After pick up from your London or Heathrow hotel, we will make our way to Windsor Castle, where over 900 years of royal history await you. Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest continuously occupied castle in the world and an official residence of our present King, Charles III. Here, you will have a chance to visit the lavish state apartments, the Grand Reception Room and the Royal Chapel of St George, which serves as the resting place of many of our Kings and Queens, and also provided the setting for the 2018 royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. After our visit to Windsor Castle, we begin the journey to Southampton, a journey of approximately 75-100 minutes. When we arrive in Southampton, you will walk straight to the check in desk. Porters will take care of your luggage, ensuring it is delivered to your cabin. Please make sure you use the luggage label in your cruise pack to facilitate this. We plan to drop you at your cruise terminal between 1:30pm – 2:00pm.
Unfortunately, I did not catch the driver's name. He was on time for pickup. We arrived at Windsor Castle before it opened. We had enough time to tour, get back to van and then get to ship. We arrived 15 minutes before our scheduled check in time. All in all, it was worth it and would do it again except for Windsor Castle. We would want a different tour.
Very pleasant and helpful driver on time and knew what he was doing. Very comfortable seating. Good driver.
Our driver was very courteous and promptly on time.
Mark was a great driver, well informed and friendly. Windsor Castle was cool but you aren’t allowed to take photographs and due to the rain, there was no changing of the guards.
Great way to get to the Southampton cruise port. Miguel was great !!!!!!! Timely,cordial, and informative!
Good service provided. Had a decent amount of time at Windsor Castle. Driver was polite. The only issue was that because our London hotel was not listed as a possible pickup point, we rolled our suitcases to the nearest point. The driver said he could have picked us up at our hotel, but it was not listed. We didnt have time to check on whether our hotel would have worked for a pickup when we booked. So just keep in mind that they seem pretty flexible on pickup spots if you are able to arrange ahead of time.
Carlos was a good guiide. He was especially good at apologizing and acknowledging issues. But that doesn’t change the fact that bus was late for pickup and late for drop off.
Excellent for what we needed. They picked us up at our hotel promptly on time around 8:15am. We went the Windsor castle and spent about 2.5 hours there. We had plenty of time to see the castle. We were taken to our cruise terminal in Southampton (NCL) on time about 2:00pm. No crowds at the terminal and walked right on. I would highly recommend if staying in central London and going out of the Southampton Terminal.
If you're using this for just transport to the port then that part went very smoothly. If this is also supposed to be a tour of Windsor then it is not. Despite booking this experience months and months ago I was apparently assigned to the overflow van with only a driver and no guide. The driver was very nice but there's nothing guided about this tour. Secondly they move the pickup time to an hour later so we had less than 2 hours at Windsor Castle. I had just enough time to see the state apartments in St George's chapel but had to skip Queen Mary's dollhouse Eaton and Windsor town because the time a lot had been cut. The best part of the trip was the transfer to the port which went very smoothly and confidently.
What a fantastic driver!!! Driver was actually early, found us in the lobby of our hotel. Very personable and great to chat with on our way to Windsor Castle. After our tour of the castle, we were hungry and he stopped for us to get something to eat, he even stopped at a ATM machine so we could get some cash to tip him with.
What an incredible travel experience. Our driver Rob was the best guide. He communicated quickly and made our experience all the better. I had left An item at our hotel pre cruise and Rob called on Saman to help us out and pick and deliver it to me when we docked back in Southampton. Truly exceptional service and company and we will definitely use them again
Wonderful way to get to your cruise ship! Our driver Mark was phenomenal. We arrived at the castle as it opened and barely had any wait time to enter and afterwards we were dropped off at our ship with plenty of time to spare.
Why are a simply take a transfer to Southampton when you can also spend time at Windsor Castle? Taking the tour was a easy decision and it didn't disappoint. We had an excellent driver who got us to the ship on time. Plus we had nearly two hours at the castle including Saint George's chapel and village of Windsor. We had access to the audio guides and had just the right amount of time to experience the Queen's favorite palace.
We had a great driver/guide, got us in ahead of a long line and was very pleasan to spend the day with.
Our pick up from Heathrow was seem less. Our driver was awesome! Took us to Windsor Castle and around the town of Windsor. Explained the history and traditions. Would highly recommend!
