Discover Slovakia with Dr. Branislav

Discover Slovakia with Dr. Branislav
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It doesn´t matter whether you want to spend your 2-month-long holiday in Slovakia or you are coming here just for a 1-day business trip. Me and my services will always match your requirements. Tell me about your ideas and I will create a tailored schedule for you. Do you need only transportation? I will be your personal driver. My name is Branislav A. Svorc (Branio/Brian) and I am a travel consultant, tour guide and young entrepreneur in tourism and concierge services in Central Europe. Since 2006 I have held licence to guide people and to work in tourism. Since then I have accompanied dozens of satisfied clients and have driven many hundreds of kilometers. I keep working hard on improving my knowledge. In 2014 I finished my dissertation and got Ph.D. (Management of Tourism and Hotel Management).
Presov, Slovakia

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g james k
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5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2018
Our children gave us the gift of a trip to Prague and Slovakia. My husband's maternal and paternal grandparents immigrated from Slovakia to the United States so we were interested in visiting the villages where they grew up.. Not knowing the language or familiar with the area we searched the internet for a guide and found the most amazing person...Dr. Branislav. From his first email to our final goodbye, Branislav was all (and more) than you could ever ask for in a guide. He took us to meet a cousin we knew about in Trocany who then took us to meet his parents and other cousins. It was a long day but Branislav was so patient and helpful, filling out family trees with all the information the cousins were able to provide. The next day we visited the villages of Babie and Koprivnica to locate the grandparents homes. Branislav knocked on the doors at these addresses, asked about the family connection and we were thrilled to find a few more cousins and learn more family background. Branislav made this trip so meaningful for us. His enthusiasm and love of Slovakia is contagious. With his patient and pleasant personality he is easy to work and travel with. I would highly recommend Branislav to anyone traveling to Slovakia. Your trip will be so enhanced seeing Slovakia through his eyes.
Written 17 August 2019
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Jordan G
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5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2019 • Family
Branislav truly made our trip to Presov and Ladomirova special. He did research before to track down information and set us up to cover all the spots we wanted to hit in just two days. He is thoughtful, well informed and genuinely fun to be around. He even trekked through the forrest with us for miles in search of an old Jewish cemetery! Furthermore, he left us with a ton of great recommendations for where to eat and drink as well as great places to stop on way to Poland.
Written 22 July 2019
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Robyn B
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Jul 2019 • Couples
Branislav did an amazing job researching my grandfather’s roots and mapping out his history to show us when we visited earlier this month! He was a pleasure to be with for two days and not only gave us the history of Presov but also gave us a taste of what life is like there today. He had great food recommendations and we truly enjoyed our time wit him!
Written 21 July 2019
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Kathy
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Jul 2019 • Couples
While on a ten day tour of Slovakia, an excursion was set up for July 10th with Dr. Branislav to take my boyfriend and I to meet a cousin, whom I didn't know existed until the trip. With Dr. Branislav's expertise at navigating and with his excellent communication skills, he was able to transport us and translate for us everything that was said. His patience and guidance enabled us to not only visit with family but also to search the cemetery for deceased family members and to find the house where my grandmother was born. Dr. Branislav was so patient and helpful and made us feel like he was as excited as we were to find out about our family. We would highly recommend Branio to anyone who is interested in finding their ancestors.
Written 19 July 2019
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RebeccaK20152015
Houston, TX3 contributions
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May 2019 • Friends
I had the most amazing ancestral tour thanks to the competence, kindness, and dedication of my tour guide, Dr. Branislav. He served as an interpreter when I met some relatives, and he helped with finding the gravesites, checking out the civil registry office, and getting directions to my relatives. He also paved the way by introducing me to my relative. Had he not been my guide, I would have missed out on this amazing opportunity. Also, Dr. Branislav saved the day for me when I inadvertently left my telephone in the WC of a restaurant in the southern part of Trebisov County. He went out of his way to come up with a solution that not only worked, but enabled us to continue our trip without missing a beat. This brilliant man contacted the mayor, had my phone retrieved, and then the mayor sent it along with a worked who was driving into Presov the next morning. I had my phone back ready to use by 8:30 the next morning. That was an amazing feat and Drl Branislav is a superhero in my eyes. Dr. Branislav also helped us find our ancestral villages, helped us look for the graves of our ancestors, and also kept us fed and supplied with amazing snacks as we journeyed along on with a long list of villages. His amazing personality and dedication to detail and accomplishing our goals transformed my trip from a great one to an amazing once-in-a-lifetime adventure that will never be forgotten. What was a personalized tour for me became his personal tour and he worked to the best of his ability to ensure success and happiness at the end of our visit. Dr. Branislav is now more than a tour guide to me - he is like family now. I highly recommend him and his services.
Written 9 June 2019
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Dear Rebecca, I had a great time with you and Bob too! Thank you for your time you spent in Slovakia and I am looking forward your next visit!
Written 10 June 2019
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Fun_traveler
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May 2019 • Couples
My husband and I traveled to Presov, Slovakia to find the villages where all 4 of his grandparents were born. I was able to find the birth records and the four villages before the trip, but was worried we'd only be driving through the villages because we don't speak Slovak and would be unable to communicate. I found Dr. Branilsav on Trip Advisor, read the raving reviews, and decided to take a chance. What a GREAT decision that was!! I sent the birth records I found along with a pedigree for him, and he not only helped us communicate, but found a cousin of my husband, who was also the mayor in the first small village of 68 people! He even had the same last name as my husband's mother! We would have NEVER been able to do that without Dr. Branislav! He set up another appointment with a historian in the next town, whose mother was also related to my husband's family.

