Mark ter Stege

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Port Elizabeth

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Hi, my name is Mark ter Stege, I am a personal Travel Counsellor based in Port Elizabeth offering you the expertise and knowledge to ensure that your holiday or business travel is well planned and meets your every expectation.


Before joining Travel Counsellors on 7 January 2008 I had completed 25 years of service with South African Airways and I had gained extensive knowledge in the airline and travel industry. My travel experience includes trips to Australia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Spain, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Dubai, Mauritius, Mozambique, Zambia, Zanzibar and Zimbabwe. I am confident that together with Travel Counsellors award-winning systems, global reach and buying power that I will be able to provide you with an improved all-round service whatever your travel needs are.


Travel Counsellors operates a unique business model empowering the very best travel professionals from both leisure and corporate travel to dedicate more of their valuable time and expertise in the pursuit of complete client satisfaction. This is primarily enabled through the support facilities provided by Travel Counsellors to their franchisees, whereby the operational processes such as ticketing, payment, documentation and invoicing are all handled centrally by our Head Office.


As I am growing my own business I would appreciate any referrals from your family, friends or colleagues. I look forward to hearing from you.


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Mauritius

Mauritius

Mauritius, what a great place to have a relaxing island holiday and it's only 4 hours away from South Africa. This was my third trip to Mauritius, previously visiting the Grand Bay and Trou aux Biches areas on the North West side for family holidays. This visit was more work related - as I was attending our Travel Counsellors Conference. We were hosted at the 5-Star Shandrani Resort & Spa in Bl

28 May 2012 5   min read

Idwala Game Lodge - Eastern Cape South Africa

Idwala Game Lodge - Eastern Cape South Africa

I spoilt my wife to a special weekend away in the Eastern Cape where we stayed at the Idwala Game Lodge. The Idwala Game Lodge is situated in the Frontier Country of the Eastern Cape of South Africa, and it is about 100 kilometres from Port Elizabeth when travelling on the N2 towards Grahamstown. This weekend away was a special trip to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. What an awesome wee

11 May 2010 5   min read

Hamilton Island "The Great Barrier Reef"

Hamilton Island "The Great Barrier Reef"

I enjoyed five days on Hamilton Island sponsored by Tourism Australia as part of "Corroboree Europe 2009". I joined up with 300 other travel agents from all over Europe who attended this Educational / Familiarisation trips to various locations in Australia. Hamilton Island is one of 74 Islands on The Great Barrier Reef. It is the perfect location to enjoy on that island getaway experience

30 Jun 2009 5   min read

Sydney Australia

Sydney Australia

I was invited to attend "Corroboree Europe 2009" by Tourism Australia after qualifying as an Australian Specialist. Corroboree is an aborigine word for a "noisy gathering". We were a group of eight South Africans who attended a week long Educational/Familiarisation trip in the Sydney area. Tourism New South Wales organised all the sightseeing and hotel inspections. The experience was like t

19 Jun 2009 5   min read

Spain Marbella

Spain Marbella

I joined fellow colleagues from across the globe to celebrate our success and gain further travel knowledge when our company Travel Counsellors invited us to its annual conference in Marbella. I was invited to the luxurious resort in the Costa del Sol as a reward for my hard work and dedication to providing my customers with the highest levels of personal service. I was joined by fellow Travel

02 Dec 2008 5   min read

UK - England & Scotland

UK - England & Scotland

We have been fortunate enough to have had a couple of wonderful overseas holidays. Our most recent holiday was to the United Kingdom in June 2006. That particular summer was when London and surrounding areas experienced a heat wave, but needless to say us South Africans were used to that type of heat. We stayed with family in Harlow, and a wonderful experience for our kids was travelling by

28 Oct 2008 5   min read

What my customers say

I have always had a great service, please keep it going Mark

Mark Brown

Port Elizabeth

Excellent service thanks

Antje Knight

Windhoek

Great job Mark!

