2-3 day Normandy Beaches tour

I have never taken a tour, but have visited Normandy nine times—seven of which were during D-day anniversaries. I would only offer this advice:

1. There are many (probably a majority of) English-speaking tour
   guides—although many of them are British. IMHO, the Utah Beach museum does an excellent job of presenting the battle and occupation from the perspective of the local French citizens.

2. If you are going in "late May," you are bumping right up to the
   D-day anniversary commemorations. Whatever you do (tours, hotels,
   etc.) I would book it as soon as possible. Most things around
   anniversaries book up over a year ahead. If it is this year (2023),
   you may be too late. If it is next (2024), you are hitting it right around
   the 80th anniversary.

Enjoy whatever you do, It is a humbling place.

I imagine Dale Booth (unlikely to be French, I admit) is long since booked up for late May. Overlord Tours offers private tours as well as small-group (van) tours. They have multiple itineraries; as I recall there is even a 2-day tour. I enjoyed my Overlord group tour, which was the standard one with a focus on US-related sites. One thing I would suggest is that you try to pack a lunch along with you, because our lunch stop was at St-Mere-Eglise, site of the Airborne Museum. The lunch break was long enough either to have a sit-down lunch or to go to the museum, not both. I bought a sandwich at a bakery pointed out by our guide and scarfed it down while sitting on a bench so I could go to the museum. I could have saved perhaps ten minutes if I had taken something for lunch along with me. (However, you cannot eat in the van.)

I haven't been to the Utah Beach museum, but I greatly enjoyed the museum in Falaise (relatively new) that focuses on the civilian wartime experience. The exhibits also cover Resistance activities.

I have the person for you! Bertrand Saudrais of Executive D-Day tours.
http://www.executived-daytours.com/contact-us.html

He is French and his grandfather fought in WW2.
I was in charge of finding a tour guide for our group and Dale Booth and Overlord were both booked, oops. So we found Bertrand and he was awesome! We loved his perspective on the war, and his totally personalized tour was perfect for us. We only did a half day afternoon tour and he made sure we were at the cemetery for taps and the lowering of the flag, so moving. Obviously, you can do a full or multiple day tour, but good advice was to book immediately.

Sylvain Kast is French and is a fabulous guide. We used him for our visit to Normandy and were very pleased with his knowledge and commitment to customer satisfaction. Highly recommend! https://www.d-day-experience-tours.com/about-me/

We recently returned from France and spent several days in Normandy. We booked a full-day tour with Chris Emery http://www.visitdday.com/about.html . I'm certain he does multiple day tours as well. Chris is a former Major in Britain's Special Forces (Royal Marine Commandos). He is a major history buff as well who spends his non-tour guide time researching. He has interviewed and is friends with multiple Dday survivors and/or their families. What we loved about working with Chris was the way he personalized the tour to our level of knowledge and our interest. Another great aspect was that he rode along in our rent car. So on a per person basis he was very reasonable, yet we had a very personal tour. The weather was terrible (cold, extremely windy) yet he persevered and adapted as we went to ensure we got the experience but didn't freeze. Chris was super personable. He and his wife also host a Bed and Breakfast if you are looking for accommodations close Bayeux. We had already booked lodging near Honfleur.