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Brand: Shearings
Paris and Versailles were amazing. The town we stayed in was lovely. Hotel was a let down. We paid for Bed & Breakfast and only got the bed! Food only delivered once in time for coach leaving for the days out and we just grabbed a croissant/pastry on the way out! This has happened before at this hotel and yet Shearings still use them!?
Myself and a friend went on the Paris Weekend trip and had an amazing time. The whole experience was brilliant from start to end,everything is arranged for you if you take up the excursions and if you want to spend your own time in Paris that's fine too no pressure to stay with the coach party. Would thoroughly recommend , not the first trip with shearings and definitely not the last!
Breakfast for the three mornings at the hotel were not supplied. First morning no bread croissants. Second morning no breakfast at all as another coach party were told to have breakfast half hour before our party, therefore, no food, no coffee, no tea and no seating available. It gets worse - third morning no breakfast, no coffee and no tea before departing on long journey home. No coffee or tea making facilities on coach. This break was to celebrate my daughter’s birthday but experience very, very disappointing and would not recommend.
Great tour,great driver had a great time.just booked a 5 day christmas trip to Germany at the end of November.
Lovely weekend trip to Paris. Took a long time to get to the ferry because of all the pick up stops and comfort breaks, not so many on the return trip. Make sure your luggage is waterproof, ours was left out in a downpour of rain for about an hour and when we opened them in the hotel all our clothes were wet!
Holiday failed to deliver itinerary as advertised. Only one driver. Bar/grill was closed at Novotel throughout our stay. Did not get the ‘Paris by Night’ tour as advertised for the Saturday night. We were driven from our hotel to the restaurant and then back to our hotel after the meal. No night tour - which we had all paid for as per the itinerary, which clearly stated ‘Paris by Night’ tour, including 3 course meal with wine. The driver had to use a map on his mobile phone to locate the restaurant - so he clearly did not know where it was. No night tour and definitely no commentary. In fact it was still light when we were returned to our hotel. Very disappointing and not what we would expect from Shearings.
Pickpoints on the outskirts of towns closer to the travel route could save 2 hours on the journey to Dover .
Good Accomodation good value,driver lacking in people skills
Our driver dave
My group was at our pickup point 3, since after 06:00 for a 08:30 leaving time. We deliberately went early to avoid rush hour traffic and almost got left because the taxi driver passed us back and forth twice and went around to other groups asking for us. I watched him pass us twice, then I went to him and asked ' Who are you looking for?'. He said my name and I asked him why he passed us twice and never asked us. Were we invisible? Shearings needs to let all taxis know that anyone is a possible passenger and they should not discriminate. That was a very bad start to our holiday. The tour was very good but the hotel has steps to the front entrance and no porters were available. Both drivers were very helpful and patient. Needed at least a ramp to the entrance. There were no tea and coffee making facilities in the rooms either.
Very well organised from start to finish. Great drivers, good friendly hotel. My first holiday alone and being apprehensive wasn't sure what to expect, I absolutely had a great time.
The drivers Mick and Jason went above and beyond to make this holiday good for everyone, I would definitely go on another holiday with Shearings thank you.
Very good value. Excellent coach drivers.
PARIS WEEKEND. Would avoid booking this trip with Shearings at all cost. The entire trip was with a small unheard of Company and nothing to do with the usually excellent Shearings at all. However the trip itself was good value for money but the optional add ons, especially the "Paris by night" excursion were expensive and not value for money, the aforementioned Paris by Night, consisted of a terrible evening meal in a very run down eaterie and no views of Paris by night at all as it was all done in daylight!! There was not enough time to explore Paris on the first day as we were picked back up up at 3.15! The optional extra trip to Versailles garden was very good but if you didn't do it you had to return to Paris the next day under your own steam and considering we were staying over 1 hour away (by Coach) was not an option fit for everyone. The Hotel was very good with an excellent Breakfast and the pretty town of Reuil was lovely. With regards to the journey, there was far too much messing about changing taxis and coaches 3 times, and overly long stays at the changeover stop. Having travelled abroad with Shearings several times, I was very dissapointed by this trip and will think twice before booking with them again.
A good holiday but poor hotel. Good information from the coach drivers so pleased with that. I felt that a 4 day break was too short after this experience. Next time all being well will go for a longer stay.
The hotel was nice but out of the way. Although no restaurant or bar open over the weekend. The coach driver and assistant were excellent.
Very poor organisation because u had no idea that the SUN was still in the sky at 10.00pm so no paris by night:::the hotel bar and kitchen closed on the wkd
Travelling far to long. Should have used the euro tunnel. The hotel had no food available. No air conditioning. Your twin room was a double and soft bed. The paris by night was at 5.00pm. With no vegetarian option for the meal that was included. The bar in the hotel didn't open over the weekend nearby restaurants and bars were closed too. Being on the outskirts of paris. Had to pay 45 euros by taxi to get into the centre. Wouldn't recommend this trip.
Great coach drivers, long journey but very easy and straight forward. Great to catch up on your rest! Rueil Malmasion was an extra bonus and Paris was fabulous. Hotel was nice, breakfast lovely.
Journey took 16 hours. Hotel had no food service available. The nearby restaurant were closed, except a pizza one. That didn't seem to understand vegetarian. Breakfast was good. But the staff were unhelpful. The hotel was clean.