Vann Rogerson

Greenville, North Carolina

It was an awesome and well organised flight plan with no delays!

Craig Stoltz

Port Elizabeth

Thank you very much for all your efforts in organising our trip. Everything worked like clockwork and we experienced no problems whatsoever. You are a star!

Bennie and Michele Vosloo

Port Elizabeth

Excellent service and I have already recommended him. Very thorough and a quick response.

Bennie Vosloo

Port Elizabeth

Thanks Mark. You have been brilliant. I will use you again at the next opportunity. All the best!

Alon Caspi

London

Mark is extremely helpful, quick and reliable.

Grace Erasmus

Port Elizabeth

Arranging the travel tickets and the on-board check-in has been a great pleasure and new found experience.

Brian Colenutt

Port Elizabeth

Brilliant service and great to deal with. Doubt I will use anyone else for my future trips. Thanks Mark!

JJ Swart

Johannesburg

Always excellent Service

Carey Marx

Port Elizabeth

Just to say thanks for your assistanc, once again in making our trip as painless as it was. You will always be our first call in any of our ventures. Rest assured, all our friends hear of you at Travel Counsellors. Many thanks and kind regards, Gavin & Petro Johannie

Gavin Johannie

Port Elizabeth

Thank you for your good service Mark Ter Stege!

Ivo Huisman

Port Elizabeth

Good, Fast and Professional Service--What can I say--The BEST!

Andre Castelein

Port Elizabeth

We found Mark to be most helpful to find the best possible and cost effective flights for us. A pleasure doing business with him and will definitely recommend him to all who need professional travel service.

Allan Anderson

Port Elizabeth

First class service from Mark ter Stege - I will certainly recommend his services to all my business colleagues and friends - he is professional, efficient and a friendly guy to do business with.

Anthony Jones

Port Elizabeth

We are always happy with your service and have no hesitation in recommending you to our friends and family.

David Freeman

Port Elizabeth / Manchester

His professional and friendly service is hard to beat.

Rene Prefab Projects

Port Elizabeth

Mark ter Stege is basically a Terminator, if Terminators where sent back in time to ensure that humanity enjoyed stress-free, no-hassle holiday bookings and customer service above and beyond the call of duty. Give that man a raise.

Ky Ben Crampton

Grahamstown (Taiwan)

Since my 1st experience with you, I have been extremely impressed with your service. I doubt if I would ever consider using anyone else. Well done and thank you

Gavin Johannie

Port Elizabeth

Mark has always been so helpful with regards to anything that I've asked from him. He is One hundred percent. I would recommend him any time.

Carole Newton

Ashvale, Surrey

I've always been very happy with Mark's service. He is a pleasure to deal with.

Carole Newton

Surrey, United Kingdom

We just want to thank you for your continuous assistance, support and willingness to send us boarding passes and making sure that we were aware of any flight changes on our trip to South America from the 20th June until the 8th July 2017. It all went perfectly as scheduled and no hick-ups thanks to your undivided attention for us to have a good holiday. Many thanks and will soon be in touch for other bookings.

Anette Knight

Port Elizabeth

We have employed the services of Mark on a number of occasions. He has been unfailingly efficient and professional and has made our travels overseas and in Africa a pleasure. I recommend him unreservedly.

Jeremy Pickering

Grahamstown

Mark has been extremely helpful and he is always prepared to go the extra mile every time I have travelled.

Tim Hopwood

Port Elizabeth

Fantastic service at very short notice, and backed up by confirmation with both email and WhatsApp tickets and boarding passes. This is the Best service that I have ever had!

David Langhan

Cape Town

Mark went the extra mile for us. Extending our stay in Zanzibar, arranging our flights from PE to JHB etc with no trouble or hick ups what so ever. Thanks Mark and the team. Will most certainly promote Mark form Travel Counsellors in the future. Hopefully we able to travel again some time soon. Thank you.

