Lead Travel Advisor
Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA
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2307 W. Beebe-Capps Expy
Suite 174
Searcy, AR 72143
UNITED STATES

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Travel Specialization
Adventure Travel, All Inclusive, Beach Vacations, Gastronomy, Group Travel, History, Luxury Travel, Ocean Cruise, River Cruise
Destination Specialization
Asia, Canada, Central America, Europe
Languages Known
English
ASTA Certification
Tagline
Are You looking for a travel professional who truly cares about their client? Need a consultant to help plan a bucket list vacation?
About me
I am a graduate of Harding University and owner of RLX Travel Group, LLC. In addition, I'm a proud U.S. veteran and have been married for 33 years to my husband, a retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldier. The military afforded my family many opportunities to travel and I developed a desire to see the world! Several years ago, my husband and I decided to make major changes in our lifestyle. We sold our home and personal belongings, purchased a tour bus and toured the United States for a couple of years. While on the road, we often parked the bus at the nearest airport and jumped on a cruise ship for a change of pace! One cruise highlight was the 26-Day Transatlantic and British Isle Cruise we were able to experience. Amazing! In order to share our dream of travel, we decided to open a travel agency to help others experience the joy and excitement we've seen firsthand.
Why I love my job
I love the challenge of creating the perfect cruise or land vacation for my clients! The key is a great consultation and follow up to ensure I know as much as I can about my client's preferences.
Favorite Destinations
I have several favorite trips. First is the 26-Day Cruise, which was led us across the Atlantic Ocean eventually touring the British Isles. It was absolutely wonderful! Second favorite was my 16-Day Eastern European river cruise, which took me through amazing countries and "off the beaten path" through Bulgaria and wrapping up in Istanbul, Turkey. Third was the amazing trip to Dubai. It was pair of cruises through the Panama Canal. I took the full transit cruise as well as the partial transit cruise and learned so much about the canal. What a fascinating experience!
About my most memorable vacation
Without a doubt, my most memorable vacation was to Dubai in 2018. I stayed at the fabulous Burj al Arab hotel, walked around Old Town and visited many souks, had a camel ride as the sun set in the desert followed by a private dinner in a tent where the meal was cooked specifically to my liking... and so much more!
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Amazing!!
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 51 24, 2017
RLX is by far the best travel agency I have ever used. Melissa Fail was very professional, but also extremely knowledgable about everything I wanted to know. She made the entire process easy for me and had everything I needed in order. From the moment I started planning the trip until I returned home I was stress free. She helped plan my off shore trips based on everything I wanted, and when in those countries everything was smooth without a single incident. I will never use anyone else and I highly recommend Melissa Fail to anyone whether a frequent or non frequent traveler. She truly cares about providing the best trip and experience as if you were a part of her family. I will be a customer of RLX Travel Group for the rest of my life. Joey Ballard
Traveling stress free!
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 32 31, 2018
WOW - talk about personal support! Melissa Fail with RLX Travel Group did a fantastic job making our vacation stress free and essentially perfect! I have used travel agencies in the past for cruises & short trips with success, but Melissa went above and beyond with the personal support and attention to detail. She really wanted to know what we were looking for to make our very own perfect vacation. From picking the perfect flight times -to finding a magnificent bungalow on the beach -to working some magic with the resort for all those extras you don't get without asking. Thank you so much for making our 20th anniversary vacation in Bermuda so special!
Italy
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 32 13, 2018
Thank You to RLX Travel Group for making my dreams of traveling out of the country for the first time come true. On April 14th my best friend and I left to go on a 7 day trip to Italy. Our trip started in Rome where we got to see the Vatican, Coliseum, Roman Forum, Trevi Fountain etc... in 2days. On day 3 & 4 we went by First class on a Train to Florence we we got to learn more about Michelangelo and see The Statue of David and where he was buried. On our last two days we again traveled First Class on a train to Venice. OMG Venice is gorgeous!!! We got to experience high tide, see Murano Glass and experienced the Doges palace and of course ended our trip with a Gondola ride and a wonderful view of the famous red roof tops. I could go on and on about this amazing Trip but I would just suggest that you go and experience it yourself!!! I’ll post a few pictures after this!
Thank you Melissa Fail
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 17 31, 2018
Thank you Melissa Fail and RLX Travel Group! Melissa Fail, the BEST travel agent ever!!! Thank you Melissa for helping to make our trip of a lifetime so easy!! I will use you every time & highly recommend you to everyone I know!!! Thank you Melissa for everything you did for us!!!
