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Southern Charm Holiday
7 DAYS
$4,949
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*Rate is per person, land only, double occupancy.
Embrace the leisurely pace and charming allure of America’s southeast as you explore cobblestone streets, historic homes, and unspoiled coastline during the holiday season. Discover antebellum Charleston and the history of Savannah with 2-night stays in each city. Drive through James Island County Park illuminated with over 500,000 lights. Spend two nights at the exclusive Jekyll Island Club, once described as “the richest, most exclusive club in the world.” Experience the unique charm and singular hospitality of America’s “Low Country” in South Carolina and Georgia.
Your Tour Includes
- 3 Handpicked Accommodations
- 9 Meals
- 2 Choice on Tour Options
Included Highlights
- Historic Charleston
- Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens
- Choice on Tour: Walking Tour or Fort Sumter Cruise in Charleston
- James Island County Park Holiday Display
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Accommodation
Emeline Hotel Charleston
Nights 1-2
Cambria Savannah Historic District
Nights 3-4
Jekyll Island Club
Nights 5-6
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We loved the Emeline Hotel, Boone Plantation and Fort Sumter!
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This trip was an African and slavery trip, would never of signed up for!
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We enjoyed the Charleston, Savannah and Jekyll Island tours. The beauty of each location was exceptional. We enjoyed special visits to Angel Tree and Driftwood Beach.
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Loved all the history. Especially seeing Fort Sumter Jekyll Island was a pleasant surprise!Mina Norman
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The hotels in both CHS and SAV were disappointing
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The narrators on the Charleston carriage ride and the Savannah trolley ride. Interested stories combined with humor made the two tours very enjoyable. The pace of the tour was goodMark Wajer
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Jekyll Island was a beautiful experience love the bird watchingRita Talley
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Very well planned from the moment we left home until we arrived back. I’ve been on 12 tours with other companies and this was the best of all. Hotels were in good locations and very good quality. I loved learning the cultural aspects of each location. One of my favorite specials was a chef demo of shrimp and grits. All the included dinners were great.Lynette Tallon
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The tour was good. My favorite stop was Jeckyll Island.
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Everything on this tour was just right! Amazing experiences, very organized tour manager, excellent driver, and oh my! - Jekyll Island!! Lovely environment and excellent food-especially the shrimp and grits. Loved Charleston and plan on returning to explore further.Patricia Cusma
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Jekyl Island and accomodationsLeAnne Carter
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We were two women sharing a bathroom. So it would have been great to have had bathrooms with two sinks for getting ready.Diane Whalen
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The trip has been on my bucket list forever… and it really beat my expectations!!Kim Mason
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The entire trip was great. The only bad thing was the airline. Flight delays and cancelations, the stuck overnight in airport. Would do Collette again but not if they used the same airline.
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Enjoyed the walking tours in Charleston and Savannah; so many details and so much history was explored. The Mercer House in Savannah is a must see. Included meals were plentiful and delicious. The highlight to me was staying at the Jeckyl Island Resort and being able to absorb all the old-time elegance and grace of a by-gone era.Catherine Bass
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All was great. I would recommend this tour to anyone who would like to learn about history. Sometimes too much food. I really enjoyed Jekyl island. Chad, our tour guide, was very helpful and informative. He really took great care of our needs.
