Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary & Slovakia Trip Review: Prague History, Vienna, Biking Wachau Valley, Budapest River Cruise

This travel company was great to work with and the trip planner was very helpful, making suggestions and fitting the activities to the kind of trip we wanted—some structure without being scheduled every minute.  The tour guides in Prague, Austria & Vienna, and Budapest were excellent, with a great command of information and history.  It was particularly interesting to hear about their experiences before and after the Iron curtain.  Our guide in Prague was amazing; we played “stump [guide's name]” and couldn’t do it!  
One suggestion I’d make in Budapest—-it’s really too big to do a walking tour and see much in half a day.  It would be better to use a driver for this half day tour to save time. We wound up only seeing Buda due to walking.
The hotels were all very nice with great breakfast buffets—appealing to many cultures, especially the hotel in Vienna.
All the drivers were prompt and friendly.  
I can’t say enough about how pleased we were to have a private tour guide where you get more out of the tour, you can skip the lines and you’re not part of a herd of 50 people.  Having a guide and drivers takes the stress out of traveling!
We loved it and are already planning the next trip!
Anna K