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Islands of New England

8 DAYS
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The Atlantic coast is calling. Explore New England’s majestic seaboards, from Rhode Island to Cape Cod. Visit Providence and the Gilded Age mansions of Newport. Experience the beautiful islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Complete your local experience as you indulge in a traditional seafood and lobster feast. Explore the local charms, walk along historic cobblestone streets, and feel like a true New Englander.

Your Tour Includes
  • 2 Handpicked Accommodations
  • 10 Meals
  • 3 Choice on Tour Options
Included Highlights
  • Providence
  • Choice on Tour: Providence Walking Tour or RISD Museum
  • Newport
  • Lobster Trap Pull Demonstration & Cruise

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Your Tour at a Glance

Stay

8 Days

7 Nights


Meals

10 Meals

7 Breakfasts

3 Dinners


Activity

2 - Moderate

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Sea Crest Beach Hotel

Nights 4-7

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Overall Trip Rating
4.5
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    5 stars
    So organized, loved my tour guide
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    5 stars
    whale tour and the USS Constitution
    Kenneth Orf
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Our Tour Director Kathy went above and beyond to be professional, caring, knowledgeable of all locations. A very well planned itinerary. Especially loved being by the ocean!
    Nancy Tinnean
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    5 stars
    I enjoyed the trip, especially since the weather we good.
    Jacquelyn Karas
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    5 stars
    I was impressed with efficiency of tour guide and bus driver.
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    5 stars
    I loved the Whale watching and the Cranberry Farm.
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    4 stars
    Seacrest in Falmouth: no hot water for 1 day for several travelers, one person experienced a roof leak. Food was excellent. Tour manager was excellent. Made the best of everything when weather didn't cooperate. Whale watch canceled due to weather.
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    Trip could have been better if it had been a month earlier. Whale watching was canceled and would have loved to go . Seacreast Hotel was not a 4 star even though food was great! Tour guide was the best!
    Renae Mahrer
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  • Trip Rating:
    3star
    The tour was somewhat interesting with many problems, mistakes, bad information and lack of professional structure. Will not do a Collette bus tour again. Very disappointed.
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    Not enough time on our own to explore islands we visited. Would like to have had more time at our excellent hotel on the beach. Exhausting tour, but tour guide and bus driver were wonderful.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Wonderful tour guide Jessie. Knowledgeable and fun. The places we visited were beautiful and historic. Great food! Joseph the driver was great. The whale watch cruise was better than I could ever hope for.
    Karen Corne
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    4 stars
    We paid an upgrade of $590 for four nights at the Sea Crest Beach Hotel for a view of the ocean. The section of the hotel we were in is perpendicular to the beach and we were in the last room, the farthest room from the beach. They should have told us that we would rarely be in our room because we were out on tour and that it was a hike to get to our room. Not a problem for us as my wife and I walk 2-1/2 miles every morning, but we paid extra and those who did not pay extra were dropped off right in front of the main building where the restaurant and bar were located. We had to hike outside to the restaurant. Those who did not pay extra did not have to go outside in the elements to get to the restaurant like we did. We did not even get a King size bed!
    Michael Breault
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    Light house, whale watching
    Dianna Hall
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Got to see a lot, all pre-planned for us.
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    5 stars
    Pre-planned itinerary went smoothly.
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    5 stars
    I liked the 3 and 4 nights in one place. Enjoyed all, but the Cranberry tour was very interesting. The boats and sail boats all ******* in the beautiful blue water in the harbors was awesome. Enjoyed the sea food.
    Jean Fales
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    5 stars
    Everything was good. Timing of tour route was perfect.
    Robert Markert
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Jean, our tour manager, made every experience memorable. My favorite activity was the whale watching tour.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Great tour guide and driver, Marc and Josef. They made a great team. Marc gave good suggestions for restaurants and places to check out.
    Marcella Tong
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    4 stars
    Our tour manager was knowledgeable, approachable, and attentive.
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    3star
    Dune tour was fun and information I did not get O go on Nantucket city tour
    Gerald Chamberlan
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    3star
