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London to Rome Highlights (10 Days)

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Places You’ll See

• Visit St. Peter’s Basilica and the Colosseum in Rome
• Stroll along the lamp-lit boulevards of romantic Paris
• Cruise past endless vineyards in wine region Burgundy
• Glimpse lake como and explore the canals of Venice
• Make a wish as you toss a coin in the Trevi Fountain
• Introduction
• Day 1 Arrive London
• Day 2 London free time
• Day 3 London – Paris
• Day 4 Paris sightseeing and free time
• Day 5 Paris – Lucerne Region
• Day 6 Lucerne Region – Venice (Oriago)
• Day 7 Venice orientation – Florence
• Day 8 Florence – Rome
• Day 9 Rome sightseeing and free time
• Day 10 Depart Rome

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The activities included in the tour are listed as per the itinerary. Travellers can miss tours they do not wish to participate in but the price of the package will not be amended. There will be free time during this tour for everyone to explore as they wish.

The starting time of each day of the tour can vary depending on the itinerary and where you will be travelling for that day. However, generally, the starting times can vary from 6am to 8am.

It is important to note that accommodations are always subject to change until 4-6 weeks before the departure date. This is a list of accommodations that the operator will typically use on this tour: London: Hilton Olympia Paris: Novotel 14 Porte d'Orleans Lucerne: Krone Giswil/Burestadl Venice: Ill Burchiello Florence: Starhotels Vespucci Rome: Ergife Palace Hopefully, this list will give you a better idea of what kind of accommodation you can expect while on tour.

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This tour includes multiple optional excursions which can be purchased in-destination through your tour leader.

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We then come to Trafalgar Cost Saver European Delight again Rome to London; 2 nights each city, Rome, Florence, Venice, Lake Lucerne and Paris then back to London. This is the Cost Saver of the Trafalgar so it is not the First Class. I am really confused between the two and am wondering if anyone has done either of these tours or travelled with these coach companies. It is my husband and our two teenagers 17 & 15 at the time of travel and we want to see as much as possible that is why we will be paying for the optional tours as well. Really need your feedback. Thanks

Use the search engine top of page "Comos coach tours" " Trafalgar coach tours" for some information

For goodness sake NO do not take those tours.. I mean it, how horrible for your kids.. I can't even imagine making my kids go on those big bus tours filled with senior citizens, early mornings,, and I mean early, chain hotels in the ourskirts of places.. and lots of stops for "shopping" ( souvenirs not clothes )

You CAN take similar trip much cheaper , and have way more fun on your own.. I have done it by myself and with my kids.

And don't be fooled by those cheap up front prices,, you will pay and pay and pay for extras, and tips will amount to hundreds for tour bus driver and guide for your family.. and yes, you are very much expected to tip them.

If you feel you absolutely must take a tour , look at Rick Steves Family tours, not cheap , but include alot more, stay in central hotels, include cater to kids and teens, or better yet, look at their "My Way" tours, which are cheaper but are not guided, they just include bussing your from town to town and your hotels and breakfasts, you can do your own sightseeing, seeing what your family likes not what they select for you.

There are a lot of advantages to escorted tours...all the planning is done for you - you don't have to decide where to stay, how to get from place to place, research what's open when or restaurants or places to shop or where to eat.

But, those are also huge disadvantages. Hotels could be less than appealing and not convenient to public transport for free time excursions, you are confined to a strict schedule, you spend a lot of time getting from place to place, the included meals may be less than satisfactory (often one hotel buffet after another, not necessarily including local specialties, rather "what the tourists like"), and so on.

The least favorable aspect of most escorted tours is value for the dollar. If you add up all the components (especially for a family of four), including transit, you'll likely be paying a huge mark-up for the "package" and the tour guide.

I probably won't be the first to tell you that one or two nights in one major destination after another will render all a huge blur.

And, those "optionals" will be far more costly than doing them on your own.

If you've never taken the family on an escorted tour that covers so many cities, consider how you'll feel (after a few days) of unpacking/packing, early morning departures, being herded around in a large group. A lot of time is spent just boarding and deboarding buses. And, some "tour mates" can be so unpleasant as to render everyone miserable but stuck with them.

With only two nights in Paris , there may be no time for going up the Eiffel Tower .

It's true that escorted tours are overwhelmingly popular with senior citizens versus younger people or families.

Keep in mind that any group can move no faster than the slowest members, which could be extremely frustrating for younger, more energetic, people.

I agree that it might be worth exploring the possibility of doing it independently yourself. That way you get to do what you want at the pace you want. I will add that I have nothing against tours as have family members who have done a couple and enjoyed them. But I agree that with teenagers perhaps not.

Another thing you have to remember is that two nights in a place only gives one full day. And those places deserve more than the time the tours are giving them. This is only my opinion, but I always feel you are better spending more time in fewer places so you actually get to see something.

aussie 2 aussie,

please heed the extremely good/sound advice offered by the very experienced and worldly posters above.

your kids would never let you forget being herded around with a lot of senior citizens - staying in hotels in some of the most inconvenient places - paying top $ for all the extras that are included in the fine print - don't do it !

For what it is going to cost for a family of four to do a tour, I think you could do a lot better yourselves. And your kids will thank you in the end. They are old enough to go for a walk on their own while you have a glass of wine in a café. Think about it.

hi, tcgc65. I agree with all of the advice above, but I'm thinking that you may have not responded because you are "back to square one" now and kind of confused. You might re-start by stating how much each of the package tours cost in total, and how many nights' lodging they included. Do you know what the sleeping configurations would be (two doubles? One quad?)? If you actually have any specifics from the companies (names of hotels, for example), you could check online to see how much the hotel would be if you booked it yourself, for example.

If you do decide to put together an independent trip (no tour group), there are plenty of people here who could help with an itinerary and keep you in a comfortable budget.

Hope you re-post soon. Everyone here is trying to help save you money and improve the quality of your experience.

That's everything I know about a tour.

Most of the folks here are independent travelers. So TA may not be the very best place to get a lot of feedback.

Cathy, I see you're new to TA. Welcome.

Rather than tag on to someone else's post, where the requests aren't really the same, why not start your own thread. The responses tend to get muddled when threads start diverting.

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