France Travel Review: Paris, Brussels, Brugge, Epernay, Provence, Cooking Lesson

I enjoyed using this France travel company but wish the communication had been better a month prior to my trip. I had to wait longer than hoped to see the final details of the trip and my trip was not booked until I approved the last details which meant I had a hotel issue and ended up paying a premium. In addition, it would be have been very nice to see a breakdown of my costs so that I could have weighed what was important and where money was being spent. For example, I never knew the cost of a transfer vs. a taxi. Or, the cost of a guide for 1/2 day vs. a full-day. I also had no idea you could share a guide with other travelers vs. a private guide, etc. We had a few miscommunications along the way too... we had a transfer not show up, we attended a cooking class where we were the only people in the class and the chef thought we were chefs (which was funny but not) and we had guides show up with a set schedule where as we were told we could discuss the plans with the guides once we met them and come up with a plan together. This was not the case as the guides had pre-planned the days and schedules.

As far as accommodations, we liked some better than others. We were sad in that we probably should have stayed in a different area in the Provence region to have been able to cover the areas we wished to see. We missed a chunk as it logistically did not make sense.

In terms of the quality of guides, they were excellent and they really did make the trip. Our travel company was reachable when we had a transfer not show up, etc. which we were grateful for.

Overall, we were happy but a lot could have been fine-tuned with better communication.