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One of my all-time favorite group travel experiences! It was great having some included choices, such as going out to Ft Sumpter or taking a walking tour of Charleston. I thoroughly enjoyed the walking tour and our guide was very knowledgeable and accommodating. Companions who chose to go to the fort found it very moving to be a part of the morning flag raising ceremony. Dining options within walking distance of hotels in both Charleston and Savannah were plentiful and high-quality. The plantation visit was also very positive - with the highlight being the presentation about the Gullah people. The speaker / performer was wonderful and very talented! The time on Jekyll Island was amazing…probably my favorite part of the trip! The historic resort was lovely and staff were the epitome of southern hospitality! I do hope to return there soon for time to explore more of the options the island has to offer. Our tour manager, Jen Jett is a WEALTH of knowledge; she was warm and friendly, helpful to each guest, and very professional. One of the very best “guides” I’ve ever gotten to travel with. (And as a frequent leader of church travel groups, you may be aware that I have high expectations of the tour manager.) Jen met or exceeded all expectations! The only suggestion I might make for a change is to consider offering your travelers an option of more than one “house museum” to visit in Savannah. The Mercer Williams house tour was okay, but several of us found the Gordon Low home and tour to be much more enjoyable, thorough, and informative. I think that day of touring could be more meaningful if we had 2 houses to choose from for visits. Thank you, Collette, for a First Class travel experience.Karen Andrews
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Fort Sumter boone hill ,slave talk carriage ride garden of good and evil trolley tour all the food and people big oak tree Tybee island and pin point talk and video ALL OF ITTerri Witte
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The Charleston was a charm love the hall the walk of the city, and the food was great Savannah hotel left a little to be desired, too close to a main artery but the tour of the squares was excellent again great food chuckle Island was the highlight, amazing place still have the live oaks, and the Spanish moss in bedded in the memory Can’t say enough about tour guide Jen and the bus driver can’t remember his name both were great made it seem seamless everything well planned no delays all all a great tripRobert Gillies
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Jennifer was an awesome tour guide. She was thorough, amusing, and organized. She was the ultimate caring professional and she made the Southern Comfort tour a wonderful experience. She had so much indepth knowledge and was able to articulate it in a way that we were all captivated by what she was sharing. We knew we were in good hands under her direction. The driver was also awesome. I would never hestitate to go on another tour with Jennifer. She was great!!
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Pinpoint Museum and Hyman's Rsstaurant
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great journey--was extremely happy that we had 9am departures and time to explore on our own. Guides were very knowledgable. The bus was very nice as was the driver Rick and out tour Host, Steve. I will highly recommend this to my frineds. Thank you
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Tour was very well organized and ran smoothly. Favorite excursion: Boone Plantation. Loved seeing the slave cabins and hearing about the Gullah culture. The Avenue of Oaks was an outstanding vision and introduction to the flora of South Carolina.
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Despite its title, the tour offered a fascinating combination of the Low Country's history, ecology and cuisine. Excellent, reliable, delightfully quirky Tour Manager (Chad) - and an equally reliable bus driver (Rick).Anthony Scholl
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The trolley tour in Savannah
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The Southern Charm tour was excellent. Every place we went to, including restaurants that were part of the tour were wonderful. Chad, our tour guide, was informative, funny and stayed with us the entire tour. I would have liked a few more inclusions, but the two we had were terrific. The cost of the tour was worth every penny. Collette took care of us from the moment we landed and when we departed.Theresa R.
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Two of the hotels were just average, get a good grade
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The tours of the historical districts of Charleston and Savannah were informative and comfortable.Irene Parker
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Entire trip was memorable. Love every minute.
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Miss of tours and unstructured time to explore areas on our own with suggestions from Chad
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Great Tour Director, and interesting excursions.Susan Thompson
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Well planned and executed
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The tour guide was fabulous!
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Good balance between tour events and free time
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s driver and tour guide were excellent. Hotels were excellent, Low country reasturant and included walking tour were not good. Overall it was excellent. If I went again, I would just not partake in those two events.Joan Onstad
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The tour itself was great, but sometimes rushed (the walking tours). 1 extra day in the 2 cities would've been nice. The plane trips, although on time, used a crazy route: 3 planes with 2 stopovers to get there. 2 planes with 1 stopover to get back, no provided meals, & we had to pay $30 for 1 piece of checked luggage, each way. (Delta airlines). We hadn't been told. Favorite: the slave mart museum (Collette didn't tell us re this. A personal friend did.), & the horse-drawn trolley/carriage.
