Who I am

Merkels Travel started in June 2017 by the owner, manager & travel agent Corieta Steenkamp. Corieta studied a 3-year Tourism Diploma at Pretoria Technickon and is a travel agent since January 1994. She worked at Alfa Travel, Tzaneen and Harvey World Travel Paarl which she also managed before starting her own business in association with eTravel Pty Ltd. She took a few GAP years from the industry when working at an audit firm doing monthly accounting and later becoming PA for the Partners where she did some travel arrangements for them. Travel is her passion, and she return to the industry again after 6 years when she started Merkels Travel Pty Ltd in ass with eTravel Pty Ltd.

Corieta has travelled the world and walked the Camino Portuguese as she believes it is best to sell travel when experienced first-handed - then only you can advise your client on the best possible destinations and options.  She walks the extra mile for her clients and while they are on their holiday she is 24/7 available to them for any emergency. She has done H2A flights since 2000.

Merkels Travel's client base is al over the world - distance and time zones are no problem for me. As a one-person travel agency no country is too far nor time zone to early/late for Merkels Travel.