    One of the places we stayed was out of ADA compliance in three areas. One locked wheelchair ramp into the on-site store. Two doors with push-button access that didn’t work. The heavy door to the room that didn’t stay open automatically to ensure ease of access to the room.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Eating lobster with how to do it instructions from our tour guide and whale watching. Found the cranberry bog tour to be extremely interesting.
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  • Trip Rating:
    3star
    The tour started in Providence Rhode Island. There was nothing worth seeing in Providence or Block Island. Tour was better after that
    Dianne Nosal
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    The location, the detailed tour information and the wonderful tour manager. The whale watching experience exceeded our expectations.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Our tour guide and bus driver made the trip enjoyable.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Each day provided a new experience. We saw and heard about places in the areas we traveled. One of the favorite experiences was gaining a greater understanding of our heritage.
    HARVEY JOHNECHECK
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    Very good tour. I enjoyed all the places that we visited.
    ROSELYN RAAP
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    5 stars
    Whale watching adventure was fantastic
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  • Trip Rating:
    3star
    Location of hotel terrible. Islands tours were fine because of Tour Director, Joani. Other than Providence, hotel was way too far from anything. Long, long bus rides to and from sights.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    It was a great trip. Loved the tour guide Melanie. Only downside was our connecting flight was 40 minutes. We would have missed it if it hadn't been delayed. Had to shuttle to another terminal in Philly. Need more time to connect. Our flight out of Boston was delayed. For future reference to whoever manages flight schedule
    Kathy
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Very well organized Tour director was very knowledgeable of the area and it’s history
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    4 stars
    In the short time i was with the tour loved the trip to Newport. Beautiful tour of Rosecliff, one of the historic homes.
    Nancy Pye
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    5 stars
    Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket ride to Cape Cod was too long without any good stops.
    Wesley Permenter
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  • Trip Rating:
    3star
    Overall disappointing/ bye driver was very nice Beach resort very nice but no tone to enjoy
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    I had the best time i have had in a long time
    Dennis Hardy
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Everything was perfect! I especially liked the museums.
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    5 stars
    Lobster dinner was excellent!
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    4 stars
    The whale watching was amazing! Also, the visit to the cranberry farm and Plymouth Plantation were enjoyable and informative.
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    5 stars
    Did that . This is from Ross and Marjorie Cooley
    Marjorie Cooley
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Most memorable experience Nantucket, because our last name is Macy - ancestors are from there.
    Cheri Macy
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    We were 41 strangers at the start of the tour but close acquaintances by its conclusion. My favorite memorable experience was standing in front of the Plymouth Rock and allowing myself to imagine what it must have felt like for the Pilgrims when they docked in this new foreign land. The entire tour was fondly memorable.
    Lillian A.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Excellent tour and information. We visited unique sites, and had adequate free time. Absolutely loved Nantucket and Newport.
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    5 stars
    Loved all the museums and especially enjoyed the cranberry bog. Getting the feel for the real locals (like the cranberry bog) is so much better than going to tourist spots.
    Antonette Noble
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    5 stars
    Love Nantucket! Wish we could have spent the night there and enjoyed an extra day
    Terry Walter
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    3star
    Unfortunately the weather was horrible so the experience was not as pleasant. The trip was well organized but did not lend to flexibility in bad weather. Our days could not be flipped based on weather changes.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Martha's Vinyard and Cape Town. Lobster dinner
    Ani Youredjian
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    3star
    Liked time in Providence. Wish the weather forecast would have been considered to alter plans once we arrived at thre Cape. The sights we saw got a little redundant. The hotel in the Cape was not convenient. Why book a hotel on the shore when you are never there and your guests are not given views of the water.
    Anita Cameron
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    2star
    See above for details....
    Cathy Cameron
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    Nantucket Island and whale watching
