South Melbourne Travel - European Travel Specialists, South Melbourne, Australia

Marian Stanley - aka MARIANNA - is our resident expert on all things Italian.

Since joining South Melbourne Travel in 2000, Marian’s love of Italy continues to blossom.
Averaging at least two trips to Italy every year, Marian can offer first-hand and detailed knowledge about our villas in Tuscany, Umbria and the Ligurian Coast. She can also direct you to the perfect hot chocolate in Orvieto, send you truffling in the hills, tell you which rooms at the Hotel Metropole in Santa Margherita provide the most stunning views, and explain why the first thing to do when you land in Italy is find a great espresso at the airport.

How passionate is she about her job? Just say the word “Italy” in her presence and find out!

A partner and part-owner of SMT since 2006, Marian runs the day to day business of South Melbourne Travel. She is wild about Italy, but she can equally help you with amazing stopovers in Dubai, a luxury week in Paris or visit to a spa in Thailand or Bali. Most recently she has just returned from Spain and is our resident Barcelona expert. Ask her about our new for 2009 ITT properties on the Tuscan coast.

Sarah Low founded South Melbourne travel in 1997, with a desire to offer a truly independent and personal travel service to a discerning clientel. Sarah lists France, Switzerland and East Africa among her favourite travel destinations. She spent most of the 1980’s living, working and studying in Europe: years that made her both francophone and a devoted “Europhile”. With aspirations to use her destination knowledge and language skills, Sarah began her travel career in earnest at the end of the eighties. Just under a decade later, in 1997, Sarah branched out on her own, and South Melbourne Travel was born.

"Conservation of endangered species has been a special interest since my days working for African tour operators. I am now looking at conservation from a different angle in my position as Australian Operations Manager for one of the world's most progressive and inspiring non-profit volunteer organisations - Biosphere Expeditions www.biosphere-expeditions.org

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"South Melbourne Travel truly understands what travellers look for in an agent because we’re passionate about what we do"

Holidays to Italy and France are our specialty for both the independent traveller and family groups but it’s our expertise that sets us apart. Whether you’ve dreamt of staying in a villa, castle or rambling farmhouse – we can help you to decide what’s best because we’ve personally visited them!

South Melbourne Travel are fully licensed and members of the Travel Compensation Fund - Travel Agents Licence 32196.

At South Melbourne Travel, we believe in using the most current technologies to provide efficient service. This includes automated itinerary production, quotations and running statements as well as personal access via the World Wide Web to any flight booked with South Melbourne travel. This technology via Galileo and their product - http://www.viewtrip.com/ allows travellers to keep abreast of any changes to their flights - while on the move.

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