Why Choose Euro Travel Coach
You want to go to Europe, but don’t have time to plan
You’ve traveled before, so you know how much work it is to do research, book arrangements, and make sure all the pieces are in place to get your trip just right. You want your travel throughout Europe to go as smoothly as possible and you want each experience to be fantastic. The pace needs to be right, the activities need to be engaging, the museums should be enriching, and the food: incredible. We estimate that when you plan your own trip to Europe, 40-80 hours of your time will be spent making travel arrangements. With Euro Travel Coach’s travel planning services, you can let us take care of it for you! We want to make your trip everything that you want it to be… and more!
You want an expert to handle the details
You need a helping hand who knows the ins and outs of European destinations and will recommend where to go, what to see, what to eat, and where to stay. Greg and Betsy actively travel throughout Europe most of the year, and have been planning trips for individuals and groups for over 25 years. Chelsea lived in Europe for three years as an expatriate, and has traveled regularly throughout the continent and the UK. We don’t just know Europe, we are passionate about European travel. We know the best restaurants and wineries, the most interesting museums and experiences, and the various cultural nuances. Our team can help you easily overcome the challenges of European travel by sharing our expertise with you. We understand and listen to your specific needs and desires for your vacation, and we are here to take care of the details so you can relax and fully enjoy your trip to Europe.
You want a TRAVEl advisor who has YOUR best interests in mind
When we work with our clients to create a custom itinerary, we are not making our recommendations based on our ability to earn a commission. This is different from travel agents who need to earn a profit on each booking. Euro Travel Coach is a team of destination experts who charge a fee for our services, and nothing more. We believe this helps us do a better job creating a custom travel agenda that is specific to you and your travel companions. We look for the perfect lodging, restaurants, transportation, and activities for each client based on individual needs and interests — not based on our ability to earn a commission. We have your best interest in mind.
You want a balanced itinerary
You don’t want your vacation to be stressful. You want balance in your schedule so you can see and experience as much as possible, while traveling at a pace that allows you to truly soak it all in. When we first started traveling in Europe, we made the mistake of trying to fit so much into each day that we weren’t able to really focus on and appreciate each unique place we visited. Now we know how to create a perfectly balanced itinerary so that you can see everything you’d like to see, and have time to enjoy it. No more “needing a vacation from your vacation” when you return home!
You want to see, hear, smell, taste, learn, and do
Do you dream of spending quality time gazing at Michelangelo’s David in the Accademia in Florence, Italy? Or, maybe you want to listen to the voices of passionate food vendors in a market in Provence; taste the butteriest, flakiest croissant, fresh from a boulangerie in Paris; experience mind-blowing Rieslings on an escorted wine tour of the Mosel valley; dine at a 3-Michelin Star restaurant in Copenhagen, cruise on a fjord in Norway; visit the Tower of London and learn about William the Conqueror and Henry VIII (and his six wives!); breathe in the fresh seaside air as you hike along the Cliffs of Moher; enjoy a ruin bar crawl in Budapest; or go canyoning in the Azores. We can make all of it happen… and so much more!
You don’t want to be crushed with information
We get it! There is so much information available to us these days. We have the world at our fingertips, but it can be completely overwhelming to sift through the resources and try to choose the very best locations, accommodations, restaurants, activities, and transportation. Information overload is real. Let Euro Travel Coach sort through all the options and do the research for you. Use our European travel planning services to create an itinerary that allows you to focus on things that will be memorable for you and the people you are traveling with.
You want the process to be simple
When you use our European travel planning services, the Euro Travel Coach (ETC) team makes the planning process simple: we ask you questions about your travel style and your hopes and dreams for your trip, and then we take care of it. You receive a detailed itinerary for each day of travel — including all the important contact information you need — which can be accessed through the Axus travel app on your phone and/or printed prior to travel. You’ll have all of the details of your trip right at your fingertips. (We use the Axus travel app when we make our own European trip plans, too!) Then while you’re traveling, you can focus on making memories, rather than worrying about all the logistics. We check (and double-check) your reservations and plans to ensure that there are no hiccups during your time abroad.
WE CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT - THE ETC Commitment to Climate Initiatives
We believe that travel is transformative. By immersing ourselves in new cultures, we are better able to understand how other people live, and that can positively impact how we think about and contribute to our world. But we recognize that flights to Europe emit harmful carbons that negatively impact climate change.
We don’t believe that staying at home is the right response.
Instead, we have decided to contribute to an organization that supports climate initiatives in developing countries and advocates in the US. This is where the need and the potential for change are high.
At the expense of our own profit, we have imposed a sort of tariff on ourselves. We have made a $2000 donation to Bread for the World, an organization that urges decision makers to end hunger both at home and abroad. This is approximately $30 for each one of our clients who traveled (or will travel) on one of our itineraries this year.
Climate change is a major cause of world hunger. Our donation will contribute to Bread for the World’s efforts to raise awareness of how climate change causes more people to go hungry and makes the world less stable. We trust this investment will help those experiencing hunger, and build pathways out of poverty for those around the world who need it most.
Would you like to see what a written itinerary looks like? You can view a sample itinerary here.
Euro Travel Coach will put you in the right place at the right time, so you can create memories to treasure and share for a lifetime.
