Absolutely beautiful tour through the countryside and medieval towns and cities. The guided tour was extremely well executed and included ferry costs, and a dairy farm tour, but the unguided tour would have been easy to navigate on your own using the tour apps, and maps provided daily. The rooms on the Barge Fluvius were very small, as expected but the food on board was excellent bar prices were very reasonable. Problems with the A/C in the rooms, and water issues (on/off) at the end of the day should be corrected. Also, there are TV's in each room, but they do not work.
I went on the Europe Jewel tour in May 2019 and it was awesome! Yes, there is a lot of driving involved, but it is so worth it. I got to see so much in such a short period of time. Some hotels were better than others, but they were all clean and good enough considering the low cost of this tour (compared to other companies and considering what you get). Our tour guide, Carly, was totally great! She was always organized and full of information for everyone on tour. Our driver, Zoltan, was also great! I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone researching Europe tour options on a budget. If I did everything included on this tour by myself without the group discounts that Expat gets, I would have paid at least 1-2k more for my trip.
Overall the tour delivered on our expectations. This was our second Expat tour. Our guide (Aaron) and driver (Gabriel) were just terrific! Both professional and congenial and punctual and everything one would want in a guide and driver. :-) This tour was an amazing way to get a taste of ten countries. We left with a solid appreciation of everything we experienced and have a good idea of places we might like to return to if time and $$$ permit!