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    We have traveled with Collectte for the last 3 years. Why? Because we don't have to worry about any aspect of the trip. Just pay for it and go.
    Kathleen Padilla
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    Tour guide was terrific and we had a great time
    Christine Wildhaber
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  • Trip Rating:
    3star
    Memorable experience was the Saturday night river walk and the lighting of the caldrons in the river.
    Karen Olson
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  • Trip Rating:
    3star
    The itinerary was very good
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    5 stars
    Christina, the tour manager, was so considerate of my dietary considerations and my comfort. Everyone else’s needs were so well met by her. My memorable experience was the ferry rides and the touring of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyards. The ease of the whole trip was wonderful.
    Charlene Paulson
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    The historic value of the Boston tour was addressed very thoroughly. It was very enjoyable.
    Richard Paulson
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    5 stars
    Enjoyed the ferry rides, and all the harbor views. Nantucket was my favorite.
    Sharon
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    4 stars
    I met really great people.
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    4 stars
    I loved the lobster dinner and the whale watching. The people on our bus were super friendly and so much fun. It helped make the trip one I will remember. Tour manager and coach driver really earned their money and more.
    Barbara Vietmeier
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    3star
    One good hotel, one not so good. Early times on board. This is supposed to be vacation! The beach resort on Falmouth was fantastic.
    Sharon Pepitone
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Our great tour guide. Exceptional.
    Joan Manning
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Loved cape cod , cranberry bog, marblehouse, best tour , second only to Amish Country.
    Jacklyn Lobeck
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    5 stars
    Cape Cod USS Constitution Lobster Dinner! Cranberry Bog Martha Vineyard's
    Kay
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  • Trip Rating:
    3star
    To much shopping time, not enough outings.
    Valerie Cameron
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    We saw so many wonderful sights. Providence, Boston, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket.
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    5 stars
    A wonderful area for history information on the beginning of our country.
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    5 stars
    Great fun. Enjoyed everything
    Phyllis Heim
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    4 stars
    I wish the sea side hotel was not so far away from other businesses.. We did not have the opportunity to go eat at any of the local places without the added expense of a cab or Uber. The Nantucket issue mentioned earlier.
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    4 stars
    It was nice to see a different part of the country.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Whale watching. Tour was great very informative and fun.
    Joyce James
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Fabulous tour guide. Very friendly/enthusiastic and showed us more than we had expected. Very accommodating to our needs. Bus driver was also great.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Touring Martha's Vineyard was best.
    Eugene Caligari
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Good Show! Tranx enjoyed every minute!
    Montgomery Ikner
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    All places visited were great.
    Jane Chasteen
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Everything was first rate. I loved Martha's Vineyard and seeing a whale on our whale watching trip.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    The tour itinerary and pace of the tour was great. Sites were varied and interesting. The tour director was very knowledgeable and personable. She was a big part of making the tour fun and enjoyable.
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    5 stars
    The cranberry bog was an unexpected and fun learning experience. A good addition to our experience.
    Richard Shultz
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    5 stars
    The tour of Boston highlighting buildings and sites from the colonial era was magical and brought to life by our local guide Kiki.
    Nancy Shultz
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    5 stars
    My tour manager was PERFECT! She kept us motivated, let us know our time line, and told lots of interesting stories. Joani was a lot of fun!
    Karen Mielke
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    4 stars
    The tour itself was wonderful. Joani Somyk, tour manager, was outstanding. She was friendly, efficient, informative, patient, and had a wonderful sense of humor. Kenny the motor coach driver was a highly skillful(!!!) driver who maneuvered tight spots with ease and confidence. I enjoyed a side tour to a (at the time) closed grist mill/fish counting station outside of Providence, RI. The area was beautiful and the place uncrowded. I think its remote location was especially beautiful.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    They gave what was promised. Except for the whale watch which it turned out to be too cold and the whales had left. Instead we took a ferry ride, I believe, but that was something new and very enjoyable.
