Allen Samuels House of Travel is a full service travel agency that has been locally owned and operated for over 45 years with over 125+ years of combined travel exerience, so why go anywhere else to book your next trip? We opened our door in Jan 1974 and have been growing our company ever since. We currently have a staff of 5 full time travel consultants here to help you plan your perfect vacation. We’ll save your time and money and we’ll help make your trip a hassle-free, one stop shop for all your travel needs! Give us a call at (254) 776-2560 and let us get started planning either a trip for leisure, business or both!
Bambi Eskew
Bambi is blessed to be married to Kevin for the past 36 years. They have 2 children, Dustin and wife Mallory and Lindsey and husband Jeremy, and a wonderful grandson Rowan. They live in the Waco/China Spring area with their 4 dogs. Bambi serves on the board of directors for Fuzzy Friend Rescue and is volunteer with the Heart o Texas Fair and Rodeo organization. Being in the travel business for over 38 years, Bambi has the expertise to help anyone with their travel needs! People always ask her favorite places to travel and she replies, “ask me where I didn’t like as that would be a much shorter list!” Specialties are Destination Weddings, Sandals and Disney but she can help with all your travel needs.
Bambi Eskew
General Manager
Groups, Special Events
Land and Cruise Packages
bambi@houseoftravelwaco.com
Cheri Thigpen
Cheri is married to Davis Thigpen for 24 yrs. They have three children -Kaci, who is a school teacher in Austin, Bric who works for State Farm as a catastrophic loss adjuster in Dallas and Alex, who is a pediatric ICU travel nurse.
Cheri has worked in the travel industry for 11 yrs, 7 of which has been as a travel consultant for Allen Samuel’s House of Travel. She has traveled all over Mexico and the Caribbean. Her top 3 destinations are New Zealand, Spain and Hawaii.
Cheri Thigpen
Travel Consultant
Leisure and Group Travel
Cruise and Land Vacations
cheri@houseoftravelwaco.com
Carol Cunningham
Carol and her husband Benny will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in 2023! Their son Brian and his Wife Tammie live in Waco. They have 2 grandson’s Miller who attends Texas A&M and Bryce who is a junior in high school in Waco. Carol has been in the travel industry since 1971. Her first travel related job was at the ticket counter at Love Field. She has been at House of Travel since 1998. Carol specializes in groups, international and domestic flights at Allen Samuel’s House of Travel.
Carol Cunningham
Travel Consultant
International, Missionary Travel
Leisure and Group Travel
carol@houseoftravelwaco.com
Megan Ed
New to the travel business but passionate about travel, Megan can always be found on another adventure. She has been to all seven continents, traveling to Antarctica in 2018 and achieving a lifelong bucket list goal. She recently moved to Dallas with her husband where she is in school to become a pilot. Her ultimate goal is to fly for Southwest and work as a travel agent on the side- simply because she loves it. She is an aspiring writer and in her free time works on children’s books.
Megan Ed
Travel Consultant
Outside Sales
megan@houseoftravelwaco.com
Linda Key
Linda has been in travel for over 29 years helping with both corporate and individual leisure vacations. Linda has 3 grown children & 12 grandchildren who keep her very busy all the time. In her spare time, she enjoys watching her grandkids play sports and goes to every one of their games she possible can. Linda has 2 dogs, Dixie and Roscoe. Linda also loves to travel whenever possible. She enjoys cruises, Mexico and the Caribbean to name a few!
Linda Key
Travel Consultant
Leisure, Corporate, and Group Travel
Cruise and Land Vacations
linda@houseoftravelwaco.com
Jeff Grieder
Originally from Houston Texas, Jeff moved to Waco to enjoy the small-town life. Jeff joined Allen Samuels House of Travel in 2016 with now 20 year’s of experience in Cruise and Leisure Vacations. He had been on over 40 cruises visiting great destinations such as the Caribbean, Hawaii, Alaska, Bahamas, South America and Europe. When he is not sailing the high seas, he enjoys reading and participating in church activities. He currently serves as Lay Leader to Annual Conference on the Admirative Board at McGregor United Methodist Church.
Jeff Grieder
Travel Consultant
Cruise Specialist
jeff@houseoftravelwaco.com
Connie Koenig
Connie and her husband Melvin have been married for 38 years and lives in Temple, Tx. They have 3 grown children and 3 precious grandsons. She has been in the travel business for 35 years and recently joined Allen Samuels House of Travel after MegaTravel in Temple’s owners retired and closed the office. Connie has traveled Mexico, throughout the Caribbean, Canada, Alaska and the lower 48 of The United States. In addition to traveling, Connie enjoys the outdoors working with flowers/plants and spending time with family and friends.
Connie Koenig
Travel Consultant
Group Travel
Cruise, Land & Tour Vacations
connie@houseoftravelwaco.com
