We started Driving Tours of France, Ltd., because we wanted to share our experiences of Europe. We are delighted to have turned our passion into a vocation and career. Over the past 30 years, we met many discerning couples dissatisfied with packaged tours and mass travel. We sympathized with their common lament-"We don't want to have our bags outside the door at 7 a.m. We want to travel at our own pace."

And thus was born our personalized self-drive or car/train custom itinerary planning.

Today's busy schedules leave little time to plan and research a personalized European vacation. Our proposition to you is quite simple: we're ready to put our knowledge to work for you, facilitating the details of your European dream. We can direct you to those sites or activities that meet your special interests, and inform you about the days on which markets are held in towns along the way. We'll know if you're taking on too much, and remind you that vacations should be about discovery, ease and serendipity.

We'll give you the blueprint for your trip. Prior to your driving tour in Europe, we prepare detailed travel documents and compile them into a notebook personalized to your itinerary. You'll depart for Europe armed with this information:

• Rental car agreement, plus pickup and drop off directions
• Introduction card for lodging-complete with confirmation detail
• Complete contact information for car rental, accommodations, many activities, emergency services, etc.
• Michelin roadmaps with your route, accommodations and locations of points of special interest all highlighted
• Local guides to attractions; articles on many points of interests; some restaurant suggestions
• Currency exchange
• Key phrases and local languages, plus a "dictionary/translation" of common menu items
• Location of some laundromats along your route

"In 17 years in the travel business, I've never seen such thoroughly detailed travel documents."
Charlie Ernst, Marketing Manager, Holland America Line & Princess Tours