Mackinac Island featuring the Tulip Time Festival

Mackinac island was amazing and a bucket list item. The tour started in Chicago and we were in a beautiful hotel by the riverwalk, so very convenient. Surprisingly besides the island itself, along the way we stopped at sculpture gardens and in Dearborn we found the Henry Ford Museum to be amazing, and not just for cars, but planes, trains, furniture etc. Well put together tour. Can’t go wrong with Collette.

I absolutely love Chicago!! The tour we had was great! I was there in 2024 but I was able to experience other areas and hear the local stories. All of the tours were incredible! I enjoyed all of them. Not as impressed with Bronner’s but glad I experienced it and bought souvenirs. I enjoyed Mackinac Island. Very unique experience. The grand hotel was lovely. Probably my favorite tour was the Ford Co Rouge. So fascinating to watch the assembly of the trucks. I could have watched for hours!! Jamie, our tour guide was wonderful. So helpful, knowledgeable and friendly but also kept us on track! Loved the way he handled the bus seating! I enjoyed our group meals and really had a great time. Joe, our driver was very nice, too!! This was my first vacation with a tour group like this. It was definitely an adjustment needing to follow strict leave times lol

Secret garden at the Grand Hotel.

Mackinac Island was wonderful, of course, but I also enjoyed Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park very much. The sculpture garden tour was excellent but wish we could have had more time there to explore the sculpture garden on our own.

Definitely Mackinac Island was the highlight and I wish we had more time there. The history lectures were FANTASTIC and the building was so interesting. Be sure to browse other rooms because they are all different and so colorful!

The Entire Island!!

Ford Rouge Center.

Chicago was amazing. AbeYtif city. Wish there had been more time. I really wanted to go to the art museum. Also loved frankenmuth and Bronner’s xmas store. Another highlight was the Henry Ford museum

We thoroughly enjoyed our Mackinaw Island trip with Tour Director Michael Hepler! He was friendly, organized, knowledgeable and caring! He took care of every detail to make sure our trip was a memorable experience. We hope to see him again on a future trip!

Our tour leader, Michael, and bus driver, Andy, were just great and took wonderful care of us. Planning to travel with Colette again.

Our Tour Manager was excellent! He was very informative and organized throughout the tour! We had a great variety of things to visit and experience. Staying at the Grand Hotel was certainly a highlight!

I loved the time in Chicago and could have stayed longer. I thought Mackinac Island was great. It was a little crowded due to Republican convention and Scout jamboree. I felt our tour guide, Jamie, went above and beyond to make the trip a memorable one.

Love walking around the island and enjoying the sights and weather

Both the tour manager, and driver are the best.

I didn't realize how important having more meals included could have affected us getting to know our fellow passengers better. One more dinner would have been good. I understand lunches are usually when we are on our own, and wouldn't make sense. However, in Frankenmuth it could have worked, since we were all there, and not in hotels, etc. The tour itself was great and a lot of fun. Our Tour Manager Jamie was absolutely THE BEST!! So was Chuck, our bus driver.

Great tour and particularly enjoyed Chicago and Mackinac Island. Jamie, our guide, was outstanding. I wish more meals had been included with appropriate price adjustment.

Tour guide was fantastic. Chicago River cruise is well worth it and highly recommended. Was much better than bus tour which didn't involve many stops or photo ops other than the "Bean". Mackinac island with Grand Hotel stay and the Henry Ford Museums were outstanding. Many lunch and dinners not included. While good recommendations were provided this added to an already some what pricey trip. Don't forget the gratuity add on of most trips as well.

Chicago was way too hot during our time there but Collette can't control the temperatures. The Pier was hot and we took a Skyline view boat ride which was beautiful. The remaining trip was fabulous especially Mackinac Island. I went horseback riding and the fudge was delicious. The Eldon Dow house was interesting in Middleton, MI. In Frankenmuth the Bonner Christmas store was crazy big with so many Christmas things to look at. We also visited the Frankenmuth shopping village. My favorite store was the Pet store. It has everything! All the shops were fun to look around at. I also visited the clock store with so many old and new types of clocks. In Dearborn MI we visited the Ford Museum and Greenfield Village which both were filled with so many history treasures. My favorite was in Greenfield Village I watched a baseball game played by the rules of 1867. The caught the balls with no baseball gloves like today and they were dressed in old fashioned uniforms. There was so much more than what I have listed but I would definitely recommend and I would definitely recommend Chad Nelson as your tour guide. Chad is a history buff and he was very informative before touring each location. Definitely 5 Star trip and tour guide!

This was our first tour. Chad did a great job in leading the trip. His experience was a huge benefit to our tour. The most memorable aspect was the Grand Hotel experience. A fantastic and unique opportunity!

Great trip! Enjoyed the beauty of Mackinac Island and the Grand Hotel. Chad is a great tour guide who is very knowledgeable, fun & caring. Thanks Chad!

Loved every aspect of it. From the touring of Mackinac, to the food, the Ford Museum, the gardens, and the magnificent history of the Dow house. We flew into Chicago and it was hot, but the accommodations were perfect and flexible times.

Our tour manager, Chad was outstanding, as were the accommodations. In my opinion, the only room for improvement is in the areas of a little too much free time and too many meals on our own. These hidden costs, especially the meals add to what already is a somewhat expensive trip. But all in all, it was fantastic!

The Grand Hotel was the big winner, however there were other unexpected gems that truly made it memorable.

The island was beautiful, and our tour guide was great.

The group was too large in my opinion but we were with friends and had our own group. Would have loved another day in Chicago and on Mackinac- the highlight was my birthday at the Grand Hotel, complete with fireworks after the yacht race. What a memorable spot!

Too many hotel changes & not enough free time. Favorite part was Chicago & the architectural River cruise that we went on when we came in a day earlier.

Our tour manager, Dawn Spencer, was the best-so fun, caring, organized! Our driver, Phil, was equally great, navigating some tight spots expertly. The Hyatt Regency in Chicago was pretty fancy but nothing can surpass the experience of staying at the Grand Hotel for 2 nites. You had to dress up for dinner but well worth enjoying a varying 5 course meal nightly. Afterwards, there’s a pianist or harpist and later dance music with a live band along with rocking on the Adirondack chairs on the world’s longest porch. The charm of horse drawn carriages makes Mackinac Island special. And then, there’s always the famous fudge everywhere! Finally, going to the Henry Ford Museum was an unexpected treat in how massive and creative that museum displayed Americana. Everyone should see it-one of the best museums ever and I’ve been to the Louvre, Smithsonian, New York’s MOMA, de Young in SF!

The Grande Hotel

The Grand Hotel was the highlight of the trip, just magnificent, a very Special Place!! The city of Chicago was also great! We enjoyed the entire tour!