Great Company
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 00 29, 2018
Melissa with RLX Travel Group does amazing work. She has planned 2 of our vacations out of the states. She was very knowledgeable and professional. Melissa goes above and beyond to plan the perfect trip.
Incredible service
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 18 20, 2018
Melissa has been communicating with me over several years, keeping me motivated for my ten year planned dream trip if hiking the Inca Trail. When it came time to book, she took the “must do’s” and made them a reality, was patient with my never-ending questions about international travel, and took care of everything! During my dream trip, she made sure everything was up to my expectations, and they sure were. It was the trip of a lifetime and better than I could have dreamed! I highly recommend Melissa and RLX Travel Group!
GREAT Travel Agent
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 32 16, 2019
Where to start.... Melissa Fail handled us (mostly me) & all of our questions with respect & patience. This was our 1st cruise & 1st real travel vacation since our honeymoon 14 yrs ago. We wanted to bring in my 50th birthday the right way. We booked our cruise through RLX Travel Group a year in advance pretty much.. throughout the year, whenever we had a question or concern about what we needed to do packing wise, passports, ports, gratuities, anything & everything you can think of we would email Melissa (or text) and she would answer our questions and not get frustrated with us asking so many questions. (I think I would have gotten a lil frustrated with this over a years time, lol) but she was very friendly every time, was very excited to help us plan our 1st cruise & kept us excited throughout the planning process. She seriously did everything for us, all the planning. We told her our price range at the time and she went from there. Later in the year I decided I wanted to upgrade our room & she handled that with excitement as well & went above and beyond what we were expecting. There's so much more I could say but all that's really important is that she did all the work for us, did the bookings, printed off all of our documents & made sure that we received everything in plenty of time. You will not find anyone more knowledgeable when it comes to cruises especially!! We will definitely be cruising again & will only go through her. THANK YOU Melissa for making this the best trip& making my 50th birthday so special. Greatly appreciate everything you did, Rhonda & David Hill
Ten Stars!
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 51 22, 2019
Melissa was GREAT. She set everything up so all we had to do was go have fun. We had a private guide all through Austria and Germany. He was very knowledgeable of all the sites we wanted to see. He made sure we were set for the next day. When he ended his part in Paris he made sure we were set up for the rest of our trip. When we had some issues in Paris Melissa even helped get some of our money refunded for services that she had set up that the tour group didn't follow through on. Melissa walked us through every step of getting prepared to go. She made travel tags for our luggage so we could easily identify our bags. I HIGHLY recommend RLX Travel Group to set up any of your travel needs. There is so much more I could say it's just to hard to put into words what a wonderful job Melissa did. We will definitely use her again when we go back to Germany. I give her 10 stars....
Reviewed on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 1:03:15 AM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 03 22, 2019
My husband and I just got back from a fabulous 10 day trip through the Canadian Rockies via train on the Rocky Mountaineer and by motor coach. The whole trip was well organized thanks to our travel agent, Melissa Meredith Fail. She organized all of our transfers to and from the airports, hotels in each town and all the extra excursions in each area. Everything was taken care of. Her dedication to making our trip an excellent experience was apparent and appreciated by both of us. We would highly recommend her to everyone as an excellent travel agent! Diane & Dave Phelps
Reviewed on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 8:35:00 AM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 35 22, 2019
Melissa listened to us describe the type of vacation we wanted. She assembled options that met our needs. In a short period of time the trip was booked along with follow up with us every step of the way. Goo Job!
Reviewed on Sunday, July 21, 2019 5:49:23 PM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 49 21, 2019
Melissa at RLX Travel Group was amazing to work with. My husband and I decided to use a travel agent to book and plan our honeymoon so we didn_`t have to worry about a thing. After doing some research on the best travel agents we stumbled upon Melissa. After our first phone call with Melissa we both knew that we had to use her. She was so personable and wanted to make sure she really booked a trip that highlighted everything we wanted to do and she did just that. She put a lot of time and thought into different locations that offered everything we wanted. She arranged different tours for us to take and aligned everything up so that all we had to do was show up. While on our honeymoon our original tour got cancelled the night before we were supposed to go and Melissa called us right away and worked very hard finding a different tour for us to go on. She really stepped above and beyond making sure we were still able to go somewhere rather than just saying that she was sorry we weren_`t able to go like other travel agents would have. It was a pleasure to work with Melissa and RLX Travel Group. We have referred her to our friends and will continue to use her in the future!
