California Dreamin': Monterey, Yosemite & Napa

Yosemite falls and Muir Woods. Tour Guide, Todd Asperger and Bus Driver David were just excellent!!

Everything went well. Was just disappointed that we did not get to San Francisco until 5 pm and we had to leave by 4:30 am the next morning. Would have liked to have more time.

This was our first tour with Collette and definitely won’t be our last. Everything was outstanding, and the perfect amount of tour stops and free time.

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Was a very well planned and organiz ed trip.

I have to say I am very disappointed using Collette. We booked our entire trip with flights and trip! When our flight changed you had to rebook our flight and we had to pay for another night at our hotel, RIU which was terrible and you tried to make us pay for our transportation home. We spent way to much time on the bus! Our Tour Guide did not adjust everyone seats. The same people sat in the front the entire trip which I felt was unfair. The TV and Microphone on the bus was not working the ENTIRE trip-which forced the tour director to read his scripts from the middle of the bus, which you could not always hear him. Skip the stop at Farmer John's he served us wraps and baked beans, it was terrible. Spend more time in Napa Valley exploring the great wines. The stay at the Casino was terrible, nothing to explore! We constantly had to call for our information from Collette, we did not receive our trip information until a few days before our trip. The car services that drove us home from Newark Airport was terrible-the car smelled like WEED and the driver was a mess. I would not recommend this trip or Collette to anyone. I can truly say that the only good thing about this trip was our BUS DRIVER he was amazing and knew more about California then our tour director! I hope I hear from someone at Collette after writing this reivew!

Everything went along with no problems from being picked up for our trip to the airport to being picked up when we arrived home after our trip was completed.

If we would have gone to some wineries that were actually producing wine and been able to tour the production process and their vineyards, it would have been better.

Too many shopping stops. Stop at Pebble Beach golf course was inappropriate. There were many other nature areas we could have gone to. We were dropped off at a place in Yosemite that had no trail heads. There was a shuttle bus but we were not given any info about that, like how much time it would take. I feel we missed seeing a lot of beautiful areas of the park. Needed to spend more time there. The bus's intercom system was broken, so when our guide was talking about things in the area, we could not hear much. I had hoped someone would have come to fix it but that did not happen. We paid a lot and missed a lot more! The bus was a tcs bus #9109. Also the bus was dirty, and had litter in the cup holders. I do not like to be told that we can only use the toilet on the bus, if it is an emergency! That bathroom is the advantage of taking a trip like this! I am not planning on going on any other Collette tour again.

Everything was on time . Meals were good. The only thing was at the end our transport to the airport took forever the bus driver didn’t seem to know what to do.

Well organized, great sites, 2 days at each motel

I am pretty sure I already did this survey I will take this opportunity to say it was unsafe to have the tour manager in the aisle while the bus was moving. Sound system should have been fixed - no matter what! Please let me know that you read these!

I thought I did this before. Can you check and let me know if you got the first one?

It was a truly an excellent trip and the guide was outstanding. It could not have been better. Thank you!!!

WAY, WAY, WAY too much activity. Not relaxing at all. Audio/video equipment on the tour bus was not working. Bus was only marginally comfortable. Also not very clean. One of the hotels was pretty awful (the Black Oak Casino one).

The Collette app on my phone was the best! Our tour manager, Erik, did a wonderful job of explaining where and what we were doing. I was impressed with the whole operation.

A great value for the money

I just loved everything about the trip! The tour manager was very knowledgeable about the area! Also very personable as well!

I loved all of it. We live in a beautiful country & your tours show it in a great way.

The Monterey Bay Aquarium anchovy and jellyfish exhibits. The trip on Lake Tahoe was a close second and the meal at Brix a great time.

The whole tour was fantastic.. Seeing El Capitan was fantastic. It was one of the best tours that I was on for collect..

The trip was very well planned. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and helpful. She had surprises along the way for us. The bus driver was excellent. I enjoyed the variety of places we stopped.

THE BOAT RIDE ON LAKE TAHOE

Did not care for accomodations at Black Oak Casino, breakfast was not good at all. Needed more time at Yosemite. Our Driver, Dave was awesome and Michelle our tour direction was very good. Bus was a little cramped and with only one entrance and exit it took too long for our group of 39 to get on and off.

Great tour -- Only negative is the hotel in San Francisco

Loved the tour and our hostess Michelle was great.

Saw a lot of areas in Jaime week. Although a few of the dinners need some improvement.

This was another well planned tour of several locations I’ve always wanted to see.

Great scenery, wonderful variety of activities.

Tour manager was awesome. Loved Yosemite and the Golden Gate Bridge. Paid for the extension, enjoyed our on our own time. Saw a lot of Monterey before the tour started and extra excursions to Muir Woods, Sausalito and more.

The whole tour was amazing. I especially loved the stops along the way to our destination, like the artichoke farm or the apple orchard. Yosemite was amazing and watching Free Solo on the way back after seeing El Capitan,was perfect!

Wonderful trip , great tour guide Joel.

We had an excellent tour director! He made everyone feel very comfortable and made the trip a lot of fun!

Good tour manager, good pace of activities, excellent food at the winery.

Too much time on the bus and the rooms were small and dark.

Tour manager was extraordinary. He took care of every detail without making a big deal about it. As a guest it seemed as if everything ran as smoothly as possible.

Tour Manager was the best.

Most enjoyable trip,!our your director Jennifer was outstanding!

It was a great trip. Tour Manager did a great job. Nice group size.

Everything was well planned out!