By: Collene Thornhill | Sun Mar 04, 2018 at 01.34 AM
Amazing tour. Amazing tour guides. 3 in total ALL amazing. Kim, knowledgeable, funny .. knows all the great food places. Melia hotel - wonderful Tim, young, knowledgeable, passionate about his hometown Amsterdam. Fantastic tour. Holiday Inn.. -wow, outstanding. Kenzo, knowledgeable, approachable, funny. Paris hotel is a let down. Not friendly, dining room feel like a prison and you have to clean up after yourself. The tour guides and bus drivers are outstanding. Could not get better all 3 of them. Bravo !!! Would do it again in a heartbeat Read full review
This tour was great for someone like me and my wife, who had never been to Italy. We got to see a lot in a short amount of time. We could now make the choice to go back and stay longer in the places we'd like to see more of. Of course, the ..nature of that is also its drawback in that it was exhausting and at times we could hardly remember what we'd seen. I thought the accommodations were good on most nights; some better than others. I would have appreciated more time in Florence versus other stops. Our tour guide, Roma, was fantastic! She was knowledgeable, personable, and a lot of fun. I would tour all of Europe with her and our driver, Giuseppe, who was so helpful and polite. Overall, this was a great value and I definitely recommend it to those who want to see a lot in a short period of time.Read full review
I did not think it was possible to squeeze in so much of Italy into 10 days, but the tour managed it...and it was a WONDERFUL introduction to this gorgeous country. I would definitely book again.
What I loved: The accommodation was better than expected, considering the price. The first hotel where we stayed (at Luxembourg) was awesome. It was a 4 star business hotel (Melia Luxembourg). It had comfortable rooms, luxury toilets, sauna.., and even pillow menu. However food was a little bit expensive. It was located in a business zone so finding supermarkets nearby was impossible. The other hotels were not that impressive, but they were still comfortable and nice. All hotels belonged to commercial hotel chains (3 or 4 stars), so they kept a standard of service. The bus was very comfortable, with air condition and a single tv. It had a toilet inside but we were told not to use it, instead we made a few stops to go to the toilet. Being honest it was better that way to avoid awful smells considering the long distances. The breakfast was included and we loved it! In general, it was very good in all hotels. They served juices, coffee, eggs, fruit, bread, cereal, potatoes and depending on the hotel they offered other elaborated meals. For dinner, we managed to buy some food outside and take it into our rooms since food prices and menu were not very attractive. Our tour guide was very nice! He was very helpful at all times. He was always explaining us how the day was going to be. He made quick explanations about the place we were visiting and then we were free to go for a few hours. I recommend this tour for people who would like to visit other parts of europe that are not the most famous at all but still wonderful. If you appreciate the little things this is the right tour for you. It is important to say that there are a few famous places included, like Paris and Amsterdam. What we did not like so much: The price we paid did not cover tickets for museums, nor anything else. You have to travel with some cash since all boats, museums, etc are optional. Your tour guide will ask you for the money inside the bus so he can make all the reservations. There were a few things included (farms in the Netherlands, diamond factory, cathedrals), but they were free for everyone. There is a kind of service "tax" not included in the payment. At the end of your trip (at least in our case) we had to pay 5 euros per day. That was for us 35 euros for the whole week. Another aspect is that sometimes we had too much time for a single place and in others we needed more. For example, we all wanted to spend more time in the farms of the Netherlands (they were lovely) but we could not. And in Frankfurt we had too much. Nevertheless our tour guide was flexible with some places.Read full review
Tour guide should pay more care to passengers, be more informative, should advise more helpful information about the sightseeings, what travelers should focus to have a good experience, save cost in the short time visit of the spot about lo..cal specialties... We had spent a lot of waste time to find places....Read full review
Second Europe tour with this company and I love it. I took a 3 mo baby with us and we did it great! Hotels surprised me a lot. Good timing on the tour. No regrets.
We joined the trip again to western europe in fall 2014. We enjoyed the trip all the way from Paris to luxermburge, Netherlands, Brussels and etc. We are planning for the 3rd visit to Europe and for sure we will join tours 4 fun again to ot..her countries. The reward program is a great way to off-set the tour price for the returning customers.Read full review