About Us

Thank you for being my lighthouse when I was lost at sea
Hogan-Silicon Valley Engineer

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Where do you go to make arrangements and plan your trips?
In our own personal travels, we have found it is very important to have one place to call when planning what we want to do. Call who?

Call Lighthouse travel network.
We have niche virtual tour consultants who have the expertise to aid you in creating unique experiences and memories, whether off the beaten path or within familiar areas. Our consultants have destination knowledge and know from their own personal experiences how to enjoy themselves with worry-free traveling. We will do the planning and managing for you while you relax and smile!

We will arrange a custom tour for your group, or reserve space with well known tour company suppliers. We work with several suppliers

TIP: our preferred suppliers do not sell to the general public. You get the expertise of both companies for an excellent experience with guaranteed departures.

We will also refer you to other destination professionals in our network should we not be familiar with your "wants" or "needs".

We provide a value added service to you by using professional tour guides and tour directors to manage our trips. These professionally trained guides will assist you - the majority have certifications through tour guide associations such as San Francisco, USA Tour Pros, the National Tourist Guide Association and well known schools as ITMI.

On our tours, we focus on creating an experience for you.

No, we may not be the tour for you; as we are not just a "1-800 party tour". We are serious tour professionals wanting to assist you, the client, in discovering your new travel adventures locally, nationally, and even internationally.

Lighthouse Travel & Tours offers unique tour & vacation planning for day tours, overnight tours, vacations, and events for individuals and groups. LT&T began as a local Silicon Valley Destination company planning group tour and event solutions locally. We NOW plan vacations across the U.S.A. and even Europe. Yes, our goal is for you to sit back, relax, and have fun! Let Lighthouse show you the world!

They had a great time!!!!
Thank you for all your help in creating this wonderful day for our employees.
You really made the event special and helped make my job easier.
Thank you for your hard work and follow-up.
Tammy-Sequoia Equities

We provide the following services:

Destination Services

• Planning unique day and overnight "tour events" in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California for groups of 20 people or greater. Why are we different? We are not transportation only, All tours includes a professional tour director to manage during the tour and we coordinate the transportation and itinerary for you. Areas that we will organize for you:
  
  

  	– Meet & Greet and Hospitality coordination for your group arrival in this area
  	– Selection of Hotels and Restaurants in the Silicon Valley area
  	– Arranging cars for hire – wide range of sedans and limousines in the Silicon Valley area
  	– And more! Ask our Professional Planners today!

These tours are great for – employee recognition – welcoming your visitors to our area – or making your meetings memorable for you! The size of our company offers personalized service to you as we work together with you on your tour events!

LT&T is very good! We've been dealing with them since our program started 4-5 years ago and they are very professional, works very hard to give us a good program and knows our budget constraints and works diligently to get us the lowest rate they can. If you haven't used this service in the past, LT&T is a company to keep in mind.
Independent Meeting Planner with Cisco Systems - 2007

Try our Virtual Professional Portfolio of Services:
general accounting of A/P, A/R, Payroll, writing, proof reading

Leisure travel for the independent traveler

• Arranging individual tour and cruise packages and individual itinerary travel planning

Virtual Tour & Travel Specialists

• Family Reunions Specialist
  
  
• Honeymoon Vacations Specialist
  
  
• Wine Tours Specialist

Yes! People are looking for an experience. We are constantly researching and planning new ideas making your "experiences" different from the mainstream travel and tour activities. Ideas may include a local docent, a specialty restaurant or gourmet cooking class, garden tours, wine tasting class or spa for your visit. Did you know you pay less with traveling in a larger the group? Although, we have researched tour ideas for the individuals & smaller groups to enjoy as well. We want your activity to be hassle-free and enjoyed by you! We find that our clients create a special bond with one another building relationships for themselves.

Today went very very well; our tourguide (Matt) was delightful and we had a really good day!
Thank you so so much, you’ve been wonderful.
Judy-American Public Transportation Association

Clients

Specialized services for national groups visiting Silicon Valley including companies as:

• APPA - Association of Higher Education Facilities Office - Local Wine Tasting tour - Event
• American Public Transportation Association - Provided unique tours for spouses in town with conference attendees
• The American Society of Mechanical Engineers International (ASME) - Conference getaway tour for spouses exploring local Silicon Valley - July 2006
• Antioch Unified SD Food Services
• California Library Association: Pre Conference tour
• Cisco Systems - Provided assorted functions and tours working with various meeting planners and groups
• finjan software - Local Wine Tour
• Focus Group
• Fred's Travel World
• GE Multilin - Local Wine Tour - 75 people - 2006
• Georgetown Center for Liturgy - Department of Georgetown University: Pre & Post Tours for Catholic Coalition on Preaching Conference
• Google - Step-on Guide Services of Silicon Valley for incoming VIP guest (Ambassador visiting the USA) - 2007
• Guidant
  
• Harvard Business School
• Herman Miller - Provided Transportation services
• I Car - Provided Transportation services and local San Jose Past & Present Tours - 100 people - August 2006
• Intel Corporation - Local Wine Tour and Dinner
• Jet Set Viagens e Turismo - Provided Transportation of transfer services - August 2006
• Kaiser Permanente
• KPMG - Local wine tasting tour in Silicon Valley 2007
• Lurleen B. Wallace Community College, Alabama Colleges for Electronic Technology Education Advancement - Silicon Valley Tour
• LGA Architecture - Santana Row Walking Tour - 2006
• National Business Incubation Association
• Microsoft Corporation - Local Wine Tour; Transportation - dine around event
• Netflix - Local Wine Tour
• Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency
• Richard’s Fun Time Tours
• Sequoia Equities
• Silicon Valley Concierge Association - Hosted wine and horse back riding event 2005, Experience San Jose: a seminar-on-wheels exploring local attractions and history of our great region! 2006
• Society of News Design - Hosted by San Jose Mercury News: Pre & Post Tours for Conference
• Sun Microsystems - San Francisco tour
• Santana Row
• Team San Jose - Overview tour of Silicon Valley, Technology Capital of the World - 2006
• TEK Systems - Local Wine tour event, October 2006
• University of Ottawa-School of Management Executive MBA Program - Local Wine Tasting Tour
• USS Oklahoma City Reunion Conference Tours
• World Jet Travel - Assistance with managing corporate visitors 3 day program

Call us today and book now! Phone (408) 244-7325 or email lighthousetravel@comcast.net