Sent by P McIntyre
Dubai, UAE 04/05/2026
Adele always nails it! She takes into account our non-negotiables, and exceeds expectations!
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Adele Engelbrecht
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Hello, and welcome to my page. I am Adele and I hail from the beautiful country of South Africa. I grew up in the birthplace of JRR Tolkien - Bloemfontein. My travel journey fully commenced when we moved to Dubai in 2007, and the ease of travelling opened from the city. We enjoy sharing the world with our 2 children and understand the necessity of travelling with kids.
For the past 25 years, I have been passionate about customer service in positions I held in Hospitality and Tourism. I completed my degree in Tourism Management and worked in the Travel Industry before joining Travel Counsellors in Dubai in 2014. The business model allows me to enhance my service delivery and add that personal touch! My success lies in happy moments and memorable holidays of valued clients and friends.
I currently specialize in leisure & luxury travel and expanding into corporate travel.
I have been fortunate to have travelled 4 continents, exploring many countries and falling in love with mainly Asia and its people. Maldives is my favorite island destination, and Vietnam is a new country on the list for 2025!
If you want a reliable and reputable person to work on your holiday investment, you don’t need to look any further... As travel is intangible and sometimes the choices can be daunting, my experience, knowledge and Travel Counsellors’ resources allow me to advise you on the best options that suit your needs.
I look forward to helping you soon!
My customer stories
Sent by K Pugin
Dubai 25/11/2025
Adele is incredibly efficient and always seems to anticipate our needs before we even realise what we need. We are SO grateful for her calm preparedness and, mostly, for just being SO reliable and helpful. Her advice has always been absolutely spot on and, over the years, she has come to know our preferences, so planning our travel through Adele has become easier and easier. Adele is also incredibly knowledgeable about a huge range of destinations and aspects of travel, like visas, and if she doesn't know about a place, she seeks advice. We've just done another trip through Adele - 2 weeks through Ireland involving 10 different accommodations, car hire and flights. Everything went without a hitch! So grateful Thank you, Adele!
Sent by V Dana
Dubai 15/08/2025
Fantastic service, professionalism and availability. All our family is delighted of Adele's ongoing services with our travels. Thank you so much for all you do. The Dana Family
Sent by Mr R Rilstone
Dubai 04/04/2025
Adele continues to excel at everything she does with our travel. She knows our preferences so well, she is almost like part of the family. Adele is the reason we continue to work with TC and a true ambassador for your business.
Sent by Mrs O Touloumi
Dubai 04/04/2025
Amazing holiday and Adele managed it all seamlessly - despite us being last moment and changing our minds multiple times she worked out the best outcome for our family, keeping the preteen, the girl and the adults all happy!
Sent by D Thompson
Beverley, UK 12/12/2023
Thank you so much for organising our recent holiday to the Maldives. As ever the service from Adele was efficient and very well organised.
Adele listens and takes on board what you're asking for taking away the stress. She is very knowledgeable and efficient.
We do a lot of travelling and I find it quite stressful arranging everything so I will be using Adele's services again for future vacations. Everyone needs an Adele in their lives. Infact this is the second time we have used her services. The first time was when we climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. This wasn't a usual request, but she did her research and tailored it to suit us.
Whilst we were away in the Maldives my husband had a nasty chest infection, so we asked Adele to investigate the possibility of extending it for a further 3 days. Which she did, drama free. She goes above and beyond the call of duty.
Thank you Adele !!
Sent by G Vile
South Africa 06/07/2023
Adele is knowledgeable, professional, caring and 100% reliable. She is a real gem and I highly recommended her. She makes my travel experience effortless and joyful.
Sent by A Manialawy
Dubai 06/07/2023
Adele has been planning our trips for the last 10 years. I’ve enjoyed every single one of them. She goes the extra mile to accommodate our needs and by now we don’t even have to tell her what our preferences are. From planning a 3 day trip to a 3 week trips, we get the exact same attention to details and service. She’s always on hand to answer all our inquiries even during her weekends. Thx a lot Adele.
