Exploring Greece and Its Islands featuring Classical Greece, Mykonos & Santorini

05/27/2022

Review on 05/27/2022

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Each day was a favorite. No two days alike. I had never been on a tour before. I see how value is added by education through subject matter experts. I just returned from a solo visit to KS and MO and I also appreciated "baggage handling". Now, when I think of Greece, I think of the cities (big and small villages), the plains, the mountains and the sea. Greece has it all. I'm thrilled we scheduled early meaning before the crowds and heat. I will be 68 in June and found the trip challenging but doable. If there is a next time, I will train. It was truly the best experience I have ever had.

05/24/2022

Review on 05/24/2022

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I felt the group was too large, food was mediocre, and 2 hotels were very average

05/21/2022

Review on 05/21/2022

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Excellent tour manager. ***

05/21/2022

Review on 05/21/2022

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Really well organized, nice weather, beautiful accommodations, wonderful tour manager.

05/21/2022

Review on 05/21/2022

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Tour manager was excellent!

05/21/2022

Review on 05/21/2022

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Excellent trip did three trips with Collette loved the Islands got a lot of great pictures good food great time

05/19/2022

Review on 05/19/2022

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Overall a good tour. Would prefer to fly to islands instead of fighting the ferry crowds. To be fair, it was Orthodox Easter weekend, so lots of locals traveling.

05/19/2022

Review on 05/19/2022

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Tour manager, Kerri, made the trip seamless and pleasant. We saw all the iconic places you imagine when you think of Greece.

05/18/2022

Review on 05/18/2022

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It was well rounded in terms of all the places we visited

05/17/2022

Review on 05/17/2022

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overall a very good trip. would have liked to see a more balance highlights within the trip for male travelers, seemed slanted toward the female traveler

05/14/2022

Review on 05/14/2022

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Colette did not give us enough time to make our connection in Paris and we were off to a rocky start. We were 5 hrs. behind everyone else, missed our welcome dinner, missed meeting out tour members and tour guide and missed out on a lot of sleep. It caused us to be anxious and disappointed. We also got trapped in an elevator for 2 hrs. while waiting for the fire department to come with the jaws of life. We also made a bus load of people miss their ferry to Mykonos because of being trapped. My travel partner became very ill and had to see the doctor. We were not clear on how many hours we would be in the bus each day and how many stairs there were on each tour. It was my birthday while in Santorini and our tour manager barely said Happy Birthday to me or anything. I just never really connected with her and felt like she cared about what happened to us.

Thank you for choosing us for your recent tour. We’re disappointed to hear about your recent experience. Please accept our sincere apology for the performance of the tour manager. We have forwarded your feedback to our tour manager team. They will be reviewing this feedback and using it to enhance this tour for our future guests. Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

Collette Support

05/14/2022

Review on 05/14/2022

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The people in Greece were outgoing and friendly. The food was delicious and all of the tours were informative and exciting, just to be there was a wonderful experience. It was our best trip so far and are planning many more. Our tour guide Kerri Michael was the BEST.

05/14/2022

Review on 05/14/2022

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Kerri was amazingly awesome!she was knowledgeable and funny and helpful and well just made our tour the absolute best! She went out of her way to make the trip pleasurable and memorable! Love love love kerri!

05/13/2022

Review on 05/13/2022

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This was our second Collette tour, and usual it was exceptional from beginning to end.

05/13/2022

Review on 05/13/2022

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Comprehensive tour and good value for the price. Knowledgeable tour manager and good local guides. Good hotels and included dinners.

05/13/2022

Review on 05/13/2022

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Everything was great. The food could have been better. It was cold. Some of the guides were difficult to understand.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We have forwarded your feedback to our product and tour manager teams.

Collette Support

12/10/2019

Terrible tour manager! Rude,disinterested !!!! Spoiled the experience!!!

Service

The tour manager was awful! Attempts to contact customer service proved to yield no response
Tour

Trip was influenced negatively by the tour manager

Thank you for traveling with Collette on our Exploring Greece & Its Islands tour. We're very sorry to hear you were disappointed with your tour manager. The post tour email you sent in is being reviewed and the Guest Relations Team will be following up with a response.

Collette Support

11/20/2019

Fantastic!!!!

Service

Heather, the guide, was superb -- knowledgeable, personable, approachable, considerate, creative, funny. Give her a rai$e!!!
Tour

The entire Santorini experience!

11/19/2019

Best trip ever!!

Service

It was a wonderful experience. Nice mix of historical ruins, dance lessons, cooking class,walking food tour, cruise, and optional catamaran sunset tour with dinner, ride on donkeys. Tour manager was the best - Heather Larsen. She was informative, fun to be with, great stories and handled several medical emergencies very professional and competent. Great hotels,included meals were great, great tour guides, etc .
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Review of the items below was included in first review

11/19/2019

Well organized tour with a very excellent guide.

Service

Well run tour with a very organized guide that always made everyone understood the plan
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A boat ride tour we organized ourselves

11/19/2019

The most enjoyable trip of my life....so far😊!

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The trip was incredible to start off with each location was planned out exceptionally well so we could maximize our time and avoid the huge crowds from cruise ships. The accommodations in each city were very good to excellent. The meals included were delicious. Our tour guide Heather was amazing I would specifically book a trip just to have her be the tour guide she’s that good. The additional local tour guides were outstanding too! The pacing of the tour was perfect too well balanced between touring and free time. Thank you Collette for my trip of a lifetime!
Tour

So many to choose from but I guess my favorite was the tour of the Acropolis.

11/16/2019

This tour of Greece has given me an interest in Greece.

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I enjoyed the pace of the trip.
Tour

Liz is an excellent tour guide. My favorite experience was the extremely well timed visit to the Acropolis. We were leaving just as the masses from the cruise ship arrived

11/16/2019

Very good but room for improvement

Service

The service was very good. Although I am not in this situation, but there were several people that could not do all the steps that were involved on certain days. I believe that a good idea would be to list the number of steps that are involved on each day so they can make a conscious choice when selecting a tour. Another issue that I had was the quality of the hotels. I realize that you were limited in selection with Kalambaka for example, but all of my hotels with the Insight tour were exceptional. We pay a lot of money for these vacations and our accommodations should reflect that.
Tour

Again, I believe there is room for improvement with the accommodations.

