Band Of Brothers Tour

No, but we did take a Band of Brothers tour with Dale Booth. I think there were 6 of us in a van and he did a marvelous tour. He’s met several of them as well as a number of veterans from D-Day and had lots of information to share as well as knowing exactly where events occurred.

Overlord Tours also has a Band of Brothers tour, so that's another one you could look at - https://www.overlordtour.com/product/tour-3-omaha-band-of-brothers-full-day-tour/ . I believe they can also do personalized tours, if you have particular sites you want to see.

Also, check out the tours offered by the National World War II Museum, which offers a Band of Brothers tour. However, their tours are expensive.

In September 2019, a Stephen Ambrose BofB Tour group was staying at our hotel in Bastogne. A very elderly group, and I say that as an elderly person! I heard comments from other guides and at a museum about that company - I won't repeat those comments because I have no personal knowledge.

I had looked at the SABofB tour that included Battle of the Bulge sites, but decided against it. Looking at that group, I don't see how they could have handled the itinerary on the website unless they just did a lot of drive-bys and stops for a quick photo op.

Thank you for your replies. After a little more digging, I found quite a few pretty bad reviews. I think I was a bit overwhelmed at making up our own itinerary because the trip will again be based a lot on my son's interests and he is hard to pin down this long before the trip. On the other hand, he never complains about my choices.

A vision is starting to come together in my head.
I would welcome any other suggestions and experiences related to Bastogne.

.....maybe start in Paris to Normandy to Bastogne then stay in Belgium or go up to Amsterdam. Lots of great choices.

We went from Paris to Reims, just long enough in Reims to see the Surrender Museum.

https://musees-reims.fr/fr/musees/musee-de-la-reddition/

Then we took the train from Reims to Luxembourg; and a car service took us from the Luxembourg train station to our hotel in Bastogne. Then 2 incredible days with Reg Jans and his team for Battle of the Bulge sites. The same car service took us back to Luxembourg, so we could catch a train back to Paris, and make our way to Gare St. Lazare for a train ride to Bayeux.

This was our 2nd time in Normandy. We had wanted to book Overlord's Hedgerows tour, but they didn't get enough people; so we did a 1 day repeat tour of Omaha/Utah sites, and a British and Canadian highlights tour.

From Bayeux we went to Saint-Malo by train. An unexpected highlight of the trip was the 1939-1945 Memorial outside of Saint-Malo in Alet - a walk along the coast line. This is a restored German bunker. We just happened to walk up a few minutes before the guided tour started. The tour was in French, but they had an abbreviated syllabus in English, and the guide took great pains to make sure we knew what was going on.

Feel free to message me for more details. But above all, get Reg Jans.

https://www.regjans.com/

My trip report:

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/trip-reports/france-and-belgium-trip-report-september-2019

One other suggestion.....

If you want more of a personalized tour to visit specific sites, you might consider this guide - http://www.visitdday.com/ . This will be a more expensive option but will allow you to see as much as possible and get as much out of the experience as possible. You might want to contact him and get a price quote.

EP and Ken,

Thanks so much for the information. I will definitely use the information!!

Yesterday I went on the all day Band of Brothers tour provided by Overlord tours. Enjoyed it very much, our guide Janick was very knowledgeable and provided many details about the D-day invasion. The tour covers a lot of territory and stops at these locations.
MORNING: Longues-sur-Mer Battery – Omaha Beach – American Cemetery of Colleville – Pointe du Hoc.
AFTERNOON: 1.5 hour lunch stop at Sainte-Mère-Eglise and Airborne Museum – Crash of the C47 # 66 at Beuzeville-au-Plain – Marmion’s farm – Brecourt Manor – Angoville-au-Plain – Drop Zone D – Carentan. You can private message me if you have any questions

Thank you Scott!

"An unexpected highlight of the trip...." Thanks for this singular piece of information on the related WW2 site near St Malo. I already had a cultural reason to see St Malo but this military site is certainly another incentive.