Our Tour Guide and Driver were EXCELLENT. However, i do have a few comments about the tour itself. I should be more clear about what tours are "optional" and which are not. Having to be told that additional fees are required once to tour.. begins is annoying to say the least. The reason for the "Fair" rating on the hotels is that the last 2 hotels on our tour were unclean to say the least. There were stains on EVERY surface along with bugs and smells.Read full review
We have booked this tour as part of our 10 day trip to NYC and were satisfied with it.
On the first day of the tour it was a bit difficult finding the correct bus in Chinatown as there are countless tours with this and other companies.
..Behind a desk two Chinese people were advising the bus numbers for the respective tours but we were sent tot he wrong busses twice. When we finally got to our bus our tour guide Wendy greeted us with a loud "NO!" as the bus was almost full - except for the two of us. Everything was sorted quickly though and we got on the bus to commence our travels with 43 Chinese people and 9 none-Chinese people. We saw another bus with Indian people so I think they're trying to group you by ethnicity - maybe so you don't feel like a stranger?
The Chinese unfortunately kept to themselves so we only really had contact with the other 7 passengers. We ended up becoming very good friends with one of the couples and has made the trip be forever more memorable in my mind.
There is a lot of driving and you only have little time to enjoy at the attractions. I was trying to meet up with a friend from Toronto and ended up seeing her for about 10 minutes. But all in all the tour is great. If you do all the attractions it's quite pricey but we simply informed ourselves before the trip and did
- The Thousand Island Tour
- CN tower
- Skylon tower w/o lunch (I wouldn't recommend this attraction)
- Maid of the Mist
- Cave of the winds (definitely do this if you can! You're walking where the American Bridal Veil Falls come down into Niagara River. On the Hurricane Deck you're being showered by the Falls as the powerful Bridal Veil speeds down into the river )
only. That way we had a little bit more time while people were doing e.g. The Corning Glass Museum, the Niagara Imax etc.
The admissions purchased from Wendy weren't noticeably more expensive than the ones on-site. You were always in the Fast-Track and somebody else (your tour guide) is doing all the organising/queuing for you so I didn't mind those 2-5$ more.
This tour incluides a lot of driving, getting up early and very tight time lines - but you get a lot in return. Canada is simply beautiful and the Niagara Falls are worth visiting once in your life.
The hotels we stayed at were the Holiday Inn and Travelodge, the standards were very good but the hotels were far away from the city so you weren't able to go explore on your own at night. This is probably better as this tour is not for part animals due to getting up early and lots of travelling.
I don't know about the lunch/dinner organized by our tour guide as we never went on those. Due to the nature of the group they often went to Chinese buffets - but we wanted to explore the local cuisine and went wandering off on our own. I can recommend traditional Chinese buns in Toronto.
Our tour guide Wendy was charming, entertaining and absolutely wonderful! Everybody loved her - aside from two Russian passengers that were being incredibly rude and refused to pay the service fee. Aside from that the trip was really wonderful and Wendy (although I'm sure that wasn't her real name, just simplified from Chinese for stupid tourists) and our driver Jorge were just perfect! Jorge ("George" for stupid tourists) drove us safely over 1000 miles to all our locations and listened to a lot of Chinese chatting with an angel-like patience.
I'll definitiely check out tours4fun again when i go back to the States.Read full review
By: Phillip Hailston | Sun Oct 03, 2010 at 02.55 AM
This was a great tour - very full on at times, but as someone who has a really bad back, I only missed a few things in Yellowstone, and for all the other highlights the bus was able to drop us off right where we needed to be.
My only disap..pointment was that we did not stay in Deadwood, but in Lead. Having said that the accommodation in Lead was excellent. The bus driver and tour guide were both great and everyone had a great time.
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This was my second tour with tours4fun. This time I traveled with my 19 and 21 year old children... AND WE LOVED IT! The beauty of the national parks and monuments, cities, and the prairies, mountains, and deserts were just breathtaking. Ou..r knowledgeable, humorous tour guide Harry and bus driver Scott, only added to this wonderful experience. Thank you Harry, Scott, and all my new friends from the bus for this unforgettable experience.
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I left out of Las Vegas. The bus ride was a bit long at times, but they played movies, etc. to break it up. Seeing all those sights in one trip was amazing, Arches National Park. Crazy Horse, Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, Mormon Church, Utah C..apital building, Copper Mine 3/4 mile deep and 3 miles wide that can be seen from orbit, Grand Tetons, the great Salt Lake, etc. Lots of sights. Most of the hotels had no bar or restaurant, but there were always restaurants nearby and I brought a bottle with me which came in handy if no bars nearby, like in Utah.Read full review
2300 miles of incredible landscapes, dynamic vistas, nice folks, laughs and companionship with friends I had not met. An incredible tour for the money, our tour guide, Harry and bus drivers Chris and Joe were personable, knowledgeable and ..professional throughout the week. A dream come true trip for me and I am so pleased I was able to travel with Tours4Fun. Look forward to my next trip.Read full review
As a couple of Aussies we were a little concerned over the Asian influence of this tour but I can say in all honestly that it wasn't even an issue. The value of this tour is 2nd to none and I have done alot of bus tours. Mark was an excelle..nt tour guide, Kevin was a great driver. The amount of stuff they fit in to a day cannot be matched. You will get long long days - but plenty of variety of foods and accommodation. We had a cabin in Yellowstone, Western casino hotel in Deadwood (it was different but fun) plus good quality (normal) hotels everywhere else. There was no big push for meal packages of a night (like other tours) in fact we were told where to get bargain good quality meals (that saved us money). There was 3 extra tours that cost us $40 each. That was it. Great value. You will do a heap with this tour - be very tired at the end but it is great value for money. The bus have wi-fi and power outlets to recharge. Very modern. We will travel with them again.Read full review
You should check out this tour. It is wonderful and a beautiful experience . You cover a lot of ground and not tiring.
I would definitely go for another tour with tours4fun
My sister and I had a fantastic tour with George and Chris. We seen alot of sites on our tour which was for seven days which started in Denver and consisted of Yellowstone and surrounding areas. The hotels met our standards. We could no..t have done this tour ourselves and seen everything we seen in seven days. The bus was very convenient as you can see much more higher up in the bus and not worry about getting lost or traffic. Our entire tour group really enjoyed the mixture of people on this tour and everybody was well received. Everybody had a great time on this tour. There was not alot of free time but enough time for shopping along the way. I would recommend this tour to anybody. This is the second time we used Tours4fun. In a couple of years we plan on using this tour company again for the Canada trip.
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Overall, the trip is fun and enjoyable. My best friend and I do see a lot of landscape, and do learn lot of history. However, our bus is broken down in Dead Wood, and we were stuck there for 5 hours for another bus. Yet, we do totally un..derstand that it wasn't the tour guide fault, so we are not complain about that. Before we head back to Denver, Larry gave each of us $10 back and sorry for any convenience. Larry is super nice, and we are looking forward to have him as our tour guide again in our future tour. I will definitely book the tour through tours4fun.com again.Read full review
Recently we took this three days trip and my wife and I were totally satisfied, especially considering the low cost. They kept us in a decent hotel which included breakfast. The tour guide Mr. King was polite, gentleman. Despite majority to..urists were from South-east Asia, he first described in English and then in Chinese. The bus driver was from Floria and he was also a perfect gentleman. Overall, the we were veru happy with the trip. I can highly recommend this tour.Read full review