Sent by B Bester
Dubai 06/07/2023
Seeing that we weren't sure where we wanted to Adele was very patient with us and giving options. Once we decide she listed to what we are looking for in hotel and rooms. Thank you Adele for helping us. Can't wait for our holiday.
Sent by Heather Drake
Dubai, UAE 03/05/2022
Adele always has great vacation ideas. Recently she’s booked a few flights for us and was very accommodations with our needs to make changes. She takes all the stress out of travel as she advises you n ever-changing rules, sees to check-in etc. She’s amazing at her job and we love using her for our travel.
Sent by Denise K
United States 02/02/2022
Very warm and easy to work with. Listens and responds well to numerous questions.
Sent by A McIntyre
Dubai, UAE 02/02/2022
I have had the pleasure of arranging all of my holidays with Adele for the past 3-4 years now, and she never fails to deliver and live up to (and exceed) our expectations with her attention to detail, thinking outside of the box and determination to ensure that all of our holiday wishes are fulfilled! She always comes through for me, no matter how big or how small the holiday I have asked her to look into and I just can't recommend Adele highly enough to anyone who is looking for someone to fine tune their holiday experience for them!
Sent by S Pidgeon
Dubai, UAE 28/07/2021
Adele has been an absolute godsend during such a chaotic and ever changing time. She came recommended to me, for a family holiday in the Seychelles, as well as a last minute trip for me and my daughters to get back to the UK to see my Dad. Adele took the time to understand what was important to us for both trips, kept me up to date with various Country changes, as I wanted to go via a Green list country, to get to the Uk. Adele took the stress out of all the changes and provided solutions that would work for us. The destinations and routes she recommended worked really well. The hotels were fantastic and were everything we needed and more. She sourced great rates, arranged early check in’s and took the time to understand exactly what we wanted and needed. Adele goes over and above, checking in to see how we’re doing and is always on hand, providing an excellent personalised service. I will be using Adele for all my personal travel from now on and have already recommended her to others. Thank you Adele, you truly have made everything so seamless and easy for us!
Sent by Sawsan Alkhadhra
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 28/07/2021
When the travel banned was removed from Saudi Arabia, my elder sister and I decided to travel in Eid Al Adha Holiday. Thus, we were referred by our youngest sister – who lives in Dubai – to contact Travel Counsellor and specifically Adele Engelbrecht, to support us.
Although we gave her a very short-notice, and we were not certain about the destination, and with the all travel restrictions and rapidly changing rules, she was very supportive and efficient in the time to respond and plan our trip.
We were confused between Seychelles, Egypt, and many other destinations, but she is the one who recommended Zanzibar, after understanding our requirements and our reason of the trip. And it was a very great recommendation. To be honest, I never thought of Zanzibar!
Adele was very cooperative. I did not need to visit or call he directly. All our communications went through WhatsApp and Email and she was very efficient. She was able to provide us with all the information we required. And she was also following up with us and sending us reminders about the dates to apply for the e-visa, the COVID test, and all.
And she proves how professional she was, when she supported us in our way back home – Saud Arabia. As we had an issue with Air Tanzania, and they were not supportive. So, she is the one who fixed and re-arranged everything.
I do believe that the after sales services are the most important ones because it earns the loyalty of the customers, and I think that I will not deal with other agents other than Adele for all my future trips.
Sent by T Hubble
Portugal 26/07/2021
Adele has managed to deliver the same professional service and warm support despite all the (Pandemic) challenges that she has had to deal with . Just wish we could travel more and use Adele . Thank you !
Sent by N Nxumalo
Dubai, UAE 26/07/2021
Adele Engelbrecht has been greatly supportive throughout my years of being with her as my Travel Counsellor. I continue to recommend her professional and reliable services to all friends, family and colleagues.