Thank you for traveling with Collette on our Exploring Greece & Its Islands tour. We're sorry to hear about the issues that other guests experienced with the pacing of the tour and that you were dissatisfied with the quality of the hotels. Your feedback will be reviewed by our Product Design Team so that the overall touring experience for our guests can be improved.

Collette Support

11/16/2019

My trip to Greece and it's Isand was excellent

Service

My trip was excellent, enjoyed all the locations we visited, Liz DeStefano our tour director did a fantastic job, she is a professional, she was always looking out for all who were on tour
Tour

Great trip

11/16/2019

Unforgettable vacation. Much more than I expected.

Service

I don't know if it could be any better! Beautiful country with super friendly people. Superb hotels, incredibly knowledgeable guides, excellent bus drivers, breathtaking sites, a huge range of local well prepared foods, and wonderful travel companions.
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Visiting the ancient sites. The acropolis, the site of the original games. The outstanding food and wine (especially white wines), and the very friendly and proud Greek people. My wife and I learned so much of the fabulous history from all of the excellent guides. Truly breathtaking country.

11/15/2019

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Our tour director Savvas Papasavvas was outstanding. He was very professional, kind, caring and knowledgeable.
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Our Greece vacation exceeded our expectations. My wife and I have shared our experiences with family and friends. Our main advise has been to book with Collette. Our great experience will be remembered for our lifetime.

11/13/2019

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Excellent. I loved the activities, guides, hotels, food choices, etc. except for 1 item.
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I loved all of the ruins. I don't know if I can provide a favorite; each was unique and special in its own way.

11/12/2019

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Our tour guide was passionate about his country and history made all the difference with a tour that covered a lot of ground.
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Seeing the Meteora Monasteries, olive platation, and the islands

11/12/2019

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The tour was well-planned, and the tour guide was excellent.
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Very well planned and executed.

11/12/2019

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The tour manager was well organized and communicated well. He personally greeted each participant as we arrived and took an interest in our expectations of the trip. The logistics of the 14 day trip in Greece with 40 people in tow were daunting. Our tour guide managed with friendliness and professionalism. And he made it all fun!
Tour

The sites we visited included the must-sees; I.e., the Acropolis, Meteora, Olympia, the Delphi. But we also visited a working olive tree orchard and an icon studio where the artisans still used the old techniques. We appreciated the various experts that were brought in to explain the ancient sites and museums. They were all very knowledgeable and articulate.

11/11/2019

Another trip of a lifetime...thanks to Collette!

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I would absolutely recommend and often do recommend Collette to family, colleagues and friends, The tours are well organized and the on site staff work very hard to met the individual needs of all the travelers...great value for dollar spent seeing and experiencing he world!!!
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Fabulous sites...enriched by the knowledge and availability of local tour guides.

11/10/2019

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All I had to do was sign up for the trip through church. We had a person who organized it for us. 10 of us went. Everything was taken care of through Collette. From the flights to our guide, itinerary, meals, hotels,excursions, was exceptional! Felt as though I got an overall feel of the entire country! Wonderful , historic,ancient ruins, wineries, olive farms, monasteries atop the mtns,to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos! What else could there be??!!And very reasonably priced!
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Already did! Everything was fabulous ! Price very reasonable! Saw ancient sites, olive farms, wineries, monasteries on top of mtns, and 2 islands! Main guide was wonderful.Hotels, meals, excursions were perfwct.

11/09/2019

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Excellent tour! Our guide was great and activities well planned.
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Santorini was the best! Savvas was a terrific guide; pleasant, compassionate, and hilarious.

11/09/2019

This was a trip of a lifetime! Tours were well thought out and organized.

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The service was excellent and the tours well planned to optimize the total experience.
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The tour was well organized and planned to optimize our overall experience.

11/09/2019

45 is too many for a tour.

Service

Yes
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Guided tours

11/09/2019

Excellent format and tour guides!

Service

Great tour design and pace. Informative and delightful tour guides.
Tour

Enjoyed the education. Seeing things from thousands of years ago-truly amazing! The islands were spectacular.

11/09/2019

Very enjoyable trip. Tour guide was awesome!!

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Service was great. Tour guide was awesome.
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The first few days of the trip required so much walking & climbing. I would have preferred a little less.

11/09/2019

Phenomenal Tour of Greece

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Our Collette tour of Greece was phenomenal. We covered a lot of ground, saw a lot of the country and the itinerary was a wonderful combination of guided group events and time on your own to explore. Our Tour Guide was extremely knowledgeable with a great sense of humor making the trip educational and a lot of fun. He kept our group well-informed about the daily plans and made sure that we were prepared for the day’s events. The local guides arranged by Collette were also very informative and we loved the visits to local venues especially a family farm and a winery. We would recommend Collette and this particular tour to anyone.
Tour

Great itinerary! Visiting all of the ancient ruins throughout the country was truly amazingly and I think my favorite place is the gorgeous Santorini and in particular the ancient city of Akrotiri.

11/09/2019

Outstanding Value in this Trip to Greece

Service

Had a wonderful trip and visited many parts of Greece that cruise travelers never get to see. We rode about 1,300 miles on a very comfortable Coach with frequent rest room stops. Hotels were excellent, daily buffet breakfasts were very good and had many options for every palate. Lunches and dinners provided by Collette were very good. Local tour guides were excellent and, in a couple of cases, were the same guides referenced in the Rick Steves book. Collette tour guide was terrific and provided us with many options when we had time to ourselves. This was our 2nd Collette trip and we will definitely travel with Collette again. Considering all we saw, the entrance fees, hotels, meals etc...GREAT VALUE!
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3 nights in Santorini

11/06/2019

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Service was professional and well executed.
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The tour of Greece was wonderful and so interesting. Our tour manager, Heather Larson's, command of the Greek language, knowledge of Greek history and its culture was brilliant! Her organizational ability both as manager and teacher was beyond expectation. Combined with her personality and temperament, she made the trip all that it was meant to be and much more.

