France Countryside and village visits Trips

This was our second tour with Erwin as our leader. Erwin has planned an excellent itinerary with the 4 nights in Avignon and 3 nights in Pernes-les-Fontaines. Each ride was different and the destinations were stunning. Even the stops on the way were stunning. Erwin really cares about how everyone is doing. His patience is a wonder to behold. Lots of laughs and lots of great memories.

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 tour guide has the patience of a Saint. She has a fabulous personality and her knowledge and commentary was brilliant. Each day she made sure where we could get fresh water and always directed us to the toilet facilities. Directions were always given in the places we stopped for our free time. Other tours don't give such an indepth look at France and I was really pleased with the tour I chose. The hotels were very good and the included breakfasts were excellent. The included dinners were also excellent. The driver was extremely helpful and the bus was immaculate every day. Very safe driver.

The itinerary took us to all the places and more that we had always wanted to see. It also gave us multiple optional experiences we weren't expecting. Personally I think we enjoyed our holiday even more with our guide , who gave us so much information on every city and attraction we saw.

Truly outstanding. We saw so many historical, beautiful and interesting places. Every time I turned around, there was something more amazing. Cost saver really packed so much into this tour. We had adequate time to explore and were given freedom to explore on our own. Coach was comfortable and we rotated seats each day. Every hotel was very clean and the breakfast buffets were fabulous with lots of delicious fresh fruit among other items.

Tour leader, Erwin, was excellent, very knowledgeable and helpful. Itinerary and places visited excellent, lots of places to eat. Generally accommodation was good but at the final hotel, Zenitude, staff and management were indifferent and unhelpful, air conditioning not working and biting bed bugs.