Srprs.Me Trip, Travelling into the Unknown
A few weeks ago I took a trip into the unknown. Reason being, this is the charm of Srprs.me, you go where you are meant to go, as the tagline points out. If you have followed them on social media, you'll see that travellers are advised to not mention their locations on the official Srprs.me platforms, so for this post I won't actually say where we went, instead I'll just talk through the experience. However as a tl;dr, if you are thinking of taking one of these trips, DO IT! It is such an experience that is more than just browsing Air b&b and travel blogs for inspiration on where to go.
We had previously booked with Srprs.me in 2017 for a two week trip, however due to my Mum passing away we weren't able to go. The team at Srprs.me were so good and helped wherever they could. Unlike other agencies we have previously used, all emails and communications felt very personal. They even sent flowers and a lovely message when we told we had to cancel and the reason why, such a lovely gesture and one that I would not have expected any travel company to do. This personal communication continued when we were on our final countdown to our trip in the middle of February. They remembered us and seemed genuinely pleased that we were travelling again with them.
The actual process is also perfect for those of us with busy lives. Srprs.me specialises in European breaks so if you know what time you are able to book off. Instead of trying to decide where to go, and if you are anything like me starts getting overwhelmed, everything can be booked in ten minutes. Choose your dates, and there you go. Job done! There is another option now where you can choose North, East, West or South Europe - if you fancy something warmer you can then pick south or if eastern Europe has been sorely missed on your travels, then there is that option for you. You can pick three places you don't want to go too; so we picked Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon as Amsterdam was our previous city break and the latter two we are not too fond of. The best thing is, if we go back to Srprs.me, they will never send you to the same place twice! So the sense of adventure continues!
I feel Srprs.me is a natural reaction to the review heavy, trip advisor style travel planning that is abundant these days. Often I have been put off places because I had read far too many reviews, or ended up over planning and not enjoying the experience. Again, I end up overwhelmed because I end up reviewing, then comparing, then thinking 'what if?'. Not having any of these worries was remarkably freeing. We only needed to turn up to the airport at 11am. Finally, the sense of adventure had returned and it was exciting to not know. We were sent an envelope with the tickets in and a code for the webpage. Sat in the airport waiting for the countdown to tick down added another exciting element to the experience. Everything was timed down to the tee and once we found out where we were going, we passed through security as normal and began our holiday sat in departures finding out all about the location. It was somewhere I would have never have thought of going, and I am now very happy to have been!
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So would I do this again? Absolutely, I can't wait until the next little black envelope drops through the door.
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