What is the first step in putting together a custom vacation package?

The starting point is a conversation covering your destination interest, travel window, number of travelers and their ages, and any firm priorities—budget ceiling, must-have activities, preferred lodging style—so the research phase is targeted from the beginning rather than revised repeatedly.

How does a travel agent decide which properties to include in a vacation package?

Dixie Down Travel compares lodging options based on what the per-person rate actually includes at your tier, not just the headline price, because the gap between what two similarly priced properties include often determines which one fits the trip.

What components can be included in a vacation package beyond flights and lodging?

Packages can include excursions and guided activities, airport-to-resort transfers, dining reservations, special experience bookings, and pre-submitted property requests such as anniversary arrangements or accessibility accommodations.

How are honeymoon packages handled differently from a standard leisure trip?

Honeymoon bookings typically involve submitting special requests to the property in advance—room preferences, anniversary acknowledgment, amenity inclusions—which require direct vendor communication rather than standard booking form entries, and those steps are handled as part of the package rather than separately.

What does the final package documentation include?

You receive a compiled itinerary with confirmation numbers for each booking component, vendor contact information, check-in and activity timing, and any logistical notes relevant to moving between the parts of your trip.

Vacation Packages

Honeymoon couples, families planning a reunion, and groups looking for a spring break destination all have different variables—budget thresholds, activity priorities, departure logistics—and a vacation package built generically fits none of them well. Dixie Down Travel builds custom vacation packages around the specifics of your trip: destination, travel dates, group composition, and a defined list of what matters most. The agency is veteran-owned and has handled bookings since 2008 to destinations including the Caribbean, Europe, Mexico, Hawaii, the Maldives, and Bora Bora, as well as domestic trips to the Smoky Mountains and Disney World.

The process starts with your trip type and budget frame. From there, Dixie Down Travel researches lodging options, compares pricing and inclusions across properties, and books every component: flights, accommodations, excursions, and even parking logistics at your departure point. For requests that involve comparing more than twenty options across destinations, a research fee applies—it is waived when you book. Standard consultations and package quotes carry no fee.

Arrange a free consultation with Dixie Down Travel to discuss your destination, dates, and what the package needs to include.

A vacation package, as Dixie Down Travel builds them, is not a pre-set bundle from a vendor catalog—it's a coordinated set of bookings tailored to your group and trip type. For a honeymoon to Aruba, that means comparing resort tiers, verifying what romance packages actually include versus what costs extra, and ensuring arrival transfers are confirmed before departure. For a family trip to Jamaica, it means matching lodging to the ages in the group and identifying which activities are genuinely appropriate rather than what the property's marketing presents.

After the package is assembled and booked, you receive a complete itinerary with confirmation numbers, vendor contacts, reservation times, and logistical notes—directions, check-in windows, excursion meeting points—compiled in one document. What changes from a do-it-yourself approach is the absence of gaps: the leg from the airport to the resort, the timing between excursion windows, the special request that needs to be confirmed with the property before arrival. Those details are handled at the booking stage rather than discovered at the destination.

Dixie Down Travel handles add-ons—special experiences, dietary accommodations, room upgrades, anniversary or honeymoon requests submitted to the property—as part of the booking coordination rather than as separate tasks the traveler manages after the fact. That approach keeps the full trip in one place and ensures nothing falls through between components.

What is the first step in putting together a custom vacation package?
The starting point is a conversation covering your destination interest, travel window, number of travelers and their ages, and any firm priorities—budget ceiling, must-have activities, preferred lodging style—so the research phase is targeted from the beginning rather than revised repeatedly.
How does a travel agent decide which properties to include in a vacation package?
Dixie Down Travel compares lodging options based on what the per-person rate actually includes at your tier, not just the headline price, because the gap between what two similarly priced properties include often determines which one fits the trip.
What components can be included in a vacation package beyond flights and lodging?
Packages can include excursions and guided activities, airport-to-resort transfers, dining reservations, special experience bookings, and pre-submitted property requests such as anniversary arrangements or accessibility accommodations.
How are honeymoon packages handled differently from a standard leisure trip?
Honeymoon bookings typically involve submitting special requests to the property in advance—room preferences, anniversary acknowledgment, amenity inclusions—which require direct vendor communication rather than standard booking form entries, and those steps are handled as part of the package rather than separately.
What does the final package documentation include?
You receive a compiled itinerary with confirmation numbers for each booking component, vendor contact information, check-in and activity timing, and any logistical notes relevant to moving between the parts of your trip.

Custom Trips Built Around What You Actually Need