21 Apr 2025
We just returned from Easter break in London and Paris. We used a private tour guide 3 days and it was fabulous (for the 4 of us, kids age 10 & 12, husband and I). Gio was fabulous customizing our days. I love private tours and have found that they make our trips so much more enjoyable and we learn and see so much more. I love to wander some, but I also want to see the highlights. If you figure the cost of flights, hotels, and frustration and time lost trying to find your way around in an unfamiliar place, it is 1000% worth it to me. Also kept my kids engaged and doesn’t cost much more than 4 people on Viator tours. He customized 1) Stonehenge, Windsor Castle, and a stop in Richmond (so I could see Ted Lasso area and store), 2) walking tour of London including Tower of London, St Paul Cathedral, Churchill War rooms, 3) Paris walking tour including Notre Dame, Louvre, Montmartre. For anyone who’s been there, London and Paris have so much to see so you really have to pick and choose your priorities. I think with a tour guide we easily see 1.5-2x what we would on our own. Also no worries about booking tickets at a particular time and you weave through the crowds because the local you are with knows where they are going!! Also tips like, “go to the right on the moving walkway in the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London so you can see the huge diamond and look for the Sword of State among the 10 other swords- it’s the most important piece”. Just my two cents. ????????❤️????????❤️