Reviewed on Sunday, September 8, 2019 10:15:13 AM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 15 08, 2019
Melissa is fantastic, she booked our 7 day cruise to Alaska in just less than 4 wks. We had a great time. She arranged our travel pickup from airport to port and back, arranged hotels for us the day before and after.. I highly suggest you use her for sure for all your future travel plans.
Reviewed on Sunday, September 8, 2019 6:04:47 PM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 04 08, 2019
Within a week after contacting Melissa Fail, she had put together a quote for me and my husband for our cruise to Alaska that we thought was very reasonable compared to others we had looked at. We contacted her in May and she had us on the Star Princess cruise ship with a balcony the following August! She listened to our requests and expertly planned our trip - booking our cruise and flights, pre-arranging all of our ground transportation, booking our hotel, and taking care of purchasing travel insurance for us. She quickly answered all our emails even after the trip had been booked and paid for. Prior to leaving on our cruise, she sent us a package containing all of our travel documents (plane tickets, ship boarding passes, transportation tickets, hotel confirmation, cruise itinerary, etc.) and a few extra helpful things like maps, luggage tags, and a pouch to hold our travel documents. Our travel documents had her hand-written notes_tips as she took care to make sure we were informed of everything we needed to know. Our trip was smooth and wonderful thanks to Melissa’s special expert planning. She even had me to email copies of our passports to her ahead of time to make boarding the ship faster. That came in handy as I ended up using that emailed copy of my passport to purchase a fishing license on an excursion in Alaska. We recommend Melissa Fail and RLX Travel Group, LLC and will definitely contact Melissa in the future for our travel needs.
Reviewed on Sunday, December 8, 2019 11:48:43 AM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 48 08, 2019
Melissa planned our honeymoon and it was the best thing we did. We didn_`t know what to expect because this was our first time booking through an agent and traveling out of the country, however, Melissa delivered and more. Our Trip to Thailand couldn_`t have been any better. We are planning to book our next vacation though Melissa. We are very grateful to have found such a responsive and caring agent.
Reviewed on Friday, January 3, 2020 11:04:22 AM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 04 03, 2020
I found Melissa on an internet search for a travel agent. She is very professional and prompt. I love that her and her husband are veterans. I would highly recommend her to book you travel needs. Once you decide on a trip, she does the rest in a timely matter.
Reviewed on Monday, February 10, 2020 4:08:34 PM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 08 10, 2020
I only have GREAT things to say about Melissa. She helped me organize a cruise that included six couples for my husband_`s 40th birthday. She was very prompt in responding and very helpful and organized. She made the planning and the execution of twelve people traveling together go off without a hitch. I appreciated how well she communicated with me, the organizer, as well as with all the other members of our party. A lot of us were new to the cruise ship experience and she had it all dialed in for us. We all mentioned her several times on our vacation...raising our glasses in the air _`Cheers to Melissa!_` I would highly recommend her!
Reviewed on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 5:11:53 PM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 11 12, 2020
Melissa helped a group of 12 of us plan our cruise with Royal Caribbean. She made our planning and preparations so easy and seamless. She helped with everything from excursion bookings, to arranging our rooms next to one another, our dinner times and paperwork processing. It was so nice to be able to just shoot over an email to her when we needed help, rather than go through the cruise line and wait on hold and then eventually speak to someone who knew nothing about our vacation. I can’t speak highly enough about Melissa. She was amazing and we’ll definitely be using her again!
Reviewed on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 9:53:49 AM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 53 10, 2020
Melissa provided everything we could have possibly needed for our family’s travel. She went above and beyond to make sure that we were prepared for the physical act of traveling as a large family down to the details of choosing a room on the cruise ship that was away from noise so we could actually sleep. She was readily accessible for questions and always responded as soon as she could. Melissa is kind, friendly, knowledgeable and passionate about what she does. She is a joy to work with and I would highly recommend her services to anyone!
Reviewed on Saturday, June 6, 2020 2:17:34 PM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 17 06, 2020
After a disappointing experience with a big corporate travel agency, I found Melissa. The difference was night and day. If you are looking for a travel advisor who is friendly and fun to work with, tailors your trip, and takes almost all the stress out of planning, choose Melissa. My trip ended up being cancelled due to COVID-19, but Melissa offered good suggestions and made the process painless. If you want a first-class experience, then RLX-Travel is a great choice.
Reviewed on Tuesday, November 17, 2020 2:29:48 PM
By Melissa Meredith Fail, ECC, VTA on 29 17, 2020
Melissa is fantastic! She does all of the leg work, sends me my travel packet with transfers and luggage tags. I just go on the trip knowing everything is. She answers my questions and if she doesn’t have the answers she finds them. I will continue to use her services.