Des Des Fontaine

Port Elizabeth

Thanks so much Mark, all my trip arrangements went very well! Everything went 'Tickety-Boo' and I am now home safely, I would score you 100%+++ Barbara G.

Barbara Gardiner

Port Elizabeth

Mark ter Stege is committed to Excellence, I have been enormously impressed by his attention to detail, down to booking my seat for me and also advising the airline of my Wheat Intolerance, without me having to ask him or remind him. Mark makes travelling easy, all I have to do is advice Mark of the dates that I need to travel and he takes care of the rest. I have recommended Mark to family and friends and will continue to do so with confidence. A HUGE thank you from a Very Happy Regular Customer!

Colleen Keenan

Port Elizabeth

Mark offers such a personalized service and is always at hand even when we have needed to travel at short notice for family emergencies or personal reasons. Everything just goes so smoothly and even the on-line boarding is done when one travels on a Sunday. I recommend his services to my friends, family and colleagues.

Laura Goditiabois-Deacon

Port Elizabeth

Very helpful, informative, efficient!

Michael Adams

Port Elizabeth

Mark is always very prompt with his information - we would definitely recommend him to our friends (and have done so). He even answered his phone on a Saturday afternoon when we phoned him from the airport.

Claire Baillie

Port Elizabeth

Mark has planned 2 holidays for us and this is the 3rd holiday that Mark is planning. His service is excellent and we have given his details to plenty of potential travellers. We are very happy to have met Mark and I will always make our travel arrangements with him!

Lisa & David Dyer

Port Elizabeth

Many thanks Mark - We had a great trip overseas including the Alaska & Canada Celebrity Cruise… All went well. Will be in touch again soon for next year. Regards Gwyn & Dave

Gwyn Gray

Port Elizabeth & Manchester

Hi Mark Thank you for all your help and assistance regarding our visas and travel arrangements to Mexico. Clarice Pelser

Clarice Pelser

Port Elizabeth

Hi Mark Thanks for everything, our Mauritius Holiday (25th Wedding Anniversary) at Le Mauricia was great, the waiters were exceptional with a big daily variety of food and the entertainment was also pleasant. Your arrangements and service was spot on and exceeded our expectations so we would definitely recommend you and your business to all we know. Regards Gerry & Carien

Gerry Kumm

Pretoria

Dear Mark Thank you for all your assistance, online check in’s and making the changes as we went along. We greatly appreciate your professionalism and support. Warm regards Erica Ferrey Animal Welfare Society Port Elizabeth

Erica Ferrey

Port Elizabeth

A big shout out to Mark ter Stege of Travel Counsellors for awesome professional service, got me on a plane to London, good seat, good price, baggage checked all the way through, all done in 24 hrs ! So at a time of a family illness, I didn't have to worry about any of that - I just had to get to the airport! Thank You Mark! YOU ROCK !

Colleen Keenan

Port Elizabeth

During December/January 2013 we visited New York City and Walt Disney World, Orlando. Mark booked all our flights, accommodation and Disney World resort tickets. The holiday was problem free thanks to the bookings that Mark organised. Mark ensured we were put up in perfectly located hotels with fantastic service and hospitality. The holiday was super, thanks to Mark from Travel Counsellors. GREAT SERVICE!

Richard Beck

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Hi there, Mark arranged our Holiday to Thailand, he suggested Bangkok two days and Phi Phi Island 5 days. He arranged everything from leaving Port Elizabeth to arriving back at home. He arranged representatives every step of the way. The most relaxing and stress free overseas holiday for us ever. We will be using Mark for all our future travels - without a doubt that it will be arranged 100%!

Lisa Dyer

Port Elizabeth

I thoroughly recommend Mark Ter Stege, for his tour arrangement and the choice of hotels. Everything went smoothly without a hitch and we had a really wonderful time. Thank you Mark we will be using you again.