Excelente service and the bus is in great conditions Dan and Karlo where patient and kind with all the Group. The castle visit is a most!!!!
Windsor Castle and London were extremely pretty. All of the views were absolutely spectacular, as were our guides Dan "The Man" and Kalam. They provided fun (and funny) commentary all throughout the tour, and took a vested interest in engaging each of the passengers.
This was a great way to fit in a tour on the way to our cruise ship and we very much enjoyed seeing Windsor Castle. The van was comfortable and our driver was friendly and knowledgeable.
What a great way to get from London to Southhampton for our cruise. We organised a private your our family and a couple of friends. Pickup from our hotel in London in a very comfortable and spacious minivan. Plenty of room for 6 adults, our tour guide, driver and our luggage. First stop was Windsor Castle. We saw the changing of the guard and explored the castle and chapel area. Then we drove onto Stonehenge, that was a highlight of our UK trip. Then to Salisbury for lunch at an English pub, then to see the wonderful Cathedral and Magna Carta. Everyone had a great time and we all enjoyed hearing from Mike our tour guide. He handled everything and made it very easy for us whilst explaining the great history of the area. You will not be disappointed.
We were picked up at our hotel and delivered to the port Ontime. The tour of Windsor Castle was fabulous. We are so glad we booked this tour.
We had a terrible time on this tour. We were the 1st of 8 scheduled pick ups. It took THREE hours for the pick ups to be completed. The guides blamed it on London traffic but if that is the case then figure it out and don’t book as many pick ups. By the time we made it to Windsor we were given less than an hour. We had to literally run to see anything in the castle, forget about seeing the actual town or Eton. We should have just done a straight transfer to Southampton as this was 5 hours in a bus and 45 minutes at Windsor. Would not recommend.
Windsor Castle was wonderful. It is the perfect stop when going from London to Southampton Cruise Port. The driver was punctual and took good care of us while getting us to the cruise port in plenty of time.
Windsor Castle was very regal and formal ,got to see Quuen Elizabeth and Phillip Burial memorial Exciting to see how Royal family lives
We arrived in London a couple days early, before our cruise departed from Southampton and we couldn't get on the ship until 2:00 pm. This was our second time to London, but we hadn't visited Windsor Castle. Well worth the visit. We didn't want to waste our morning and this was the perfect solution.
Dan was an excellent guide, providing information and fun stories on the way to and from Windsor Castle.
Excellent Castle visit (would have liked more time, but time limited in order to get to port). Arrived in port timely luggage handled by tour team. Smooth check in to ship.
Easy pickup from my hotel and ample time at the castle while getting to the port on time. Depending on luggage size the fit may be tight, but thats not the driver's fault.
I wholeheartedly recommend International Friends!! They Took care of all the transfers to and from the airport, to and from the hotel and to and from the cruise terminal. They booked our hotel and all of our tours while in the UK. We never had to wait and the communication between us was excellent. It couldn't have gone any better!!
Both our guide and our driver were pleasant and patient. Our driver to connect was great as well. Windsor Castle was beautiful and the chapel exceptional! Steve, our guide, prepared us for the best experience here. Our luggage was taken care of and we had a smooth transition onto the ship. We recommend this for anyone connecting to a cruise line
Showed up on time, got all bags in and out, nice day at the castle. Showed up on time at the port. Make sure to have cruise luggage tags on, saves a step at the end. Bus had AC and we had a bathroom break but we were early heading to the castle.
We only had 1.5, at the most, hours ar Windsor Castle. We were picked up on time at 7:15 in central London (W Hotel) in a black van that had already picked up another central London family. But then after transferring to the bus we made 8 more stops, including 3, very time consuming stops at the airport before heading to Windsor Castle. There are VERY long lines there and we were very disappointed with the organization and lack of time at the one stop, which we anticipated to be a highlight. If the tour company can get its various pickups better scheduled and the “guide” gave us at least some info ((only info was about the pick-up and drop-off) I like the idea of this tour. But, disappointing all around., though we did make it to the cruise port timely. Just poor pick-up management for the price.
This was a wonderful way to see a historical landmark and get to our cruise ship in comfort. Our driver was punctual and Windsor Castle was amazingly beautiful. I really liked the small town of Windsor as well.
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