My husband researched much data before choosing your cruise. In a word, "Fantastic". Nico, the pianist, help Jim practice for the song he wanted to sing to the assembled group on Captain's night. George and his porter friend, made SWANs in celebration of our 50th Wedding Anniversary. Swans were double facing and made from towels, with glitter saying "59", laying on our bed. We loved it. ...
We wanted to include Paris and a river cruise for our 50th wedding anniversary. Avalon gave us a great deal on the air fare. I don't think we needed the travel insurance because our credit card would have covered most of it. Except for the struggle to get through the Paris airport, everything was fabulous. In Paris we took a bus tour, a walking tour, and walked around a bit. The Eiffel Tower ...
It was 4am in the morning. My travel champion was in my driveway right on time. We loaded up my luggage and we were on our way to GRR to catch our United flight for a trip of a life time. We had a 10 hour lay over in Chicago and a 9 hour flight from ORD to CDG.
Upon arriving in Paris, an Avalon Rep. was standing by the baggage claim, holding an Avalon sign. We were directed to the area ...
Chose this because we wanted to have an itinerary that included both Paris and Amsterdam. Accommodations in Paris were wonderful and the ship itself was awesome. Cabins with Panorama view were the best --I am still telling people about it. Also liked the fact they told you the night before what to expect the next day on the itinerary.
Food, excursions, all were top line and the service was ...
Love the smaller boat on River Cruise which you are able to meet the people that you would like to meet!! The food was good however would have like more of the native food of the region we where traveling in. I could of had the food we ate at home in local venues, The only thing that we did not like was our hotel in Prague (Andel's by Vienna House Prague). it was in the center of a shopping ...
We chose this cruise because of the two primary locations of Paris and Prague, two cities we had not visited previously. As our first river cruise, we were extremely impressed with the organization of the timeline. Everything exceeded our expectations from the service, the size of our cabin and the overall views from the ship. The crew was exceptional! They all made an effort to learn our ...
We choose this cruise because it was only 9 nights, it stayed in Western Europe (Paris to Amsterdam), and it is a smaller ship. Our tour guide, Hendrik Dadema, was great, He paid special attention to each individual and their wants and needs. He arranged separate site seeing tours for slower guests. The ship staff was great. The food was exceptional. We were glad that portions were small so we ...
We chose Avalon because we preferred the cabin layout over other vendors. Price and tour itinerary and availability were also factors.
There was some confusion in not being met at the airport and we had to call Avalon and wait around for a while but eventually we got picked up. It was wonderful to suddenly be in Paris on two summer's days. We did both the bus tour of Paris and Versailles ...
I retired about a year ago. My wife and I decided to try a river cruise. Since this was our first such trip, we treated it somewhat as a learning experience. It could not have turned out any better. We met the tour director, Hendrik Dadema, in Paris where we assembled and he briefed us on what would happen. After 1-plus days in Paris we zipped to Luxembourg on a TGV and boarded. The welcome ...
Our cruise director really made the entire cruise. Hendrick's knowledge and experience made our cruise fun and educational and stress free. We loved the views that we had cruising the Moselle and Rhine Rivers. We loved, loved our stateroom. At every chance, we opened the sliding door to our personal balcony to enjoy the sights along the river. This trip exceeded our expectations with the ...