Blue Sky Escapes

We had an amazing trip planned by Alaina and her associates in Argentina. The team was incredibly detailed and meticulous throughout the whole process. We loved all the thoughtful daily touches and gifts that made us feel so pampered. The itinerary was perfectly curated based on our brief, with a good mix of adventure, city life, and cultural experiences. Some of our favourite moments included dining with locals at a chef’s studio where musicians performed and shared their lives with us, horse riding through the forest and dining in a cave surrounded by beautiful lights. Every experience felt personal and meaningful. Blue Sky Escapes truly offers a hassle free travel experience with curated, local, and personalized touches that you could never plan on your own. We had many requests for unique experiences, and the team delivered on every one of them. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a one of a kind journey abroad.

I had such a great experience with Alaina Appleman and Nathascha Chen - consummate professionals and both so helpful with planning our Paris trip over the holiday. They shared tips, tricks, itinerary suggestions, and fun activities to do with our 6 year old that were so helpful. They arranged the most lovely surprises and gifts for our hotel stay that continued through out our 6 days in Paris. I would highly recommend their services. Thank you Alaina and Nathascha!

Visited Yunnan (Shangri La and Lijiang) through a Blue Sky Escapes customized private tour for me and my husband. We specified that we enjoy scenic mountains and scenery and enjoyed the itinerary and locations proposed. The tour didn’t follow the conventional tourist route but also included some scenic underrated places. Really enjoyed the company of our local guide Jon who can speak English well. We also like the hotels recommended as we prefer unconventional hotels - like the glamping place that was recommended and also some design centric hotels. Also one huge plus is NO BUCKET SHOPS which we really dislike in mass tour groups or local tours. Overall, made our China experience an enjoyable trip. Not a digit in a mass market tour but a private and exclusive tour.

I was fortunate to join one of the BSE retreat held in March 2022 in Singapore. What a powerful and life-changing experience! What comes through strongly is the the attention that went into the design and preparation of the retreat. All aspects were carefully covered, anticipating any possible needs from the participants. Stunning. Once you passed the beautiful surprise of your welcome to the retreat, you are set to immerse yourself into the personal transformation work that you came for. Krystal, Cherwin & their amazing team of fairies create and maintain a safe space for you to do the work. This beautiful safe bubble helps all participants to hit the powerful healing sessions in the best possible conditions. Nobody will leave the retreat the same person they arrived. Instead you will leave transformed, feeling empowered, more self-aware and equipped with new tools to lead a purposeful life. Worth every minute and every penny. Do yourself a favour and go for the next one!

Highly recommend Blue Sky to take care of your off the beaten track adventure trips ! We went to Nepal as a family with 3 kids 9-14. It was a great mix of culture , nature, food and adventure curated by Manda and Amber. We felt well taken care of. Thank you !

Our honeymoon in South Africa was planned to an incredible level and was so well organised. We couldn’t have asked for a better holiday and experience. From Safari in Kruger to a beautiful nature reserve, we enjoyed every minute! Thank you for making such a memorable trip!

We just finished a 3-week trip to Japan that had been organised by Blue Sky Escapes. Our consultant Elaine did such a great job coordinating this incredible, memorable, once in a lifetime trip. Every aspect was flawlessly executed, and it all went without a hitch. The train and car transfers between the cities were seamless and took out all the stress of what would otherwise had been quite a complicated and time consuming set of transfers. All this left us free to just soak up the experience of being in Japan. The highlight Was a private tea ceremony that Blue Sky organised in a Kyoto shrine. What an incredible treat. Elaine and her colleague Marilyn put in so much hard work (and cheerfulness) in making this trip happen. We will be raving about it for quite some time to come.

I have used Blue Sky Escapes for 2 trips (Spain and South Africa), and Manda was our travel designer. I love that we can customize our travel experience and that Blue Sky suggests some interesting / different activities that we would probably never have heard of or tried! For Spain, they ensured we had great tour guides and seamless transportation (we travelled in a group of 15 that included seniors and young children) which really took the stress off thinking about that. For South Africa, they recommended very nice accommodation to suit our budget, guides and tours that enabled us to really understand the local culture and see the sights, and were able to be flexible with the itinerary and wet weather changes. She was able to anticipate our needs, keep us informed in a timely manner for any changes, as well as sent us reminders on what we needed to prepare for. Also liked the little touches like leaving us a note in our hotel room to welcome us. The app that Blue Sky Escapes uses is also very useful as it summarizes our daily itinerary, transfers and flight information, as well as other useful info we might need. Thank you Blue Sky Escapes for enhancing our travel experience!