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I enjoyed our tour and our guide Barbara was fantastic. The last hotel we stayed in was absolutely horrible and it left a bad taste in my mouth. Our room had only one chair and smelled of paint. There was a bug in the dresser drawer. Up to that point, everything was very good. Our other accomadations were fine.
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There were a few planned activities that were very poor.
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Hotel staffing was not terrific, had to go to desk for coffee and cups and towels etc. Mostly in Savannah
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Great info prior to trip. Trip was wonderful. Our tour guide Ann was excellentSamuel Kernohan
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Not very satisfied with the Marriott in Charleston and out walking tour guide in Savannah. Our welcome dinner in Charleston was poor. The fried chicken served was over cooked and very rubbery. Also the included lunch in Savannah should not be Italian but should have been seafood.Herbert Skerker
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great tour guide; wonderful experience; would like to have ability to upgrade to business and/or first class air fare when signing up with tourKathryn Phillips
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The Quality was good, planned meals good. It seemed we had too much dead time. that may be the nature of this type of trip it's my first. also the airline accommodations were exhausting. those early long days did work so well with our senior travelers. again that may be the nature of this type trip but it was the biggest complaint I heard...Gary Kemp
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Excellent choice of hotels and resort/club.
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Our tour manager, Jen, was fantastic, as was our driver. We enjoyed all of the sites, but would have preferred that the optional tours were available without food. I had read other reviews that thought there was too much free time for shopping, but we found the free time was wonderful for exploring things other than shops. The highlight of the tour was definitely jekkyl island. Such a nice way to wind down after being “busy”.
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The breakfast at the 1st hotel in Charleston was less than average. The hotel in Savannah was nice and a great location but the street noise kept us up the 1st night. We didn't realize they had a sound machine in the room. Using that plus an app on our 2 phones helped immensely. The guide for walking tour of Savannah was not great. She rushed through the tour and didn't really share any information or history between spots of interest. All other guides were great. The Jekyll Island resort was fantastic! Overall a wonderful tour!Susan Bugno
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Very well organized tours, great hotels, wonderful included meals, excellent tour guide. truely a wonderful experience.Marie Dobrinska
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All the tour guides were excellent. The food at the included restaurants was very good but could have been served hotter (in temperature). The hotels were okay. I was disappointed that the view from my room at the Jekyl Island Club Resort was awful (roof tops, a/c units, dumpster). The surroundings were ablaze with Christnas lights/decorations; it would have been such a joy to have seen them from my room windows! The farewell festivities and dinner were wonderful..Sharon Rault
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Wonderful tour manager. The locals experts were great too!Carolyn Lee
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This was our first trip and the only complaint we have is the food experience. We enjoyed the company, tour guide and bus driver. The event choices were good and the guide had to make adjustments due to weather conditions to keep us safe and she was amazing.
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Great Tour and great tour leader. She did an excellent job of arranging everything.
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Ann was an excellent guide-made good accommodations when the weather prohibited our scheduled events. My husband and I both learned so much about the Underground Railroad at the First African Baptist Church in Savannah.
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Hotels, tour guides, and excursions were great!
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Good blend of free time and scheduled activities. Guide were all knowledgeable and tour manager was excellent!James Ryerson
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Everything was perfect until trip cancelled because of hurricane but Jennifer got us all on planes Home the following day.Pat Colonna
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This was a "test" experience for me as I had not taken a guided tour before. Every part of the trip - from hotels to guides - was above expectations. I look forward to my next trip with Collette.Karen Ruhlemann
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The bus driver, Leonard, was a BONUS and made it extra special. Also the speaker at Ft Sumter and the raising of the flag.Linda Carlson
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The Charleston horse/carriage ride was fun and different. I also liked having free time to explore on my own.Geneva Bauer
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tour group was too large. more days at Jekyll Island would be nice.
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We had one of the best Tour Guides I can remember having. Ann was well versed on the cities we visited and shared so much history about the various sites we toured. A true asset to Collette!Thomas Cotton
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Jekyll Island was a disappointment with the room being dark and stairs at every corner.Joan Wettenstein
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would have liked to spend another day in Savannah.
