Overview
AdventureSmith Explorations has pioneered a new style of adventure travel utilizing small ships and yachts to experience nature and wildlife up close. Their mission is to help you research, find and book your next expedition cruise or wilderness adventure. AdventureSmith’s experts have lived, worked and traveled throughout Alaska, Baja, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Galapagos, Ecuador, Peru, Antarctica, Arctic, New Zealand and more. This is the trip of a lifetime, book with the confidence that comes with experience.
1. Experience
Todd Smith, President and founder of AdventureSmith Explorations pioneered Adventure Cruising in Alaska. The staff has decades of experience guiding, planning and selling adventure vacations and small ship cruises. You are embarking on the trip of a lifetime - book with the confidence that comes from experience.
2. Style
Enjoy a new style of adventure travel combining small vessels, great guides and sustainable practices to experience nature and wildlife up close. Specially outfitted yachts, small ships and wilderness lodges serve as a base from which expert naturalists lead small group explorations into the wilderness. Actively explore away from tourist crowds without sacrificing comfort, safety or the environment.
3. Knowledge
AdventureSmith is comprised of former expedition leaders and guides who have lived, worked and traveled at length in each destination. They have cruised aboard or personally inspected every vessel traveled upon. The staff has the insight to help you decipher among all the small ship options or find the smaller family owned vessels you have never heard of. Contact AdventureSmith to answer your questions quickly and accurately with honest, unbiased information.
4. Value
You will never pay more when booking with AdventureSmith Explorations. In fact you will often pay less! Their sales volume ensures you receive the best possible price. Their knowledge and experience adds value by ensuring you select the best trip for your style of travel. Expect to be the savviest traveler aboard after reviewing extensive pre-travel documents including detailed itineraries, maps, packing/reading lists, expert advice and last minute reminders.
5. Personalized Service
Travel is about details so AdventureSmith believes in a personal relationship with each client. Throughout the process, work with one Adventure Coordinator to research, purchase and prepare for your trip. AdventureSmith has close relationships and are an influential agency with their partners. If issues do arise, you’re not alone. AdventureSmith makes sure your voice is heard and problems are quickly resolved.
6. Special Offers
AdventureSmith offers special offers and discounts that are not available if you book direct. Many cruises feature Early Booking Discounts, Last Minute Offers, Free or Discounted Flights, Unadvertised Shipboard Credits and other perks like hats or video chronicles.
7. Sustainable Travel
AdventureSmith is committed to sustainable tourism and contributing positively to the individuals, communities and environments encountered by every AdventureSmith traveler. Their Carbon Free Cruising campaign has offset all carbon emissions created as a result of their cruise passengers. Through a network of local and global conservation partners, AdventureSmith provides a means for travelers to make a contribution while at the same time enhancing your own travel experience through education and outreach.
8. Leadership
AdventureSmith is a company founded by guides and believe that a professional, knowledgeable and personable guide is the key to a successful adventure travel and small ship cruise experience. Travel with veteran guides and adventure leaders whose experience and insight invariably becomes the most appreciated aspect of the journey.
9. Lodging
Cruise aboard exclusive yachts and small ships specially outfitted to watch wildlife and explore the wilderness in style. Distinctive wilderness lodges and boutique hotels get you close to nature. Accommodations and the people who run them are rooted in the region's environment.
10. Custom Charters and Adventures
AdventureSmith specializes in creating private journeys to all of their exciting destinations. They are experts at crafting personalized itineraries for couples, families and small groups. All of AdventureSmith’s small ships or yachts are available for groups and charters - please call for discount rates. They apply their knowledge and experience toward choosing vessels and designing trips that are carefully tailored to suit your interests, ability and budget.
11. Peace of Mind
AdventureSmith is a US based travel agency and registered as a "Seller of Travel" in the State of California (CST #2069288-40) and subject to the nations' most stringent travel industry guidelines. They are licensed, bonded and insured for domestic and international travel. They are also licensed to sell travel insurance and offer a number of policies designed especially for expedition cruises and wilderness adventures.
12. What Others Say
Don't take AdventureSmith’s word for it. They have been recognized as leaders in Expedition Cruises and Wilderness Adventures by National Geographic Traveler, Outside Magazine, The New York Times, USA Today, Frommers and the Outdoor Channel. Read the many client testimonials throughout AdventureSmith’s website or ask them to put you in contact with an alumni traveler. Analysis of their trip evaluations shows that more than 99% of their clients would refer AdventureSmith Explorations to their friends and family.
Travel & Industry Awards
- Conde Nast Magazine World Saver Award 2007
- Outside Magazine Best Trips of 2005
- National Geographic Travler Magazine Top 50 Tours of a Lifetime
Affiliations
- ATIA Alaksa Travel Industry Association
- AWRTA Alaska Wilderenss Recreation and Tourism Association
- BBB Better Business Bureau
- IATAN International Airlines Travel Agent Network
- NLTRA North Lake Tahoe Resort Association
- TIES The International Ecotourism Society
- Alaska Natural History Association
- Alaska Wilderness Recreation Tourism Association
- Neotropical Foundation – Costa Rica
- Galapagos Conservancy
- MayaWorks – Guatemala
- My Climate
Payments Accepted
- American Express
- Cash
- Certified Check
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- MasterCard
- Personal Checks
- Traveler's Checks
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Reservation Policy
A reservation form must be completed and signed by all those who wish to travel. The form should then be returned to AdventureSmith Explorations or its agent with a deposit of approximately $500 per traveler (deposit amounts vary by trip). The balance of the tour price is due 90 days before the departure date. If the balance is received late a 2% late fee will be added. Failure to deliver complete payment 90 days prior to departure will be considered notification of cancellation by default and is subject to the cancellation charges as stated below.
Cancellation Policy
A cancellation by the client must be made in writing. The date that AdventureSmith Explorations or its agents receive the letter determines the cancellation charge applicable. Cancellation fees are as follows:
Land and Internal Air Cancellations Fees Per Person/Per Trip
91 days or more prior to trip: 50% of deposit
31-90 days prior to trip: 50% of total tour cost
0-30 days prior to trip: 100% of total tour cost
AdventureSmith Explorations reserves the right to cancel a tour for any reason. It will not cancel a tour less than eight weeks before departure except in the case of force majeure, consolidation, or the client’s failure to pay the final balance. If a tour is cancelled to consolidation or force majeure, the client may choose a full refund of all payments made or an alternative tour offered by AdventureSmith Explorations. If the alternative tour chosen by the client is of a lesser value then the client will be entitled to refund of the price difference. If the alternative tour chosen by the client is of greater value than the tour originally booked the client is required to pay the price difference [within the same timeframes specified above]. Force majeure is an unusual or unforeseen circumstance outside the company’s control.
No partial refunds are possible for unused services including but not limited to hotel rooms, meals, air or land transportation, activity days or other sightseeing excursions.
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