Highlights of France

The itinerary is great: you really do get to see basically the entire country, with very few exceptions. The coach is very comfortable and has a smooth ride. It includes USB charge ports at every seat, so you don't have to worry about your devices running out of juice. My only complaint would be the hotels. Yes, they were advertised as being three and four star hotels. But that has a VERY different meaning in France than it does in the US. All the hotel rooms were all clean and well-appointed, but some of the three-star rooms were just too small - there was barely enough room in these small rooms for our luggage. All-in-all, this tour was a great value for the money. However, I would love to make one change: bellhop service for an additional fee. The tour crams too much into too short of a time. The one drawback of that is that practically every day, you are taking your bags from the coach to your room, then having to bring them down the next day. It would be great if you could arrive at a location, get your room key, and go directly to your room; then, a bellhop would bring your bags to your room and set them up on the luggage rack/desk, etc., for you so you don't have to. Then, when you left the next day and went down to breakfast, you'd leave your bags outside your door, and the bellhop would take them down to the bus. I'd willingly pay an extra $10-20 per day for such a service. It would really improve the tour to not have to lug your bags all over the place practically every single day.

The itinerary was jam-packed, especially if you add the additional excursions. We went all over France and believe we covered the highlights. The tour met our expectations. The hotels were all clean and acceptable, a couple on the small side. The breakfasts were good. The provided dinners mediocre. Tour guide and bus driver and bus were all great!

it was really packed with good tours everyday