Sent by Mohmed D
Dubai, UAE 26/07/2021
Exceptional service pre and during travel. Always available and no request is too big. Thanks so much Adele.
Sent by Richard H
Dubai, UAE 26/07/2021
Excellent service as always from Adele. She always goes the extra mile to make sure we have a great holiday that specifically meets our requirements.
Sent by K Russell
Dubai 07/06/2019
Adele has been fantastic with arranging our Honeymoon. She has provided a very personalised service taking into account everything that we asked and we are very much looking forward to our trip this summer.
Sent by Richard R
Dubai 02/09/2018
Adele is amazing and totally makes our holiday experience special!
Sent by Patricia M
Dubai 02/09/2018
I've already passed Adele's details on to numerous friends as she continues to plan top quality, stress free holidays for my family! She is always willing to help, despite being on holiday herself! No question is too silly, no request too menial! Will continue to use Adele for many years to come I hope!!
Sent by J Teles
Dubai 02/09/2018
Adele was super helpful and patient. Awesome to deal with her and no hesitation in recommending Adele to friends and family
Sent by A Smith
Dubai 02/09/2018
Thank you to Adele Engelbrecht for making our recent trip to St Petersburg everything we wanted. From the first email Adele engaged with us, listened and understood what our preferences were and everything she organised turned out perfectly. She also provided non-stop back up with the visa process which was a real labour because I had to apply for my visa from South Africa. Nevertheless Adele was at the end of WhatsApp or email no matter the day or time. Adele is a wonderfully giving and professional person and, in our grateful opinion, a star in the TC galaxy
Sent by S Scholes
Dubai, UAE 13/06/2018
I would not hesitate to recommend Adele Engelbrecht to family and friends. She was recommended to me by a friend and has been extremely helpful in securing a special trip. Knowledgeable and punctual with information and call backs.
Sent by Natalie R
Dubai, UAE 13/06/2018
We have recommended Adele to many of our friends both in Dubai & in the UK. She consistently delivers exceptional service, she's an expert in field & extremely professional. Personally we have worked with Adele for a number of years & wouldn't consider organising a trip without her, she is knowledgeable, patient & a really lovely lady to speak with. Thank you Adele :)
Sent by S Daniel
Dubai, UAE 13/06/2018
I use Adele for most of my travel needs and she’s amazing. Always remembers the finer details and I’ve recommended a number of friends and colleagues who have the same feedback.
Sent by L Buck
East London, South Africa 13/06/2018
Adele is in a class of her own! A masterclass! She is quite simply the best travel agent / consultant / broker we have ever had dealings with. She is super efficient and always goes the extra mile in doing the little things which mean so much to us!She literally removes all the hassle from all our travel !Thank you Adele!
Sent by A McIntyre
Dubai, UAE 13/06/2018
Since the first time we booked our travel through Adele from Travel Counsellors, we have never considered working with anyone else. Adele has always been proactive in her approach to booking our holidays, unbelievably quick with providing us with recommendations for our stays, and her customer service is second to none. As long as Adele continues to work for Travel Counsellors, we will always continue to work with Adele!
Sent by K Bains
United Kingdom 13/06/2018
Adele was absolutely amazing at finding a great deal for me and my family! I'm based in the UK and she came highly recommended by a friend who lives in Dubai and I have to say she certainly lives up to her reputation. I don't normally use agents and try to get the best deals myself but Adele managed to get much better deals than I could or other agents!
Sent by Paul W
United Kingdom 13/06/2018
Adele takes the time to get to know you and what you like/dislike and aspire to. Then and only then does she get to work on your holiday, always within your budget but always with a few alternatives so that the choice is yours. But rest assured, you are completely safe in the knowledge that all come with her recommendation and after her thorough research. You can then book your trip with confidence that it is the best holiday for you.
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I absolutely live and breathe travel and I love to write about my experiences! Please take a look through my posts - you might find your own holiday inspiration.
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Cambodia... land of temples and tranquility
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