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The Alan Houser Sculpture Garden and Pecos Historical NP exceeded my expectationsEdward Havrilla
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Tour was well planned and all activities were on time and excellent.
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Enjoyed the whole trip. The accommodations were first rate, and the tours were interesting and provided some good history lessons.
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jekyll island was great , loved the hotel and the foodMarielen Murphy
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That was my honest estimate.Carol Rose
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some of the restaurants were not okCelestina Behr
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Worthwhile, enjoyable, glad I went.George Atwood
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Food was sub par-walking tour was the same as the carriage tour we paid extra for-manager was not very verbal on tour sites-i could go on but i will yield!
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Great trip!! The tour guide Ann Grier made the trip fun and interesting. I would highly recommend her and Collette.Ann Furbay
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Walking the squares of Savannah on our own.
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Organization leadership and commaradia.Nancy Alderman
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Had a great time and our tour director Chuck was wonderful.LINDA BUTTERWORTH
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Everything was as advertised. The tour manager was very knowledgable & the bus driver extremely helpful.
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Everything was well planned and lots of fun. I enjoyed all the tours, and there was a good mix of planned activities and free time.
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I enjoyed the cities we visited and the things we saw. I did not care for the garden walk in Savannah. Most of the things we saw on the walk we had already seen on the trolley tour which I thoroughly enjoyed. The lunch at the Italian restaurant was not one I would have expected in the "South". I really enjoyed Fort Sumter, the Boone Plantation and the entire Jekyll Island visit.
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Like that most everything was plannedBetty Anderson
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Everything went according to plan except for the airline cancelling my flight the first day. Jekyll Island turned out to be a lot more fun than I originally expected. Also found the Savannah tour and dinner informative, fun, and delicious.Ray Brooks
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Nantucket for the history and the museum
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good overall trip except we missed our first tour day completely due to airlines rescheduling...note: we had purchased insurance but not certain if we'll get some kind of reimbursement?George Martin
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I would have liked to seen more plantations. The food wasn't that good. Our walking tour we paid extra for was the same as our trolly tour. Our tour guide was okay, but nothing like our previous guides.Kristie Jeske
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Excellent trip. Wonderful Tour Guide and Driver.
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There were a few. Plantation in Charleston,Pony tour in Beaufort
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Meal at Jacksonville,Fl,travel up to Savannah,tour of Jekyll island and stay,everything about Savannah,really enjoyed the trolley around Savannah,with the actors,need more tours around Charleston not in an open carriage
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Local representative was not acceptable to me!
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Enjoyed Jekyll Island stay. We were served good food and the staff were friendly. The Savannah part of the tour was wonderful. Especially enjoyed the city tour wished the weather had been better though. Charlotte tour of the city great. Loved the architecture.Martha Richard
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We were able to enjoy the tours, the weather was good and we had enough free time. The tour director gave us excellent advice for our free time.Patricia Detrolio
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Jekyll Island was absolutely beautiful. The Christmas lights, the tram tour with the outstanding guide, and the delicious breakfast were some of my favorites on this trip. Also thoroughly enjoyed the stop at driftwood beach. The Christmas carols was not a highlight and suggest maybe some other form of holiday festivities. Wish we had more time to explore the island and the shops.
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Beaches as said before were my favorites. Some of meals included were not good.Elaine Olive
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Patriot MuseumJanet Braatz
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Very well organized Tour guide very professional
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EVERYTHING was great---I was a telephone Operator for 30 years, I thought JEKYLL ISLAND was great where the 1st phone call was madeBeverly Larson
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I thought the tour was very, very good in Savannah & Jekyll Island. Charleston was disappointing. We did not have enough time in Charleston and the included dinner was horrendous.Kerry Angelo
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Jekyll Island was awesome.
