Departures Travel - Victoria, British Columbia

Anne MacDuff

I’m writing this review for Maksym (Max) Shkurupii at Departures Travel to acknowledge his exceptional service.
We used Max in 2023 for a trip to Greece, and also in 2024 for a trip to Dubai and Seychelles. When planning the trips he gave us multiple options for accommodations within our price range to choose from. Max organized flights, ferries, private transportation and excursions with detailed itineraries. When we have emailed Max from our vacation he always got back to us right away, which is one example of his professional fee proving to be worth every penny. Max is always going over and above. On our way home from Dubai we were unaware that of connecting flight had been changed to a 12 hour delay. Max was on the phone with Air Canada and has us in a different flight with no delay. I became aware of this when I opened my email on my way to airport with everything rectified. Both of our vacations were amazing. Looking forward to getting Max to plan our next trip.
Sincerely Anne & Gary

Ruari McLennan

We’re so glad to have found Max at Departures to help us plan and make our individualized fast-paced 3 week tour through Italy! He is very knowledgable and dedicated and handled plane, train, car rental, hotel and excursion bookings. The trip was wonderful!

Lina Branter

I've used Max for a couple of trips now and he has helped enormously. From researching various options on the best way to travel Scotland (bike, walk, train and/or car rental), to helping my family organize and then reschedule a whole trip to Tahiti without losing any money, Max is worth his weight in gold. He makes planning travel as stress-free as possible and it is always comforting that he is always reachable if something goes wrong. I highly recommend him!

Theresa Chaboyer

Max has helped built an itinerary for two different international trips for my kids and I that were both amazing. He's great to brainstorm ideas for a custom trip, and he knows the organized tour companies as well and his recommendation of GAdventures was the exact perfect fit for my two teens for the Absolute Turkey trip!! Thanks so much Max. Theresa, Sam and Molly!

Jonathan Kou

We were looking to do a giveaway and reached out to a few travel agencies. We haven’t booked anything yet but Max has already exceeded the services that were provided by the other agencies.

He asked all the right questions, gave ample suggestions and made it very easy to continue the conversation. He sent an email with details as promised and within a shorter time than he had said. I look forward to working with Max and finalizing on some trips.

John Henly

It is a pleasure to write a review for Max Shkurapii at Departures Travel in Oak Bay, Victoria. He's definitely worth 5 stars!! Max has organized two multi-city itineraries in 2023 and 2024 for both business and pleasure. Both times he was able to find some great deals, great seating, and was available at a moments notice if we needed any assistance. Having Max to support bookings is well worth his processing fee, and I'm sure we will continue to use him in the future. Thank you, Max!

Tracy Irwin

We are so happy with the service at Departures Travel and with all the help from Max Shkurupii when booking our recent trip to Japan. He listened to our ideas and made excellent recommendations. Every detail of the trip was planned out for us and our vacation was exciting and stress free. Max is helping us book our next trip, Thailand this time, and he is considerate of our budget and all the excursions we want to do. We enjoy chatting with Max and really value his travel knowledge and expertise. He makes the process of planning our vacations enjoyable!

Denise Branter

Max organised two trips for me! One in Europe, including Alsace, Prague and Vienna! Everything went very well! The places he chose for me to stay were perfect seen as I was on my own! He was very patient with me and offered great advice! I highly recommend him!
Now we are in the process of organizing a trip to Tahiti. We changed the dates and added two more persons for the trip! Max has been very patient with us and takes time to find us perfect accomodations! Again I highly recommend Max for your travel plans!