony know what you rec commend.

Looking forward to meeting you.
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Dear George,

Please accept our gratitude for a wonderful trip to Costa Rica.  We all enjoyed this trip very much, even more than the last year’s trip to Dominican Republic.  I feel very comfortable recommending all the properties I visited to my clients and Reko Tours and Caribbean Escape will help me with arranging them in the future.

Thank you for all your help.  I am looking forward to booking my new destination with your company.

Sincerely,

Elena Yasno

Travel and Cruise Specialist

TICKET TO TRAVEL

elena@aticket2travel.com  818-222-0252

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Subj: Punta Cana Grand trip on 12/22 - 12/29/06 
Date: 1/2/2007 12:44:25 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
From: Bob.Becker@StJohnPropertiesInc.com
To: RekoTours@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
 
George:
 
  I wanted to let you know that my family really enjoyed the holiday vacation at the Punta Cana Grand. Service was good and the personnel went out of their way to make the guests feel very comfortable. I was surprised to see that many guests were from Europe. It gave our younger family members, ages 18,19,21 and 21 a chance to mix with other cultures. A pleasant experience for all. 
  Call me anytime if you have any question on our trip.
                                                                            Regards, 
Bob Becker
St John Properties, Inc.
Tel. 410-369-1210
Cell 410-404-5510
Fax 410-369-1810

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Subj:        Dominican vacation!!!!!

Date:        7/17/2006  10:48:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time

From:        Chantale.Bergeau@henryschein.com

To:            RekoTours@aol.com

Good morning George,

    I just want to take a little time this morning to say thank you for all your hard work!!!

    We had a great time at Santana Resort, we made friends there.  We were like a big family.  Once again, thank you for all.

Sincerely,

Chantale Bergeau & family

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From:        Sandy Siler (sandy@journeytours.com)

Sent:          Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:33 PM

To:            "Reservation"

Subject      RE: Itinerary to Costa Rica for Siler from Steve Pantazis

 

Please forward this email to Steve Pantazis!!!

 

Steve,

 

Our trip to Costa Rica was wonderful!  The Montana De Fuego is a fantastic hotel in a simply perfect location, I cannot wait to sell it.  At any rate we had a wonderful time and I am anxious to start selling it.

 

Sandy

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Subj:        Santana Hotel Beach REsort

Date:        12/9/2005 1:06:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time

From:        Gizmatiz

To:            Reko Tours

 

All of the arrangements were great.  My husband and I loved the country, weather, people, property and hospitality.  Thank you for giving us the opportunity to visit the Dominican Republic.

 

Sincerely,

Anna Luther

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