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The history of Macleay Valley Travel goes back to 1988, when Alan Davies sold his Nissan car dealership & John Deere & Kubota dealership in Kempsey. He started travelling extensively and discovered that he seemed to have a better idea of putting overseas tours together than did the professional travel agents.

Being too young to retire, Alan purchased Macleay Valley Travel in Kempsey. At that time this was a one employee agency. After he purchased the agency he noticed that the few agencies that were selling fully conducted overseas tours, were charging exorbitant prices for these tours - particulary if the tour leader was a "name" from the fields of sports or politics.

There was clearly an opening in the market for value-for-money conducted tours and Alan decided to fill this market niche.

The first tour in 1992 had only five tour participants. But since then the business has rocketed to over 90 tours per year with several thousand tour participants. For Alan the most pleasing aspect of the business is that at least 60% of new clients are a direct result of recommendations from existing clients.

Today, Macleay Valley Travel has a staff of ten people.

Current offers include

Japan & Taiwan Autumn Leaves

16-day Conducted Tour for $5,955 per person twin share

Turkey with Malaysia Stopover

20-day Conducted Tour for $4,405 per person twin share

Vietnam Explorer

15-day Conducted Tour for $2,515 per person twin share

Eastern Turkey and Black Sea

19-day Conducted Tour for only $5,235 per person twin share

Thailand & Chiang Mai Floral Festival

Two Week Conducted Tour for only $2,600 per person twin share

Vietnam Highlights

12-day Conducted Tour for $3,155 per person twin share

Vietnam Overland

Three Week Conducted Tour for $3,765 per person twin share

Small Group Tours of France at Large Group Prices

April 2010 Fire & Ice Fly/Cruise

Hawaiian Islands & Alaska’s Inside Passage 24-night fly/cruise package from $5,899

Malaysia & Borneo

16-day Conducted Luxury Tour for only $4,770 per person twin share

Everest Region Trek

19-day Tour for only $3,755 per person twin share

Egypt, with Nile Cruise

17-day Conducted Luxury Tour for $5,520 per person twin share

Thailand Shopping (With Full Alternate Program for Non-Shoppers)

Eight-day Conducted Tour for $1,570 per person twin share