Sonia Harris

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Hi my name is Sonia Harris and I am a Travel Counsellor based in Southend on Sea, Essex. I have lived in Southend all my life and like living ‘beside the seaside’. I am 54 years old, and married with a teenage daughter.

Before becoming a Travel Counsellor I ran my hairdressing salon for 21 years, enjoying the interaction with my clients and the friendship and trust I built with them over the years. Talking about travel is one of my passions and lots of my clients love to travel too, so we had plenty talk about.

I took a GCSE in Travel and Tourism some years back and have been interested in the travel industry since. I am lucky to have been to some wonderful places in the world including three trips to Australia, one of which included New Zealand and Hawaii. We were married in Las Vegas and I have been back a few times. Other countries I have visited include Hong Kong, Fiji, Dubai, Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, Barbados and various other Caribbean islands while cruising. I have been to the Canary Islands and Balearics as well as Paris, Amsterdam, Geneva, Venice and Barcelona. I have also had the pleasure of a short cruise on The Cunard ship Queen Victoria, and have a trip on the Queen Elizabeth planned. I am lucky to attend many interesting information events learning about destinations and accommodation around the world. I have now been on a few cruises and can help with cruise enquiries that you might have.
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So as you can see I love to travel and I am passionate about it too. My favourite destination has to be Australia and I love Vegas as it has many special memories for me. But I also love to see other people experience the joy of travel. I am happy to spend time researching destinations of all kinds, so please contact me to package the holiday of your dreams.

I chose Travel Counsellors because they have excellent customer service, put the customer first and go the extra mile to make the best holiday or trip you could wish for. With Travel Counsellors you have 100% financial security, and I have the support of 2000 strong team supporting me with every aspect of booking your holiday. I will personally see you through from, ideas, booking, during and return from your trip.

From a trip round the world to a weekend break I'm here for you.

I am available outside office hours.

I look forward to hearing from you with your travel enquiries and help to plan and book you a wonderful trip.

Please feel free to spread the word and mention me and my business to your friends and family.

Sonia Harris

Contact Me

Whatever your holiday needs I'm here to help you, so simply give me a call or send me an email with your contact details on and I can get things started for you:

Send me an email 01702 490 022

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My customer stories

Sent by Dawn Gilbert

Southend-On-Sea 16/02/2022

Sonia has been amazing. With the ongoing pandemic, our plans have changed regularly and she has calmly and professionally dealt with this every step of the way. This will be our 4th attempt for this trip after our original booking in April 2020. Fingers crossed it will happen this time.

Sent by nicola Raynsford-Fox

leigh on sea 16/02/2022

Sonia was so helpful I had lots of questions and kept changing my mind and and she did everything to help me make the right choices for our family holiday. Communication was excellent and in good time. Couldn’t be happier with the service.

Sent by Dawn Gilbert

Essex 05/12/2019

Sonia has been fantastic. I had an idea and she has put it together, even with all the tweaks to get it right and within my budget, nothing was too much trouble.

Sent by Kelly Reed

ROCHFORD 19/11/2019

We booked to go to Iceland with Sonia and we have to say it was such an amazing experience! Everything run smoothly and Sonia checked in with us to ensure there was no issues throughout our stay. Would definitely recommend and use Sonia as a travel counsellor again for future adventures. Thank you Sonia!

Sent by Glynis Willsmore

Southend on sea 28/10/2019

Excellent service. Prompt replies to our queries and all booked efficiently. It's nice to deal with people who instill confidence. We found Sonia most helpful , friendly and extremely efficient. We would highly recommend her. Thank you.

Sent by Jarrod Reed

Rochford, essex 13/09/2019

She was amazing and couldn’t do enough to help me find the perfect holiday

Sent by Carole Doggett

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA 13/09/2019

Sonia was very helpful and friendly. Answering all my questions I had as this is our first cruise

Sent by Katherine Harris

WELWYN 13/09/2019

Stress free, useful advice, very fast responses and fantastic service. We are now away on a holiday booked through Sonia and it couldn’t be better, thank you.

Sent by LLisa Hyde

LEIGH-ON-SEA 04/09/2019

Very efficient and great at adapting and tweaking holiday needs. Used Sonia a few times now and have had excellent service.

Sent by Ivan Woolgrove

Braintree 04/09/2019

We have booked our trip to the US with Sonia, she has been highly responsive to our questions, has had brilliant ideas for our multi city trip. I would not hesitate to recommend Sonia and we’ll be using her services again.

Sent by Kerry Harris

Southend on sea 04/03/2019

I just wanted to tell you that we have had the most amazing weekend here, we still have the Northern Lights tonight but everything so far has gone so smoothly and easily so thank you so much from all four of us, we will definitely be asking you for your help again in the future. Everything on our trip ran smoothly and on time, There were no problems at all so we had more time to enjoy ourselves! We would thoroughly recommend Sonia!

Sent by Ellen Turnbull

southend on sea 23/10/2018

Sonia arranged a cruise for us to the Baltic. All the arrangements concerning the cruise, transfers and trips went according to plan and her help with this was done very professionally and efficiently. We would certainly let her book holidays for us in the future. Thank you Sonia.

Sent by Rebecca Taylor

southend on sea 19/09/2018

Lee and I would like to thank you for arranging our holiday for us. I think you know how much I hate shopping - even for holidays! So having you do all the research, book the flights and sort out the transfers made a real difference. It was great not having to worry about checking in or print boarding passes. I started the holiday much less stressed than usual! We all had a really lovely holiday and I will definitely recommend your services to friends and family. Thanks again for all your help.

Sent by Bonnie Coyle

southend on sea 05/09/2018

Booking a holiday, theatre tickets or a day trip, Sonia is the travel consultant you need. Straight forward and easy. A handy App also keeps all documents and information in one place. Will definitely use again. A+++

Sent by Corine Bausola

Folkestone, Kent 27/06/2018

Have just had my first holiday of a lifetime booked through you , it was amazing , it was a cruise on the Mediterranean and everything was perfect , the right package , getting the right cabin , even the external excursion tours couldn’t of run smoother, if you want a holiday ? Not sure where to go ? Not sure what package ? Want the best deal possible, then I highly recommend this company , nothing was too much trouble , all questions asked , all tickets booked and printed in a travel folder , will be booking all future holidays with this lovely lady and high quality service ,

Sent by Sally Louis

Southend-on-Sea 06/06/2018

I have just printed everything out - what service! Thank you so much for doing all this for us. Will certainly recommend you and will let you know about hotel on our return. It might be useful for your future clients.

Sent by sarah Foxon

Essex 20/02/2018

Amazing service from a thoroughly nice, genuine person. A very personalised service. Sonia listened to our very long list and tailor made quotes to suit our wants. No hard sell or pressure at any time. Would thoroughly recommend to friends and family.

Sent by jenni vodden

Southend-on-Sea 20/02/2018

Just booked a holiday for September with the help of Sonia who took all of our requests into consideration and found us a brilliant package deal straight away! Very helpful and efficient - now I'm super excited.