Carole & Tony Newton / Edwards

Ash Vale UK

Mark was referred to me by one of our friends, and I will highly recommend him to any prospective traveller. His attention to detail and recommendations were brilliant.

Danielle Chantler

Port Elizabeth

I would like to thank you for all the assistance you provided me in booking my holiday to Poland. The flights were all boarded without any problems. It was such a pleasure to have a stress free international flight with transfers. I had the opportunity to visit some of the most outstanding Cathedrals, Abbeys, Castles, Palaces, Glacial Lakes and really wonderful towns in my stay there. It was simply AMAZING with friendly people and it’s a beautiful country. Thank you once again for all your assistance. I will most definitely be recommending your services to anyone who asks me where to go for travel arrangements. Kind Regards Anthony Opperman

Anthony Opperman

Port Elizabeth

I have just returned from a surprise trip to the Seychelles organised without my knowledge by my husband and Mark. Mark ensured our trip to paradise was perfect!! Our flights were on time and very comfortable and we were greeted at the airport by a representative who whisked us off to Coco De Mer, a beautiful resort. Thanks to Mark we enjoyed a second honeymoon in paradise without a hitch!

Bouke and Lorna Kooiker

Port Elizabeth

Mark ter Stege has been amazingly helpful to us over the past few years, whilst organizing trips for Noël’s Father from Zimbabwe as well as our most recent trip to the UK. We didn’t pay anymore by booking through Mark, as opposed to what we would have paid when booking directly on the internet. But I can assure you that Mark gave us a whole lot of “accessory” info that was much needed & in a way that saved us scouting through the internet for it. I can highly recommend Mark.

Louise Adams

Port Elizabeth

After we were left stranded in Johannesburg, 15th April, enroute to London, due to the volcano eruption, we contacted Mark as we had a huge time problem in getting to Los Angeles, to board our cruise ship The Norwegian Star by midday of the 17th April or miss the cruise totally. Mark immediately understood our situation and re booked us via Washington and then on to Los Angeles the next day. Thanks Mark!!

Colin Murray

Port Elizabeth

Our family went to Thailand for the Easter holidays. All our bookings were done very professionally by Mark Ter Stege. Everything about the booking was great and went incredibly smoothly. I will definitely use him again and will recommend him to our friends and family. Regards James Bolton

James Bolton

Port Elizabeth

I have just returned from Oz, thanks Mark for doing everything for me, flights, visa etc. There was ample time for connecting flights, making my trip a wonderful experience, I will definitely be using your services in the future and recommend you to all my friends and family, keep up the good work.

Mara Strydom

Gamtoos River Mouth

Searching on Google I found Mark's website and decided to give it a go. I hit the jackpot with the service and help that he has provided. My mom was amazed by all the information and help; he even sent her a message wishing her well for her journey. I will definitely utilise his services again in the future. Thank you!

Janine Risi

Sydney, Australia

Mark has arranged a number of trips for our family over the past year or so. In each case the arrangements have been professionally made resulting in trouble free travel. Of particular note is the personal service and attention to detail which has greatly facilitated our travels.

George Szabo

Port Elizabeth South Africa

Not having travelled overseas, it was with certain reservations that I went on word of mouth and used Mark to handle all of my reservations. I needn't have worried - my trip couldn't have gone smoother. Well done Mark. Sorry for doubting you somewhat. I guess we are used to poor service levels in the country. You have set a yardstick which many other travel agents need to up their game to. Thanks!

Andrew Worboys

Port Elizabeth

André and myself just came back from a lovely holiday. We went to London for a week and then did a week in Spain. The reason why I’m mailing you is to tell you about the great service our travel agent gave us. Now we all know that good service is virtually non-existing in PE and most probably SA for that matter. Mark on the other hand went out of his way to get us good prices, accommodation etc. He pre-booked our seats before each flight and welcomed us back home with a nice e-mail. If you travel local or abroad, we highly recommend Mark Ter Stege.

Michelle Castelein

Port Elizabeth

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