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    5 stars
    The time on Nantucket with the Whaling Museum.
    Elizabeth Sellner
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    5 stars
    Please see previous narrative.
    Janet Robinson
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    We've got a ton of great memories from our Collette tour to New England ... and we've done other tours with Collette and will very likely be letting them take us on adventures in the future!!
    William Berry
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    5 stars
    so many memorable times. i liked the cranberry stop; very knowledgeable and informative. want to say more about deby, the tour manager but no space for comment below. she is nice and she is friendly. when on the bus and she is talking and giving us information, she starts a sentence and then doesn't complete the sentence...leaving me hanging, with incomplete sentence. time and time again. i listen because i want to learn where i am going and what i am seeing. she must not know she is doing this.
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    1star
    Bus rides with group and Ken and Barbie
    John Schwartz
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    3star
    We did not have enough time in many of the locations, eg Newport , and far too much time in others , for example the Cranberry farm.
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    4 stars
    The trip was good. The hotel in Providence could have been better.
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    5 stars
    Such an interesting location with beautiful sites and fascinating details of each. Authentic crab feast and the typical Thanksgiving lunch at the Plimouth Plantation were my highlights...along with the authentic reproduction pilgrims' village.
    Delila Smith
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    4 stars
    Pictures don't seem to load.
    Richard Price
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    5 stars
    Loved Newport and mansions! Especially meaningful trip for us as my husband's family is original from Newport, RI. Loved seeing it through his eyes, what he remembered, what was different. Martha's Vineyard and the Methodist Camp cottages were outstanding, Nantucket, Boston--all of it was great! Loved seeing the Monument to the Forefathers.
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    4 stars
    cause we enjoyed most of it
    W Argersinger
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    5 stars
    The variuos island and coastline destinations.
    Alan Smith
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    3star
    I did not finish the trip. I had an accident and left the tour early
    La Marta Bryant
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Ease of tour was great for those of us with limited mobility. Blessed with a new friend. Best accommodations yet!
    Kathleen Miller
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    4 stars
    Hotel not up to par for Collette
    Charles Beech
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    3star
    See previous review I just wrote.
    Barbara Wells
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Lobster dinner, whale watching, shopping in Boston and Nantucket, views of ocean and sunsets, gingerbread houses in Martha’s Vineyard. Water fire in RI.
    Mary Birling
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Tour very nice and educational. Best place was Plimouth Plantation. Enjoyed short tour in Boston also. Wish we would have had a little more down time at the Hotel on the ocean.
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    5 stars
    Magnificent, beautiful, educational.
    Christine Aardema
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    4 stars
    Nantucket was a favorite. Especially enjoyed the island tour. The accommodations on Cape Cod were fabulous. Beautiful views out the dining room windows.
    Billye Cooper
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    The tour was wonderful. It's hard to pick a single favorite but I did love Nantucket. Fall is a great time for travel.
    Brenda Morris
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    5 stars
    Loved the Islands. The lobster boil was the best.
    Dian Gendler
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    4 stars
    We loved it all but would really have enjoyed a few more choices. I wanted to do the river walk or cliff walk but there was no choice we had to tour 1 of 2 mansions and no walk.
    Brenda Pankau
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    It is difficult to choose a favorite experience because each day we experienced something new. From learning and experiencing the history of the Pilgrims to whale watching, walking and eating on Federal Hill, and visiting Martha's Vineyard Boston and Nantucket and so much more, it was excellent.
    Carol Graves
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    5 stars
    The tours were very informative. The tour guide were knowledgeable about their area.
    Vaughn Pickens
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    5 stars
    I thought is was informative and the knowledge and extras that were included were very interesting. Having never been to to New England, I thoroughly enjoyed the New England Boil meal and the demonstration of how to eat the lobster. Jozef even helped me with mine when I was having trouble. The littleneck clams were good also, I had never had them and came home and made them for myself. The nature of the wildlife was even included. Jim pointed out where and osprey and these other birds (can not remember the name) lived close together even though the osprey would prey on these birds. The days were full and complete and routation of seating on bus put your with other people on the tour.
