We just returned from a ten-day Maine vacation, featuring the state’s beautiful coastlines and quaint towns along with its mountains, welcome cool breezes and low humidity. We visited Bar Harbor (Acadia National Park), Camden, Boothbay Harbor, Kennebunkport, Ogunquit, and Portland. Downeaster Vacations took care of all the details, including sites, tours, accommodations and transportation. Kristen… Read more “OUR MAINE VACATION”

Kristen, My friend and I celebrated 66 years of friendship with an Amtrak package trip to Portland from North Station, Boston. The train ride was smooth and very pleasant on new seats with plenty of leg-room. Everything was as advertised-the hotel with complimentary breakfast, was very comfortable with excellent service. Having a pick-up and drop-off… Read more “A Great Trip on Amtrak”

Kristen, My husband and I have just returned from the incredible two-day Downeaster Package.  We can not say enough about the total experience.

Our friends, my husband and I booked a trip to Nova Scotia starting in Portland, ME. When it came time to ferry to NS hurricane Fiona was landing in NS. Ferries wereDown. Overnight Steve turned our NS trip into a coastal Maine tour and we had a wonderful time. Great sites, accommodations, drivers and tour… Read more “Disaster into Delight”

Some feedback. I’ve travelled all over, but I have to complement you on this trip has to be one of our all time favorites! Everything was excellent. My wife and I want to thank you for doing such a great job. Elliot and Karen

Hi Steve, Just wanted to let you know that our trip was FANTASTIC! It was so nice to have everything arranged and locations were perfect. Weather didn’t cooperate with the boat rides but they were still nice. The food tour in Portland was one of our absolute highlights. We were with Jason. And ‘Ports of… Read more “Our Trip To Maine”

We have returned from our trip and had a wonderful time. Everything was perfectly planned and worked well. Everything was on schedule. All our drivers were prompt, extremely nice and knowledgeable of their area. The tours arranged for us were lots of fun with guides full of information. Thank you for your help in planning… Read more “Maine Trip”

We vacationed to Nova Scotia for a long weekend Sept. 7 through the 10th. Our contact person was Kristen who was alway very helpful, patient and attentive. She planned our trip thoroughly and efficiently and never have we experienced such great communications which made our trip very pleasurable. When we ran into a problem, which… Read more “Trip to Nova Scotia”

Hi Kristen, I wanted to let you know how much we enjoyed our Portland train trip. The Portland Harbor hotel was also very nice with beautiful atrium to sit and a great coffee station on every floor every morning. The people were so friendly, helpful, etc. We have raved about your company to our friends.… Read more “Such an enjoyable trip”

Thank you so much for making our day trip to Boston a success! Though we didn’t get back until late, our day was wonderful and convenient. Thank you for going out of your way to make it happen for us! Can’t wait to ride again, so much easier than driving and the kids loved it!

I wanted to send a note to thank you for your coordination services for our group trip to the Hip Hop Nutcracker. Things could not have gone smoother! Between the train, dinner, picking up tickets at the box office, and then stepping out of the theater and directly onto the bus to take us to… Read more “Thank You!”

Just wanted to say thank you for organising our holiday to Maine. The hotels were great and the people fantastic especially Norm the driver who went out of his way. What a wonderful piece of coastline.

on and I were so pleased with every single minute of our Downeaster package!! You and your agency did a spectacular job putting together transportation, overnight accommodations, and everything in between. Terri at 1802 House was marvelous and Hydie and Norm were fantastic! Thanks again for delivering our vouchers to Woburn—that was beyond the call… Read more “Fantastic”

We’ve been back home a week now and just returning to normal life back here in Australia. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip and found all the accommodation great. All the drivers were fantastic and everything ran perfectly. Thank you again for organising our holiday, We’re more than happy to pass on your details to friends/… Read more “We thoroughly enjoyed our trip”

We had a nice time at the gardens and the driver Phil was great. We like the Boathouse Bistro very much. The seafood was delicious and our favorite was the lite clam chowder. We could see the beautiful view of the entire harbour:). We wish we have more time to check out the vicinity. Thanks… Read more “Loved Boothbay”