Tastes and Sounds of the South

Fantastic experiences, plenty of free time to explore on own. The trip to Grand ole Opry was a highlight as was the trip to Graceland. The dinner and music in Beale Street on night 1 in Memphis was amazing. We loved the swamp tour in Louisiana where we saw alligators. The only experience I did not enjoy was Be My Guest. We attended a piano recital in someone's home. This music was not to my taste and seemed strange considering the other experiences with country, blues, rock and jazz genres.

All hotels were excellent, including the Opry resort which was top-notch. Nice to have breakfast included to get a quick start to the day. ***********, our tour director, had a great personality and was very familiar with the area that added highlights to the trip. He was very personable in fact, celebrated birthdays, going out of his way to bring treats for the group. Drew even played trivia games on our long bus rides to keep everyone entertained. I would highly recommend this trip to all my friends and family.

This was one of the best tours I have been on. Our tour guide Drew went above and beyond to make everything run smoothly throughout the trip. Communication was excellent so we knew exactly what to expect every step of the way. We packed in so much but still had enough free time in each stop to explore on our own. The atmosphere in each city we visited was amazing… we had a couple of local guides join us on the bus for a short time. Their knowledge of the individual cities was so interesting adding a personal touch. I would recommend this trip to anyone with an interest in music and the history of the southern states of the USA. A trip to remember!!!

Well planned .. see a lot and right amount of time in each location. Drew out travel director made the journey even more fun by engaging everyone. Our driver Darrin was also excellent

This trip covered the evolution of music and the history of the region as best as it could.

The tour was fun, busy and mostly great! The Tour Director Drew was superior! He made the trip!! He went above and beyond to make it a fun experience for everyone!! The Jazz cruise was bad. Food mediocre, no outside seating available, music on a screen.. very disappointed. The Gaylord was beautiful, but not much was open during our stay. Hotel locations in Memphis and New Orleans were very central to downtown. Gaylord was outside city, needed to Uber to downtown area. All hotels were very nice. We really enjoyed our trip!

The itinerary was carefully put together and ensured that we had the opportunity to visit all of the most popular visitor attractions in each location along the route from Nashville to New Orleans. We also had plenty of free time to explore each town/city further. We chose to opt in to most of the optional extra activities and they were all well worth it. Finally, the Be My Guest experiences were highlights, as they were things that we definitely wouldn’t have been able to do if we had been traveling alone.

Our family holiday with our grown up kids was up there with the best! Heaps of activities, attractions, & fun things to do. our tour director was so knowledgeable & organised, which certainly took all the hurdles out. Would certainly recommend this tour for those with an interest in music / eating & the Deep South of the USA.

well planned, packed a lot of information on each of the places visited, the leader was very knowledgeable.

I have already rated this trip which I thoroughly enjoyed. The welcome dinner and the farewell dinners were a wonderful way to start and end! The whole trip was excellent some highlights included the show at the grand ol opry, the Nashville studios and Graceland.

It was great. A little rushed at some events and then lots of free time. Could have had more experiences in some places.

It was fun and informative. Learnt a lot about the music scene and American history. Good amount if time in each area.

The Tastes and Sounds of the South failed to deliver with respect to the 'Taste' portion of the trip. There were plenty of music studio tours, music museum tours and local musician shows, but there was next to nothing concerning the 'Tastes' of the South. This tour needs a major overhaul in order to add the Tastes of the South at each stop - Nashville, Memphis, Natchez and New Orleans. In addition, our Tour Director, was not a local expert and did not exude the 'Southern Hospitality' attitude expected from this tour type. Most of our travel group agreed that our Travel Director was one of the worst we have had. Two out of the four hotels were completely unacceptable for our level of comfort. The unacceptable hotels had extremely poor breakfast options, they were very dirty, old and well-worn and inhospitable hotel managers and staff. I would NOT recommend this tour to anyone until Trafalgar completes a huge upgrade to its Tour Director, Tastes portion of the tour and the hotel choices.