Great tour. Mike was an excellent tour guide and Chris was an extremely safe driver. Only negative was the amount of optionals. The tour was seven days with eleven optional tours to pay extra for. At least two of the optionals should have been included. Would I recommend the tour operator to a friend, ABSOLUTELY. But would I recommend The Great Britain New Year - No. With the additional excursions, the price of the trip was not a true reflection of how affordable the trips organized by this operator usually are. I've had extremely positive experiences with expat tours in the past, but was slight disappointed with the Great Britain New Years Tour.
This was my first tour, so I did not know what to expect. Our tour guide, Mike, was friendly, fun and professional, as well as our bus driver, Lee. I saw so many things along the trip, and hope to go back someday. It was truly an experience of a lifetime. I made some new friends and will keep in contact with them in the future. I learned so much about the history, such a beautiful place. Okie Dokie, Wakie Wakie!!!
This was my first overseas solo trip and I was very nervous and didn't know what to expect as a solo traveller but I was made to feel very welcome and comfortable by the group, tour leader and driver. Our tour leader, Mike, was so knowledgeable of the places visited and all the history (including all the dates!) which blew my mind and he has such an infectious laugh and loves a joke - he was a fantastic leader. Martin was our driver and also such a great guy - I think they worked well as a team! The tour covers all the main areas of each country which gives you a food taste for places you might want to go back to another time. I think it's fantastic for first timers. I like Expat as they cover all ages and each tour has a food range of ages - unlike some others which are aimed at younger people only. My only gripe about the tour was that due to limited daylight hours, we couldn't see everything we wanted to see - Mike and Martin took us everywhere we wanted but we couldn't physically see some of the things. I would prefer to do this tour in summer with more daylight.
