Holland &
the Dutch Masters

Your coach, both drivers, the ferry crossings, and the roads on the other side, really were all excellent. The Club lounge on the ferry was a star feature! We 'bad travellers' were nicely surprised and appreciate your organisation of all that (although you probably didn't have a hand in the roads). There is a lot to said for using one vehicle from door to door when it is as comfortable, and as well and safely driven is this was. The latter had been a concern of mine: I'm critical but couldn't fault Dave (nor the local short term driver). Everybody enjoyed the choice of the excellent hotel and its location, and our tour manager was kind, courteous, very conscientious and good company. We enjoyed all the itinerary, and the little known Panorama Mesdag (and its brilliant guide) was rated favourite venue by many, while the Amsterdam boat ride was disappointing, but we're glad to have done it. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour and you made it very easy for us. It had also been very easy and pleasant dealing with you and your team to set up the tour.

RG, Ascot May 2024

I just wanted to thank you again and your excellent staff who organised our tour to Holland. This was the fourth tour you have organised for me and it was definitely the best. I have had numerous cards and emails from members expressing their thanks and wanting to know where the next tour will be! Our tour manager was in his usual good form and he and I work well as a team. Our driver was excellent, friendly and flexible. Thank you again for all your help.

MP, Northwood June 2019

Having travelled with this group on many of your trips, I thought I would just like to write and say how much my husband and myself enjoyed our recent trip to the Netherlands. The itinerary was varied and interesting, but the trip was made extra special by our tour manager Paul. He made everything, even any mishaps enjoyable, with his great sense of humour and his numerous anecdotes. We look forward to future trips and hope that Paul will again be our anchor man.

LT, Leatherhead September 2016

I know we spoke earlier today but I felt I must write and thank Tailored Travel for arranging yet another wonderful 5 day extended visit. The content was very well balanced and the guides well informed. The hotel was comfortable and ideally situated. Our tour manager, Terence, was charming and his history of art and of the Netherlands made the tour exceptional and our members were full of praise. He went out of his way to add that little extra which makes a tour memorable. This was my last extended visit for our Society and without exception every tour arranged by Tailored Travel has been of the highest quality. Yourself, Damian and all your staff I have spoken to over the years have been very helpful and knowledgeable and have given me the confidence needed to undertake these tours. Please pass on my thanks to everyone concerned. I started with a successful visit to Madrid and finished with another successful visit to The Hague; what could be more satisfying. Thank you Michael and all your team.

RW, Witham May 2016

Just a note to say we arrived home safely last night after a great tour. The venues were good, the hotel fine, and the restaurant on the second night really good (they treated us like real diners not just a group, and 18 of us went back on our ‘free night’). Ludo our tour manager was very efficient and popular, and coped when one of our party forgot her passport, and our driver Mark was a star, and pleased to say they worked well together and got on. Happy to have either/both on future tours. So thanks so much for the organisation, and now looking forward to next year.

CC, King’s Lynn October 2015

I wanted to contact you direct following our return from Holland on Friday to report back and thank you personally for all your help and support. We had a very successful and happy visit to Holland and I have received many cards/emails and phone calls from members of our group saying how much they enjoyed everything. One of the visits which gave the most enjoyment was to the Panorama Mesdag which had a total wow factor and really caught the imagination of the whole group. Naturally all our visits won warm praise and approval and left everyone with a great feel-good feeling. We found the local people extremely helpful and polite, the restaurants of all ranges good value for money and convenient to our hotel. Food outlets at all places we visited were excellent and well organised. As for the Museum shops, wow ……..! Ludo was a wonderful Tour Manager and Tony not only a lovely personality but was a safe and careful driver. Several members of our group have asked me to thank both Ludo and Tony again for all they did for us and it goes without saying I wholeheartedly endorse this. Renewed thanks to you and all at Tailored Travel for helping us to arrange and enjoy such a successful and interesting tour.

SB, Haslemere October 2015

I would like to say how much I enjoyed the trip to the Netherlands. I would especially like to thank the tour manager. He made the trip both interesting and fun and worked tirelessly to ensure everything ran smoothly. I would also like to thank the driver who also was excellent.

JS, East Horsley September 2015

We have returned from Holland and I am writing to thank you for all your hard work. The holiday was excellent, everything was well planned and we had a very good time. The hotel was comfortable and the itinerary nicely varied with time to look around the various museums etc. Both Ludo and Tony were professional and friendly. I was impressed with Ludo’s efficiency and organisational skills, he was helpful and made every effort to make sure that our group were happy and had the opportunity to visit the places they wanted on our free afternoon in Amsterdam. So, a successful trip, with members asking what we were going to do next, always a good sign.

