Though we booked the tour on short notice on 27 August 2019 it was only after ascertaining that the tour was available for 30 August 2019 and the booking was calculated as per tour itinerary listed, was accepted and full amount charged to m..y credit card. Our ordeal started after that. The tour operator based in US (our tour was in Canada) had very poor communication and sent us the confirmation only 29th evening when our tour was to commence from 7Am on 30th and that too after numerous calls. Second shock came after they cancelled our meal plan and optional tours citing short notice as the reason and were asked to buy these on site waiting in long Qs. Third shock was that they totally dropped Jasper which was part of itinerary as per their original itinerary advertised and booking accepted for. Instead they changed itinerary by unnecessarily adding one day/night stay at Calgary on 30th night when we had already booked hotel at our own cost in Calgary for 29th night assuming our tour would start at 7 AM on 30th. So, the actual tour started on 31st. All this was communicated to us only at the last minute without any scope for change or cancellation. Our purpose of visiting Rocky mountain in Jasper (most beautiful part) besides Banff was defeated having gone all the way from India via Vancouver (where tour was booked). Final shock came when hotels in Calgary and Banff were found to be totally substandard (only one night they upgraded to a slightly better hotel citing reservation in their substandard hotel was unavailable). The actual tour operator, WESTAR based in Calgary was good and only saving grace. Would never recommend anyone this tour operator.Read full review
Mano is a great tour leader. He knows everything and have good sense of humor. Marian our driver is wonderful. Two of them made our coach tour lovely and efficient. We have been able to cover most of the tourist check in destination within ..short period of time. It s a great journey with all reasonable timing and arrangement. I had wonderful moments with the rest of the group.Read full review
The tour was good on the whole. We were not very happy with the guide. He made some snide remarks when a certain group including us said that we were not interested in seeing the bull fighting arena at Ronda & when we did not want to go for.. the Flamenco dance & dinner as we had already done that in Barcelona. We are vegetarians so had no interest in taking the meal offer. A guide should not make embarrassing remarks & hurt the sentiments. After all its optional & he /she has no right to make anyone feel otherwise. Generally we were not happy. Then he did not take us to Balem Tower at Lisbon. We did ask him & he replied in the negative. So we took a hurried walk to the tower on our own. The itinerary should be fulfilled at all cost.
The bus was comfortable & the hotels too. We wish the hotels were ner the city so that it would be easy to find food.
I can recommend you to others but these things should be taken care of. On the whole we were satisfied.
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I want to acknowledge my tour guides from the 5 day Rocky Mountain Tour.
Yifu and Victor were the guide/driver for the Jasper portion.
Lisa for Day #1 of Banff.
Yifu for Day #2 of Banff.
Each was excellent in the care they provided for me a..nd those on my tour.
Please acknowledge their excellent care and service.
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We saw a lot of great things, the best in all the cities. We travelled long distances. The bus drivers were smooth drivers making the travel very comfortable. There were extras to pay for certain things but I imagine the tour would have bee..n more expensive if these were included. This type of tour is perfect if you want to see as much as possible without having to walk around a lot.Read full review
By: ALBERTUS GELDENHUYS | Mon Jul 22, 2019 at 11.47 AM
The whole experience was great. The tour managers were knowledgeable, friendly, organized and helpful. The hotels were great and in all we will recommend this tour to anybody. The bus drivers were great and we felt safe at all times.
It was a great experience for me and my daughter. Hotels were just fine as expected for budget accommodation.
Tour Manager was very knowledgeable and helpful.
Ben our guide was very informative, the bus driver Vern was always professional but so helpful and quite funny.
The activities were smoothly run and highlights. All hotel rooms were clean, and spacious. The first an last day were long driv..ing days but necessary.Read full review
just finished doing the green line tour. it was fast-paced and the heat wave certainly made it more exhausting. i have no complaints though, and the places we went to were all worth it. Special shout out to the best tour director ever - G..ENO CHEUNG. he showed genuine concern for our safety and welfare. Geno took the extra mile on a lot of occassions. to cite a few examples, (1) thought of seating arrangements in the bus to avoid potential conflicts; (2) he gave up his room & shared he room with the driver so that the family who got bumped off will remain in the same hotel where the group was staying; (3) he arranged for a small train in Pisa to avoid the long walk under the sun, and he even took it out of his paycheck! (4) he booked the best local tour guide for the walking tour in Rome. these are just a few examples. i can see how passionate he is with what he is doing. he also has good rapport with the driver. his personal experiences and witty comments made the long journeys more bearable. it really felt like Geno treated us as his family. would also like to show my appreciation to our driver, Wotnjie (apologies if i mispelled his name). truly thankful and truly satisfied. kudos to Geno & Wotnjie!!!
Joel Dalay (green line family #3)Read full review