11/05/2019

Service

Heather was amazing guide. Tour was great. I will never forget it
Tour

Acropolis and the wine and food

11/05/2019

I learned so much about the history of Greece and its culture.

Service

Absolutely, I would travel with Collette again. The tour was well planned and the sites we visited were amazing.
Tour

Visiting the Acropolis and the Meteora. I was at both locations many years ago and it was a pleasure to return to them again.

11/05/2019

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Just the BEST. Service, follow-through, professionalism, value
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Heather was a fabulous tour manager during the entire two weeks. Steady, informed, professional, careful., helpful.

11/05/2019

Top quality tour experience, itinerary, and tour director Heather.

Service

Excellent!
Tour

Visit to the island of Mykonos.

11/05/2019

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Great Trip. Accomodation, itinerary, and included meals exceeded my expectations. Our tour guide Heather did a wonderful job. She was well informed, helpful, and very pleasant to deal with.
Tour

Greece was my dream trip. I particularly enjoyed Athens, The Acropolis was incredible and the self guided museum tours were an extra bonus. I enjoyed the optional food tour was joy. Delphi, Delphi, Olympia, were great. I enjoyed the lunch at the winery. The scenery on the drive to Mycenae was spectacular. The Bee Hive Toombs and the Lions were very interesting, Mykonos was too much of a shopping destination for me. But I greatly enjoyed a optional visit to Delos. Santorini was great the excavation site at Akrotini, I also enjoyed the optional 7 mile walk to Olia and the stunning coastal views.

11/04/2019

Service

Our tour manager Liz was fabulous! Made sure instructions were clear. We knew exactly what to expect
Tour

We were pick pocketed on the first day and lost most everything. Collette offered no assistance and couldn't even provide information until 4 days into tour as to when we'd be near a western union. They need to have a protocol in place to assist their clients when there is a crime or issue. One of the reasons we do tours is the safety and security of it. This was a huge let down. We had to borrow money from our fellow passengers because collette could offer nothing. It was not their fault as to what happened to us but they should have been able to get us in touch with our own money. ie - be able to tell us immediately when we'd be near a western union, venmo or other money transfers could have been made.

Thank you for traveling with Collette on our Discover Greece & Its Islands tour. We're very sorry to hear you were pick pocketed on tour. We do not have any notes on file regarding this incident and it doesn't look like our office was ever notified of this. If you have any questions now that you're back home please contact our Guest Relations Team.

Collette Support

11/04/2019

Everything we were hoping to see and do in Greece!

Service

Our tour director, Liz, was amazing -- even though we had to get up very early one morning. After experiencing the crowds later on in the day we were grateful she made us. Seriously, it was well organized and very informative. The local guides and drivers were also very informative and welcoming. On the mainland we experienced andsaw places that were the essence of Greece. And the cooking class, food tour of Athens and Greek dancing class rounded out things nicely. Of course, the islands were a fun way to complete the trip with the right amount of sight seeing and free time. Much better than staying on board a ship. Thanks for a great time and we will certainly think of Colette for our next trip
Tour

Very well designed tour experience. We can't pick just one thing--too many memorable experiences.

11/02/2019

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Overall = excellent
Tour

Loved the experiences of Kalambaka & Santorini

11/02/2019

Very active and enjoyable

Service

Well-organized and very good tour director
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Olympic Stadium in Olympia

11/02/2019

Amazing Tour of Greece!

Service

Excellent hotels, included meals, great included tours as well as optional tours... and especially outstanding tour director, Liz Destefano
Tour

Every day was great! Loved Olympia... Mykonos and Santorini ... hotels and locations were outstanding ... so much to enjoy!!! Our tour guide Liz was exceptional!!

10/28/2019

A+ Service Experience

Service

The Tour Manager was excellent. He was knowledgeable, approachable, and responsive. He also had a great sense of humor. The tour driver was a highly skilled driver who superbly navigated the turns and narrow roads. He was always efficient with loading and unloading the suitcases, and he always extended his hand to help you off the bus. The local guides were all wonderful and knew their subject matter well.
Tour

The tour was a perfect blend of mainland and island experiences. We also had time on our own in various places. My favorite memorable experience was visiting the monastery and nunnery in Meteora, followed the next day by a visit to a local studio to see painters in the process of creating Byzantine icons. My second most memorable experience was visiting the ruins in Akrotiri in Santorini, once a highly developed Minoan community. There was also a nice blend of cultural experiences, such as visiting a farm and tasting the olive oils they produce, learning some Greek dances, learning how to make tiropites (cheese pies) and tzaziki sauce, and wine tasting at a Santorini winery. I enjoyed them all. The food throughout was a culinary delight.

10/26/2019

Service

Our director Savaas was a delight, full of fun, and did his job very well. The Limited time we had in Athens walking around 4 hours without a map and needing to be at a different designated place blocks away from where we got off-originally was very stressful. I was worried we would not find our way back to where we were going to get picked up..so feeling totally comfortable enjoying the sights was hard. We had to ask another tour company bus driver for directions to where we were to meet everyone. He was nice enough to give us his map. The food tour was not worth the $99.00 Trying different foods was nice, but not filling for a dinner After a long day. The hotels for the most part were too far away from the main portion of the town.
Tour

When the Booklet mentioned Santorini , I thought we would be staying near the oia blue dome area, but we were far from it, and only spent a very short time seeing that area. Time was filled up waiting at a restaurant for food, so very little time was available to see the beauty of this destination. I was disappointed. The sights were absolutely beautiful, we loved all of that. One of my favorite times was going up the cliffs in Fira on the donkey.