    Joy Brassell
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    5 stars
    Mansions in Newport and the islands of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket
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    5 stars
    Jim Eldridge our tour manager and Jozef our bus driver are such a great team ! The 6 full days touring the New England Islands were amazing!
    Scott Smith
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    5 stars
    Each day was an adventure The entire trip was memorable I have been asked what was my favorite place and I have to say entire trip was awesome
    Ann Killoran
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    4 stars
    Costly,but, worth it! I will book with Collette again!
    Denise Mannos
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    3star
    As stated previously. Nantucket was the highlight - and on the last day
    Barry Benveniste
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    5 stars
    I enjoyed the pilgrim dinner and the village
    Shirley Lahti
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    5 stars
    The lobster bake and time spent on Cape Cod.
    George Mieczkowski
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    5 stars
    Best trip i have ever had on my own.Loved the tour of Boston
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    4 stars
    This was my 3rd Collette tour and I felt this one just wasn't as good as the others. Boston local guide was terrible and we didn't experience enough of the city's history.
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    4 stars
    Visiting the cranberry bog was really nice. Getting to see some of Providence and Boston was really nice. Taking scenic routes was great.
    Jacqueline Metzger
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    We loved seeing so much of Cape Cod on this tour. Did things we wouldn’t have done on our own, like our fabulous whale watching trip, a visit to a cranberry bog, and a Pilgrim Thanksgiving meal with our group. So much fun! We loved Martha’s Vineyard and Nantuket, though would have liked a little more free time on both islands. We felt rushed in these beautiful spots that are meant to be relaxing. The local guides that took us around were great. Lots of interesting stories to tell. Hotels were both nice, and food was really good. Overall it was a fabulous vacation!
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    3star
    Also, I'm unhappy about paying the "single supplement" for a solo traveler. It would be very nice if Collette would avoid or even reduce this single supplement especially for return Collette customers. If so, I would be more likely to book another trip with Collette.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    I loved it all, from cranberry farm, to Pilgrim events, to islands, and dune tour! Woo's Hole would be a great addition.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    This tour was excellent. Melanie, the tour director, is a New England Native and her knowledge of the region was amazing! Her love of the Cape made us all connect to the area.
    Glen Robbins
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    5 stars
    Again-Melanie and experience
    Mary Lee
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    Overall a very nice tour; sometimes we were offered adequate time to see and do and other times not so much. I enjoyed Nantucket very much. Not enough time spent in Martha's Vineyard and did not feel we saw the entire island (e.g. Gay Head) via the local tour. I thoroughly enjoyed the whale watching tour in Provincetown; however, it took too much time that we did not get to thoroughly see and shop Provincetown and did not have time to walk over and see the Pilgrim Monument either. In Boston, we all enjoyed the local tour; however were disappointed that we had to do Paul Revere House on our own time and $$ and only saw Bunker Hill from a distance. It would have been nice for the bus to stop at Bunker Hill for us history buffs. It was too far to walk to see on our own. Also, it would have been nice for the bus to stop at Beacon Hill for us to get out and take photos. Tour book said we would spend time in downtown Falmouth, but our guides never took us there for shopping and dining--we had to Uber over there from the very much isolated Sea Crest Hotel where we were not going to pay $12 per person for a hamburger!! Sea Crest was nice on the beach, but again very isolated and shopping and dining experiences very limited unless using Uber. We also Ubered over to Brown University for our own tour of the campus the first night we arrived. Between the cost of Uber rides and having to pay extra for local tour guide tipping (Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Boston) in addition to Collette's guide and bus driver, I feel the tipping for local guides should have been paid by Collette and more stops could have been added to the tour (Paul Revere House, Bunker Hill, more time in P-town as well as downtown Falmouth! One other note. The local Boston tour guide *personal details removed by Feefo* should refrain from making political statements while doing the tour. She made a comment that was offensive to me. At Old North Church she spotted a baby who was wearing an outfit with elephants and made the remark that she hoped the baby wasn't a Republican!! I was tempted not to provide any tip at all.