Dr. Branislav's experience and knowledge of Slovakia are wonderful, and he described landmarks and places to see on our travels. He even brought us popular Slovakian snacks for the trip! He also knew the history of the villages we visited and helped us walk through the church cemeteries (even in the rain!) to find possible family members! He has a PhD in Hotel Management and Tourism and is the Tourism Director for the city of Presov. Very impressive young man!!!!

If you are looking for a translator and tourism professional who knows the areas of interest and historical information in Slovakia, you should hire him for your next trip!
Written 13 May 2019
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Thank you Cathy and Mark for your visit and I hope to see you soon!
Written 15 May 2019
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Janet B
America2 contributions
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Oct 2018 • Family
My daughter and I visited Markušovce, Slovakia, the village where my mother was born 98 years ago. Branio spent one (long) day helping us to get information, meet relatives, and even found us a lovely place to stay! Branio did his homework, and ours, and had a great day planned for us at the church, meeting with the priest, at the town hall, and visiting relatives. He sent us additional genealogical information he had researched prior to our meeting. He was prompt, organized, polite, fun, interested and interesting. We hit the jackpot with Branio as our guide. He is a pro.
Written 13 October 2018
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fchristi
Petoskey, MI1 contribution
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Oct 2018 • Family
We flew to Slovakia to see where my ancestors were from and to learn about them. Not knowing a lick of Slovak nor where to go for information, we thought we'd better find a guide. We were fortunate enough to find Branio.

We didn't know what to expect having a guide as we'd never done this before! But Branio was amazing. He was knowledgeable, kind, helpful, and seemed truly to enjoy his work. We were both very impressed. Not only did he help us find valuable information about our family (and current family members in Slovakia, which was such a treat), but he was also very pleasant and fun to spend the day with.

10/10 Thank you Branio!
Written 13 October 2018
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Iftakh B
2 contributions
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Sept 2018 • Family
We came to Presov area to get to know the home towns of my father & his parents. 
My father & his patents were of the very few lucky ones who survived the annihilation, the Holocaust.
My father was very young when he left Slovakia and his parents passed away few yers ago.
There are no family and/or friends left in Slovakia to talk or ask about the years our family lived there. 
So traveling without a guide would be somewhat meaningless.
Branislav took us to the right places, gave us plenty of explanations about the past, about Jewish history and about present issues. He even took us to an excellent restaurant...
He helped us a lot communicating with locals in Giraltoce, and thus we were able to find old pictures of our grandparents in the town's library.
And he had done all with a lot of commitment and without limiting us on time.
So if you need a guide, search no more. Branislav is the one!
Written 27 September 2018
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Richard B
Sellersville, PA27 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2018 • Couples
On our recent first trip to Slovakia on August 22, 2018, we were guided for the entire day by our wonderful friend Branio. He was tireless, and very patient in helping us find the villages of our Slovakian ancestors in the towns of Janovce and Zdiar, eastern Slovakia. He was integral in helping us communicate with the local people (as our own knowledge of the Slovak language is basically non-existant). His fee was very reasonable for the amount of time he spent with us, which was from 9:00 AM, untal after 7:30 PM that day. He is a very intelligent and hard-working young man who is definitely a credit to his country, and a great help to us foreigners. We would highly recommend him if you are in need of a local guide in Slovakia. When we visit there again, we will be sure to engage his services. Thank you, Branio, for contributing to the wonderful experience we had in Slovakia!
Written 23 September 2018
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Dear Richard & Mary Beth! It was my pleasure to be a part of your visit of Slovakia. Hope to see you soon!
Written 24 September 2018
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