10/19/2019

I have not been on a trip that was this well planned before. Enjoyed

Service

I would tour with collette again no question. Our flight was booked very well. We were greeted at the air port and shuttled to our hotel after an exhausting flight. Our hotels were quite nice save one that we mentioned and I feel will be avoided or corrected for the next tour. Food was excellent and served beautifully. Touring was informative especially for a midwestern women.
Tour

I thoroughly enjoyed many venues for this trip but I do believe the most memorable was the evening of Greek line dancing. I haven't laughed that hard or felt so close to any people as I did my fellow participants. Under the anything else I would like to send special thanks and praise to George. I made an error in judgment and did not have an icon shipped home. I accidentally stumbled and fell on it. Breaking it. George sent it back to factory and saw to its repair. It has been shipped to me this week. I have received notification from the monastery. He went far above what I had asked. I feel very much in his debt for such devotion to the completion of this. It is my favorite memory of Greece. Thanks to him I will have it as a memory.

10/16/2019

Above all expectations!

Service

What an experience! I only wish I could do it all over, but having done this tour once leaves me well satisfied that I've experienced Greece completely. I can now confidently plan other tours before coming back to enjoy the beauty once more. Every day was a new adventure. The hotels were unique, tours well planned and restaurants all with wonderful choices and service. I loved having some days to just wander, but mostly, since I wasn't familiar with traveling, I truly appreciated the tour manager. Our tour manager was well versed in the country, language and culture. She made this trip infinitely more enjoyable. She was a guide, concierge, advocate and teacher all in one. I felt pampered throughout the tour. I highly recommend Collette for your next vacation adventure.
Tour

I loved all the cities on this tour as well as the museums, excavations and free days.

10/16/2019

Greece Experience

Service

All transfer were smooth. Great food! Hotels ok. Places of tour were great.
Tour

Very physical trip. However I did see a lot

10/09/2019

All excellent, no complaints.

Service

Our trip manager, Liz, was excellent -- very helpful and very flexible, handled all last-minute gllitches very well. All of the hotels were clean and very nice, and the planned activities were interesting and well planned. A few of the hikes were more physically demanding than we had expected, but we managed. I would definitely recommend this trip to friends, though I would warn them about the level of physical difficulty.
Tour

Favorites were our visit to Olimpia, site of the ancient Olympics, the Acropolis in Athens with the Parthenon, and our unexpected visit to the ancient site of Corinth -- seeing where Paul preached to the Corinthians brought tears to my eyes.

10/08/2019

EXCELLENT Collette Tour!!!! 👍👍👍👍

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Collette is the first tour we ever booked!!! My husband and I are not “avid” travellers like many of your members!! We both hope to get discounts off of 2 tour tickets bc we told EVERYONE to book with Collette and also told them about the EXCELLENT Greece land and island tour!!!!!! YES, we hope Collette continues to have EXCELLENT tour managers like HEATHER bc she is #1!!!!!!! And, we hope Collette continues with the BEST package deals for the best quality of tours, transportation, hotels, all breakfasts, with most dinners included please!!!!!! We look forward to visiting Collette in Mississauga, in person, to tell them ALL of this POSITIVE feedback!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tour

See previous comments, thank you

10/08/2019

Unforgettable Trip to Greece

Service

We had a phenomenal tour manager whose love of Greece was so evident. Heather informed us of the history, culture, food and so much more. This is a very well balanced tour. I highly recommend Exploring Greece and Its Islands. You can't really see Greece unless you explore both the land and the islands. Our driver, Tryfon on the mainland was exceptional! He was an amazing driver and very kind man. He was very patient and caring with the group. He picked up the group in Athens when we flew back from Santorini, we all cheered and gave him kisses and hugs. Tryfon and Heather were such a good team. They worked hard to make sure the group were punctual for all tours. Tryfon kept the bus extremely clean. It's not his fault, but there was no bathroom onboard. Even though we made frequent comfort stops, it's nice to have the comfort of a bathroom on board, just in case. All of our guides were excellent!
Tour

I still can't believe all we saw! The Acropolis, Delphi, Meteora, the lovely seaside town of Nafplio and who could forget Olympia. Walking through the Olympic Stadium where the first Olympic Games were held was unforgettable. My only complaint, and it is not with Collette, is the overwhelming number of cruise ships that invaded the islands. Both on Mykonos and Santorini the sheer number of cruise ship passengers made navigation of local areas unbearable! I wish the country would limit the number of ships into port. There are far too many ships! We were at least investing in the overall economy of Greece since we stayed in local hotels, ate at local restaurants, purchased food and goods, etc.

10/08/2019

Service

Our tour manager, Heather was absolutely fantastic. Knowledgable, informative, provided us with options....overall made the trip what it was.
Tour

Covered in earlier remarks.

10/08/2019

Service

Collette tours is a very good company. a lot of things were included , we did see a lot I've been with other tours companies and yours is number one.
Tour

It was a lot to see in Greece . They have a lot of history and to see things that have been there for years and years and it's still standing it was great.

10/07/2019

Needed a day at one of the hotels ( Santorini eg.) just to chill .

Service

The tour guide was excellent: well organized ;well informed on each city and history of the sight, approachable with issues etc Beautiful hotels and restaurants and nice ,clean, affordable food selections at each mid-morning/afternoon stop.
Tour

Parthenon Cliffs at Santorini Black Beach Monastic Center at Meteora Beautiful Drive North through the valleys

10/05/2019

Six stars out of Five

Service

From start to finish, the Collette experience was professional, warm and customer centric. The representative on the phone who "sold" us the tour was knowledgeable and great to work with. Our Tour Manager, Liz was out of this world. Extremely knowledgeable, people focused and able to manage a group of 45 people seemingly without effort. Her experience cam through when weather impacted the itinerary, informing us and positioning us so that we were to continue our tour with minimum inconvenience and gave us a great story to tell.
Tour

There are three reasons we rated the tour five star, Liz De Stefano, Liz De Stefano and Liz De Stefano. Having a Tour Director that is very knowledgeable, well experienced, people focused and able to gently but firmly inform and move the group along is a special set of skills. It made the trip concern free, and very rewarding from a participant perspective. We were also fortunate to have an especially cohesive group of travellers.

08/06/2019

Well organized, outstanding tour!

