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Huron Valley Travel's office in Ann Arbor, Michigan

We are a very experienced travel company specializing in custom-built excursions for events such as the Chelsea Flower Show in London, the Puccini Opera Festival in Italy, New York's Westminster Dog Show, The Philadelphia Flower Show, Tennis at Wimbledon, Munich's Oktoberfest and more. Please click here to see a list of our past tours. We have had the pleasure of giving great vacations to thousands of discerning travelers, many of whom have traveled with us on 10, 15, and even 20 different trips!

As an owner-managed company,Huron Valley Travel, Inc. (HVT) was one of the first travel agencies in Michigan, founded in Ann Arbor in 1961 as Hodges Travel. The agency was purchased and renamed by the Huron Valley Bank (now Comerica), then sold in 1977 to a group of local investors. Eight years later, John Kosta purchased the business. Since 1985 HVT has grown from $1 million in sales to more than $7 million in 1998 and despite 9/11, the business continues to do very well today.

In 1987, HVT was designated the exclusive tour provider for the Ann Arbor Flower & Garden Show, and handled the arrangements for 37 separate tour groups and garden club visits. Huron Valley Travel offered its first garden tour to England three years later.

In the ensuing years, Huron Valley Travel has taken more garden lovers to London's Chelsea Flower Show than any other United States company. Additional garden tours were designed and escorted to Ireland, Scotland, Cornwall, Holland, France, Monaco, New Zealand, Holland and Costa Rica. Huron Valley Travel is now considered by many to be the number one provider of Chelsea Flower Show trips to travelers from the United States. (See our Tour History for complete listing.)