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Love Jekyll Island and St. Simons. The entire trip was very much what I was hoping for.Emma Malget
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Jykell Island was an excellent resort. Another day there would have been good. We also enjoyed the turtle hospital.Sandra Nichols
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My favorite experience was visiting Jekyll Island.
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The trip to the Smokey Mountains was a great trip, and I'm happy that I went. I will be purchasing several more trips in the near future. I hope in the future that the elderly and the handicapped are given some consideration. For example, the hotels we staid at, were outstanding, the bathrooms had beautiful marble walls and same color tubs, I am legally blind, I would have preferred a walk in shower and hand rails in case I got into trouble. CNN boasted the worlds single longest escalator, 8 stories, 197 feet. It would have been nice to have access to an elevator, instead of walking down the 8 flights of stairs.Martin Mugno
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We loved being able to stay a night on Jekyll Island. The tour guides knowledge of the area was invaluable.Jack Steele
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Walking the beach with all the big drift woodJudith Wheat
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the smooth transition and timing of activities was exceptional
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We loved our Southern Charm tour. It’s hard to choose one favorite experience but we especially liked Jekyll Island and Savannah. We would have loved to have had more time in Savannah.
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Trolley ride through Savannah historical district, USS Yorktown, and great food.
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Well organized and tour manager was excellent, accommodations well appointed and bus driver Tony H was excellent
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Please see comments already written.Nadia Gaito
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There were activities/experiences that should have been included to provide a better understanding of life in the areas visited.
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The experience at Jekyl Island was a highlight. Loved the hotel and surroundings.
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Pearl Frye's garden was my highlight of the tour. I've followed Pearl for several years online though the American Horticulture Society. We didn't get to meet him (he is ill) but met and talked with his wife, who was a delight.Alice Dionne
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I really enjoyed Jekyll Island. Very pretty. Great accommodations. Enjoyed the optional Dolphin cruise. Enjoyed walking around Savannah and Charleston. Only complaint is even though the hotel was very nice in Jacksonville there really wasn't very much to do at that location. It was the downtown business area. Did walk along the river. But the complex near by was pretty much empty of any businesses. Just a few bar type businesses. Maybe try to find a better located hotel in the future.
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saw a lot and learned the history etc of the area we visited especially liked having tour of cities first day we arrivedMary Mccormick
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WOnderful tour. Hotels were very central on both cities. Dinner at Middleton Place was fabulous.
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My favorite memory was visiting the Magnolia Plantation and Middleton Place.
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The trip was wonderful, our tour manager was the best & we enjoyed true southern charm!Patricia Krebs
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The whole tour was wonderful.Donna Jorgensen
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See previous texts. Also the hotel midway was not acceptable. The tour guide needs to check local holidays to ensure small crowds. Dollywood was so crowded there weren’t any places to eat!!Maureen Hilling
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Guide could have been more knowledgeable Bus driver quite indifferent
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Being able to be on the top of Stone Mountain and see the monument “up close and personal” was an experience we’ll never forget. However, the hike to Mingo Falls and of course, the Biltmore Estate were also extremely memorable.Conni Fowler
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Some hotels were not up to your usual high standards.
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All places we visited were exceptional except for the day we took a train ride.Patricia Croft
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Again the fact that St. Augustine was included in original trip and then not in the trip we took and no advice plus no $ compensation for the loss of that day.June Ash
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Jekyll Island was the highlight of the tour for me. Savannah would have been another highlight had there been a walking tour.Virginia Gonzales
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Very good accommodations, with excellent locations. Memorable experience was our evening included Dining restaurants. Lots of fun!
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We kept backtracking and wasting time on bus - poorly planned tourJoyce Fopiano
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Being generous with this rating.Kenneth Dion
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The cities are lovely cities - loved Jekyl Island. Thought you could have done better in Savannah. The trip to Tybee Island was a "rip off".Polly Winn
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Loved Savannah and Charleston. Did not like the menu for the first group meal.
