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Alabama World Travel is a thriving, niche travel agency that specializes in curating rich, culturally immersive travel experiences around the world to enrich lives.  AWT is locally owned by Liz Sadie Sutton and managed by Jennifer Sadie Booth.

1971

Alabama World Travel was founded in 1971 and began as many travel agencies did 40 and 50 years ago, processing airline tickets, booking tours, hotels, and cruises, and sometimes escorting groups.

1975

Jim Sadie, who purchased AWT in 1975, was a family man committed to God-honoring values of doing what’s right all the time, giving above-and-beyond service, and always promoting a ‘PMA’ – Positive Mental Attitude.”

1988

Liz Sutton, along with her husband Bill, bought her father’s business in 1988 with the vision to build upon Jim Sadie’s legacy.

2000

Keeping up with Travel trends, Liz continued to grow Montgomery and her agency by adding an Incentive Division, Sutton & Associates (S&A). S&A is a successful, national corporate incentive travel planning and management division born from a need for companies to motivate, recognize, and reward their top performers and best clients.

2011

Liz’s sister and Jim Sadie’s daughter, Jennifer Booth, took on the management of AWT and continues today to find new ways of expanding the possibilities within the luxury travel leisure side of the business.

2016

AWT celebrated 45 years of service as The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce led a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“My wife and I have used AWT for all of our travel needs over the last 18 years. From cruises, to destinations, to Walt Disney World, this agency can not only meet your needs but exceed your expectations. Not only are the agents here well-travelled themselves, they have partners across the globe that can direct you to and create the utmost in a traveling adventure. They leave you with a plan and instructions down to the very detail that allow you just to sit back and relax and enjoy the vacation experience. The sky is the limit with this fabulous agency and you won’t be disappointed!”

“Julie has planned many of our trips (both national and international trips). She’s a great communicator and always adds nice touches to our traveling experience. She has planned partial trips, and whole trips including everything from flights, hotels, transportation, food, tours, and more. Julie can customize your travel however you want and has connections all over the world. I highly recommend her. “
“Emily put together a trip that met all our (many) needs on short notice with complete ease. She was very friendly and helpful, professional and knowledgable. Working with her ended up saving us money in several areas and also provided various perks at our hotel. Completely satisfied and will use her for all our future trips!”
“Our family has used AWT for many of our vacations. This is the best agency around. We don’t plan a vacation without using AWT. Our travel agent is always so friendly, extremely knowledgeable, and goes out of her way to accommodate our needs and expectations to make every vacation worry free and one that we will remember for a lifetime!”
“Julie is fantastic. Takes care of all the details. Was especially helpful when OUR early morning flight out was canceled in the middle of the night. She helped us with all the details for rescheduling our vacation so we had the time we needed at each destination.”
“Emily Trione did an unbelievably awesome job in planning mine and my husband’s 40th wedding anniversary trip to Italy. Emily listened to our interests and requests and created a fabulous trip for us. She was available for our many questions and concerns, as we had never traveled out of the country. We felt well taken care of and had absolutely no problems with the entire trip. Emily responded immediately when our flight home was cancelled and we had to spend another night, booking us into a hotel and following our progress to be sure we finally got home.”
“Working with Julie Smothers has been a pleasure, as always. Every detail covered, every concern solved, every question answered fully–that’s Julie. While in Peru, we knew that, if a problem arose, all we had to do was call her. Thankfully, that never happened! Her planning was seamless!”
“Great! [Emily] guided us through the planning process very well, giving us great options and helping us stay within our budget. This is the second trip we have planned with her and we will definitely use her again!”
“Wonderful family vacation…thanks to Julie and the AWT team.  We knew we wanted a family vacation this summer, but were uncertain of where to start with planning given travel restrictions.  After our first meeting, Julie presented us with multiple options to choose from for destinations and travel plans, answered all of our questions, and followed up with us during our travels to make sure everything was going well.  Overall a great experience!”
“Thank you Emily for planning the most amazing 50th Birthday celebration trip to Zoetry Paraiso  de la Bonita. We cant wait to plan another trip with you. You knew exactly what we were looking for and found us the perfect place. If you want a relaxing vacation,  this is the place to be and Emily is the one to help you with all the planning, we didn’t have to worry about anything and she was always quick to respond to any questions we had.”
“Emily is a fabulous travel agent! We explained what we wanted to see and experience and she made it happen. Our trip came out exactly as planned! We would do it all over again without hesitation. Will definitely ask Emily to help with future travel :)”
“Emily planned a great trip for us. She was thorough and helpful throughout the process and provided good advice. She handled all the tiny details and saved us so much time and effort.”
“Emily planned every detail of our trip out for us and gave us all the tips and tricks we needed to have an enjoyable stay. Her knowledge was invaluable and she guided us from her own personal experience as a mom and knowing the limitations of young children. I would highly recommend her to anyone wanting to plan a Disney vacation.”
“Emily did such a great job with helping me with my trip to London! If I had any questions or concerns, she would always respond as quick as she could and provide assistance as needed. With her knowledge and recommendations, I was able to create a vacation that was perfect for me. I really appreciated her suggestions regarding excursions as well as her recommendations for local places in London to visit. I would highly recommend Emily to my family and friends if they are planning a trip.”
“Emily created the most wonderful trip for our group of mothers and daughters to Cap Cana in the Dominican Republic. She attended to every detail and made sure that the entire experience was smooth and enjoyable. I am thankful that we had Emily orchestrate this special trip which truly exceeded my expectations.”

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