Service

Entire tour EXCEEDED 5 stars! Perfect pacing and the order of the tour allowed us to see so MUCH early in the tour and gave us the free time towards the end to enjoy the beautiful islands and beaches. Our tour guide, Liz related so well to all the age groups involved. I was pleased to see so many young college age students traveling with grandparents and parents. Liz knew all the "ins and outs" to keep us away from the crowds and commotion. Liz knew each area well and gave good advice on various options, including restaurants and other available sites to visit on our free time. All of the meals offered a variety of fresh specialty's. Each day was unique and very enjoyable.
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Greek dancing lessons, original site of the Olympics,

06/23/2019

Service

Would definitely recommend. This was our 4th trip. Excellent lodging. Last optional tour, not worth the money. Wonderful inclusions. WILL DEFINITELY NOT TRAVEL AIR CANADA AGAIN.
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Parthenon, old Olympic stadium, mykonos, santoruni. Did not appreciate being scolded by tour director on the ferry. WILL NEVER FLY AIR CANADA AGAIN.

06/18/2019

Service

I always recommend Collette. This was my 5th trip with Collette.
Tour

It's hard to pick a favourite, but probably the Acropolis and Santorini.

06/05/2019

Service

Prepared us for the trip with detailed itineraries and good information about what to expect.
Tour

We thought it was a little pricey. We expected some of the meals and hotel accommodations to be better. The tour manager , Savvas was outstanding. Also Penny at Delphi and Nicky at Olympia were true professionals. The hotels in Olympia and Nafplion were above par. Dinner at the outside restaurant in the Olympia hotel was the best of the trip. And the cooking class with lunch in Olympia terrific. The dinner and atmosphere at the beach front restaurant in Kamari on Santorini were amazing - but at $216 per couple, overpriced.

06/04/2019

Service

Changing initially agreed Flight schedule (Detroit-Toronto-Athens and back the same way) to Detroit-Amsterdam-Athens and back via NYC spoiled our travel. Everything else was truly excellent.
Tour

Air travel was very disappointing. 3-hours delay in both direction plus transfers in not travel-friendly airports (Amsterdam and NYC)

06/04/2019

Service

All services were excellent except flight arrangement between US and Greece.
Tour

Poor travel arrangement (air flight schedule between USA and Greece) took one star. The highest note receives your local guide at Delphi.

06/04/2019

A great trip to Greece.

Service

The tour to Greece was wonderful. We saw so many areas. Our tour guide was great. He had so much information. We even had some free time, to explore some more, or to relax.
Tour

Got to see a lot of Greece, including 2 islands. Our tour guide and bus driver were great. Good food and a little free time, even. Couldn’t have asked for more.

06/03/2019

Good value for the price

Service

Your tours provide good value for the price which is charged . Any increase in price would obviously have me think twice about continuing to use Collette . I would recommend these tours to my friends and relatives.
Tour

Some parts of the store could have been improved. Primarily the optional excursion dinner on Santorini island .

06/02/2019

Always excellent service and tour managers.

Service

I have enjoyed each of the Collette tours I have taken. Collette has always promptly handled any question or request in a professional manner. Heather , the tour manager, made Greek history come alive for us. Really appreciated her easy going style.
Tour

Heather , the tour guide, is outstanding. Very knowledgeable and full of interesting stories and facts. History can be boring, but she brought it to life for us. Her easy-going style helped create a friendly atmosphere so we all could have fun.

06/01/2019

perfect

Service

we have traveled with Colette many times and have always been very satisfied-call them tell them which trip and which dates and they do all the scheduling. the tours are well planned, excellent tour directors (who handle any problem guests might have), choice of destinations are many and varied .we have recommended them to all our friends and family.
Tour

excellent tour director, varied sites, included both country and islands, great food, hotels, and variety. a wonderful country to visit, warm welcoming people. A lot of history

06/01/2019

Really enjoyed the trip.

Service

Good itinerary. Tour manager was great.
Tour

Walking around the Acropolis area despite the rain.

06/01/2019

Greece was amazing. Heather Larsen made it a trip to remember always.

Service

Excellent service Outstanding Tour Guide: Heather Larsen
Tour

Santorini and Mykinos were spectacular. Loved all the land daily trips.

06/01/2019

Service

I made the purchase thru my travel agent at Maritime Travel.
Tour

The tour covered all the impressive historical sites. My favorite memorable experience was spending time in Oia in Santorini absolutely beautiful unlike anything else in the world.

05/28/2019

Great weeks in Greece

Service

Collette provided the best tour manager in George that we could have asked for. Collette also did a great job rearranging our side trips when the Greek Easter holiday made the original dates impossible. They also helped when we were unable to leave Mykonos due to high winds. Thanks for a great trip!
Tour

We especially enjoyed the trip to the Olympia and to the Pompei digs.

05/26/2019

There were WAY TOO MANY people on the tour:44. This lead to inconvenient hs

Service

Too many people on tour. 44. Meant we had inconvenient hotel locations, especially on Mykonos. I’m wondering why this trip was scheduled during Easter holiday in Greece. That meant many locations/restaurants were unavailable.
Tour

Olympia was my favorite. Loved seeing where first Olympics were held. Excellent tour guide. Acropolis was not so wonderful, mainly because of so-so tour guide.

Thank you for traveling with Collette on our Exploring Greece and Its Islands tour. While our Classics brand of tours average 32 people per departure, there is a maximum of 44 people allowed. Your feedback will be reviewed by our Product Design Team in order to improve the overall touring experience for our guests.

Collette Support

05/25/2019

Service

While the pace was a bit fast pace; but allowed the tour to incorporate many interesting and enjoyable sites and events. With exception of one hotel all of the hotel rooms were very comfortable, and all facility were very nice. The tour manager ( George G.) contributed greatly to my rating; he handled several unexpected changes due to local holidays and weather with the best outcome and always pleasant and helpful. He had a vast amount of information and interesting facts to share with the tour making the activities more meaningful. George also recommended several wonderful restaurant options and alternate activities.
Tour

Commented above. See earlier section.