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Interesting stops in Charleston and Savannah.Glennis Gambardella
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Jeckyll Island and Boone Plantation
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Loved the southern charm tour! St. Augustine was very interesting and all the stops to Charleston. We were thrilled to spend two nights at Jekyll Island, we would go back again. We climbed to the top of the St. Simon's lighthouse, what a thrill. We loved Savannah, a very unique city. Charleston had so much charm also.Roberta Kempf
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Jekyll Island was wonderful. Definitely enjoyed two nights there.Suzanne Frey
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The time spent at each location/city seemed to be about right. Also the hotels and restaurants that Collette took us to were great.Keith Duren
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I especially enjoyed the time on Jekyll Island. Beautiful and peaceful.
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Mainly our guide, Jane!!!Thomas Forsyth
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Meeting all d people in d tour , staying in a suite in Jekyll island
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Everything you did was top rate. From arrangin the travel to finding grreat hotels and great restaurants.Shirley Cox
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Great tour guide -- very knowledgeable and understanding of each guest.Patricia Nelson
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What my wife said!! Many good memories.Richard Jurrens
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Our most memorable moment was the speech/performance of the black slave at the plantation.Joy Jurrens
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The Savannah hotel was sub-par. The bed linen hadn't been changed, found hair on the shower walls, and no water available during day because of construction. Jekyll Island resort was fantastic , staff was gracious and friendly, and the grounds wonderfully decorated for Christmas.Deloria Miranda
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All trips are as advertised and welcomingKaren Hamm
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The Southern Charm tour was the first American tour I take with you and I really loved Charleston, South Carolina. I really liked our tour guide. She kept us on track, on time and she was kept us entertained and also gave us time on the bus to do our thing if we didn't want to watch the videos. The only glitch was the first night's dinner that was Italian food. We should have eaten Southern!
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Jekyll Island was a place unknown to us. It was our favorite stop.
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All places visited were great. Only criticisms relate to the hotels in Charleston and Savannah, which were really ordinary. Jekyll Island accommodation first-class.Anita Sekely
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The Gullah presentation at Boone plantation was my favorite time.Elizabeth Gliszczynski
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Would ha e liked more touring and less free timeJohn Martino
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See previous page. I would rate it 4.5 out of 5.0
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See previous page for my only complaint.
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The destinations and tour guides were top notch.Lynn Stekas
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Charleston!! Best job of using time and taking group to things that were important to see.Robert Mcmillan
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Boring tour. Poorly plannedDouglas Brinker
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Excellent all the way around. Would go again with (personal details removed by Feefo) in a heart beat, so informative and sweet. Accommodations first class. Keep me informed, I'm ready to go again.Rolf Graves
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I have already said that!!!Douglas Fussell
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ONLY DID THE ONE AND THAT WAS THE CARRIAGE RIDE WHICH WAS A MUST.Margaret Entwistle
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Jekyll Island was beautiful especially at night. I could have seen more of Charleston and Savannah.Barbara Passero
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First dinner that was included had bad food and service. Was told that sometimes this place was bad and sometime good. This restaurant should be replaced on the tour. Keeping a place like this is unfair to your customers. Should not have to pay for it. The Fountain of Youth Park was a waist of time. Very run down and did not enjoy at all. Should have done more walking on the Savannah tour. Could not see much from the tour bus, which didn't navigate the area very well anyway. Wish the brochure was more specific on areas we are touring so when we are on our own we don't check these spaces out first and then see them again. The hotel in Savannah had a terrible breakfast, hot food was cold. The house we toured in Savannah was OK. There are better ones to tour. Over all it was very nice but when you are paying that much you expect a little more. In all honesty the things we arranged on our own during free time and our day we got there early we liked the best.Debra
