Eternal Egypt 12 Days- 5 star with Egyptologist,Flights & Nile Cruise Included

To preface this review, I will let you know I have never used a travel agency in all of our holidays. We are a couple in our early 50s, have travelled quite a bit and are a little on the adventurous side. While attempting to plan our trip to Egypt, it became clear this was above my abilities to make all of the arrangements, especially with very little knowledge of the area. This is not a trip I was comfortable winging it :) Amr was so amazing work with. We had a private tour and he worked very hard to meet all of our wishes and to recommend the best places to visit and stay. We did have a few changes to the itinerary and he was able to make that happen too. While on the trip, Egypt of Americans made sure we had no problems from the first steps in the airport to the last on our trip home. It was actually a little over the top at times ( we are more than capable of navigating an airport) but reassuring none the less. Our guides Gaber and Magdy and our drivers were absolutely amazing. They were so knowledgeable and went out of their was to make us feel comfortable. They even changed our schedule multiple times to accommodate our whims. Do not miss an opportunity to sail ( ride) on the Nile in a Dahabiya!!! The boat was beautiful and the friends we made on the 4 day trip were lovely. I do have a few recommendations and things I would change if we were ever to repeat this trip 1. Have plenty of small ( very small) egyptian pounds with you. Tipping is expected everywhere. I had no idea that we needed egyptian pounds and that we needed so many small amounts. 2. We also needed plenty of cash for tipping all of the people that helped us from Egypt for Americans. There were multiple assistants on our trip that all expected a cash tip. It doesn't add up to much money, but it gets a little exhausting keeping track of whom and how much to tip and to keep enough of the smaller bills ( either US or egyptian) Finding somewhere to break a 20$ bill was impossible. I ended up using an ATM and getting smaller bills 3. We could have done without the stops at the papyrus shop, the carpet school and the Alabaster shop in Luxor. They were interesting but, they all expected us to buy something and it was a very hard sell. Let me say this, we were suckers!! Don't make our mistakes. Be firm and say no.....good luck:)

We just returned from an unbelievable 9-10 day private tour in Egypt & would highly recommend Amr with EGYPT FOR AMERICANS. From the moment we arrived, we were met & efficiently escorted through the Cairo airport & then on to our beautifully located hotel on the Nile River. All details from hotel check-in, to excellent local guides who were all Egyptologists, & to local drivers, were all tended to by local company coordinators. We had nothing to worry about! We were accompanied each leg of the trip by friendly and efficient guides & drivers. The Nile River cruise was beyond description. We visited many local sites that were only pages in history books before the trip. They were brought to life by the enthusiasm of the local guides. Being a small private tour, we were not herded around as a large tour group & everything felt personalized. KC Traveler

Egypt for Americans was the best guided tour I have ever taken. From start to finish the service was PHENOMENAL!! Wish they they traveled more places. I would use them again in a heartbeat