Maximum 11 months in advance booking

Due to the ever changing landscape of tourism, especially with hotels seemingly finding the limit on just how much guests are willing to pay, I have to make a change to my usual practice and effective now, June of 2023, I will only write contracts and guarantee pricing 11 months maximum prior to your arrival […]

New limits on group size effective immediately

For all tours booked for the future, the limit on group size is: For continental Europe: 6 For the UK and Ireland: 7 This helps me to contain all tours to those with me at the wheel 100% of the time without need for an extra driver. In the past I have done tours for […]

Travel Tips, Packing Recommendations, Rules of the Road

TRAVEL TIPS TOP EIGHT European Focus, Inc. European Focus Private Tours Established in 1989 Passport Control Please make a copy of your passport and keep it in a safe place. This is very important in case you should lose your passport or leave it behind in a hotel. It also works to take a close […]

Changes coming in 2025

This is a post aimed mainly at those who have never had the pleasure of taking a trip with European Focus. Starting on October 15, 2024 for the 2025 and beyond seasons I will be giving first booking and date selection preference to those who have traveled with me previously. This booking preference “window” will […]

Better festivals in Germany than the Munich Oktoberfest Mania

Yes, I have taken clients to Oktoberfest in the past and I expect to do the same in the future. But for those who really want a true locals’ experience there are far better ways to drink large amounts of German beer and eat typical food. That’s me in 2017 at the Oktoberfest when we […]

Switzerland opens to US Tourists

As of June 28, 2021 tourists from the US will be allowed to enjoy Switzerland’s amazing scenery, food and history as long as they can show proof of vaccination. With France already open as of middle June, this adds more options to the US traveler. Let us hope that Germany announces the same easing soon!