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My family of four (Mom, Dad and two teen daughters) recently returned from our first trip to England, Ireland and Paris. We had three weeks for the trip and had never planned anything like this. When we were trying to plan our portion time in England, I was overwhelmed by ways to tour this country. I wasn't sure I could handle driving and my husband wanted to travel by train.
After searching tour company after tour company, I stumbled upon a company called RailTourGuide. It's a new company run by two great train men, David and Scott. They collaborated with us, using their knowledge of the train systems, helping us plan a 6 day tour. We saw more of England in those six days than I could have imagined. Plus we were comfortable and felt relaxed.
Scott accompanied us for the entire trip, and David visited with us one of the days as well. I cannot stress enough how personable these two were and continue to be so. We planned the trip with them 6 months in advance and they were in continuous email communication with us throughout the time of planning until we arrived in England.
Scott then came the night before our trip with him began to meet us. When we needed a car for distances, he arranged it. When we needed taxis, he arranged them. He assisted us with our hotel reservations and information about the remainder of our trip, after we departed from him and had a few days on our own.
In all my travels, 20 years of hiring companies to tour us, I have never found a better company. They were very professional and yet personable. They are a great company to consider for any tour of England (2 days to 6 days, and possibly longer if you wish). The cost was significantly lower than what you would expect.
And shortly after we returned home, we received a cd and dvd of our tour, pictures Scott had taken of us and for us during our fantastic trip!