ou don't have to take our word for it! With the positive comments we regularly receive from Group Leaders, Students and Tour Participants, we feel like we couldn't say it better ourselves. Read on to find what those who have experienced the quality of a Casterbridge Tour have to say about their trips and our company. We encourage you to check in with our Recent Returns periodically as happy travellers continue to come home throughout the year.

Please read on below for comments from two different perspectives (the Group Leader and a parent) about one of the many highly successful tours to have recently returned from a Casterbridge Tour.

From the Group Leader:

Dear Casterbridge Staff:
I wanted to write a note of thanks to you for making our tour such a success. Mike Smith, our guide, was wonderful and I hope will be able to have him guide for us again. I am already talking about another tour next year and many of the students are excited and want to go. The students really enjoyed and were moved by going to the battlefields, walking through bunkers, cemeteries and finally Dachau. Every student took something different away with them from the tour and started to gain a greater world view. I think it was a good wake up call for them as they lead a fairly sheltered existence in school.

I also want to thank Sue and the others who had great patience with one who never organized an "expedition" like this. Next year should prove to be even smoother sailing for all.

Please tell Mike Smith "Thank You" from the parents and students. He was a personable, organized and knowledgeable guide. He took much of the pressure off me, which helped me enjoy our tour...

Kindest regards,

Tom Geagan


From a parent:

I would like to take this opportunity to formally thank you for planning such an educational and successful trip for the students of our school. My son is so happy and so thankful for having had the opportunity to go on the tour, and we are very happy to hear of all the wonderful sights and the nice time he had. He has been saying so much about the trip that all of us are dumbfounded and overwhelmed with excitement about this educational experience he has had. Thanks a lot for providing them with an experience that I know they'll never forget...