{"id":59335,"date":"2011-02-04T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/04\/59335-bill-and-lynn-s-review-of-swoop-travel-s-service\/"},"modified":"2011-02-04T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-04T15:30:00","slug":"59335-bill-and-lynn-s-review-of-swoop-travel-s-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/blog\/59335-bill-and-lynn-s-review-of-swoop-travel-s-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill and Lynn&#8217;s Review of Swoop Travel&#8217;s service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i918.photobucket.com\/albums\/ad21\/SwoopTravel\/Bill.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had decided to visit Patagonia and, in particular, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swoop-patagonia.com\/torres-del-paine\/\">Torres del Paine <\/a>National Park. Initially,\u00a0we contacted a number of local operators in Chile and obtained quotations and ideas regarding an itinerary. However, this process only served to confuse us as there were variations in itineraries, prices, accommodations and transport operations. We came across Swoop Travel and Luke Errington.We were so glad we did. After a couple of brief email exchanges and a telephone conversation with Luke we provided a description of the experience we wanted and from then on Luke took over the management of the different tour operators.<\/p>\n<p>He provided a range of priced options with the pros and cons of each Tour\/Trekking company and gave us a recommendation. He negotiated details with the operator we finally chose (Blue-Green). In a relatively short time we had a tour which fitted our time scale, our objectives, and our budget \u2013 thanks to Luke. We would recommend Luke and the team at Swoop to other people who want to visit this area and who want unbiased objective advice from some really nice people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bill Lewis and Lynn Lu. January 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u201cWe had decided to visit Patagonia and, in particular, the Torres del Paine National Park. Initially,\u00a0we contacted a number of local operators in Chile and obtained quotations and ideas regarding an itinerary. However, this process only served to confuse us as there were variations in itineraries, prices, accommodations and transport operations. 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