Aimee Leon

Aimee and her team are amazing. Our trip was perfectly planned and executed. It had been delayed for two years due to Covid, but Aimee effortlessly refunded, rebooked and re-planed everything. We are able to navigate all of the flight cancellations, the pilots strike (SAS), and every other hurdle by Aimee having secured back up plans for us. I know that most people, myself included, think that you don’t need to use a travel agent these days, and, for simple, straightforward flights, that is true. But for overseas travel, especially in these constantly disruptive days of travel, you do; and there is no travel agent that I could recommend more highly than Aimee and her team at Avant-Garde.

Aimee is the best and so wonderful to work with!! She tackles our family distance from each other and makes it all work. She planned the best vacation for us to St.Lucia, It was a perfect villa at the most amazing resort balanced with great restaurants, activities and relaxation. Thank you Aimee for helping our family have another wonderful vacation!

Amazing. Thoughtful itinerary. Guide for first three days of hiking trip was genius. High quality guides and excellent dinners planned by Aimee. Great hotels. had an issue with a flight and Aimee was on it to have us re-routed! Great customer service. Will never travel without her!

We have worked with Aimee a few times now and have never been disappointed. She is always easy to work with and plans amazing, seamless trips. Our trip to Greece was a bit daunting for me as we were traveling with a 11 people with the age ranges of 28-64. The trip went off beautifully and everyone had a wonderful and memorable vacation. Aimee connected us with a tour company in Greece so we had “boots on the ground” in case we needed help. They were also amazing. It seems she only works with the best of the best! I HIGHLY recommend Aimee for any travel planning. We are looking forward to planning our next trip with her!

Our recent experience with Aimee Leon and Avant-Garde Travel was simply exceptional in every way. Aimee listens and gathers the essence of the trip you envision and then delivers a fantastic itinerary. Her deep expertise in all aspects of international travel becomes obvious immediately and she navigates any hurdles with skill. She shows significant insight for all things ‘travel’. The detailed, interactive web-based itinerary was invaluable throughout the trip.

We wanted to build a bucket-list trip to the Arctic Circle to view the Northern Lights across Norway and Iceland. Our local travel agent utterly failed to in her attempt to help us plan this trip. We reached out to Avant-Garde after finding them on a web search and Aimee contacted us quickly. Within hours we knew we were in the right hands and well on our way to an unforgettable adventure. Aimee put together a first-rate itinerary of accommodations and activities. I’m super picky about travel — suggestions she made along the way were excellent.

Unfortunately, the very first leg of our outbound flight failed causing us to miss the infrequent connection to the Arctic Circle in Norway. When I contacted the emergency number Aimee and her assistant were already aware and working on alternatives. I fed her suggestions to the Delta gate agent who arranged to quickly rebook us on another carrier that would allow us to arrive in Norway – a bit worse for wear – within hours of our original schedule. Having a safety net like this to deal with the inevitable issues that accompany travel is priceless.

When we begin to design our next adventure, we will absolutely put the details in the competent hands of Aimee Leon and Avant-Garde Travel.

If you’re looking for an amazing, unique, thoughtfully planned, and memorable trip experience you’ve found the right agency with Avant-Garde Travel. My girlfriend and I hired Aimee / Avant-Garde to plan our Iceland trip and every detail was nailed and planned beyond my expectation! Aimee took the time prior to our trip to really understand our desires as a couple and our individual wish list. Once all information was gathered, the trip presented to us was exactly what we were seeking. The hotels were amazing, the locations were perfect, the logistics were perfectly timed to allow some leisure time as well, we were properly informed, we were supported while in Iceland, and they kept us constantly updated regarding Covid guidelines and / or changes that impacted how we traveled. In my line of work I’m a confident planner and I had never felt the need to hire a travel agency for my personal use, however we wanted a different type of experience and one that was a bit more guaranteed given the current pandemic environment and I’m beyond grateful that we used Avant-Garde as it provided details, knowledge, and adventures that I couldn’t have done so on my own. A huge thanks to Aimee Leon and Avant-Garde Travel… you are amazing, a class-act operation, your care is highly noticed from the start to the return, and I look forward to working with you again in the future.