Make This Your Best Trip Ever!

The holiday you need crafted the way you want to travel.

“My job is to make it easy for you to experience your travel dreams. I can even help you work out what those dreams might be if you’re in need of some inspiration and ideas and then I work hard to turn your vision into a reality.

And if you’re travelling with us on one of our escorted journeys, as your travel escort, I will travel with you from New Zealand and take care of all the details while we travel together – everything from checking you in, arranging transfers, crafting wonderful enriching stopover experiences and sharing my favourite local places with you – places you may not find yourself.

Let me share my love of travel with you and particularly, my love of river cruising in Europe”

Diane de Jong

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Travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer.

It's finally time to pick up your plans of international travel again! While this is exciting, it's also daunting to know that the world has become more complicated than before, and planning and booking an international experience certainly includes a few more red flags to look out for. This is where Love To Travel's passion and experience shines! Diane brings a careers worth of knowledge and experience to ensure you have no regrets on your next adventure.

You need a holiday right?

You don't need endless search engine results leading to dead ends, false deals and inactive services to waste your time
you don't need the internet's often misleading images and reviews to baffle your decision making
you don't need precious time wasted emailing and messaging a multitude of different hotels and tour operators
you certainly shouldn't need a holiday from planning your holiday...

And Diane can bring the magic to your trip

Diane brings a lifetime of international travel expertise along with her high expectations of what a holiday should be like. She tailors travel with real people in mind, making mindful inclusions to the itinerary that really make it something special. Perfectly timed picnics in a shady spot after an activity, or a cold beer exactly when you need it after that bike ride through the Tuscan countryside. Diane has lived experience of all her tours, ensuring she has a first-hand account of the day-to-day itinerary she is proposing to you and your loved ones. This is the Love To Travel difference that makes your holiday, feel like a holiday.

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- One point of contact
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- Real time support
- Access to specialist partners
- Access to partner discounts and bonus offers
- Access to private experiences not avaialble to the general public
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About River Cruising

A day on the river, what to expect on a guided river cruise.

Read on for more details about how Diane crafts the perfect European River Cruise experience. Whether you're joining Diane and a small group of Kiwis (max 20) for an upcoming Hosted River Cruise or simply having Diane book an unescorted river cruise for you, you'll discover some of the details and activities you could expect to experience on this trip of a lifetime..

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Our Trips

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MAGNIFICENT RIVERS OF EUROPE

River Cruise 2025
BUDAPEST AMSTERDAM
16 days - 5 countries
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EUROPEAN CHRISTMAS MARKETS

River Cruise 2025
FRANKFURT - NUREMBERG
9 days
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" Outstanding! My experience with using Diane has been outstanding. I feel very confident that Diane pays great attention to detail when organising all aspects of our travel arrangements. She is also an amazing tour leader, making sure that all group members have all their individual needs met. Diane made sure that the tour group mixed well and her organisation of the whole tour was fantastic.."

Jan & Tony S

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" At Love to Travel, they listen! They really listen to the type of trip you want, not one that is easy to sell to you. This, coupled with their extensive travel experience, they are also able to add valuable insights, which means you end up with the perfect trip tailored to your needs. What is important to Love to Travel, is that you have a trip that is fulfilling and that you want to go again! Their attention to detail, connections in the travel industry, responsiveness and that they see your trip through to the end, is what sets them apart from others in the industry. We have used Love to Travel for all our traveling needs for many years, and we recommend Love to Travel to as many people as we can. Thank you to Di and the team."

Victoria & Vince

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"I have used Diane de Jong as my Travel Agent for the last 10yrs.I have been on a River Trip with Di and her husband Peter. Both were extremely helpful and sensitive to all the group's whims and fancies."

Sandra D.

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"Oh my goodness we had such a wonderful holiday Everything went exceptionally well. All pickups and transfers from our hotels went without a hitch. All pickups were at the advised time and the tour guides were wonderful. We were all so impressed with the organisation of our tour. 10/10 for you and your company."

Maureen & Clarke H

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"Diane goes above and beyond to make travelling so enjoyable and easy. My Mum and I are not well seasoned travellers but we had the opportunity to travel with Diane and her husband on a European river cruise. From the moment we left NZ to the end of the cruise, Diane took care of us and also as we were all staying on at the end of the cruise, she took us on a guided tour of Amsterdam, showing us places we would never have found and this was in her own time. I also got caught up in the Auckland 2023 floods of trying to get out of Auckland to Brisbane and Diane managed to change my bookings and get me to my cruise on time, which I am forever grateful as it was a very stressful time. I have booked many trips through Diane and recommended her to my friends. Diane is extremely professional and very knowledgeable about lots of countries."

Shelley M

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". Di has been responsible for making most of our international travel bookings over the past 10+ years. We have found her to be extremely helpful, reliable and knowledgeable. In 2023 Di and Peter accompanied us from Auckland, through Dubai (two nights) and on to Budapest, where we did a river cruise to Amsterdam. They then joined us again and accompanied us for five nights travel to Den Hague and Gouda. All the arrangements were fantastic, and we really enjoyed their company. Their involvement with our travel took away all possible stress and worry. We recommend them wholeheartedly and look forward to further travel arrangements with them in the future."

Warren and Marilyn T.

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