Our Story

Inspired by these conversations and a deep-rooted passion for travel, Angie began balancing her nursing career and motherhood with a part-time role at a Long Beach travel agency in the late 1980s. As the Travel Coordinator for their "Good Times Travel Club," she organized half-day outings to Los Angeles and throughout Orange County. This role perfectly married her love for travel planning with her desire to serve the senior community.

By the early 1990s, the club had grown significantly through word-of-mouth. At age 44, Angie took a courageous leap of faith and retired from nursing to pursue her vision full-time, partnering with investors to purchase the club and its most valuable asset: a small index card box containing the names and addresses of several hundred members.

Incorporated in 1991, Good Times Travel Club opened its first office in Huntington Beach's Old World Center. Under Angie's determined leadership, the "club" evolved into a professional tour operator and joined the National Tour Association. As demand grew, outings expanded from half-day trips to full-day tours to San Diego and Santa Barbara, as well as multi-day adventures to Yosemite, Death Valley, and the Central Coast. Because Angie was on most of the tours as the tour director, additional staff was hired to manage the telephone reservations and all of the small details that go into running each tour – whether one day or seven.

By 1996, Good Times Travel Club moved to a larger office in Fountain Valley and officially became a family affair when Angie welcomed her two children, Heather and Dustin, into the business. In 2001, Angie rebranded the company as Good Times Travel, Inc. and expanding its reach to all seven continents by 2004.

Though we lost Angie to cancer in 2012, her spirit and vision remains the heartbeat of this company. She never saw her travelers as mere clients, but rather as friends she traveled with. Good Times Travel continues to honor her legacy and mission that no one looks back with regrets but rather enjoys a lifetime of travel experiences with their traveling 'family" on the journeys they've shared with us.

Today, Good Times Travel operates hundreds of single-day excursions across Southern California, alongside a premier selection of multi-day journeys spanning North America and the globe.

Since our modest beginnings, we have meticulously crafted hundreds of itineraries to new and captivating destinations. Each tour is designed to immerse you in the historical and cultural heart of a locale while ensuring you feel entirely supported by our professional tour directors. By balancing exceptional value with uncompromising quality, we create travel packages that feel as though they were created specifically for you.

We believe that group travel via a motorcoach is the best way to travel. Beyond the fact that you can simply sit back and let a professional be your driver, the motorcoach provides an ideal vantage point high above the sights. You don’t have to worry about the routing, parking or filling up the gas tank. While you relax, a knowledgeable guide shares the stories and secrets behind every landmark and small town we visit. Your tour director, driver and local guides have it all covered, so you don’t have to worry about your luggage, purchasing the tickets or figuring out which restaurant the locals prefer. Now you can truly enjoy the experience while making new friends and creating new travel memories.

At Good Times Travel, we believe that it’s important to explore and learn all that you can when you visit a specific destination. After all, a destination may be a once-in-a-lifetime visit. That is why our tours pair iconic landmarks with "off the beaten path" discoveries that most travelers miss. We believe that it’s these lesser-known points of interest that truly represent the area that you’re visiting. This is why every one of our tours is planned from the bottom up by someone on our staff who is familiar with the region and has experienced first-hand what really signifies the true nature of each destination on the tour. By including lesser-known points of interest that represent the true soul of a destination, we ensure your tour is more than just a sightseeing trip –it’s a deep dive into the authentic nature of the places we visit.

Let the good times roll…