Amazing trip to France Amazing trip to France! I used ACIS to plan a trip to France for a group of students ranging in age from 7th grade to high school seniors. We had a fantastic guide, great meals, centrally-located hotels, knowledgable guides, and exciting activities. It was a phenomenal trip and I will use them again in the future!

Updated review The first couple of days were amazing. Traveling though Paris, having fun with friends, and leaning about a new culture. Unfortunately as the days went on everyone started getting tired and grumpy, including our tour guide. On our last day in Paris, our guide got mad at me for interrupting his information (a simple mistake as he asked us to let him know when to move forward) His response was extremely sharp and left me feeling embarrassed in front of the group, not for the first time. Although I too was growing more and more frustrated, I chose to stay quiet. Throughout the next few days he grew more irritated with our group until we dreaded our time together. Admittedly we're high school girls, experiencing a new culture and have made mistakes. Sometimes we were too loud at the restaurants he took us to, and he would easily correct us or one of the chaperones would. However, on one of the last nights his response was beyond correcting and tipped over into impatient, disrespectful and aggressive (in tone). He not only said we were too loud but singled out individuals as “embarrassing”. The next day he did come back and apologize, but obviously the escalation of his tone though-out the trip has made it hard to enjoy. I appreciate the trip and am very thankful that I get to spend this time in France, but there was so much pressure to be the perfect tourist, that it ruined the trip.

Custom Route with Short Exchange for Language Teachers!!! We did a 2024 Spring Break Tour of Germany, Switzerland, and France and had another great experience with ACIS from start to finish. Beth was very helpful with selecting a popular tour from the catalog and helped my school customize the route to include two days at a school in Germany where we did a language exchange with students learning English. Our tour manager, Sam Harker, was integral to the smooth organization of the trip. Flights, hotels, and meals were as advertised and families were able to use the ACIS website well. Although the tours are expensive, it's so nice to know ACIS does a great job with vendor quality and follows through with teachers to make sure they are pleased with the experiences. One additional note: We were able to apply a student voucher from a cancelled March 2020 trip on our tour! My former student's parents were so relieved to be able to sell that voucher to a current participant to get almost all of their refund processed. I was really impressed ACIS allowed a voucher to be applied to an account so many years later.

Looking to Book Again! Everything about the company and the experience was amazing. Tom (who worked out of the Boston office) worked with me to introduce the trip to parents and answer questions that I didn't know the answers to. He was able to help me with some challenges when students dropped the trip so that everything would still go smoothly. The direct flight to Europe was great and the Tour Manager, Paul, met us right when we landed and stayed with us until we got into the security line. Paul made the trip. His interaction with the students and his knowledge of the area were unparalleled. He offered suggestions for each of the days and made sure each decision was what we were looking for before executing it. Most importantly, when a student lost something of great importance he was able to offer solutions so that a replacement could be found and their trip wasn't ruined. We are already looking to book another trip!

ACIS A+ Experience This is my second time traveling with an ACIS tour group and I can't imagine trying to book all the venues and arranging travel to so many experiences on my own. For people wanting to maximize their experience abroad, I highly recommend the investment in touring abroad with an ACIS guide. There is no way I could have managed this on my own so seamlessly. Worth every penny.