05/25/2019

Service

Normally terrific, but really screwed up this time. I paid Collette $160/each for outgoing seat upgrade for myself and roommate Pam. Pam reimbursed me for her share. Then Collette billed Pam for the same upgrade. I reimbursed her my share. The seats weren’t much better than usual.
Tour

Liked it very much. Tour guide, George, is a very kind and thoughtful person. Members of tour mixed with each other, rather than being cliques. High winds on Mykonos altered scheduled departure to Santorini, so another day in Mykonos allowed us more time to further explore and shop, and stay in our original roomy rooms, since next day’s guests couldn’t arrive. Extra day in San Marcos hotel is not a penalty!

05/25/2019

Service

A friend communicated with Collette-we had no direct contact.
Tour

The excavation at Akrotiri.

05/25/2019

Service

George, our guide was outstanding. He was extremely professional and knowledgeable. There were several "snags" on the trip and he handled them efficiency and kept going as if nothing happened.
Tour

I don't really have a favorite. All of it was beautiful

05/20/2019

Service

Furnished us with an excellent tour manager.
Tour

Weather wise we were probably a month early, but you pay your money, you take your chances. A month later the crowds would have been greater. I can’t complain.

05/12/2019

I loved the history of the sites and the island of Santorini

Service

Tour very organized and the guides were very knowledgeable about the attractions we visited
Tour

This is the first tour taken and do not have anything to compare it with. I had a wonderful time

05/06/2019

amazing loved the people

Service

we had wonderful time everything went very well I'm not one for details
Tour

I loved the food and history

04/27/2019

Great tour guide and group.

Service

It was the third time I used Collette, this was a good trip. An excellent tour guide and great group. Collette always has you stay on wonderful places and it did that again. Best tour guide I’ve ever had.
Tour

I just did earlier, my third trip with Collette, good tour guide and group.

04/27/2019

I’d go again

Service

Everything on the trip was first class. We had a good group - everyone was friendly and helpful and really important “on time” returning to the bus. Our tour guide was excellent, no doubt she enjoys her job.
Tour

Everyone had a good time and I’m sure they would travel with Collette again.

04/27/2019

Service

Always very professional.
Tour

Visiting the ancient ruins Trying new foods Walking on the original Olympic track in Olympia

01/28/2019

The airline scheduling was poor

Service

Overall the trip was great but the airline schedules needed improvement
Tour

One of the hotels was in poor condition

01/08/2019

Amazing Food, Sites and Weather and new Forever Friends!

Service

the trip was so well planned and so much information was shared by our very knowledgeable tour guide Liz! Unfortunately at two of our hotels our view was non existent as opposed to our other travelling companions. In Tolo our room overlooked an alley and a garage roof, whereas our friends had gorgeous water views.As well as no view there was road noise and foot traffic behind us and then in Santorini, the resort was beautiful, however we also had a room near the parking lot and an outdoor sitting area that was so small and viewed the wall, whereas most of our friends had gorgeous views and large outdoor space. I feel we did not get the same value for our accommodations as our friends did and we all paid the same for the trip. This needs to be improved!
Tour

walking the Caldera in Santorini with breathtaking views! Regretfully not enough time to get to the beaches or swim in the hot springs!

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Collette Support

11/13/2018

Service

Quite a trip should have researched more you should have explained that you had to be in good shape to make the trip and board the ferries you took your life in your hands getting off and on
Tour

Guide was very good and healpfull

11/13/2018

Greece was wonderful

Service

Overall, good information provided prior to trip. However, I did not receive the final packet (with plane e-tickets) until less than 10 days before the trip. Also, when I had problems confirming my flight on-line, the Collette's customer service person said she could not help me.
Tour

We went to amazing places. The first week was a little bit packed with activities, but there was sufficient "down time" for me. The second week, in Mykonos and Santorini was wonderful - beautiful places and lots of free time to explore. This was my fourth Collette tour, and I'd rate the others higher, partly because two of the hotels on this one were poor, and in another there was only cold water out of the shower, and we were there for three days. The Tour Director makes all the difference, however, and ours was very very good.

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Collette Support

10/30/2018

Some doubt as to whether we will future book with Collette!

Service

One of our most disappointing tours with Collette. Our guide was on an ego trip as we suffered thru her boring, inane personal riffs. Our return flight home was cancelled resulting in discomfort, inconvenience and changed plans at the end of our tour.
Tour

Just a poor, general tour

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Collette Support

10/30/2018

Service

Wasn't terribly thrilled with our tour guide. Too much of her and not enough of who she was guiding. Homeword flight cancelled, causing delays, inconveniences and an exhausting finale to our tour.
Tour

Just a poor experience, untypical of Collette.

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Collette Support

10/17/2018

Service

We thought the tour could improve on time management - lots of lost time. Specifically, the day we ferried to Mykonos we were on the 4:45 pm ferry. No planned activities that day so they took us to Nafplio and let us wonder around on our own for an hour. Would have enjoyed more time in Nafplio with a tour or an earlier ferry to Mykonos. For lunch that day they took us to a bus rest stop. Wasted day. The hotel in Mykonos was not near anything. Hotel ran a shuttle into town, but the shuttle only ran every 2 hours. Then on final day, arrived at our hotel in Athens at 1:30. Hotel was not near anything and a cab into central Athens could have cost roundtrip over 100 euros. A hotel more central so we could have enjoyed Athens would have been great. Tour guide was inexperienced -her first trip with Collette. She tried real hard but her inexperience was a apparent.
Tour

Favorite memory - the optional food tour in Athens and the catamaran trip we took on our own in Santorini. Local tour guides were excellent. Two hotels were very disappointing - very old and outdated. (One hotel you couldn't get WiFi anywhere in the hotel) Location of hotels was below average compared to other tours we have taken - attractions not within walking distance or cab friendly. Qualilty of meals were mixed - some really good, others just fair.

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Collette Support

10/13/2018

Great trip for understanding the history and beauty of Greece.

