To whom it may concern: This is a letter of recommendation that I hope will be posted anywhere that the brilliant and wonderful folks at Argentina Tango deem necessary. I recently took a trip to Buenos Aires and had a marvelous experience. Here is the story: My wife and I own a ballroom dance studio in Bend, Oregon. We offer ballroom dance competitions and fun trips about 4 times a year. This year we decided to go to Buenos Aires to experience the tango since the origins of our American tango and International tango come from the Argentine tango. We consistently offer quality trips to our students and when we advertised this trip 13 students chose to go. I was a little nervous since we were going internationally and I had never been to this destination before. However, the trip was a fantastic experience and below is the detailed reasons why:

1. Online communication: Argentina Tango responded immediately to our first inquiry. They followed up with a detailed response to our first set of questions within 12 hours.

2. Consistent follow-through: As my wife and I asked more questions and required more details, they followed up with exact answers.

3. Choice of venues and activities: AT chose excellent places to experience the milongas. They offered a number of side trips (which we took advantage of) that were well worth our time.

4. Personal attention: One of the main concerns I had was how to organize my group from point A to point B. AT solved all my problems by having someone from their staff meet us at specific times and places to get where we needed to go. One of the main places we left from was our hotel. There was always someone there, on time or early to escort us to our destination. Also, each of our guides either made our transition easier or gave us valuable information to aid us in our stay.

5. Choice of teachers: We took lessons nearly every day of our 8 day stay. The teachers and their dance assistants were fabulous and engaging. We all could understand their English and more importantly understand what they were trying to teach us!!

6. Dance partners: As the owner of the studio it was a HUGE issue for me to provide a good dance experience for everyone. Not only did we have extra men to dance with (I had a majority of females in my group) we had both men and women partners for everyone at the milongas! What an amazing experience to dance with Argentinean dancers in their homeland doing their national dance!

7. Integrity: When I arrived Carlos gave me the lay of the land and we quickly got squared away with what we had planned. He also placed in my hand a cell phone that was 1 touch dialing so that I could reach him anytime during my stay. I thought that this particular gesture was way above and beyond what I expected. I did need to use the phone from time to time and because of it there were no snafus-to the betterment of the trip.

This was the best trip that I have been on period. It fulfilled all my expectations as a studio owner and as a dancer. When we return to Buenos Aires (not IF but WHEN), we will use Argentina Tango and their staff. In fact, I would not even consider touring in Argentina for business or pleasure without the expertise of Carlos and his staff. Every suggestion and recommendation that they offered was exactly as they made it out to be and in most cases exceeded my expectations. It did not matter if it had to do with dance venues, side tours, places to eat or shows to see. This is a top quality organization and if you are planning on touring in Argentina I insist that you use this company. They will meet your wants and needs. I would gladly tell anyone who asked me any of the details of the trip. Please contact me at my studio if you wish.

Sincerely,

Travis Kokkeler

Owner-Deschutes County Ballroom Dance Club

175 N.E. Greenwood Ave.

Bend, Oregon USA

541-322-0220