Excellent trip - a little of everything. We've used Gate1 for land tours - this was our first river cruise - and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Staff was great, including the highly touted executive chef. Very good selection of gourmet dishes, including presentation. Could use a few more gluten-free items for those who are intolerant.

The guide was very helpful and a happy person. Expect stops in small charming towns. Normandy and Giverney were highlights

Outstanding service

This was the first time I went on a river cruise. it was fabulous! I loved Gate 1, they were so professional and the room accomodations were excellent. food also very good and the tour guides were very experienced.

The staff on this river cruise were amazing so very accommodating. The cruise director was able to handle an issue with my departure time( many phone calls later) and all went as scheduled.

The water level was not high enough to sail so we had tp complete the last few days via land travel. Gate 1 went out of their way to make the experience comfortable.

The tour director for the Amsterdam and Brugge part of this tour was wonderful: friendly, knowledgable, organized. The entire staff of the Monarch Countess, on the France portion of this tour was outstanding.

My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our trip with Affordable Tours/Gate 1. Having a direct flight as opposed to one stop over would have been welcomed as we arrived at Warsaw thoroughly exhausted. Also I would have welcomed the tours starting a little later in the morning. Overall the food, staff and accommodations were great.

The trip was beyond expectations. This is the 2nd time we have used Gate 1 as our tour operator and we will continue to use them in future trips……very memorable experiences on both occasions.

The river cruise was superb. I can't think of anything to suggest improvements because everything and everybody was wonderful.

Great price with friendly staff and luscious food. All the tour guides were very knowledgeable on the areas we visited

The tour exceeded our expectations.

The cruise was great and so were all the staff, friendly and helpful. . Accommodations were very nice throughout. Food was delicious. Terrible weather (not just drizzle, but heavy downpour the entire time) ruined a couple of our optional excursions. Of course this is no one’s fault, but it is a caution for operator when determining pricing that it can turn out to be an awful day for which people have paid a lot of money, and they are told they should pay ahead. There should be plenty of good sized strong umbrellas for all who have paid for the excursion. (Little travel umbrellas are too small). The excursions when weather was nice were very informative and enjoyable and the guides were wonderful. Tour director was excellent, as was the activities director.

The staff on the Monarch Baroness was exceptionally pleasant and service-oriented. The cruise director had everything on and off the boat extremely well organized.

Was pleasantly surprised. Probably one of my best river cruises. The staff was amazing.