Service

The vacation was very well planned and the accommodations were excellent. The only criticism I have is more variety in foods. Our Tour manager was truly delightful. She bent over backwards to make sure we were taken care of. She also had cute sense of humor that I appreciated very much.
Tour

Great overall tour. It was well organized to get a feel for the history and beauty of Greece. The tour manager was outstanding. She always tried to listen and cater to the needs of the people on the tour. She had a delightful sense of humor and warm personality.

10/09/2018

Service

I thought the whole Tour was wonderful.
Tour

The Hotel in Santorini was amazing. Food was delicious everywhere we went. The Tour of the Olive Farm was fantastic as was the cooking class we went to.

10/09/2018

Beautiful country and great food.

Service

Great tour guide
Tour

I would suggest that walking the streets of Athens to the restaurant after being up for 34 hours was a bit too much. I would also suggest not using the subway since one of our members was pickpocketed. Our luggage on the ferries was not secure. Anyone could have grabbed our luggage and walked off the ferry.

07/03/2018

We loved it!

Service

Liz made the trip a success.
Tour

Saw alot in a short amount of time.

06/30/2018

Service

We joined the tour a day later, we were met at the airport and checked into the hotel. We met up with the tour guide later that day and she provided us will all necessary information. The tour for us began the next morning. There was a good mix of culture and history and fun. All of the hotels except one were excellent. The group dinners were outstanding. All of the tour guides were excellent and they did a great job of getting us to locations before the cruise ships, or other tour buses showed up.
Tour

The hotels selected (except one) were excellent along with the tour guides. Everything was arranged we just had to pack our bags and go.

06/22/2018

Fascinating locations a wonderful guide. Great tour group, too.

Service

We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Greece. It was a bit too long (14 days), though we don't know what we would eliminate to shorten it. We appreciated having the free days/time on Mykonos and Santorini. The front part of the tour was very busy, early mornings and lots of walking, some of it quite steep. I would average the trip as a 4 on strenuous walking, etc. We could do it, but there were a few who had canes and could not climb the steep steps. We loved all the spots that we visited.
Tour

Hotel in Meteore was unsatisfactory, bad mattresses and terrible food at lunch restaurant.

06/09/2018

Greece, we love you!

Service

First off, we had an awesome tour manager, Lucy. She spoke the language and even lived in Greece, giving us more insight of the place that we appreciated. Collette did a great job on picking places to see and places to eat. The day tours and tour guides were all amazing! One too many ruins but looking back on my pics, I'm grateful we got to see all of that. Some hotels were better than others but wait till you get to the islands! Then you are suddenly on another planet, enjoying, relaxing, exploring and loving life! I wish there was an extra day in Mykonos because we loved it so much! Highly recommend this tour.
Tour

The tour was great! It's a lot of early mornings but worth it to see so much in one day. Arcopolis was wonderful! Tour in Delphi was great too! My favorite was the islands, more Mykonos. It was so beautiful there and people were so incredibly nice.

06/06/2018

I enjoyed the tour to the fullest, the places we visited were amazing.

Service

Well planned, great guides, the tour manager was excellent.
Tour

Viviting the monasteries at Meteora

11/08/2017

Awesome Greece

Service

Our Greece experience is so much fun with great wealth of knowledge. ******* is exceptionally incredible tour manager. Her concern for the group is genuine. She knows how to handle us with great respect. When I lost my jewelry that I just bought she didn’t stop until she found it. The best one was her airport information. It was indeed very helpful when our Athens flight was delayed causing a domino effect on our connecting flight to US. Thanks to her info we were able to manage to get our connecting flight except our luggages we’re delayed. As an avid travelers collette always met our expectations.
Tour

Every place we went is exceptionally beautiful

11/05/2017

Service

It had the destinations that we were looking for regarding Greece. Service was good and well planned. Choice of dinners were repetitive.
Tour

Enjoyed seeing Ancient Greece and the architecture

11/05/2017

Service

The itinerary of this tour is excellent. I did this tour two years ago and wanted to return to Greece and decided doing the tour again was the best way to experience the places again. This time the tour manager was only okay. She did not meet 6 of us at the airport and we had to wait an hour for the bus driver to come to us. Also, she was not very knowledgeable about the country and its traditions the way the 2015 tour manager was. Although she was good at managing the details of the tour, she made little effort to engage with the 32 of us in her group.
Tour

This tour is a perfect mix of studying Greek history and relaxing in the islands. As I researched tours by other groups, the Collette tour is the most extensive.

11/05/2017

Service

Horrible tour director beginning with the lack of being met by collette after a 9 hour flight.
Tour

Eith exception of unknowlegable tour director Greece was awesome

11/05/2017

Service

The tour director was not up to par for Collette standard.
Tour

The tour of Greece was incredible

11/04/2017

Awesome!

Service

The big plus was the tour manager. Give all the credit to Heaher -- she was exceptional -- gave us good information, was always there for us, even took photos of the whole group along us by ourselves on this tour and emailing it to us. Too -- good weather played it toll. I had a wonderful time.
Tour

2 ferry ride, along with a plane ride from the island to Athens and bus tour. Greece is beautiful and a learning experience.

11/03/2017

Marvelous

Service

Everything on the tour went together beautifully. No problems, great guides and great weather.
Tour

The tour took in so much. The guide was great and her knowledge was amazing.

11/02/2017

Excellent land tour of Greece and the Greek Islands

Service

Great tour and outstanding tour leader.
Tour

Great sights and tour leader.

10/27/2017

Service

The tour guide was excellent. She was well informed and very sensitive to the needs of the group.
Tour

The sunset dinner was amazing.

10/18/2017

Service

Everything was perfect. I would recommend to friend and family. I would go with Colette again a 3rd time.
Tour

It was the most wonderful way to visit Greece. I'm a cruise person but I choose a bus tour to be able to see it in depth. I saw places I never knew about it was incredible. Those villages in the mountains the people and those islands. Loved it.

10/15/2017

Service

Everything was very well organized. When things had to change due to unforeseen circumstances, our tour leader did it flawlessly.
Tour

There were too many memorable experiences to narrow it down to one. Walking dinner tour in Athens, tours in Athens, Meteroa, Mykonos, Olympia, Santorini and Mycenae - all were great. Sunset dinner in Santorini was wonderful. The food was great, our dancing lesson was awesome!

