The communication at this company was terrrible. After we initially purchased our tickets, we received absolutely no more notification of what to do or where to meet. Not a week before our trip, or even the day of. When we didn’t find any..one who was supposed to be picking us up at the airport on time, we called the emergency number and a lady with a strong Chinese accent picked up on the other end but she didn’t understand me, I couldn’t understand her, and so she hung up on me after saying she didn’t know how to help me.
After receiving a strange call from a California number from a man with a strong Asian accent I couldn’t confidently understand, we were approached and hauled off to a bus that brought us to a hotel where we waited for 3 hours standing around before starting our trip.
On day 1, we did not see anything besides our hotel. Despite it appearing that we would start touring then and despite that we still had to pay a $9 service fee. On day 2, our itenerary stated we would see Lake Powell. We didn't even stop. For the Bryce National Canyon stop, we drove 5 hours from where we were (not including the lengthy bathroom stops because you can’t use the bathrooms on the bus) to make ONE stop at Bryce Canyon for LESS than 40 minutes.
We spent more time at Chinese buffets than at Bryce Canyon, Grand Teton, and Zion National Park combined! We went out of our way to get to some of these Chinese buffets, which resulted in more time waiting around on the bus, because the tour guide would get to eat free for bringing in a bus full of people.
Besides spending more time eating than at the actual destinations, we spent just as much time at bathrooms along the way. There is a bathroom on the tour bus but if it’s used it will make the entire bus smell like sewage. You would stop for a bathroom every 2 or 2 and 1/2 hours and EVERY female on the bus used the bathroom EVERY time so there would always be extensively long wait times for that reason. Our tour guide would specify a time to be back by the bus at and most travelers did not abide by that (and faced no consequences) and we waited for longer than expected or also, we sometimes had to wait because there were still people in line for the bathrooms since lines were so long.
Also, it may be important to note this specific tour was much more focused on Asian customers than American. My boyfriend and I were the ONLY non Asian people on the bus. There’s nothing wrong with that although, it did make us feel uncomfortable with some of the looks and reactions we got and we also felt left out when our tour guide would speak more in Chinese than English and failed to ensure we also knew what was going on. His English was not the most clear and there were multiple occasions we didn’t understand what we were supposed to be doing or what the money we were giving him was for.
Overall, if you’re looking to see a bunch of places for a very short amount of time, you don’t care about being in a bus for half the day, everyday, you love Chinese buffets, and you prefer your vacations to be a little more sketchy, this is a perfect trip for you. If not, I would suggest you look elsewhere for tour companies or even just pick a few destinations, spend however much time you want there, and be able to actually take in all the destinations for what they’re worth. Good luck.Read full review
This was my family's first time. The trip was pretty good. We enjoyed visiting all the sites. Our tour guide Jupiter was accommodating. My only disappointment was that on returning the bus driver did not drop us at the exact location where ..he picked us up. He dropped us across the street on the opposite side of the parking lot, making us having to run across the busy street with our luggage.Read full review
It’s our first time to do a tour bus since I’m very hands on in planning our tour itinerary. Our tour guide Jupiter was very accommodating and he’s very competent to run the tour. For a 3 day trip we became at home to each other and ..some of us became friends. What I cannot forget is to make early to go up in the bus coz if you are late you will sing a song for the group.
Kudos to this tour.Read full review
The tour is amazing with extremely beautiful landscapes. The minibus is very convenient. Our guide James was the best possible guide. Very entertaîning very knowledgeable he shared with us his love for his country and we learned a lot. Ald..o he adapted our timing to make the best of each day. The b&b was very Nice and the owners very friendly. Alltogether a great tour!!! Unforgetable !Read full review
I think out of all my tour trip experiences in the past years, I feel this one was very fun trip. First, our tour guide, Boris was very efficient and seems to be very passionate about his job. Secondly, he knew his stuff and the history abo..ut the places we went. He also make sure the people was happy by cracking up jokes with my friends and I and his guests. The trip was never boring for us. I would definitely look forward to another trip and recommend this trip to anyone. Thank you Boris!Read full review
My friends and I did the tour with BORIS. He was very attentive, very friendly, best tour guide person We had, made everyone comfortable! He gets 10 stars!! I recommend him for future tours as well! Good job Boris!!!
This tours was amazing many thanks to our wonderful tour guide Boris Wu. He was funny and efficient with the scheduling and reservations. I would definitely take another tour with him. Thank You!!!
My sister and I (from Australia) have been on a number of US tours and this was by far the best! Boris, our tour guide, was absolutely awesome. Fluent in 3 languages (English, Mandarin and Cantonese), he was able to accommodate over 50 peop..le on the bus from all over the world. He seemed to be passionate about his job and that counted for a lot. He knew plenty about all the attractions, cracked jokes every now and then and was just an all round wonderful person. Apart from that, the trip was also planned well. The attractions were all interesting and we had the flexibility to skip some if we chose to. We were able to save some money and explore Toronto ourselves by doing so. Hotels were clean and tidy as well as very close to Niagara Falls (walking distance on the second night). Overall, the tour was very much worth it and we'd recommend it to anyone. Thanks Boris!!Read full review
Excellent Tour. We are satisfied...but if it is possible, pls make lunch time in Koblenz shorter so it is still have time to try the cable car near the restaurant...
In a Nutshell, the tour was good. We had a great tourguide, the hotels were great, the bus comfortable. The reservation was bad, it took me a lot of emails and phone calls to finally get a confirmation. The itineary wasn't detailed at all. ..A lot of important information were hard to find or missing.Read full review
I love the tour, the tour guides are just amazing, friendly, professional and caring.
they really make you happy and informed. The Drivers are equally professional and patient.
The only suggestion I can make is upgrading the Paris Accomm..odations to something better.
otherwise, everything is perfect. I love it and I recommend it.Read full review