CK, Potters Bar July 2015

Arrived home all in one piece although a bit shattered! The weather was wonderful; there were even some comments that it was too hot on the second day!! Our Tour Guide, Ludo, was really good and our driver, Ian, drove us faultlessly in a very comfortable coach with lots of leg-room. The hotel was in a lovely area sort of Chelsea/South Kensington and very comfortable. The dinner on the first evening surprised me and I think was very well received by the group. The overnight ferry crossing was a pleasant surprise to most of us. Our itinerary was varied and we visited a lot of very beautiful and very interesting places. Holland is really spotlessly clean everywhere and the standard of all the cafes and restaurants at all the venues we came to was very high. It wasn't all culture as Margaret's suggestion of a visit to Leiden was really like being on holiday and we managed to get a 50 minute ride on the canal system before lunch and saw the beautiful city from a different view before finishing the day at the Frans Hals museum in Haarlem. I don't think any of us need see another work of art for a few weeks!!! But we have all brought back some exciting memories of Holland.

DC, Aldeburgh June 2015

Just a short note to say that everybody enjoyed the Amsterdam holiday. The hotel was fine and located close to lots of restaurants. Our guide Marga was very helpful and even added some extra items like a visit to a Dutch cheese factory, a diamond museum and a visit to Delft to see how they make their famous porcelain. As usual the organisation of the holiday was impeccable so thanks to all the team at Tailored Travel.

TC, Italy May 2015

It was an excellent tour, helped by brilliant weather, our superb Guide Tom Abbott, the excellent driver Robbie and the Whispers. These made a huge difference as Tom was able to keep in touch with us as he led us through the streets, or inside the museums. Some of the Dutch guides had never used them but they all appreciated them as they were able to talk quietly but we could all hear them. I would definitely recommend using them again. Thank you Louise for all your help and patience with me over the past few weeks as the final arrangements were made. I do appreciate your help and I realise that we are one of many Tours you are trying to finalise at the same time. Enjoy all that you are doing, and again thank you for all your help.

VW, Kingston upon Thames April 2015

We had a very good trip to Holland. As always, we did not have enough time at the various museums but all the guides were very informative. I would just like to say a huge thank you to our tour manager. She was so kind and helpful and informative above and beyond the call of duty. Our driver also deserves a medal for coping with the narrow streets in The Hague and Amsterdam. The hotel was also very convenient and comfortable.

SC, Teddington May 2014

Many thanks once again for organising such a wonderful holiday for us all. It was a really enriching, fun experience, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Lots of wonderful memories to treasure - especially the Kroller-Muller museum - what a find!

PD, Lewes March 2014

Our NADFAS trip to the Netherlands last week was highly enjoyable, largely due to the efficiency, good organisation and friendliness of Tailored Travel. We were very fortunate in having Mark to drive us - always safe and punctual - and Lance, who was a marvellous guide, welcoming, extremely helpful and very informative.

SK, Lewes March 2014

I am writing to thank you for organising such a wonderful trip, the hotel was great but most of all the tour manager and the driver were knowledgeable and courteous. Last year I went with Hove NADFAS to Northumbria with Tailored Travel and it was all so good I jumped at the chance of going with your company again to Holland.

JH, Hove March 2014

Thank you Tailored Travel. This was a wonderful trip. I couldn't fault the organisation, the itinerary (impossible to pick a favourite visit as I enjoyed each one), the comfortable coach, the excellent hotel. Lance and Mark did a marvellous job in looking after us too. I would recommend your company most highly.

SM, Lancing March 2014

A very big thank you for arranging the Den Haag tour for our Art History Group. From beginning to end it went like clockwork. The coach driver, Paul, was very helpful and drove smoothly throughout the trip. His knowledge of Holland proved invaluable and several members of the party asked if he could be our driver for the Paris tour next April. The Park Hotel Den Haag with its central location was a 100% success. Several of the party who had been on eight Society tours previously which had been organised with other tour operators remarked it was the best accommodation they had experienced on the tours. I personally found the hotel staff excellent and they were very helpful at all times to the party. Would you please thank all at Tailored Travel who supported me both with the bookings and the administration that resulted in a stress free and a most enjoyable visit to Holland. Thank you once again for a ‘first class’ service. I look forward to future bookings on behalf of our Society.

DR, Cheltenham October 2013

The tour to Holland was a great success. The itinerary was good, there was some flexibility and free time was appreciated. Everyone thought they were given plenty of information before travel. From my point of view I found your staff to be extremely helpful and I was appreciative of all the information supplied before travelling.

SP, Telford April 2009