10/11/2017

Great time

Service

Guide was very good and buses were comfortable. Any problems were quickly handed by our guide.
Tour

Great to have a good 2 week tour of Greece and its Islands.

10/11/2017

Service

Everything went well from pick up at home to airport transfer and pick up. Any gliches were handled well by our guide.
Tour

Loved hotel in Island of Santos.

08/23/2017

Service

The mainland part of the tour was fantastic. Did not care for Mykonos other than the San Marcos hotel (fantastic place). Santorini is much prettier than Mykonos. Consider doing more mainland Greece and have the option for going to Mykonos or Santorini.
Tour

Would have preferred more mainland areas to visit.

08/08/2017

Service

Having a website - gateway with the countdown to the date of the trip. Information about the destination country.
Tour

Good balance in the tour - cultural, historical, culinary and leisure time. Good options available for additional purchase during the trip.

06/28/2017

Service

Tour manager was excellent, well organized and informative Tour manager was helpful in recommending activities Tour manager was helpful in stressful situations- my wife fell and broke her arm Special local tour guides were knowledgeable and entertaining Bus drivers were excellent
Tour

Tour of Delphi particularly the spectacular museum

06/20/2017

Great schedule enough free time diverse program. Tour guide fantastic.

Service

Great tour. Diversity of tours. Great guide. Pleasant well informed. Able to adjust schedule when changes needed. Enough free time. Great choices for good tour adventures. Hotels good but need to reevaluate how to accommodate all travelers in rooms where views are important.
Tour

Well done. Diverse and enough free time to enjoy the sites.

06/07/2017

Service

I love Collette. In fact this is my 5th trip with them. I always enjoy my trips with them. Very educational. Each Tour Managers have their own way of leading the tour and so far I am satisfied. This last trip our Tour Manager *personal details removed by Feefo* is a very effective one. Very good leader and very knowledgeable . I enjoyed Greece so much because of her.
Tour

Excellent experience. Food, scenery, and flowers awesome.

06/06/2017

Service

Service from tour manager *personal details removed by Feefo* driver were excellent
Tour

Everything was taken care of, our vegetarian food needs were always considered, tour guides for all sites were excellent.

05/23/2017

Good tour, bad hotels.

Service

The tour guide went out of her way to make sure we had wonderful experiences. I am not pleased with the hotels Collette had us stay in during the tour. None were centrally located, it was a walk, bus ride, taxi, or metro to get to anyplace you wanted to be! Plus there was the flood in the hotel on Mykanos. Our hotel room was flooded with an inch of water. The emergency was not handled by the management in the best manner. Also, there were no hand rails in the halls. We had to go down steps with a waterfall around our feet and nothing to hold onto!
Tour

Again, I downgrade Collette on the hotels chosen. My favorite memory of the tour was Meteora.

Hello Joan,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We apologize for the state of the hotels you experienced while on tour. We have passed along your feedback to members of our team for review. They will use your insight to help improve the tour for future guests.
We appreciate you and look forward to traveling with you again soon.

Collette Support

05/23/2017

Highly recommended Greek holiday

Service

We had an excellent holiday in Greece. The guide ( personal details removed by Feefo ) was par excellence . She made our trip comfortable , enjoyable and stress free. All the tourists on the tour got on well and this made the holiday even more enjoyable. However, there was one downside --- flights booked for very inconvenient times
Tour

As mentioned everything well went

11/14/2016

Excellent service by Collette US

Service

We had a wonderful experience.
Tour

I think Warren & I enjoyed Mykonos the best. The hotel was excellent . We love the land tour as well. seeing the ruins was amazing.

10/16/2016

Excellent service by Collette CA

Service

Excellent tour manager....Heather Larson...made everything fun
Tour

Covered all the places and sites I wanted

08/23/2016

Service

We don't have a thing t complain about re. Service. Our tour guide was incredible and went out of her way to accommodate everyone. This was our second trip with Collette and we would certainly use your company again and not hesitate to recommend you to friends and family.
Tour

Only criticism is having multiple one night stays in a row. We understand that is sometimes hard to do due to distance between sites.

08/09/2016

Wonderful tour of Greece

Service

I booked through a travel agent. Collettte was great about passing on communication about the trip.
Tour

I really feel like I have truly experienced the entire country after the tour. We got to see lots of historical cites and also the beauty of the islands. There were lots of experiences included that you would never experience if you were planning the trip yourself, such as a dance lesson and a Greek cooking demonstration. It was a great mix of planned activities and free time. I would highly recommend the trip to anyone.

07/06/2016

Service

They have done a great job organizationally and informing as to what will be covered.
Tour

First dinner we had as an add on was not that good and we did not do the Athens by night tour that was scheduled with it.

06/28/2016

Service

This was not our first tour with Collette and their service has always been great. But when my passport was stolen, Collette went above and beyond to assist us. I cannot even begin to express the amazing service provided when my husband was ill and hospitalized.

06/10/2016

Two for two: have had two great experiences with Collette tours.

Service

Collette is quite thorough in preparing clients for a tour and handling necessary arrangements at destination. Tour managers seem to be experienced and knowledgeable about country, culture, and sites, as well as being helpful and efficient.
Tour

Tour was excellent. Well-rounded with historical site visits, local culture, pleasure points, and free time. Tour manager was top notch! Accommodations and meals were, for the most part, quite good. Overall, tour seemed to be good value. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. Too hard to identify single experience. Loved it all. Beautiful country, rich history, gracious people.

06/10/2016

Great tour

Service

Our tour Manager, Liz, did an excellent job showing us the mainland of Greece and two islands. All transfers and hotels were taken care of. The hotels were wonderful. The places that the tour included were just what we wanted. Liz even went out of her way to find an additional spot for us to visit
Tour

It would be hard to pick just one, but we enjoyed the cooking class, the time spent on Mykonos and the wonderful view of the sunset on Santorini. Visiting all the wonderful sites on the mainland were fantastic. We are planning to use collette for our next tour.