Heritage of America From $3,299*pp

We had great service and the tour guide was excellent. Our rooms for the most part were sufficient. The cities on this trip were perfect for getting a glimpse into our countries history. We had a few glitches, such as no one to meet us upon arrival at the airport in New York. Made several calls and still had to walk a great distance and wait, not fun in a city where you know no one! Some of our rooms were in need of updating and made for uncomfortable sleeping arrangements.

The overall trip was fantastic! Saw so much and loved all the people on the tour. Gettysburg, 911 Memorial, Arlington National Cemetery and the monuments dedicated to all the wars, very heart breaking.

excellent experience for all aspects of this trip

excellent experience in all aspects of this tour

Tour guide was excellent. Her knowledge was second to none. Could change the intinery to accomodate western conditions without a lot of fuss.

Great tour inclusions.....

Well organized.Nice variety.Would recommend

memorable experiences at each stop

The itinerary was wonderful...hit all the points on my bucket list for an overview of heritage sites and history on the east coast. The hotels were upscale and comfortable. As always, the tour director was helpful and extremely knowledgeable.

Very impressed with the quality of Collette tours...this was as good or better then any other we have gone on with Collette.

Very organized, good guides, liked whisperers when they worked, good hotel accommodations, and saw lots of sites in just a few days. Some of the meals included wine-since we don't drink, we paid for products we didn't use.

Gettysburg and Monticello. We spent lots of time at Gettysburg which was great. Would have liked more time at Monticello.

Yes I would definitely use them again.

Good tour. Great value for money

Excellent accommodations, service and knowledgable tour guides.

An outstanding way to see and understand our nations beginnings.

Tour guide was wonderful. She was friendly, patient, smart, and very informative. The driver did an excellent job also.

I especially enjoyed the tour in Colonial Williamsburg, Gettysburg, and Washington DC.

The hotels, tours and food were excellent. In Washington, DC, we saw most of the memorials which was wonderful. I would have liked to stay in Lancaster County longer and interact with the Amish. I will take more Collette tours and will definitely recommend them.

Going through Lancaster County

They had a well planned tour with very good local tour guides and local restaurants. All aspects of the tour were managed well. I would take another tour with them and I would recommend them to my friends

I specifically signed up for this tour and they did a good job especially adding the Yorktown tour

(personal details removed by Feefo) our tour manager and (personal details removed by Feefo) our driver both always went the extra mile to ensure that everything ran as smoothly as possible.

The tour covered everything we wanted to see excepting Jamestown which we would have liked to have visited/ The schedule was full and we were kept very busy with lots of early starts etc. I think that the only way to improve things would be to add in an extra day or two to the tour in the middle to slow things down a little and provide some breathing space.

Good program, good tour manager.

Presidential mansions and Gettysburg

The overall experience was excellent. Things seemed to go without a hitch.

I think that we needed more time in Philadelphia. We were rushed through the museum to make our time slot at Independence Hall then off to lunch and back on the bus. Would have liked to have seen more of Philadelphia two or three hours not enough.

very nice tour .bit tiring needed an extra day in washington so much to see.

twin towers memorial.was so moving.

I loved we went on this trip and our guide was amazing. A couple of the hotels could have had better breakfasts offered but other than that, it was very enjoyable!

I loved the visit to Independence Hall in Philadelphia

This was the first time I had travelled with the Collette and had a wonderful time. The organisation of the trip to the places we went was wonderful. The only downside was the tour manager left on the last day before all the passengers had left the hotel.

The places the trip went to were brillaint. My favourite place was washington

The tour guide was the best I've ever had and I've been doing tours for 30 years. *********** was excellent and our group was great. Everyone got along and everyone was one time.We enjoyed everything on the trip.

We saw so much in a short time. The president's homes were veryi impressive. Monticello was lovely.I loved Washington's residence.Sitting on his porch overlooking the Potomac River.

Generally excellent tour but rather fast pace and obviously geared for Americans

Crammed a lot of history in one tour. Loved Lancaster and Williamsburg. Interesting meeting lots of Americans.

The itinerary was excellent, hotels were very good, restaurants good, bus driver James was excellent, but our bus driver only in NYC was Ernest and he did enter intersections in NYC while the traffic signal was still red (just like so many other drivers do there), plus he held up a lane of traffic while stopped for several minutes while Phyllis decided how to get us back to our hotel more quickly, and then he entered the intersection on a red light and turned right from the far left lane. It seems to me that a tour bus driver should do a better job of observing the traffic laws, even if the general population does not.Tour director ************* did a good job of coordinating everything and leading us, but she verbalized many of her concerns and uncertainties to the group, so that it did not appear as seamless as it should. On several different occasions she told us her job is to look after our welfare and get us from place to place on schedule, and not to provide detailed information on the areas we were passing through. While she did occasionally read brief descriptions, I would have liked more commentary telling what significant landmarks we were passing by in the bus. She showed the movie "My Fellow Americans" in the bus on the way to Shenandoah NP, a comedy that I personally found offensive with absolutely no historical significance or educational value. Our local guide in NYC was Zora. She is a Joan Rivers wannabe comedian with too many jokes and an abrasive personality and kept changing her mind on where to have Ernest take the bus, also the bus microphone was not working, and a portable amplifier that Ernest hooked up also did not work because it needed batteries, so I thought the start of the trip in NYC was way less organized than I would have liked, but it was better after that.

I especially enjoyed touring NYC for the first time and also seeing the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Well organised, good itinerary and very good hotels.

Very well organised and a very interesting time with and learning about the Amish.

The tour had a great variety of sites, experiences and a great tour guide and bus driver

Amish and Lancaster, PA I learned alot. Also enjoyed the Gettysburg experience

Probably nearer 4 1/2 stars, the door to door transport in UK was great but the USA service not so good. The local guides were mostly excellent - some of the timings could have been arranged a bit better as a couple of times we had a while to hang about before we got into a guided house tour then had to rush to make the pick up time for the bus. Apart from these little niggles we had a great time, Brian our guide was great, very helpful, informative and friendly and we will certainly look into booking another trip in the next year or two.

Top of the line.

I enjoyed it all, so one experience does not stand out for me.

You did a very good job of covering the things that you stated that would be covered. The tour guide was very helpful and friendly.

Enjoyed it all but wish the tour included the Statue of Liberty, we did it on our own.

This was my second tour with Collette. It met all my expectations. Our Tour Guide is outstanding! In all my traveling, I've had two guides I would rate A plus. *personal details removed by Feefo* is one, the other was a tour guide with Tauckk. Collette is lucky to have him, from his sense of humor, to his attention to every detail. What I would recommend for this tour would be a longer time frame. Yes, I know it would be more costly, but I think it would be worth it. For instance, in the Shenendoah park, it would have been so wonderful to have more time, even leaving at noon instead of early am would have been better. I didn't like choice of breakfast first day in New York, with the singing waiters. A number of people told me the same thing. Also two full days in NYC would have been better. What I really appreciate: Gettysburg Battlefield! First time there. Learned so much. Also enjoyed the Amish culture. All in all, a great trip, would do it again!

See above review. I truly appreciated door to door service to and from airport.

Found the tour to be historically accurate and exciting.

The purchase process was effortless and any followup questions I had prior to embarking were easily addresses. The tour layout was great, but our tour manager who traveled with us seemed inexperienced. This would make me cautious to use the company again.

All local guides were great except the NY guide. NY was not covered very well for those who haven't been there before. Fortunately it was not our first time there. Consider adding optional visits to Ellis Island and/or 9-11 Museum.