Pinks and Greens Travel Company

ntary service paid by vendors — no cost to me. After a call where I clearly outlined my vision — including a specific glass igloo resort in Rovaniemi, an overwater villa in the Maldives, and a budget of $15,000-20,000 — I received a quote of $17,254 with a "please accept and pay deposit" email and no itemized breakdown. When I researched independently I found: - The Radisson Blu Helsinki was quoted at $920/night. The hotel's own website shows $256-340/night for the same dates and room types. - The Finland "package" of $4,674 was built around a train that is frankly nothing special — a standard overnight commuter train, not the romantic scenic experience implied. We chose to fly instead for $117 per person round trip. - The glass igloo resort I specifically requested and discussed by name was never booked. Instead a 2.5 star property with twin beds was substituted with no explanation. I found a superior glass igloo resort independently — heated glass roof, private sauna, private hot tub, king bed, and all three meals included — for approximately $3,700. My request was never honored despite being discussed explicitly from the beginning. - The Maldives resort was switched from what was originally discussed without explanation. - I found genuinely better all-inclusive Maldives overwater villa packages independently for significantly less. What I eventually discovered is that she books through Expedia TAAP — a travel agent booking platform — and applies her own undisclosed markup on the backend on top of the platform's already-inflated rates. This is how a $340 hotel room becomes a $920 quote. The "free service" framing obscures that you are actually funding both the platform margin and her fee through inflated pricing — it is not disclosed and it is not transparent. I booked Finland myself for approximately $4,500 total including flights — the actual glass igloo experience I requested, with private sauna, private hot tub, heated glass roof, king bed, and all meals included — at roughly half the cost of her quote for an inferior itinerary that didn't include a single igloo. If you are an experienced traveler or simply willing to do your own research, I would strongly recommend verifying any quote against direct hotel rates before paying a deposit.