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    4 stars
    Especially liked stay at Hilton.
    Clark Golden
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    *Personal details removed by Feefo* were excellent guide and bus driver. Made the trip very interesting and attended to all our questions and needs. In Providence, RI we saw Water Fire which was a added gift for the trip. *Personal details removed by Feefo* informed us about it and walked us to the location. All the Islands were beautiful and our guides enhanced our trip.
    Eva Palazzo
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    5 stars
    Excellent Overall. Whale watching in "PTown"
    Joseph Palazzo
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    5 stars
    Can't think of only one-historical Boston, Gingerbread houses, whale-watching, lobster bake.
    Dorothy Bennett
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    The overall tour was interesting & informative. Our dining experiences were excellent choices! My favorite day was the trip to Plymouth & the cranberry bogg. My least favorite day was the trip to Nantucket. Shopping became boring at that point. I wished that I could have seen the shipwreck museum on Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard; I do not remember which island. The local guides and the video on the bus added good information to the trip. Camaraderie on the bus made every day of the trip enjoyable.
    Virginia Montgomery
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    My most memorable experience was the Plimouth Colony tour and meeting the actors that portrayed the Puritans. They were excellent!
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    The tour was full of information and fun
    Cynthia Coleman
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    4 stars
    The Whale watching was for me......the whole trip as well as the ferry rides to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    most thorough trip one could take
    Dianna Brizzolara
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    5 stars
    My husband & I loved the scenery of Cape Cod.
    Kathryn Huber
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    5 stars
    I loved the cranberry bog. Boston was my favorite historical part of the tour.
    Myrna Ostrand
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Enjoyed dining Puritan style it was very authentic Choice of important sights and enough time to relax and wander on your own Enjoyed ferry ride to Marthas Vineyard
    Sally Westbrook
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    5 stars
    As a single woman traveling alone I felt safe and included. The sites were exemplary of the area and interesting. The tour guide ( name ****************) was very organized, professional, caring and well informed of what we were seeing.
    Lyndia Gregory
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    5 stars
    Well organised. Excellent driver and tour manager. I can't speak too highly of them and would happily travel with them again. Thank you Steve,[driver], for teaching me how to deal with a cooked lobster! Good hotels.
    Marilyn Lazell
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Nantucket Island. So remote yet so welcoming and historic. Also loved the Boston Kennedy Library
    Mary Heaton
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    3star
    Hotel accommodations disappointing. Enjoyed the tour itself but very unhappy with hotels which lowered overall review.
    Frances Edwards
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    5 stars
    whale watching and Providence
    Marilynn Tobash
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    4 stars
    We actually prefer European tours, as US ones could potentially be a road trip,... but then we'd still have the hassle of planning each night's lodging and activities. When we go on a trip, the one thing we do NOT want,... is to 'work' and deal with the stress and strain of getting around and trying to get into places. Plimoth Plantation was a 'must See' for us, as we are both long-time historical reenactors, with a passion for history and the old crafts. This time of year the village is barely manned, so was somewhat of a ghost-town (we made a road-trip there about 8 years ago in June and found the place to be bustling with much more to see and costumed reenactors to interact with) but the buildings are still there and a scattering of local characters,.... but for anyone wanting the complete experience of it, we can highly recommend you see it during the middle of Summer when the experience is pure Magic ! It was because of Plimoth Plantation that as a 6 year old on a school field-trip, I became enchanted with the idea of growing up to become a historical reenactor, and actually LIVING History. I am now over 34 years as a reenactor and a fine woodcarver who uses Only traditional tools,... my husband is a Black Smith,... I hand-sew and embroider historical clothing and we both have made many of our own shoes also. (Our European travels are primarily to museums and historical places we research)
    R Diana Wertz
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    4 stars
    I had no idea what a sand dune tour would be like, Chose it because of the rainy weather. This tour and guide in Provincetown was amazing.
    Teri Martin
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Loved all the areas we visited and had great weather
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    5 stars
    Newport and Nantucket even more then I excepted. Our first hotel Providence we had problems with the bathroom but the second hotel was very nice and we stayed there the most so that worked out fine.
