They have no ethics whatsoever!
Even if they have your money they still wont refund it, instead forcing you to have useless credits. Absolutely disgraceful abuse of terms and conditions! Bending their terms and conditions to their advantage to keep hold of your deposit!
Don't trust their clean Facebook page either as they sensor any comments that are not in their best interest.

Tour rebooked from 2020 to May 2021 due to Covid. Tried to get info on what happens now that this tour also not viable.Told tour still going ahead no refunds or credits for cancellation.

Inspiring Vacations does not conduct their tours, as we sadly found out. They are just a middle man & sell to a third party. When third party goes into liquidation, for whatever reason, you will lose your money. I don’t care if it is Covid related or not. We lost $5K with this company because the third party that they gave the money to liquidated. Of course IV blamed it on Covid but nothing was provided stating that this was the reason & nothing in the press stated this was the reason.

Inspiring Vacations has at all times provided prompt and professional service. During this difficult time with continued cancellations, I have been impressed & relieved with their above and beyond efforts to achieve positive outcomes and to communicate them to clients. The extension until the end of 2020 for credits and the options on how they can be used, really does tick a lot of boxes. Inspiring Vacations deserves to survive, and I will continue to use them for my travel and will thoroughly recommend them to friends and family. Well done Team!

This company has no regard for anyone, you pay when they ask you to pay; they talk to you up until they get your money and then nothing. They don’t answer the phone, don’t reply promptly to emails. The answer is never in your favour. They took our money prior to COVID and then cancelled our trip. Then offered nothing more than a credit that expired and if you choose to transfer there was a penalty. The owner is rude and hides behind terms and conditions that are always changing. If you decide to give them your money make sure you print a copy o...

To the Staff of Inspiring Vacations we would like to say Thankyou for your help with our re-booking of Japan Holiday. Unfortunately the original trip March 2020 was cancelled and now March 2021 the same way with Covid but the staff have been great in changing and reapplying the trip to March 2022. The staff members under these hard times have been friendly and have communicated by phone and email in a timely matter.
Keep up the great work.

Having been on 2 tours now with Inspiring Vacations, I highly recommend them. I went to Japan in 2018 & was so impressed with the tour that I booked another trip to Turkey in 2019. The guides were extremely knowledgeable, helpful & passionate about their countries & cultures. The places we visited were amazing & the hotels were great. I'm looking forward to going on another trip with Inspiring Vacations soon.

Fighting with this company at present. Had Egypt tour booked, tour cancelled, due to covid .
Would not consider refund, credit note only . Kept pushing, was offered partial refund , with a disclaimer in the fine print that this may not be the final amount, but a right to revert to credit note was not an option..
Payment date was given as just after 30 nov - they have now said they don't know when I will get my money.
I have submitted this to ACCC and Vicat but they are overloaded .
They don't seem to be an accredited travel agent with AFTA- not sure if they belong to IATA

Would not touch them - very worried they will go down the drain and I will lose all my $5200 - not just $1200

This company appears to be a sham.
With Travel suspended they are still demanding ongoing payments as part of their periodic payment system, knowing that the tours will not go ahead.
They then offer credits and the price of tours go up, so you're forever paying more and more.... but not travelling.

As many people due to CoVid my trip to Japan was cancelled. Whilst friends of mine (who deal with some other companies) don't even get a reply to emails or telephone calls would just 'ring out'. I would like to note that Inspiring Vacations and the personal communications have been nothing short of outstanding. I cannot imagine how difficult this time has been for companies such as Inspiring Vacations but feel as a company they could not have done better. Thank you. I do hope that I can travel to Japan in the future and will be looking at Inspiring Vacations to do so.

I am still waiting for the rest of my refund of $1228 people overseas get a full refund so why don’t we here in Australia?This is way to much to withhold.

We were due to be heading to Morocco with Inspiring Vacations at the moment but Covid 19 put paid to that! This was to be our 3rd trip with IV. We went to Egypt in November 2018 & had the best holiday ever! Our guide was amazing & we still keep in contact via Facebook. We were so happy with that trip we booked a trip to China in October 2019 - another fabulous trip but different to our Egyptian experience as we had different guides in each city so we didn't get to form the same bond as we did with Hend Mandy. On our return we couldn't wait to ...

We made our booking and were able to pay it off which was very useful. The only additional cost was for the changes to the flight home amidst the onset of the Covid 19 pandemic and the closure of borders.
We took every opportunity to go on the optional experiences, which of course were extra, at the time, but they were so worthwhile. It would not have made sense to miss these amazing opportunities.
We booked the Spain, Morocco and Portugal 21 day tour. The company made everything very easy. Our tour guide and our drivers were excellent. The lo...

My client made the decision the voluntarily change their booking before this was directly impacted by COVID-19. When contacting Inspiring Vacations, they provided me with flexible options that I could provide my client, who was ultimately happy with the outcome provided. I wouldn't hesitate to use their services again once travel returns to normal.

In February 2020 we booked IV tour to Japan departing early September 2020, Covid 19 was well and truly in the news especially in Japan then. Inspiring Vacations requested next part payment be made mid March. We were offered a credit when the tour was cancelled ($1800.00 had been paid). However when we requested a refund and were offered $1448 (our Travel Agent Helloworld were fantastic) only. I requested a statement showing how the money had been spent, this was rejected!. I do not believe my request was reasonable as we paid IV in good faith. Please don't tell me to refer to your T&Cs

We booked to tour Japan last April with IV but when the time came, it had to be cancelled due to COVID-19, and we were offered a credit by IV. We were happy with this at the time, (though it would have nice to have had a choice of a refund) and were efficiently rebooked for next April at the same price. As time has progressed we decided that in our circumstances it was a better option for us to apply for a refund. We were informed by IV that they were happy to partially refund us, after deducting expenses already paid. The refund amount was the...

Understandably the trip was cancelled due to pandemic. But we had paid $2600 in Nov 2019 to travel in October 2020. By March they claim they had paid the money to another company which is now in liquidation. They only offered $720 credit or refund.

Following our cancelled Grand Scandinavian holiday and the refusal of Inspiring to provide a cash refund, coupled with our travel insurers rejection of our claim, we had no alternative but to accept the offer of a travel credit and have now re-booked an Australian holiday using the same funds held by Inspiring. Scandinavia was to be our celebration at the end of a long working life but it was not to be because of global events. Inspiring Vacations have been extremely professional and supportive in assisting us to re-book with confidence and look forward to a great Australian adventure in 2021.

following cancelation of our trip to South America we were granted credit towards a trip in the future. Once it became clear that travel would be impossible for a long time we requested a refund. This request was quickly granted although with some reduction. We are now able to use the refund to get on with life in these difficult times. We would be happy to book future trips with Inspiring Vacations when travel can be resumed.

Following the cancellation of our intended 11 day Stunning China trip, scheduled for October 2020, all I can say is, that if the trip had been of the quality of Inspiring Vacations pre-trip service and brilliant refund speed and ethic, we would have had a wonderful time. All that I can say is THANK YOU, from the bottom of my heart and wish IV all the best for the future.