Testimonies
Dear Catherine:
Thank you for your excellent services. You are the best!
Please feel free to use us as a reference.
Joe and Magaret - Oct. 2007
The same client to the travel agent :
Dear Julia:
Catherine was the best personal tour guide we have ever used.
During our 2 weeks in France, there was no comparison to depth of knowledge and communication skills in guiding our tour.
In addition to the tour, Catherine was to drop us at our river cruise vessel. But no ship! A cruise line representative finally met us and Catherine stayed to ensure that we were in good hands. What a caring person!
Sincerely yours,
Joseph and Margaret - Oct. 2007
Dear Catherine,
just a short note to thank you for a wonderful day touring the Luberon mountain area of the Provence. All of us enjoyed spending the day with you and learning about the history of the area. In the meantime, Arntrud and I returned home safely.
Again, we had a great time!
All the Best
Horst - August 2007
Dear Catherine, I just wanted to tell you what a wonderful time we had with you. You definitely know the beautiful places and interesting facts. The Provence area is high on my lists of places to experience. Thank you again for everything.
Take care,
Rebecca and Shannon - July 2007
Hello Catherine,
I have been remiss in sending you a thank you note. We had such a wonderful time with you, we think of you fondly and remember you often. Hope all is well with you. We took hundreds of pictures, here are few I thought you’d enjoy.
Best,
Tina - June 2007
It's been almost 2 weeks since we arrived home from our wonderful cruise. It's taken almost this long to recover from it - all the laundry, paying bills, getting over the jet lag, etc. But it was SO worth it!!!
I wanted to thank you for the incredible day you gave us in the Luberon area. It was so beautiful & the towns so much fun to walk around in. I'll never forget catching that first sight of Gordes!!! We truly appreciated the background information you provided us with, and your warmth & sense of humor. I've gone onto Cruise Critic and recommended you as a terrific guide.
Thanks again, and my best wishes to you and your family.
Lainie - April 2007
Dear Catherine,
Just wanted to thank you again for your wonderful company and excellent service while we were in Aix. We had a marvelous time in Paris but we missed Aix very much. I will be sure to post a trip review about you and your service online for everyone to see!
Also, thank you for the recommendation of Madame Ducros..the apartment was perfect for us.
Daniel has your card if he needs anything. I appreciate all you did to make our family trip of a lifetime so spectacular.
Please visit us in New York sometime.
Thanks again,
Karen - April 2007
Catherine;
I wanted to let you know that Louise and I returned home this evening. We really enjoyed the TGV train trip as well as Paris. Also, we both wanted to thank you for your wonderful efforts in showing us the Provence area. You did this in such a thorough and enjoyable way, that we were very sorry to have to leave. You made our vacation a memorable event.
Best wishes to you and your family;
George and Louise - April 2007
Dear Catherine,
We just returned home and want to thank you again for a wonderful day. It was a general concensus in our group that your tour was one of the best and I will be sure to recommend you in Cruise Critic.
Au revoir et merci.
Gloria - 0ct 2006
Dear Catherine,
A belated, big thank-you for the time we spent with you in October. Our two days of touring were just wonderful. We loved travelling around Provence. The Luberon tour with all six villages that we visited was a delight and lived up to all that I had imagined. I do have to say that I think Rousillon was my favourite but it would be an awful shame to have missed out on any of them, they are all so different and delightful, each having its own claim to fame.
Our other tour to St Remy and Le Baux was also a delight. Loved the Cezanne exhibition. The Pont du Gard was also awe inspiring, although I was equally entranced with the Pont Julien. Those Romans sure could build, imagine still fulfilling the purpose for which they were built so many centuries down the track.
We did enjoy your wealth of knowledge and all the bits of information and history that you were able to add as we travelled around.
We will certainly recommend your service to anyone who needs a guide in Provence. We realise that it would not have been possible to see all that we did if we had relied on local transport and set tours.
It was lovely meeting you and we will look you up if we are ever in Provence again.
Not really likely, but then again .......my husband was very impressed with the photo's that I took. Thank you once again.
Kind regards,
Lorraine and Glenys - Oct. 2006
Catherine Julia and I are sure that the two days we spent with you were the high points of our 30 day trip. It is so wonderful to have you as our guide. We hope to return to Europe next year. Will give you advance notice so we can make sure you can take us around. We have a small package we wish to send to you by mail. We need your proper mailing address to send a package. As soon as I get the mailing address I will start the package your way. I have no idea how long it takes for mailed items to get to France from the USA. I will let you know by email whenever the package leaves Knoxville. As ever george.
October 2006
Dear Catherine,
Just wanted to tell you again how much we enjoyed the day with you and as I mentioned again I love Provence and you only made it more enjoyable. I hope we can meet again sometime. And I wish you the best to you and your family. If you ever decide to come to america just know there is an open door in Iowa for you and your family at anytime.
We arrived home and it has been hard to get back to normal. The jet lag is hard sometimes. When ever you get information of the homes and villas just let me know.
Again thanks for everything.
Best to you,
Kitty - Sept. 2006
Catherine,
I wanted to thank you again for our wonderful day in Provence. Steve and I
agreed that you were the best guide that we had on the entire trip. I would
love to return to explore the region more.
Amicalement,
Barbara - July 2006
Thanks to everyone for making our cruise wonderful. I included your names in my review. You each were superb.
Thanks again,
Donna Wall - June 2005
Dear Catherine,
We had a wonderful time on our vacation and a big part of it was due to your helpfulness and knowledgeable guidance.
This fall we are going on another cruise. Because of the positive
experience we had with you we are, again, hiring private guides. This cruise will be
leaving from Athens and ending in Rome. We can only hope to have as
pleasurable a time with them as we did you.
Thank you very much.
Phyllis from Oklahoma, USA May 2005
Dear Catherine,
We miss your incredible knowledge and abundant good spirit.
What a treat you gave us. You made Provence live !
Nino and Charles
July 2005
Just want to thank you for a wonderful day. We saw and learned so much more than if we would have toured on our own or gone with one of the ship's tours. I will gladly pass along your name to anyone who is looking for a tour guide in your area. All of our wine made it home safely. I am now going to look for a picture of Cezanne's with that mountain in the background so I can say....we were there! Thanks again for a great time.
Melanie - October 2007