    Lynda Fettes
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    4 stars
    I think I just did in the previous screen. Not as good as the one I took two years ago!
    Bonnie Kinser
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    4 stars
    The accommodations were not so great. I think they could have been better choices for where we stayed.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Would have like to be able to spend time exploring Freedom Trail in Boston instead of shopping stop. Whale watching in Provincetown was fantastic! Lots of whales and very close to boat. Could have spent more time in this town.
    Vicky
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Cranberry farm was a highlight. A little too much shopping for me, I would rather see the sights and not necessarily want to shop. Like to learn the history of the areas we went to.
    Susan
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    5 stars
    Enjoyed the Boston tour as well as Nantucket. Also appreciated the Dune tour as well.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    We particularly liked the Providence and Newport,RI segments of the trip (walking distance to "Little Italy" in Providence and the waterfront in Newport). Provincetown and Nantucket were also neat locations with lots of small shops to go through looking for gifts for family back home.
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    Loved the tour manager and bus driver. They really tried to accommodate everyone. Hotel locations were great. My only complaint was there were too many activities on some days. My favorite experience was Nantucket. I loved the quaint cobblestone streets and the history of it.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    The whole experience was very very good. Excellent might be stretching it a bit. The cranberry bog was a little iffy. The tour of Martha's Vineyard I feel we should've had a choice to stay in town or to see the rest of the island. Too much time spent looking it fields. I really enjoyed the history and the knowledgeable, interesting stories that our guide told. Even though I love history, the most memorable experience was the whale watching. We were told not to expect that type of experience again. It was very moving. I would say we must've seen over 100. The lobster on the beach was fantastic for a couple of midwesterners . The wine and cheese party and the beach was very special. The resort was a average. The location fantastic.
    Brenda
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Whale watching on the last day of our tour was amazing! We were within 40-50 yards of a "school" of eight whales feeding. Wonderful experience.
    Carol
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Restaurant at the resort on Cape Cod was only fair.
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    We had a brief problem with a moldy shower curtain at the Hilton, but all we had to do was bring it to the attention of Hotel Management & the situation was corrected. Our tour guide went above and beyond as a Tour Manager. She professional, knows her stuff, and has everything under control. This tour was excellent! We come home not only having a great trip, but feeling we had learned a great deal of new information about this country.
    Janet
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    5 stars
    Tour guide, Erin, was wonderful.
    Tomas
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    5 stars
    This was the second time I took this same tour. I took my daughter, two grand-daughters ages 91/2 and 14 years old for the wonderful history of our great America. I have not been disappointed at all with this Collette tour, it was better than the first time 6 years ago. All hotels and meals were excellent. Collette does the very best for their clients, helped with all handicapped people on the tour.
    Judith E. Johnston
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Loved visiting Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The Pilgrim Plantation and the Mayflower II were great experiences as well.
    Susan
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Saw a lot of whales. Liked the itinerary, Saw a lot that we had never seen before.
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    5 stars
    The whale watch trip was fantastic. The dinners were wonderful. The hotels were very nice.
    Maryann
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    I have always been enamored with early American history. Going on this trip I was able to see many of the places I have only read about in books or seen pictures of. I would have liked to stop at some of the famous cemeteries to get some pictures of the headstones. Local tour guide-wise, the best one I feel is our guide in Nantucket. I also had an amazing time whale watching. I was expecting to see a couple, but we ended up seeing 15+ whales. The hotels were comfortable and the included meals were delicious.
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    5 stars
    Thought the breakfast's at the hotel along the beach didn't gave too small of portions. Like a buffett breakfast.
    Frank
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  • Trip Rating:
    5 stars
    Nantucket van tour. The driver, Wendy was funny and knowledgeable.
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  • Trip Rating:
    4 stars
    We both loved the sand dune ride in Provincetown. It was beautiful, and enormous compared to other sand dunes we have visited.
    Diane

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