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Omni Hotel Jacksonville...the best accommodation. Wish the day events could begin a bit later to allow a more leisurely breakfast. Would have liked more time during the lunch break to do more town/shops browsing. Felt "rushed"; tour manager wanted us to see as much as possible n use this trip only as an introduction to go back to see the cities again at a more leisurely pace n at another time. Totally understand this logic.Jacqueline
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We had an amazing tour guide who was very personable, quickly learned everyone's names and did everything she could possibly do to make our trip informative, entertaining and memorable! I enjoyed all the destinations as we had been planning for this tour for two years to celebrate our monumental 60th birthdays and we were not disappointed! Jekyll island was a great starting point as it was relaxing and so historically fascinating! I specifically enjoyed the info about the "squares" in Savannah, the tour of the Citadel and my personal reason for the trip, touring the Juliette Lowe home as my friends and I grew up together as Girl Scouts. When our tour stopped for a second for all the Girl Scouts and Girl Guides to take a group picture on the back steps, my dream was achieved-there were nearly 20 of us! I also truly enjoyed getting to tour the Boone Hall plantation and see the slave quarters there. Overall, we had a great trip and appreciated the additional info we gained from our "guest tour guides" and enjoyed the food, companionship and other tour participants- we even set up a Facebook page to share pictures and keep in contact. Our Southern Charm tour was a great way to celebrate turning 60!Lane
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There are too many to mention- each stop had its own flavor and areas of interest!Nancy
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Great tour. The hotel in Savannah won it "on points," although the Georgia Islands were a special experience.William Bandes
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The entire tour showed us places unique to the Low Country with a background on the history and culture. The highlights were the Boone Plantation near Charleston, especially the Gullah Geechee presentation, and the city of Savannah.
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Meeting so many lovely people.Marjorie
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I have taken five trips with Tauck and will continue to do so.. the dinners were poor, the choice of places to dine poor, but you get what you pay for. The hotel in Savannah was horrible, too bad they are extending this portion of the tour.Irene
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The extra meal that we paid $75,00 each was not worth it. Should have been about $35.00 each. The experience at Jekyll Island for 2 days was beautiful but it was like being on a deserted island with no stores or places to eat.
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We expected the tour to focus on the antebellum south, both the good and the bad, but only saw a slight exposure at the plantation. Although the tour was not at fault, we found the food in Charleston consistently overcooked and unpleasant. Further the two night stay was too long and should instead be reduced in favor of Savannah, which we loved. Similarly the time at Jekyll Island was excessive for what it offered. We would have enjoyed a night in Beauford instead. Consider this as from my husband Bob as well.Caroline
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We would have reduced the time spent in Jekyl sland and spent more time in Savannah. We enjoyed the time spent in Beaufort and the buggy ride. All the guides were good and knowledgeable. Wanda was especially accommodating, friendly and knowledgeable.Sheila
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I really enjoyed the carriage ride in Beaufort and I LOVE all of Jekyll Island!Debra
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Could have used a few more options while in the cities of Savannah and Charleston. Could have used an extra day in Savannah for sure, and a night in St. Augustine. Was disappointed that there was no welcome dinner on the first night. So the tour was actually 5 days, not seven. Front and end days were used for travel.
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I was especially pleased with the included meals and the variety of options available to us. In addition, all of the hotels were centrally located within easy walking distance of many interesting places. I was not particularly happy with our tour manager. I asked her for directions to a specific drugstore near the hotel (I had to pick up a script my doctor had called in for me). I was told it was a couple blocks and she pointed in a direction and said I couldn't miss it and walked away. After walking (at night in the dark) four large blocks, I asked a passerby who gave me very specific directions and then walked there with me. It was not even on the street, the tour manager set me out on. In addition, there was NO VISIBLE SIGN identifying the drugstore on the outside (probably a Charleston zoningCarol
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Tour not up to what I expect and have experienced with your company. Seeing things that were not necessary. Just seemed to not have that good feel to it.If I have to pick something. I would pick the plantation. Jekyll island needs only 1 night there. Nothing to do there.
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Last night, Omni Hotel. Clean comfortable. Finally, a hotel with a working tub..... Southern Charm, a trip that needs to be dropped from your offerings.Elana
