This tour was better than expected. The reviews I read before our tour frankly scared me. Our tour-guide Troy was excellent.His temperment was absolutely perfect for handling both Chinese and English speaking tourists (Especially 4 outspoke..n senior citizens).
The bus was new and very clean the driver was very professional and safe. We covered a lot of miles in a relatively short time so there was a lot of bus time, not much meal or free time(we knew that going in) but the scenery was breath-taking! We were able to take many sights off our "Bucket List"
While we knew meals were not included, the truck stops usually had some sort of healthy option, we would have liked to be closer to an alternative restaurant versus fast food when we stopped at the Chinese buffets before our hotels at night as these were our main meal of the day. We were able to bring food on the bus but NO styrofoam cups, ice cream or yogurt. Fortuately we brought our travel coffee cups with tight lids, plastic bottles with screw on lids were also acceptable. The hotels were all clean. The hotel wifi was not reliable and only usable at Salt Lake City. All the bathroom breaks had long lines for women. The bathroom on the bus was locked and unusable. We had couple of emergency bathroom situations, but Troy was able to take care of the problem in a Courteous manner.
Even with the language barrier we were able to enjoy the company during the tour and made new friends.
My request to Tour4fun(Seagull) would be more complete instructions for the meeting area in Circus Circus.It was complete chaos on the first day and ALL the tour guides were trying to re-group from the trip from Los Angeles. The SKYRISE TOWER Is not really part of the main Casino and the Casino personell do not have reliable information. Be more clear about the required charges on the tour to be IN CASH!
Short instruction on basic courtesy in a group situation to the Chinese Nationals that pushing and shoving to be first is not necessary.
We understood that this was a "Budget" tour, but we got much more than our money's worth. We were exhausted but in a very good way and will have many stories to pass on to our children and grand children.
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