CHA Educational ToursReviews of cha-tours.com

Very disappointed in how CHA has handled flight difficulties at the end of our trip. We are currently stranded in an airport in New York unable to fly home and CHA has told us that we are no longer their problem. 20 teenagers and parents left in a state hours from home attempting to get a flight in which we all fit, no transportation, no sleeping accommodations, no help. I DO NOT recommend traveling with CHA if you don't want to have to solve connecting flight issues alone.

This last summer I took a group of students on the Italy/Greece trip offered by CHA. The trip was incredible! CHA did an outstanding job of putting together another memorable trip for us (I have been traveling with CHA since 2000). Our tour coordinator, Irena, was incredibly helpful and attentive - she is the BEST. CHA also worked with us in accommodating some special requests for our group and they went above and beyond to make our trip work for us. Also, our overseas tour Directors (we had one in Italy and another in Greece) were extremely knowledgeable and expert in their care of our group - we were in good hands the whole time. The hotels were always centrally located and way beyond what I would expect for student educational tours. The hotel restaurants and the independent restaurants served us delicious local cuisine; in addition, we were EXTREMELY impressed with the cruise ship that CHA booked us on for our Greek Island cruise - FIVE STARS CHA!! - Thank you! -Doug Gibson, Franklin High School, Elk Grove, CA

Anyone who is considering over seas travel with students, owes it to themselves and their students and families to take a long look at CHA. This was my 9th tour with CHA and each one has been better than the previous. Their attention to detail, inclusions, on tour management and so much more consistently exceed expectations. Whether standard, custom, or a mix, CHA tours are well organized and expertly executed.

Thursday, August 23, 2018 Dear traveler, It has been said better late than never. Yes, my review of my 2017 Italy and Spain trip is way, way, way late. However, when I returned from my trip with CHA last August, my college classes began. And, as an English teacher, I always have a seemingly endless flow of papers, so I kept reminding myself that this review had to be done. Still, it got pushed back and back and back until it's a year later. Moving right along, I have been a Group Leader on three (3) CHA-arranged tours now. My first trip was in 2002 (France and England), the next trip was in 2015 (France and England), and the last trip was in 2017, as I have said, to Italy and Spain. I am now arranging another CHA trip back to France and England in August 2019, making a total of four trips with the same company over a period of 17 years. And, I am hoping for another Italy and Spain trip in 2021 or 2022. What more can I say? I thoroughly enjoyed my trips with CHA, particularly the tour directors for 2002 and 2015. Paul Evans Baltimore

I've used CHA as my travel company for our university travel course to Italy twelve times since 1995. Every single trip has been excellent! I've modified each tour and CHA has accommodated my every request.The travel agents in Philadelphia have all been excellent over the years. We have had excellent hotels and locations. Ours tours were as described and when requested went above and beyond my expectations. The local guides and the CHA guides have all been the best there could be.

We have traveled with CHA Tours since 1986, and every excursion has been an incredible journey. From start to finish, the experience is truly one of a kind. Our counselor, Irena Prus, is absolutely amazing. She is so knowledgeable and professional at all times. Her expertize helps us plan every trip to perfection. We often travel to different countries, but we always try to request a tour director we've had before. They go out of the way to make sure our trip is special. The local guides in the bigger cities have so much experience and share their personal and historical knowledge. I cannot imagine ever traveling with any other company--CHA really is like family to me and to John Marshall High School!

The amount of care that CHA (Irena in particular) gave to our group was unbelievable. They planned and made sure I knew exactly what to do for this trip.

Final payment date was February 28, 2018 and students are paid in full. We requested a departure date for June 19, 2018 and yes, we are a small group, but as of March 27th, we are still waiting, waiting, waiting for actual departure date. We also still do not know which tour we will end up on. We all have plans and arrangements to make and cannot put our lives on hold forever.